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Develop a renewable energy investment framework to increase the share of renewable energy-based electricity generation to achieve Liberia’s NDC commitments
... de-risking mechanism and develop and submit a high-quality Project Concept Note to GCF. This readiness support will ... availability of GCF support for a renewable energy project in Liberia. The impacts will also be measurable in ... carry out the necessary steps to develop a transformative project concept note in partnership with an accredited ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Liberia
Phase 1: Capacity development and institutional strengthening to support the development and delivery of Dominica’s GCF work program and facilitate the enabling environment for hydrogen production as part of Dominica’s low carbon and climate resilient economy
... ability to deliver these responses. This readiness project has as its goal to address some of the gaps within ... to enhance implementation and monitoring evaluation of NPC project pipeline, (ii) For the Ministry of Housing and Urban ... current capacity gaps needed to: (i) implement specific projects detailed in the Dominica’s National Country ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan process in Algeria to address short- and medium-term adaptation needs and lay the ground for long-term adaptation
... to advancing the NAP process in Algeria; in particular: the project entitled "Strengthening Climate Governance for the NDC" managed by GIZ (hereafter referred to as the NDC project), and the project related to the development of the Third National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Algeria
GCF workshops for investment planning and pipeline development in Madagascar and Djibouti
... one NAP proposal in the pipeline for Djibouti. Out of the 7 projects/programmes approved by the GCF Board for Madagascar, only one is a single country project and all of the 5 programmes approved for Djibouti ... assessments and feed them into each country’s pipeline of projects for the GCF-2. The goal of this readiness grant is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti Madagascar
Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... change. In support of this ambition, this Readiness project has the following objectives: To support the NDA’s ... the planning and implementation of pipeline water-related projects. Utilising regional and international networks to ... Maldives. The direct beneficiaries of this Readiness project will be the National Designated Authority (NDA) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
Partnering on climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... discussions and workshops are taking place to design projects within Green Climate Fund’s updated strategic ... for strengthening public and private partnerships around project pipelines, supporting capacity building for direct ... avalanches and droughts. The Green Climate Fund has five projects, with financing of USD 46.6 million, invested in ...
Article > News update North Macedonia 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
... Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A projects and I-1 programmes 7 Mar 2019* Deadline to submit ... 2019 Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category B projects and I-2 programmes 5 Jun 2019* Publication deadline ... Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A projects and I-1 programmes 16 Jun 2019* Deadline to submit ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the priorities of the Updated Strategic Plan of the GCF, updated independent TAP modality, and B.30 tentative timeline
... In the short-term, this implies giving priority to projects and programmes on adaptation, those submitted by ... for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects and programmes 4 June 2021* Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category B and I-2 projects and programmes 3 September 2021* Publication ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches the Digital Accreditation Platform
... through their National Designated Authorities to develop project ideas and submit funding proposals to GCF for projects that align country programming priorities with ... plans, sectors guides and programming directions. Upon project approval, AEs are responsible for project oversight, ...
Article > News update 
Making blended finance work for adaptation
... and practices. Third, we de-risk high impact projects that otherwise would not be seen as bankable ... commercially proven new climate solutions. Since our first project was approved in 2015, our portfolio has grown to USD ... under management with co-financing. We now have 192 projects approved in 127 developing countries. Many of our ...
Article > Speech
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
... Green Climate Fund (GCF), is implementing a comprehensive project to mitigate the risks posed by these glacial lake ... addition to the construction of hydraulic structures, the project is investing in the development of robust disaster ... ourselves accordingly.” Sitara Parveen, a member of the Project’s Community Based Disaster Risk Management ...
Article > Story Pakistan 
Capacity enhancement of the National Designated Authority and other relevant stakeholders in Sri Lanka to re-evaluate technical needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation and assess climate finance priorities for agriculture by developing innovative climate smart investment mechanisms through increased partnerships between public and private sectors
... on the previous GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support projects. FAO, the delivery partner for this proposal, is ... readiness proposal is based on the premise that: IF the project is able to identify its sectoral technology needs ... climate information, based on which to prepare bankable GCF projects, , THEN Sri Lanka will have increased its capacity ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal project , which is co-financed by the German Federal ... of the Environment and Sustainable Development. The project aims to sustainably scale up the ICS market in both ... produce ICS at greater volumes. Through the support of this project, she has been able to scale up her ICS business to ...
Article > Story Kenya 
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
... the detailed means to make sure adherence is ensured within project agreements and their term sheets. GCF mainstreams a ... gender is highlighted as an issue from the outset of every project, and gender considerations are built into project design. Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) ...
Article > Story 
"GCF has a huge role to play"
... and as a result the Board was not able to consider new project proposals, or applications from organisations ... the flexibility to make grants for small-scale resilience projects, the muscle to catalyse green energy markets with ... approved over USD 1 billion of investment across 23 new projects for climate action - including a coastal protection ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
... in the size and scope of our water sector sustainability project being executed in partnership with the 5Cs, she ... approach to resilience we have taken to our Roofs to Reefs project. Belize Prime Minister John Briceno stated, "The ... and prioritizing climate actions, developing concrete projects and programmes that can attract finance, and ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
... and distribution of precipitation events. Several climate projected scenarios highlight an increase in the annual ... are firmly focused on COVID-19 response and recovery. The project will provide El Salvador with a consistent framework ... nation-wide Multi Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS). The project will support the achievement of a paradigm shift ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador
GCF Board accelerates climate finance ahead of COP26 meeting, approving USD 1.2 billion for new adaptation and mitigation action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action, allocating ... – a record amount for a single Board meeting. The new projects bring the total size of the GCF portfolio to USD 10 ... sector climate finance, particularly in adaptation. The new projects and programmes are listed in full below and more ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes revised timeline for B.32 and tentative timeline for B.33
... for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects and programmes 7 January 2022* Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category B and I-2 projects and programmes 15 April 2022* Publication deadline ... for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects and programmes 25 February 2022* Deadline for ...
Article > News update 
Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... developing nations, not against them. Since our first project was approved in 2015, our portfolio has grown to USD ... under management with co-financing. We now have 192 projects approved in 128 developing countries. Thirty ... green bonds through a dedicated facility. Several of our projects are also supporting the legal and financial ...
Article > Speech
Readiness Support to Capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience
... role is to implement government policies, strategies and projects on the ground. The overall results will lead to ... to Rwanda, there is an urgent need to capacitate the project and program planners as well as the last mile ... resilience by the last mile implementers of programs and projects at subnational level; and iii.) insufficient ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Readiness Support for the Development of Vanuatu National Energy Efficiency Strategy and Action Plan
... test center. Furthermore, the completed GCF Readiness project in Vanuatu (VUT-RS-003), implemented by GGGI, ... National Green Energy Fund (NGEF) and strengthened NGEF project selection criteria and project pipeline. NGEF is a national financing mechanism ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Vanuatu
GCF publishes timelines for B.34 and B.35
... for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects and programmes 17 June 2022* Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category B and I-2 projects and programmes 16 September 2022* Publication ... for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects and programmes 21 November 2022* Deadline for ...
Article > News update 
Letter from the Executive Director: reflections and farewell
... climate fund. Our USD 45 billion portfolio of climate projects with USD 12 billion in GCF co-financing is supporting adaptation and mitigation projects in 129 countries. Those funds are accelerating ... effective, building a portfolio of truly transformational projects that are delivering new climate solutions to new ...
Article > Speech 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Africa brings over 200 participants to support the region with innovative climate action
... events. He emphasised the need for investing in ambitious projects in African States and GCF’s role in addressing ... on energy sector investments, private sector instruments, project implementation, integrated country programming and ... Furthermore, GCF provided updated guidance about its Project Preparation Facility (PPF) , presented the role of ...
Article > News update 
Pacific Islander voices: living on the frontlines of the climate crisis
... Save the Children is using lessons learned to design a project that strengthens community resilience to climate ... Launching the Pacific’s largest community-based climate project As a result of the research, SCA launched the largest community-based climate resilience project the Pacific has ever seen. The project, which is ...
Article > Story 
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
... people as possible to join us in investing in impactful projects.” Kavita Sinha, Director of GCF’s Private ... line.’ GCF has committed USD 15 billion to 270 climate projects worldwide, of which USD 5.5 billion is committed to 63 private sector projects. It intends to accelerate this aspect of its ...
Article > Press release 
Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay
... Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change" (PROEZA) project , financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and ... of the United Nations (FAO). This cross-cutting project promotes forest planting and reforestation, carbon ... with the agroforestry techniques implemented in the PROEZA project. “Most of us who are participating in PROEZA in ...
Article > Story Paraguay 
Adaptation
... in allocation of funding between mitigation and adaptation projects, with over 50% of adaptation funding going to Least ...
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