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... has wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and ... Executives, business owners, GCF Accredited Entities, and project partners from across the globe. The conference ... USD 4.5B, (15.3 B in co-financing), to private sector projects over the past eight years we are uniquely placed to ...
Article > News update 
At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027
... GCF – with other donors expected to come on board – the project is a key contribution to realizing the UN ... to deal with climate extremes and hazards. The new 6-year project will help Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Chad, ... Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, and Somalia to develop their own projects, while also assisting at least 20 other vulnerable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF at COP29 summary
... Banks. The four funds also launched the Climate Project Explorer , an AI-powered search platform designed to explore the climate projects and programmes. Programming support Four Project Preparation Facility (PPF) grants were announced to ...
Article > News update Azerbaijan 
Grenada PM calls for decisive climate action at GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean
... challenge." He informed that GCF has already approved six projects in the region valued at USD 449 million and 26 ... in 2017 created an impetus for the design of ambitious projects and programmes demonstrating the aspirations to ... (CCCCC) which marks the start of the implementation of the project Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund pledges ambitious response to IPCC alarm bell
... date, GCF has committed $3.5 billion to a portfolio of 73 projects to support low-emission and climate-resilient ... development. GCF is already implementing 34 of those projects, worth $1.5 billion. Its next Board meeting from 17-20 October will consider 20 new project proposals totalling $1.1 billion in GCF resources. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board approves USD 745 million in funding proposals
... in funding proposals at its fourteenth meeting. The 10 projects and programmes have a total value of USD 2.6 ... USD 2.5 billion in GCF funding this year.” The following projects and programmes were approved at B.14: USD 37 ... 16.7 million for Senegal Integrated Urban Flood Management Project with AFD; USD 39.3 million for Development of Argan ...
Article > Press release 
GCF encourages more high-quality and ambitious proposals
... delegates were informed that, as of this month, GCF’s project pipeline consists of 41 funding proposals worth USD ... he added. In 2015, the GCF Board approved an initial eight projects and programmes worth USD 168 million in GCF ... focused on helping strengthen NDA offices and develop projects and programmes in line with national climate ...
Article > Press release 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... GCF is bearing fruit with both mitigation and adaptation projects being implemented in the country, allowing the ... Felson then described how the recently adopted GCF project "Resilient Rural Belize" (being delivered with ... outlined the innovations within the Bhutan for Life project (being delivered with WWF), which is helping to ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
... Alliance of Indigenous Organizations (AMPB) to identify projects and programmes for nature- based climate solutions ... preparation. The Costa Rica NDA will serve as the primary project proponent, with support from seven other countries ... and submitted to the GCF, aligned with national GCF project pipelines. Support will help Central America develop ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
GCF's support for coral reefs
... ecosystems protection. One example is our Blue Action Fund project, which is an ecosystem-based adaptation programme in ... support climate-focused marine and coastal conservation projects across four countries. However, we are witnessing a ... private investments in the blue economy and conservation projects. It can do this for vulnerable countries that would ...
Article > Speech
Address at Green Horizon Summit
... need financial products to invest in, and bankable projects that create the investment opportunities. On the ... barriers to convert investment opportunities into bankable projects. Even the best wind resources in the world will not ... co-financing usually takes the form of grant for policy or project development or concessional/first loss non-grant ...
Article > Speech
Address at First World High Mountain Virtual Summit
... annual global carbon emissions. GCF is currently supporting projects that protect mountain peatlands in Guatemala, ... Nepal, and Sri Lanka. While mitigating GHG emissions, these projects also enhance the climate resilience of local ... from converting investment opportunities into bankable projects in developing countries. As the world’s largest ...
Article > Speech
National Adaptation Plan: Advancing risk-informed development and land-use planning in Tunisia
... and flood-prone coastal zones. By 2050, climate change projections for Tunisia predict temperature increases ... NAP. Entry points for integrating adaptation and which the project will be addressing include the National Economic and ... of the various mitigation and adaptation programmes. The project is considered an important backbone for the agenda ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia
Long-term vision on complementary, coherence and collaboration between GCF and GEF
... will facilitate national investment planning, streamline projects and programs, and support establishing and ... learned from our respective portfolios in the context of project monitoring, indicators, and other relevant aspects of project implementation. Finally, through LTV, the two ...
Article > Speech
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... communities in the future. Sea level and population density projections indicate that 800 million people will be at risk ... only $ 11 billion has been invested in sustainable ocean projects by official development assistance and philanthropy ... forms of blended finance to de-risk first mover high impact projects in the blue economy to establish a commercial track ...
Article > Speech
Support for the Establishment of a National Green Building and Infrastructure Financing Vehicle, Development of Green Building Minimum Compliance System, and DAE Application in Côte d’Ivoire
... access climate finance and mobilize investments in climate projects, including capacity development to engage ... and candidate DAEs to develop skills and implement climate projects towards submission of project concept notes to the GCF. It will help in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
... in the consultation prior to the development of this project need to be resolved. These are among other; Not ... and low capacity to collect and analyze future climate projection data at national and subnational level Inadequate ... for monitoring, review, and evaluation of climate change project and programs To achieve this goal, strategic support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... environment. This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness project therefore aims to enhance Rwanda’s capacity to ... for planning and collaboration in preparation for the projected increase in severity and frequency of landslides ... especially in the urban areas are translated into concrete projects and impacts beyond assessments and studies. See ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Completion of the accreditation of the Environment Protection Fund as DAE for Lao PDR
... started to be closed. As part of this, manuals for project management, fiduciary standards, environmental and ... partners during the preparation of a proposal for the microproject to be submitted to GCF in year 2022. The support ... include (a) plan and facilitate effective implementation of projects, especially those related to accounting software ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Climate Change Measurement, Reporting and Verification System of Albania: Emissions and Mitigation
... received funding also from the GCF, through UNDP, for the project “Advancing Albania's planning for medium and ... On this basis, this readiness and preparatory support project proposes to assist the Government of Albania in the ... and mobilize climate finance. The main beneficiaries of the project will be the government and state institutions and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
... ministerial panels, and bilateral meetings, as well as a project marketplace that brought together project developers, countries, and GCF experts to match ... sector strategy , updated Simplified Approval Process and Project Specific Accreditation Approach (PSAA) . These ...
Article > News update 
Expert support to strengthen Niger’s operational capacity for accelerated and sustained access to climate financing
... (CNEDD) and a GCF technical committee responsible for GCF project portfolio preparation. However, significant barriers ... on climate finance in a long run. This proposed readiness project is thus intended to contribute to overcoming ... finance solutions, and optimization of climate funding. The project’s main beneficiaries are the NDA, the Banque ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
... enabling environments for transitioning food systems. With project preparation funding from GCF to support development ... This initiative is on track to become the first project developed through GCF's pilot Project Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) . PSAA is a new ...
Article > News update 
Empowering Direct Access Workshop 2018
... accredited Direct Access Entities develop high-quality projects or programmes to submit to GCF, based on their ... with information about GCF’s readiness programme , project preparation facility , and specific requests for ... and GCF staff throughout the workshop reviewed numerous project ideas, including a number of new initiatives. Peer ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
... help GCF continue its support for transformative climate projects in the developing countries. GCF has now allocated over USD 5.2 billion to 111 climate projects in 99 countries. In addition to project funding, the Fund has also approved USD 160 million ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Strengthening the foundation for a climate responsive agricultural sector in the Caribbean
... to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In light of projections of increasing frequency of extreme climatic ... the sector (Outcomes 1.3 & 2.2). increase the number of projects identified for development and investment in a pipeline of evidenced-based and bankable projects aligned with regional and national priorities as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
The multilateral climate funds are working together to enhance complementarity and collaboration
... of sectoral integration and systemic approaches to project and program financing. GCF’s vision is to promote ... in the provision of support for capacity building, project and program preparation; and investment planning ... and guidance to maximize climate impacts through strong project design, monitoring and evaluation. Communication and ...
Article > Statement 
Green Climate Fund approves funding to Climate Asset Management to develop strategy for scaling regenerative practices at a landscape level in Sub-Saharan Africa
... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding from its Project Preparation Facility to Climate Asset Management to ... Climate Asset Management is currently engaged in GCF’s Project Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) and has begun ... support this initiative through the use of GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF). The program ...
Article > Press release 
The green innovation imperative
... was off track to end poverty by 2030 before Covid-19, with projections suggesting that 6% of the global population ... 10 billion during the second half of the century. Today, Project Drawdown ranks educating girls and sexual and ... responsible technological innovation. And most often, our projects support several types of innovation in an ...
Article > Speech
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is an international organization whose main goals are the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Pages
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