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Debt for climate swaps: exploring avenues and opportunities
... Island Developing States. Debt-for-Climate Swaps (DFCS) are an agreement between a sovereign and its creditors ... areas such as renewable energy, urban infrastructure, sustainable agriculture and water security, forest conservation ... Fund (GCF) is uniquely positioned to enable and facilitate DFCS transactions, at both the policy design level and at ...
Document > Working paper 
FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... in infrastructure development. Projected climate change scenarios indicate Samoa is destined to endure further severe ... and wind events and sea level rise. This project will enable the Government of Samoa to reduce the effect of ... River catchment, which flows through the area of the national capital Apia. Recent extreme weather events in this ...
Project > Public sector Samoa 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... community-based cottage industries to access markets and financial services. This project has an estimated lifespan of ...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
FP250 - Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
Viet Nam’s rapidly growing economy is placing increasing pressure on its natural resources, including forests. Despite a logging ban in 2016, the nation has faced challenges in balancing forest conservation ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
... cycle, diminished resources, and rising CO2 emissions from inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure. There is an ... and regulations, enhanced project preparation, long-term financing, and affordability. The Facility will overcome the ... Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1085 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
... Fiji, and Somalia) by improving the production, dissemination and effective use of Multi-Hazard Early Warning ... (MHEWS). It will accelerate access to global and regional technical and operational support for these countries to develop comprehensive ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
... components: climate foresight, market incentives, and enabling environment. The local farmers’ capacities to manage climate impacts will be enhanced through an innovative ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
... Sugarcane farmers in northern Belize are facing financial, physical, and social risks due to erratic ... and expanding the range of sugarcane varieties. Additionally, production operations will be transformed to be more ... require fewer inputs to achieve higher yields. Moisture management knowledge and practices, including irrigation and ...
Project > Public sector Belize 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... cycle of climate change, agricultural yield depletion and natural resource degradation in central and northern Benin ... productivity and improving technical and institutional capacity of governments and communities. This project ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
... resilient development. The Board elected Ambassador Lennart Båge and Dr. Paul Oquist as its Co-Chairs for 2018, ... to the funding approvals, the Board approved an additional USD 60 million for the implementation of the Readiness ... Mongolia with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP078 - USD 26 million for the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) ...
Article > Press release 
Countries step up ambition: Landmark boost to coffers of the world’s largest climate fund
... Three-quarters of the countries increased their pledges in national currency. Nearly half of them doubled or more than ... Parties in Spain (COP25) on 2-13 December 2019 and at COP26, to be co-hosted by the United Kingdom and Italy in ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established GCF in 2010 to direct climate finance to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... explore innovative solutions to help developing countries finance a green, resilient recovery from the devastating ... on the sidelines of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development , the UN’s annual stock take of global ... Asia and the Commonwealth. “The UK is the host of COP26 in Glasgow next year and is committed to a sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... leading private and public sector actors - including financial institutions, governments, project developers, ... to global policy dialogues, notably the Initiative on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, and the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). Investors at the third GCF Private Investment for ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... Fund (GCF) Board has given a major boost to climate finance for developing countries with the approval of over USD ... on the GCF website . The 27th Board meeting is the final Board meeting of the year and the last one to be ... Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity with PCA (FP152) USD 26.7 million for Mongolian Green Finance Corporation with ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
... and taken significant steps to strengthen results management for its growing portfolio. The four new climate ... website . The Board also approved the Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF), a significant development that ... of smallholder farmers. This project is part of the USD 1.26 billion GCF is investing in adaptation action in Africa ...
Article > Press release 
Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
... Dear colleague and friend, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Patricia Espinosa; Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of ... our Leadership Dialogue in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assemply. I would like to deeply thank you ... of our financial systems. First, in preparation for COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their ...
Article > Speech
Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
... Christina Figueres, Founder of Global Optimism and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary; Dear Participants and colleagues. ... solution. The recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis coincides with a pivotal time in the fight against climate change. In preparation for the COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their NDCs to ...
Article > Speech
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... in 2005, the concept – whereby developing countries are financially rewarded for reducing emissions by improving ... the lion’s share of carbon market growth. At COP26 in Glasgow, the UNFCCC further developed key elements of Article 6 of the ...
Article > Insights 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... 544.1 million in GCF funding and USD 1.7 billion with co-financing. With the new projects, GCF’s portfolio now ... billion in GCF resources and USD 42.4 billion with co-financing. In line with GCF’s efforts to increase access ... 82.5 million as GGC scales up) with MUFG Bank (FP197); USD 26.9 million for CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action to ...
Article > Press release 
What do gin and tonic, coffee and mountain climate risks have in common?
For many, mountains are remote sites of natural beauty to admire. But their distance means we should ... has approved at least 31 projects in mountainous areas in 26 countries, with a total GCF investment of USD 1.8 ... may not be suitable for large-scale production. It is not a coincidence that mountain environments form the hubs that ...
Article > Insights 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... investments. The debt conversion represents an innovative financing model for climate adaptation that avoids increasing ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... and knowledge, it promotes growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... to help implement the new global goal for adaptation finance. Among the key COP30 outcomes were the decision to ... on a record year in which the Fund programmed USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. GCF’s portfolio now ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
Article > News update 

Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... ultimately the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed and the nomination by NDA of two entities will be supported, while ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23)
... GCF report to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Performance ... of the GCF Strategic programming document outlining scenarios for the GCF replenishment Policy on ethics and ... incremental and full cost methodology and policies on co-financing and concessionality Policy guidelines on ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
... ) Consideration of accreditation proposals Risk management framework Review of the structure and effectiveness ... practices, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism Structure and staffing of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15)
... Terms of reference for the annual review of the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund’s financial instruments Matters related to funding proposals ... Review of the initial proposal approval process Operational guidelines for the simplified proposal approval process ...
Event > Board meeting 
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
... addressing anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (status update) Initial monitoring and ... Consideration of accreditation proposals Initial risk management framework: progress report and risk register ... of proposals for micro and small-scale activities The financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... the Initial Resource Mobilization process Level of concessional terms for the public sector Brief guideline on the application of the case-by-case provisions in the financial terms and conditions of the Fund’s instruments Additional modalities that further enhance direct access: Terms of ...
Event > Board meeting 