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GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
The Green Climate Fund has come a step closer to helping Namibia’s Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) utilise the ... which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the resilience of communities living ... said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s support for nature-based adaptation initiatives. It takes a holistic ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
... doubling our contribution and continue to work with other nations to tackle this global issue." UK International Development Secretary Alok Sharma said: “This is ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... event that a Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of a ... Policy guidelines on programmatic approach Policy on co-financing Matters related to GCF support to adaptation ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Consideration ... Assessment Network (MOPAN) Updated and integrated results management framework and results tracking tool Work programme ... the Secretariat and administrative budget for 2021 Initial analysis of options to minimize the effects of currency ...
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Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... measures to successfully achieve targets made in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Cabo Verde’s Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development 2017-2021 (PEDS), identifies key sectors ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
... the Scaling-up Framework, that will facilitate access to financing to develop early warning systems, for countries that ... projects with CREWS funds, a faster access to climate finance through the GCF SAP. The SAP-CREWS Scaling-up ... at UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), reminded participants that “the UN ...
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Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen and its key ... project will achieve this goal based on its transformational logic as follows: IF the project clarifies roles and ... needs for climate change mitigation, updates Yemen’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and develops a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
... and direct health risks and affect economic potential and national food security. Angola plans to reduce greenhouse gas ... 35% by 2030 as compared to the Business as Usual (BAU) scenario (INDC, 2015). Angola’s mitigation contribution takes ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Initial Resource Mobilisation
Overview Following a rapid institutional start-up phase, the GCF’s Initial Resource ...
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Annual Results Report 2020
... Climate action during the pandemic Download the report GCF snapshot in 2020 Total 2015-2020 0 Total value of approved ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the goal of keeping an average global ... and by doing so, to deliver on our mandate. The delayed COP26 climate conference at the end of 2021 will be a ...
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ED opening remarks
... from the pandemic and the changing structure of international politics all bring significant challenges to ... to programme these resources as soon as transferred. At COP 26, we were able to confirm that GCF had committed all its ... for around 2-3% of global climate finance flows under the UNFCCC; 0.5% of total climate finance flows; and less than ...
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GCF at COP30
... | 10 - 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate ... and impact. The 10th anniversary of GCF’s operations coincides with the 10th anniversary of adopting the Paris ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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Indigenous Peoples
... GCF. The rights of Indigenous Peoples are affirmed by international human rights instruments, including binding treaties and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including in the Cancun Agreement. The preamble of ...
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Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
... change as an existential threat into action, said a regional body representative during a Green Climate Fund ... said Simon Wilson, with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme ( SPREP ). A broad-based climate ... the majority of people rely directly or indirectly on the natural environment for their livelihoods and wider economic ...
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Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
... between the worlds of climate science and climate finance. A national of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Lee noted the rapid ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ...
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Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... of the Heads of the Independent Units beyond the probationary period Updated Board workplan for 2018 Reports from ... Guidance from the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Report on the analysis of the challenges, barriers, gaps and ...
Event > Board meeting 
Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
... related to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism Analysis of barriers to crowding-in and maximizing the ... Matters arising from the informal discussions GCF risk management framework Performance management agreements for ...
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Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... the formal replenishment process Update on the GCF risk management framework Matters related to accreditation Status ... budget of the GCF as at 31 December 2016 and the 2016 unaudited financial statement of the GCF Adjusted administrative budget ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... panels and groups Ethics and Audit Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Budget Committee ... The GCF and the Paris Agreement Relationship with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change thematic ... matters Status of the GCF Administrative Tribunal Report on the execution of the administrative budget for ...
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Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... panels, and groups Ethics and Audit Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation ... Further development of indicators in the performance management framework Initial risk appetite of the Fund ... on Human Resources Status of the GCF Administrative Tribunal Report on the execution of the administrative budget and ...
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Structured Dialogue with Asia 2017
... the industry and building sectors, and to improve waste management practices, was also discussed. Within the theme of ... hazards, to increase food security and to improve the management of water resources. Within another theme that ... countries identified needs related to accelerating national and provincial REDD-plus mechanisms and mangrove ...
Event > Structured dialogue Indonesia 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... highlighted the role of GCF in realising the existing National Determined Contributions (NDCs), as well as in ... greater ambition as NDCs are revised next year. Climate finance is critical to the Paris Agreement, with the majority ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... of Bangladesh live in rural areas, where women predominantly cook using traditional, wood-fueled stoves. Burning wood for cooking releases ... shift towards a low-carbon, resilient economy for emerging nations.” “Improved cookstoves benefit both the ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... has been to make sure we don't end up having to negotiate financial transfer agreements for six months or 12 months ... approval ever for GCF, USD 1.2 billion, and also in co-financing, USD 6.3 billion.” Two of the four projects which ... implementation are based on collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). They will enhance the ...
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Thematic brief: Oceans
... more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, providing a natural asset of enormous significance to protect our ... preserve and enhance local economic growth, promote regional stability and conserve global biodiversity. This ... upon them. Despite the urgent need to protect the ocean’s natural mitigation and adaptation services, there is a ...
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Policies: Risk management framework
Risk management framework GCF’s risk management framework defines GCF’s approach to managing risk at both the institutional and funding proposal ...
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Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... related to urban and the built environment. This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness project therefore aims to enhance Rwanda’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Work with us
... change, both through our funded activities and the sustainability of our operations. Innovative We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we see opportunities to unlock ...
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GCF-1
... replenishment (2020-2023) is an important element of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is ... a major global instrument for channeling public climate finance to mobilise the larger shifts in global financial ...
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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... we make! But to realise that change, we need climate finance. And today, I am proud to be able to launch a GCF's ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
Article > Speech