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Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, disease, global mass displacement.   A harrowing future awaits according to the latest IPCC report if we ignore the ultimate threat multiplier of climate...

Overview In 2010, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the World Bank to serve as interim trustee of the Green Climate Fund. Its functions in this capacity...

The GCF Board approved the Terms of Reference (TOR) for updating of GCF’s Gender Policy and Action Plan, as a decision between meetings (B.BM – 2016/12). The TOR contains questions in relation to the quality of the...

At the fourteenth meeting, through decision B.14/03, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) requested the Secretariat to develop “a request for proposals (RFP) for REDD+ results-based payments (RBP), including...

Following a decision B.05/22, the Fund’s Secretariat prepared GCF/B.06/13 Options for a Fund-wide Gender-sensitive Approach. At its sixth meeting the Board, having considered document GCF/B.06/13: Requested the...

The proposed readiness programme seeks to address identified gaps in the accreditation of NEMA by introducing support to GCF operations at NEMA, building requisite technical capacities; filling in knowledge gaps that on...

The government has started to place climate change at the core of its development plans, and in addition to putting in place adaptation measures. At national level, process is in place to implement plans and programmes...

CAR, as a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change, has opted to submit this readiness proposal to the Green Climate Fund (the Fund) to access the readiness resources required for the country’s NDA to launch the...

Djibouti appointed its Focal Point only recently and the team is small with limited experience on climate finance issues. Moreover, the country has received climate-related support from its development partners to...

The Government of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is committed to tackling the adverse impacts of climate change through the implementation of ambitious policies and actions enshrined in its NDCs. However, to meet...

The Angolan NDA, in collaboration with the Delivery Partner (DP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), seeks this GCF Readiness Support as country-driven response to climate change challenges outlined under Section 2 of...

The six Member States of the OECS which are party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA) are at various stages in their GCF respective readiness processes....

SOUTH AFRICA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A WATER SCARCE COUNTRY and is projecting a 17% water deficit by 2030 (National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, 2018) (“NWSMP”). According to the NWSMP there is a need to optimise the...

The Lake Chad Basin supports a growing population of about 50 million people: farmers, pastoralists and fishermen who rely heavily on natural resources. Impacted by rising temperatures and increased variability of...

The project’s goal to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at scale to effectively reduce flood risks and secure groundwater recharge presents a paradigm shift for the country - transitioning to consistent...

The Korea Development Bank (KDB), a direct access entity (DAE), requests the PPF support to carry out necessary preliminary studies that will help develop a full funding proposal package consistent with climate...

This proposal aims to strengthen the capacities of beneficiaries which includes technical officers, managers, and other representatives of local government, non- governmental institutions, private sector and community...

South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, increasing the frequency and severity of drought, floods and wildfires. This threatens the ecosystems that underpin urban and rural...

Recognizing that climate change poses significant risks to its long-term development, the Government of Montenegro (GoM) has taken several foundational steps to develop a long-term adaptation planning process that is...

Argentina has recently prepared a “Situation Analysis of Health and Climate Change”, a “National Action Plan on Climate Change and Health” (PANSyCC) and created political and technical structures to address the topic of...

It is estimated that commercial refrigeration in Brazil accounts for around 25% of the energy consumption in an average supermarket. In fact, international studies indicate that commercial refrigeration could consume...

Serbia is highly exposed and vulnerable to natural hazards as a result of climate change. As stated in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) the most vulnerable sectors in the Republic of Serbia are...