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Senegal climate resilience receives a boost with funding agreement
... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) allows for this GCF Board-approved USD 8.2 million project to begin ...
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Learn about GCF’s REDD+ support during June webinars
... a series of REDD+ webinars on 19 and 20 June to provide information about the Fund’s support for this financing method which reduces greenhouse gases while also protecting and restoring forests. Intended for both seasoned REDD+ practitioners and ...
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GCF strengthens private sector push in agreement with Proparco
... agency of France. The AMA sets the legal framework for Proparco to begin proposing and implementing climate ...
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Lightning strikes: How installing a modern lightning detecting system in Malawi is saving lives and livelihoods
As another year of devastating events unfolds, including Cyclone Idai - one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere – natural disasters are a constant reminder to us that...
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Managing risk: How climate finance can help manage risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 47 developing countries, across four regions, and with the support of 14 partners, National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are promoting ambitious climate action across the world. These NAPs also help countries meet their...
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GCF signing enhances renewables uptake in Nepal
GCF has signed an agreement with Nepal’s Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) to help boost this mountainous country’s ability to expand its renewable power and improve energy efficiency. The signing of the...
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Wetlands give life: Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet
Wetlands are an important natural buffer in mitigating, forestalling, and adapting to climate change. By absorbing ... Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda 
Scaling up finance for transformative climate action in cities
GCF and UN-Habitat, the global agency for human settlements, recently held a joint information session at the UN World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi, exploring how to scale up climate ...
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GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities
... implementation agreement with German development bank KfW for GCF’s first “blue economy” project in the Western ... Madagascar, South Africa and Mozambique. GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities ...
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Freeing Zambian women from a climate-charged poverty spiral
... article about how GCF funds are helping Zambian women transform themselves from climate change victims to rural ...
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Simplified Approval Process (SAP) Technical Guidance Compendium out now
... the Compendium covers a range of areas that are applicable for GCF financing across both mitigation and adaptation ...
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Cambodia's climate action game-changer: Resilient agricultural value chains
GCF’s climate finance is improving the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers by reducing the carbon footprint of each stage of the agricultural value chain. Through investments in climate-resilient agricultural...
Article > Story Cambodia 

Forty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.41)
#GCFB41 Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea Forty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.41) ...
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Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
... finance projects GCF approves. They are also a prerequisite for the disbursement of project funds. Conservation ... cope with a changing climate,” said Ms Morris. “Joining forces with the GCF provides us with additional financial ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
... a Chinese entity. The signing of the AMA with China’s Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) in Beijing on 15 ... Chen Liang said the AMA signing will help FECO “push forward carbon emission control and low carbon development ... are key to GCF’s climate finance work as they bring forward funding proposals to the Fund and then oversee, ...
Article > Press release China 
Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... level consultations so that there is community ownership for our approach,” stated Benedict Libanda. “GCF is ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... (1) a CRS REDD+ Strategy; (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national approach to safeguards. ... to seek result based payment and catalyze private finance for sustainable land-use practices which will deliver carbon ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
... the Head of the Climate Action Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. He was appointed as Board ... while working at the Ministry’s General-Coordination for Sustainable Development. Daniel also worked in the ... his life to public service, he was a career diplomat for over seventeen years, reaching the rank of Counsellor in ...
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GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
... Director Mafalda Duarte and Costa Rica Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Arnoldo André Tinoco. GCF has ... Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment Projects within the Committee for Environmental Protection (CIIP), a Direct Access Entity ...
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Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
... This indigenous community has lived here continuously for thousands of years. The adverse effects of climate ... he recalls a completely different landscape with lush forest and abundant water. Today, he says many of his fellow ... to sell their land and migrate, given the harsh conditions for harvesting the land. Deforestation and forest ...
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... structure on 9 September 2024, which is part of a larger effort to make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... windy winter afternoon, you immediately feel the comfort of home. It’s warm and cozy. A pot of tea is boiling. ... house still lacks some of the crucial creature comforts many take for granted: central heating, hot water from tap, and a ...
Article > Story Mongolia 
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National Forestry Adviser, reviews data on his tablet. Not long ago, ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ...
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Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... from the Fund and from each other, and explored areas for collaboration. Each country took concrete steps to move their climate priorities forward through intensive interactions with GCF, the ... being in the driver’s seat. They reiterated the need for country leadership in the development of adaptation and ...
Article > Press release Belize 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... disasters. Developed with the the National Directorate for Climate Change, the country’s National Designated ... said Demetrio do Amaral del Carvalho, Secretary of State for the Environment at Timor-Leste’s 3rd National Climate ... to achieve this, we need the support of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanisms such as the Global Environment ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste 
GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... of Practice on Knowledge Management (KM) converged for their 2022 Summer Meeting that was convened by the Green ... governance and functions. This is an essential topic for knowledge management as it entails discussion on the ... The participants agreed on the crucial need for both and to establish a strong and clear relationship ...
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... of Korea and GCF was signed in June 2013 and entered into force in August 2013. Songdo is a planned city, built on ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
... template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for baseline, context and theory of change, while also simplifying financing information and investment criteria information required. It ...
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GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
... GCF Executive Director a.i. identified three priorities for common action with GEF: scaling up projects, encouraging ... direct access, and developing country programmes. The need for cooperation was emphasised by Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, ... of Costa Rica, who stated that the two funds are the way forward in Costa Rica, and need to work together. GEF-GCF ...
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