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Samoa grants Privileges and Immunities status to GCF
... granting of Privileges and Immunities is highly important for the effective operationalisation of the Fund’s ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with the Green Climate Fund ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
GCF approves first grants for National Adaptation Planning in Liberia and Nepal
... Plans. The Board adopted the decision to expedite support for the formulation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans ... under the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme to formulate NAPs. The Fund has moved quickly to implement this ...
Article > Press release Liberia Nepal 
GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
... the Secretariat. Mr. Bamsey, an Australian national, is the former Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute ...
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Board to consider committing USD 788 million in project proposals and recruiting new ED at B.14 meeting
... project value of more than USD 2.7 billion, with requests for GCF funding totaling USD 787.8 million. The Board will ...
Article > Press release 
Baton passes in GCF Secretariat Leadership
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the goal of supporting climate resilient and low ... Ms. Hela Cheikrouhou on her appointment as Minister for Energy, Mining and Renewables in the new Tunisian ... ad interim until such time as the current selection process for a permanent Executive Director is complete. Songdo Baton ...
Article > Press release 
Request for Proposals: GCF Funding Modalities
... Meeting, 28-30 June 2016, the GCF Board endorsed a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified financial ... enterprises (MSMEs) in the climate space. The deadline for the receipt of concept notes for the first RFP is 30 August 2016. See the RFP for full ...
Article > Press release 
New web features bring partners and projects in focus
The GCF website has received several significant updates to make its ... by the GCF Board to date. It will serve as a main information hub for all forthcoming projects and programes that the Board ...
Article > Press release 
GCF introduces live web-streaming of Board meetings
... of the sessions. The live web-casting will make it possible for proceedings to be followed from anywhere, via a ... required. The GCF Board adopted a comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy (IDP) at its last meeting ( ... The link to the web-cast will be available on the GCF website ahead of the meeting and communicated through a ...
Article > Press release 
Héla Cheikhrouhou to leave GCF after her three years as Executive Director
... Board to secure the approval of USD 168 million in funding for its first round of eight projects and programmes, ...
Article > Press release 
COP 21 Side Event – The Green Climate Fund: ‘Looking Beyond Paris’
... climate finance, thereby supporting the achievement of UNFCCC’s climate change objectives. So far, the Fund has ... to realize its ambitious mandate? And how can the Fund move forward at the speed required, while also ensuring that it ... The discussion will be moderated by OXFAM. Come and join us for an exchange between the Fund and its stakeholders about ...
Article > Press release 
President of Senegal calls for adequate resources for GCF
... of Senegal, today used his address to the plenary of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to highlight the importance of climate finance, calling for the Green Climate Fund to receive sufficient resources to support both adaptation efforts and clean technology transfers to Africa. President ...
Article > Press release Senegal 
Zambia Board meeting opens with funding proposals on the table
... 2 to 5 November with the approval of the first projects for the Fund high on the Board’s agenda. Co-Chairs Henrik ... the USD 10 billion that have been raised as new resources for mitigation and adaptation investments to date. ... made to date by the Fund. She highlighted the expectations for collaboration with the Fund that are set out by many ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
... this occasion, Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou called for the Paris Agreement to ensure that the Financial ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scaled up substantially and on an ongoing basis. GCF’s Executive Director underscored the need for funding through the Financial Mechanism of the ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening synergies: the role of the Green Climate Fund in implementing the Paris Agreement and the 2030 agenda
... in New York, the event is part of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The high-level event will ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF United States 
GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks on Friday to discuss how an ambitious ... including H.E. Ms Lorena Aguilar Revelo, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica, H.E. Ms Janine Felson, ... Mr Mohamed Nasr, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, and Ms Tenzin Wangmo, Lead ...
Article > Press release Germany 
The Maldives and GCF strengthen legal partnership
... signing, noting the conclusion of such agreements establish formal political relationships between GCF and the countries ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with GCF by providing ...
Article > Press release Maldives 
On World Environment Day, women are bringing new life to Colombia’s wetlands
Local women are leading the restoration of north Colombian wetlands to reverse degradation from decades of unsustainable farming.
Bringing life back to this vital ecosystem in Colombia’s La Mojana region provides many...
Article > Story Colombia 
Where do we stand with NDCs: Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
... gap between the aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation efforts in terms of global annual emissions of greenhouse ... well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above ... to prepare new/updated NDCs and communicate these to the UNFCCC secretariat by 2020. This represents a major ...
Event > Upcoming engagement 
GCF Programming Manual
Following the announcement of the GCF Programming Manual, the webinar will allow stakeholders to have an in-depth overview and seek clarifications on the processes related to project origination, development, appraisal...
Event > Webinar 
Introduction to Simplified Approval Process and the Private Sector
... side event of the third annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference provides participants with an ...
Event > Webinar 
27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered
... which would collectively invest over USD 1 billion for climate action in developing countries. If all are ... live or later through recorded sessions. The timing for each of the five days of the Board meeting will be ... sessions . You can also follow us on Twitter for Board updates. 27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 ...
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Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Cities, Buildings and Urban Systems
... the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for high impact, paradigm-shifting investments in each sector to guide proposal development for the GCF in line with its investment criteria during its ...
Event > Webinar 
Open dialogue on the development of the GCF Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The webinar is organized by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with the GCF.
This webinar aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action, including GCF’s accredited entities and NDAs/...
Event > Webinar 
Transformational Climate Financing for the Caribbean Regional Engagement
Division of Country Programming will host the Transformational Climate Financing for the Caribbean Regional Engagement, to be held as a ... event on 1-5 March 2021. This event will provide a platform for engagement with National Designated Authorities, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) Pilot
The session is organized by the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) as part of the ... discussion is maintained with participants. Registration for the session can be done following the link. Virtual ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF Webinars on Accredited Entity-level reporting on the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP)
... the GCF Secretariat launched the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP) – a one-stop shop for Accredited Entities (AEs) to address all stages in the lifecycle related to accreditation - for AEs to submit online their AE-level reports. Following ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory Webinar on GCF Country Programme Guidance
... programmes, identify the top priority projects ideas for each country or region, preferred AEs and how to ... English with live captioning in several languages, allowing for participation from various regions at the following ... Session 1: 24 February 2021, 08.00 a.m. KST Applicable for participants based in Pacific, LAC countries Session ...
Event > Webinar 
Training Workshop on the Methodology for establishing a baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs)
Following the publication of the Methodology for establishing a baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs) presented at ... Fund (GCF) Entities Team is organizing a training workshop for relevant stakeholders, to be held on 8 April 2021 at the ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Ecosystem & Ecosystem Services
... the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for high impact, paradigm-shifting investments in each sector to guide proposal development for the GCF in line with its investment criteria during its ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Forests & Land Use
... this webinar will present the draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Forests & Land Use , followed by a Q&A session. The Draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Forests & Land Use provides an overview of country needs and ... the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for high impact, paradigm-shifting investments in each ...
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