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Social protection: Investing in reform and resilience
... and labour market interventions, protect people before, during, and after climate shocks. Social protection is ... used as a core development strategy and policy initiative for decades. Social protection in the climate context simply ... promising, scalable, and underutilised investment levers for long-term, local change. In an agriculture, forests and ...
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New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
... to collaborate on mobilising private institutional capital for investment in climate solutions in developing countries ... by Generation Investment Management to scale solutions for the highest-emitting, most off-track sectors of the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is mandated to support low-emission, ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... Readiness project, Enhancing Thailand’s Capacity for Climate Adaptation through Risk-informed Anticipatory Actions to Flood and Drought , which was ... cross-sector coordination, identified systemic gaps for priority investment, and developed six climate-resilient ...
Article > News update Thailand 
Closer ties and progress forged at GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
... the Indigenous Peoples Policy and set strategic priorities for enhancing Indigenous Peoples' access to climate finance. ... Peoples. The discussions focused on several key areas for 2026, which included establishing GCF’s approach on direct ... with Indigenous Peoples, which will take place in April 2026. The IPAG also welcomed the inclusion of its members in ...
Article > News update 
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... more than 80 per cent of Kenya’s population uses biomass for cooking and heating. The combustion of these materials ... promoting climate-friendly cookstoves that reduce the need for biomass cooking, as well as reduce CO₂ emissions. ... a tree every one to two weeks. Now we are using one tree for a month to two and a half months.” Charity Njeri ...
Article > Story Kenya 
Policies and strategies
... specific operational policies and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and ... these strategies and policies establish the framework for implementation of the GCF’s Governing Instrument. The ...
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Project safeguards
... of its operations as an essential decision-making element for the deployment of its resources. Project safeguards ...
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Gender
... change. Women tend to rely more on natural resources for their livelihood. Any decline in land and biomass ... urban areas, after climate-related disasters, it is harder for poor women than for poor men to recover their economic status and welfare. ...
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GCF funded India solar rooftop programme kicks off
... The trustee of the Green Climate Fund transferred the funds for the first GCF private sector project in the country to ... programme which will provide access to long-term and affordable financing for the construction of 250 MW of solar rooftop capacity ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting brought together 27 potential ... Aksel Jacobsen addressed the opening of the meeting reinforcing the commitment of Norway to double its contributions ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. Over the five years ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
The Green Climate Fund has published the revised timeline for its twenty-third Board meeting and the tentative timeline for its twenty-fourth Board meeting (B.23 and B.24, ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
... complementarity and coherence in its programming plans for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment ... the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is the first country to host a joint mission of GCF ... in identifying how each can support country aspirations for climate resilient and low emissions sustainable ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
GCF supports Indonesia's energy transition with de-risking geothermal development
... million to support exploration and resource confirmation for 1GW to 1.5 GW geothermal energy. This translates to ... GCF is a package consisting of a senior concessional loan for public sector projects, a reimbursable grant for private ... Telep Renewable Energy Senior Specialist +82 32 458 6326 Indonesia Songdo FP083 GCF supports Indonesia's energy ...
Article > Story Indonesia 
Agreement set to increase India's rooftop solar reach
... between the Green Climate Fund and India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement paves the way for funds to be transferred in a USD 250 million project ... Secretary with India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Shankar A Pande, NABARD’s Chief ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS
... to climate change. Despite having a huge potential for renewable energy, particularly from solar and wind, ... in the country, resulting to a reliance on fossil fuels for more than 70% of electricity generation in 2018. To ... Telep Renewable Energy Senior Specialist +82 32 458 6326 Tonga Songdo GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Climate finance drives down renewable price in Egypt by half
... finance flows. GCF has been working with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the past few months to implement a USD 1 billion project ... fuels. The GCF and EBRD intervention is primarily in the form of tailored loans to finance greenfield investments of ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Dialogue opens new opportunities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... Dialogue today in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The four-day forum, being opened by Tajikistan’s Deputy Prime Minister ... from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, ... Accredited Entities, entities that have been nominated for accreditation by their respective NDAs, as well as civil ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... said President Sirisena. “Rice, as a staple food for the country, has always been produced in the country. ... Sri Lanka’s development of a strategic country programme for GCF, which will enhance the country’s ability to develop and implement GCF projects. In forming climate solutions, “it is important to leverage ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón - a former economist and winner of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize - emphasised the need for the private and public sectors to work together in ... solutions to address climate change. A number of formal and informal discussions during the four-day event ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector cooperation in tackling ... the Dialogue, which concludes today. Stressing the need for action, he warned the onset of climate change means the ... has committed close to USD 736 million in climate finance for Latin America, which in turn represents nearly 2.7 ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is accompanied by two key fora harnessing the global spirit of the Games to address ... part in these two important discussions. The PyeongChang Forum, named after the Republic of Korea county where the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with an initial pledge of over USD 10 billion. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “This will require changing many of our processes, ... Director Ayaan Adam said 2017 was a critical year for GCF in implementation, approval of projects and ... requirement of ensuring the projects it supports match best-practice fiduciary standards and conform to ...
Article > Press release 
Germany, Incheon City raise awareness on climate conflict and cooperation at GCF Headquarters
The Green Climate Fund and Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, alongside the city government of Incheon ... the subjects of water, climate, land, forests and minerals. Visitors learn how environmental degradation and resource ... of the opening of the exhibition in Songdo, which coincided with the opening of the 23rd UN Climate Summit in ...
Article > Press release Germany Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF and ADB sign agreement to help Fiji address its water challenge
... (FAA) on Monday in Nadi, Fiji prepares the legal groundwork for GCF to begin transferring its USD 31 million ... sea levels, by assisting Fiji move its main water intake for the capital of Suva upstream – projected to benefit ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver equal amounts of funding to mitigation and ...
Article > Press release Fiji 
GCF Board Strengthens Fund’s Operations
... the Fund and help generate high quality funding proposals for climate finance investments in low-emission and ... date, the GCF Board has approved USD 2.2 billion in funding for 43 projects to be implemented in 64 countries. The Board ... of the GCF Board meetings are available on GCF’s website . The 18th meeting of the GCF Board will be held from ...
Article > Press release 
GCF begins first REDD+ transfer
... Ecuador reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests. The current transfer of USD 7.9 million to the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which supports countries' efforts to reduce emissions ... finished its preparation phase for REDD+ according to UNFCCC guidelines and requirements. “The funding received by ...
Article > Press release Ecuador 
UNDP head welcomes flow of GCF funds to the Maldives
... to 49 islands that currently rely on emergency deliveries for three months of each year. GCF’s transfer of USD 3 ... help build a more sustainable, climate-resilient future for the people of the Maldives.” The geographic ... square kilometres – puts this South Asian nation at the forefront of climate change. High poverty levels in the ...
Article > Press release Maldives 
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
... Peru’s indigenous communities manage wetlands to avoid deforestation and the release of peatland emissions. This ... legal agreements, currently numbering 18, open the way for GCF’s transfer of funds. The 16 FAAs signed during the ... (FP002) - “Scaling-up the use of modernized climate information and Early warning systems in Malawi”- FAA signed ...
Article > Press release 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
... Garcia, a Spaniard who worked in his country’s Institute for Foreign Trade before joining CAF as a climate finance ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). CAF has been a GCF instigator of change in Latin ... linkage with the International Development Finance Club ( IDFC ), as well as its financial independence, as major ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF Readiness Results - Antigua and Barbuda
... is one of the first countries to complete their roadmap for engagement with the GCF. Its Country Programme sets forward an ambitious pipeline of over USD 245 million in projects for potential GCF funding to help meet its low-emission and ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 