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SAP017 - Climate proofing food production investments in Imbo and Moso basins in the Republic of Burundi
... challenges, including a worsening food security situation for its vulnerable rural population. A combination of ... of soil and water management through the adoption of best practices in agroecosystem management by ... capacity building of actors at all levels on best agro-ecosystem management practices for enhanced soil ...
Project > Public sector Burundi 
Careers
... to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate ... to Oracle, you can now check the status. We invite you to visit our new Careers Portal , explore new staff and ... and update your profiles. For consultancy opportunities visit the Consultant Jobs Portal . GCF is driven by ...
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GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... and partners gathered in Incheon, Republic of Korea, for GCF’s Regional Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific. GCF ... Supnet. For more information and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
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Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
... health and environmental risks. “I concentrated all my efforts on solving agricultural wastewater, more specific ... innovation led to the birth of microTERRA, a technology platform that leverages biotechnology to clean water while ... to lower sugar content in food and beverages. microTERRA's latest product, Mask, enables food and beverage companies to ...
Article > Story Mexico 
Policies: Sustainability
... The Governing Instrument sets out that the GCF will adopt best practice environmental and social safeguards to be ...
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Scaling up climate finance in the context of COVID-19
... increases the imperative to scale up climate action before these goals are out of reach. In particular, it is ... to a net-zero, climate resilient economy, based on the latest scientific findings and policy developments. It ... to a net-zero, climate resilient economy, based on the latest scientific findings and policy developments. It ...
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GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change mitigation and ... developing countries. This is the first time GCF has called for proposals that specifically target the full range of ... investment community to learn about the Fund’s Request for Proposals (RFP) on mobilizing funding at scale. Jiwoo ...
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Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica
Jamaica’s progress for readiness with respect to the Warsaw Framework’s four ... System (SIS), preliminary assessment are underway and requisite entities for the function of the system are being ... REDD+ Strategy options are under review to determine the best strategic options for Jamaica’s REDD+ strategy (e.g., ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
Support The Union of Comoros to increase access to Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund (GCF): enhancing decision-making process through better mainstreaming sciencebased Information
... capacity to generate scientific climate data and information to assess climate change impacts and use this data and information to develop strong climate change projects for ... data, considering its vulnerability and the best measures to strengthen its resilience and the Union’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... a resilient Caribbean: Advancing regional solutions for climate action, sustainable growth and inclusive ... its geographical limitations. We are small enough to be the best model of sustainability that the world has to offer.” ... vast potential of renewable energy generation in the region for domestic use as well as for export. He underscored the ...
Article > News update 
Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
... Dear colleague and friend, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Patricia Espinosa; Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of ... Nations General Assemply. I would like to deeply thank you for joining us. Why is today’s Leadership Dialogue so ... of our financial systems. First, in preparation for COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their ...
Article > Speech
Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
... Christina Figueres, Founder of Global Optimism and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary; Dear Participants and colleagues. ... solution. The recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis coincides with a pivotal time in the fight against climate change. In preparation for the COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their NDCs to ...
Article > Speech
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America sets to further accelerate climate action in the region
... concluded in Montevideo, Uruguay. Running on 24-26 July, 2023, the event aimed to accelerate climate action ... region. For more information and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Latin America. ¹ ...
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Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership
... GCF-Acumen “ Hardest-to-Reach " project will provide affordable, reliable off-grid energy access to unelectrified ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... keeping average global temperature rise well below 2°C. Visit GCF Somalia country page here . Somalia Green ...
Article > Press release Somalia 
Ambition and coordination key to climate finance reform
... as if it does” Director of Means of Implementation at UNFCCC Sophie De Coninck said GCF is well positioned to be a ... finance is credible and achievable. For more information, visit the GCF COP29 microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund/ Ambition and ...
Article > News update 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
... change is expected to have considerable consequences for the livelihood of the citizens of the Republic of ... updated in the draft Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, to be submitted in 2016. The National Adaptation Plan ... and constantly up to date prioritization allowing for the best use of resources helping Albania to deliver its INDC ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania
Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
... high risks of climate-sensitive health outcomes. Climate information services are not adequately tailored to the needs ... primary healthcare facilities are not equipped to prepare for and respond to extreme weather and climate events, ... GCF programming in low- emission investment Outcome 5.1: Best practices with respect to institutional capacity ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Improving Brazilian’s capacity to support the development of a national sustainable solid waste Management program in the coastal zone
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions form the waste sector are mainly due to the anaerobic ... from the waste sector. More than 80% (2,655 of 3,256 sites) of the dumps that should have been closed in 2014 ... in operation. In 2020, new deadlines were established for closing dumps, extending them to the year 2024, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
FP184 - Vanuatu community-based climate resilience project (VCCRP)
... sectors. The project will also provide access to climate information and early warning systems at the local level. Key ... and restoring 11,600 hectares of agricultural and fisheries sites; and training smallholder farmers in climate-resilient ...
Project > Public sector Vanuatu 
FP207 - Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management
... objective of the Recharge Pakistan initiative is to transform the country’s approach to flood and water resource management in local watershed sites in the Indus Basin river system. This will be ... and flood resilience, while establishing a paradigm shift for future EbA initiatives in Pakistan. Grants from the GCF ...
Project > Public sector Pakistan 
FP124 - Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles Mountain Range Catchment of Sri Lanka
... of the Knuckles Mountain Range, which is a UNESCO heritage site that includes key biodiversity hotspots and forest reserves. The region is dominated by tea plantations and forests (natural and plantation) along with other field ...
Project > Public sector Sri Lanka 
Indigenous Peoples regional dialogue reaffirms GCF commitment to vulnerable local communities
... GCF activities. It also involved exchanging experiences and best practices focusing on climate rationality of projects, ... network of indigenous specialists in climate finance (REIFC). The network, comprised of 17 indigenous leaders from ... Myrna Cunningham, the Chair of FILAC said: “It is no coincidence that while the understaffed national parks of ...
Article > Press release Nicaragua 
GCF affirms its commitment to Least Developed Countries
... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, held the Structured Dialogue with Least Developed ... in the LDCs. “This meeting was an opportunity to transform the strategic initiatives of LDCs into advanced actions ... They had an opportunity to exchange experiences and best practices in promoting sustainable development as well ...
Article > Press release Ethiopia 
GCF workshop nurtures cross-border ideas
... programme are expected to be run by women. One of the best ways to deal with climate change is to bolster ... of resources to help entities develop funding proposals. For instance, she called on direct access Accredited ... Entities . While the workshop has served as a platform to swap climate finance experiences, it has also ...
Article > Press release Indonesia Mongolia 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
... understanding of how to access the Fund’s resources for public and private sector projects, as well as readiness ... “We are here to work with you, in partnership, to bring forward the best possible projects and programmes with the highest level ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Season’s Greetings from GCF
As we reach the end of 2015 I would like to send you best wishes and season's greetings from the Green Climate ... Fund Secretariat. 2015 has been a groundbreaking year for the Fund. After the successful resource mobilization in ... to start to deliver on the vote of trust received in the form of the USD 10 billion equivalent of pledges, over 60% ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club signs a Statement of Partnership to join forces in fighting climate change
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... Glemarec signed the statement establishing a framework for collaboration to strengthen climate action and the ... added: “Exchanging technical knowledge and sharing best practices is crucial to increasing efficiency and ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development . As a founding member, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) joined the Alliance to unite efforts to close the capacity gap on early warnings and ... to be equipped with the most reliable warnings and best available climate information services. Many developing ...
Article > Press release 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
... Fund (GCF) high-level event at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York ... Javier Manzanares opened the event by presenting the latest achievements of the Fund, including key results of ... of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), with which GCF recently signed a partnership agreement, ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda 
GCF publishes tentative timelines for B.31 and B.32
... this end, the tentative timelines and key time periods for B.31 and B.32 are presented below, respectively. Key ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ... all funding proposals submitted for B.31 should use the latest funding proposal template found on the GCF website ...
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