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Postcard from Katowice: Tuesday, December 4
After David Attenborourgh, broadcaster and natural historian, warned COP yesterday of the collapse of civilization ... evaluations to strengthen operations. The meeting takes place at 1315 in the conference room 6 - named 'Bug' in area G. Katowice ...
Article > Press release 
GCF invests USD 65.8M for Egypt renewable energy project; reaches USD 100M disbursement milestone
... in private renewable energy producers. The transfer of USD 65.8 million is the first disbursement under this project, which will eventually reach a total GCF investment of USD 154.7 million. It takes GCF’s ... by GCF’s Board in April of this year. The transfer takes place following the recent meeting of the GCF Board in Cairo ...
Article > Press release Egypt EBRD 
GCF Structured Dialogue with the Pacific to further region’s climate roadmap
... Climate Fund (GCF) Pacific Structured Dialogue will take place in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, from 18 to 21 July. The three-day event will bring ... progress, with seven projects totalling more than USD 250 million approved for the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Strong partnerships between countries and entities central to delivering GCF mandate
... countries are key partners in working with communities to turn the Fund’s mandate into concrete actions on the ground. That was one of the main ... 23 sub-national, national and regional entities are well placed to work with their countries in helping identify and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs off on project to improve climate-resilient agriculture in Namibia
Green Climate Fund resources will now start flowing to help poor farmers in northern Namibia tackle climate ... The finalization of the FAA, the second so far by GCF, took place during the 15th GCF Board meeting held in Samoa. “We can now get ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF country dialogue focuses on strengthening country support
... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points to discuss strengthening support for country ownership and ... and provided an opportunity for developing countries to submit feedback and ideas to the Fund. Participants ... meeting will cover the Latin American region and will take place from 28 to 30 November in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. ...
Article > Press release 
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
... Government of Australia and the GCF Secretariat are working together to co-host the second Green Climate Fund (GCF) regional meeting in the Pacific, which will take place from 1 to 4 August. Hosted at the Pacific Islands ... in Tuvalu and Fiji. The Pacific will also host the 15th GCF Board meeting in December of 2016. This will be a ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Paris pledges €1 million to GCF
... announced a pledge of EUR 1 million (USD 1.05 million) to the Green Climate Fund. The pledge was announced during a ... de Ville (City Hall). Paris is currently hosting the UNFCCC climate conference (COP 21). Over 40 countries have ... against damaging climate change means putting in place ambitious domestic policies, but also providing the ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF launches new website ahead of Board meeting
... captures not only the Fund’s innovative approach to support climate action but also its growth potential. The new site is optimized for smart phones and tablets, to offer streamlined access to the GCF website on the go. ... implementation of the Paris agreement.” As the website places emphasis on strong visual cues, visitors are drawn to ...
Article > Press release 
Message from GCF on the COVID-19 pandemic
... than any in living memory, and GCF has not been spared. To date, three GCF staff members and one colleague from a ... where GCF is based, as well as those in other countries. Together, we are taking all necessary steps to limit the ... a range of precautionary measures that GCF put in place in February, when coronavirus infections were ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
... The climate-change induced desertification process is taken place in a robust and not well-managed urbanisation context. Driven by a complex set of factors, this is expanding regional hubs, which are becoming ... rural-urban hybrids with very vulnerable populations to climate change. This project focuses on four regional ...
Document > Concept note Mauritania UNEP
Call for Public Inputs for the continuation of the GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments Programme
... members of the Board or their representatives and observers to the Board were interviewed (step 1) between September ... and Discussion Document.” An expert meeting (step 3) took place online between 4 and 6 May 2021 to discuss the ...
Document > Call for input
Generation of a Conceptual Framework for the National Climate Change Registry of Ecuador (RNCC) and Design of a Version V.0 of the Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system as part of the RNCC
... Plan (PLAMICC) and the National Climate Finance Strategy (ENFC). Ecuador recently adopted the environmental law and ... Registry (RNCC) through which all information related to mitigation, adaptation and finance must be monitored and ... V.0. Through its implementation, the project will set in place a measuring, reporting and verification system and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador FAO
Republic of Nauru National Adaptation Planning – Phase One
... natural resources make Nauru particularly vulnerable to the current and increasing impacts of climate change, and ... over the last two decades, evidenced by the strong emphasis placed on adaptation in Nauru’s first and second national communications to the UNFCCC in 2001 and 2015 respectively. Additionally, adaptation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru SPREP
GCF at COP27
... el-Sheikh sunshine and already the countdown has started to COP28, being held in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. ... spaces, the sheer volume of events and activities that took place over the two weeks is striking. GCF took part in 359 ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ...
Article > News update 
Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... projects all around the world, although I have leaned towards projects within the Asia-Pacific region. At GCF, I ... understand, why climate adaptation is needed in the first place, especially seeing that extreme weather is becoming ... Advisors, GCF launched the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) , that is aimed at crowding in private sector ...
Article > Insights 
GCF hosts the annual Private Investment for Climate Conference 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya
... for Climate Conference (GPIC) 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, 4-5 September 2023, which gathers global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate private finance at scale for climate action in developing countries. Taking place at the Mövenpick Residences and Hotel in Nairobi, ...
Article > Press release 
Advancing an Integrated Fire Management Approach in Colombia
... management approaches. And while Colombia has a long history of cultural burning –particularly in ... fire management (ER TFM), nor is there an effective monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system for managing ... Integrated fire management and traditional fire management place a specific emphasis on savanna and dry forest ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Colombia ISFMI Pty Ltd
FP299 - ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing climate change resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Central Jamaica
... prolonged droughts, and more frequent flooding, which place significant pressure on fragile island ecosystems and ... impacts are particularly severe in the agricultural sector, making farmers vulnerable to crop losses, reduced ... single-country project in Jamaica. FP299 Jamaica 1 2 3 4 5 ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing climate change resilience of ...
Project > Public sector Jamaica FAO 
GCF funding agreement with Namibia first under new simplified approach
... agreement opens up Green Climate Fund (GCF) finances to boost the climate resilience of Namibian farmers in ... Africa. The agreement opens the door for GCF funds to help smallholder farmers, mostly women, to improve water ... to secure their household food supplies. The signing took place during the international climate change conference in ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF support for adaptation planning helps developing countries build the case for increased action and investment
The first GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop took place in Cebu, Philippines on 14-16 November 2018. The ... Direct Access Entities and National Designated Authorities to share and learn from each other about adaptation and how ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
First GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa kicks off in Cape Town
... (GCF) Structured Dialogue with Africa has started in Cape Town, South Africa, with 200 participants convening over the ... accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking place just two weeks ahead of the opening of the 22nd session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 22), in Morocco, the ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 11-14 September 2018. The ... of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of inequality and ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tajikistan 
GCF Regional Workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... GCF regional workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia took place between 31 May and 2 June 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. It ... existing project ideas and upcoming funding proposals. #gcfconnections Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia GCF Regional Workshop ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Georgia 
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
... areas (SWSAs)[2]. Well managed SWSAs have the potential to secure water sources, to ensure water sustainability and ... Strategic Framework (MTSF), the South African government's 5-year plan. This will take place through a coordinated, comprehensive approach which ...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
GCF-EBRD agreement launches USD 1 billion initiative to curb industry emissions
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is taking a major step to reduce industrial emissions in developing countries ... industries. It will facilitate technology transfer and place climate change at the centre of corporate strategy.” ... Serbia, Tunisia and Uzbekistan. GCF’s investment – USD 5.5 million in grants and USD 252 million in loans – ...
Article > Press release FP140 
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda (SAP)
... capaci- ties at District and central government level to plan for adaptation. District level climate change risk ... is weak. The result is that the national response to climate change and variability in Uganda currently has a ... value to the adaptation planning efforts that have taken place to date: i) develop a set of agreed national climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uganda UNEP
Scaling up CoP annual workshop: Climate Change Working Group event
UNFCCC COP26 is a unique milestone for ambitious and decisive ... 6th Annual Workshop of the Scaling Up CoP. The event takes place this year right after COP26 and puts us in a highly ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF introductory webinars on the Digital Accreditation Platform for Accreditation Applicants
... Please find here more information including on where to find the adopted documents and key updates. We are pleased to announce that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat ... The webinars will be held in English, and will be taken place at the following times to accommodate various time ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF partnership with Pegasus set to protect coral reefs across 17 countries
The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) first private sector support for the blue economy has taken a step further in ... agreement with Pegasus Capital Advisors to unlock USD 125 million of GCF investments in the Global Fund for Coral ... of the UK, Germany, Canada, and France, as well as the GFCR Equity Fund advisors at SystemIQ. The Global Fund for ...
Article > News update PCA FP180 