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Advancing the CAR Country Programme by supporting the NDA and country stakeholders in programme development for climate finance

... Climate Fund in 2016 and 2017 respectively. These were used to strengthen the capacities of the National Designated Authority (NDA), to put in place a strategy for mobilizing climate finance, and to ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Central African Republic (the)

Support for the Establishment of a National Green Building and Infrastructure Financing Vehicle, Development of Green Building Minimum Compliance System, and DAE Application in Côte d’Ivoire

... Côte d’Ivoire has initiated and implemented programmes to access climate finance and mobilize investments in climate projects, including capacity development to engage effectively with the GCF over the long- term. This ... and UNEP/CTCN. Consultations with key stakeholders took place to ensure that overlap between different Readiness ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire

Nauru Readiness II - Strengthening NDA capacities and DAE access

The objective of this proposal is to strengthen Nauru’s climate financing mechanisms, strategies and capacity in order to strengthen country leadership and ownership in actioning ... and a fairly new and endorsed Country Programme (to be) in place (expected before end of 2021), a plan is needed to ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru

Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action

... for the period 2024-2027. The three-day conference (15-17 September) convened Ministers and high-level ... or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to Incheon, Republic of Korea, GCF’s host country. Over ... panels, and bilateral meetings, as well as a project marketplace that brought together project developers, countries, ...

Article > News update

The GCF Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean Direct Access Entities: enhancing partnerships for climate action through greater access to innovative, inclusive climate financing

... and Caribbean Direct Access Entities (DAEs) brought together Direct Access Entities (DAEs) from the region in ... 27 – 28 July 2023 with the aim of enhancing DAE access to GCF funding. Starting with welcome remarks from the GCF ... Several project clinics and bilateral meetings took place during which DAEs obtained one-on-one guidance on ...

Article > News update

GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa

... greenhouse gas emissions each year, it is expected to suffer some of the most severe consequences of climate ... manufacturing capacity, and economy are necessary to helpthe continent's adapt and mitigate the effects of ... Meanwhile in Kenya, 80 per cent live off-grid with 35 million without access to affordable and reliable ...

Article > Story Kenya Rwanda

Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin

... of climate change on vital agricultural and economic sectors. These impacts include the gradual rainfall deficit, ... recreated productivity and, the need to put in place responsive cost-effective and adaptive technologies. ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Implementing the activities envisaged under this NDC ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin

Nine new projects set for implementation after approval at record-breaking GCF Board meeting

... shortly after the agreement signings. B.42, which took place in Papua New Guinea from 30 June to 3 July 2025, saw a record volume of GCF investment approved in a Board ...

Article > News update

Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation

... Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 30 October, marking the most project agreements signed at a ... to accelerating access for new partners. B.43, which took place in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 27 to 30 October 2025, set a new record for the Fund with the approval of USD ...

Article > News update

Climate change hurting the poor, Mali President says in call for action

... Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta called for a united approach to tackle the inequalities of climate change at GCF's Structured Dialogue with Africa, which concludes today. "We are all determined together to overcome climate ... 0.91 billion, which leverages co-financing of over USD 2.5 billion. Part of this funding is accelerating the current ...

Article > Press release Mali

GCF funds transfer will help Namibia’s rural poor weather change

The Green Climate Fund is transferring funds to two projects in Namibia to enhance farmers’ resilience ... USD 3.4 million to EIF as the first tranche of this USD 9.5 million grant. Crop-growing communities in the north ... of EIF’s work includes ensuring local communities are placed squarely at the centre of environmental initiatives. ...

Article > Press release Namibia

Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 267 million for climate action, agrees decision-making procedures

... With co-financing the projects will channel over USD 1,451.6 million for low-emission, climate-resilient ... with 111 projects in 99 developing countries. Responding to a mandate within its Governing Instrument, the ... replenishment.’ The next Board meeting will take place in Songdo from 12-14 November 2019. End notes The ...

Article > Press release

UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund

Calls from UN Secretary-General António Guterres to double contributions to the Green Climate Fund were met ... led by Sweden’s doubling of their contribution to USD 852 million. The new pledges made at the UN Climate Summit ... in developing countries. A pledging conference will take place on 24-25 October in Paris, where more countries are ...

Article > Press release Multiple countries

GCF and MUFG Bank initiative to accelerate green energy transition in Chile

Today at COP25, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and MUFG Bank, Ltd. took the first step towards allocating GCF resources to the ... project prior to having a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in place – which will enable Valhalla to complete the ...

Article > Press release Chile

GCF and World Wildlife Fund sign key Colombia landscapes agreement

... and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have signed an agreement to rapidly implement an innovative project which aims to ... scarcity during dry years. The total project value is USD 145.2 million, including a USD 43 million grant from GCF. ... of 32 million hectares of Colombia’s most treasured places, this initiative will help to limit emissions on par ...

Article > News update

Gender

... disasters is higher than that of men. Compared to men, domestic burdens (e.g. collection of firewood and ... with various manifestations of climate change. Women tend to rely more on natural resources for their livelihood. Any ... disasters, it is harder for poor women than for poor men to recover their economic status and welfare. Women, as well ...

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What do gin and tonic, coffee and mountain climate risks have in common?

For many, mountains are remote sites of natural beauty to admire. But their distance means we should not be complacent in the face of worrying degradation of mountain ... may not be suitable for large-scale production. It is not a coincidence that mountain environments form the hubs that ...

Article > Insights

At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027

At the UN Climate Ambition Summit today in New York, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) ... Early Warning Systems, nor have protocols and resources in place to deal with climate extremes and hazards. The new ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...

Article > Press release

Green Climate Fund: USD 1.26 billion for climate action in developing countries

... the 38th Board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) took place between 5-7 March, the first Board meeting of the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...

Article > Press release

Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project

GCF Executive Director a.i., Javier Manzanares and Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice ... projects.” The signing of the project agreement took place on the same day that the framework agreement between ... the past two years cover ten countries, and amount to USD 576.55 million in GCF resources committed to mitigation and ...

Article > Press release

GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24

... Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations ... of the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, to take place in September 2019. Whilst stating that GCF is only ... the German Government it will double its pledge to GCF to 1.5 billion Euros. This was followed by Norway’s ...

Article > Press release

Energy transition accelerates with GCF support

... on an existing project partnership in Egypt. The transition to low-emission, renewable energy is crucial if we are to ... efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Many developing countries have included a ... finance will be necessary to substantially increase the place of renewables in the energy mix. Ultimately, the ...

Article > Press release Egypt Kazakhstan

GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year

... 11 new projects and programmes valued at USD 392.86 million to assist developing countries respond to climate change. ... into account, the Fund’s portfolio now consists of 54 projects and programmes amounting to USD 2.65 billion in ... GCF website . The next GCF Board meeting, B.19, will take place in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 27 February to 1 ...

Article > Press release

Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS

... teaming up with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to boost their resilience to weather events. WMO is working ... requirements of GCF, WMO has received a grant of USD 535 000 to strengthen this project concept and advance its ... and forecast hydro-meteorological hazards and put in place more effective emergency preparedness. Effective EWSs ...

Article > Press release Multiple countries

GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion

... Fund has taken a series of policy decisions designed to strengthen its partnerships and grow its project pipeline ... Investment Bank (EIB); International Finance Corporation (IFC); Unidad Para el Cambio Rural from Argentina (Unit for ... at GCF Headquarters in Songdo. B.14 is scheduled to take place in October in Quito, Republic of Ecuador, followed by ...

Article > Press release

Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF

... the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda”, brought together a number of political leaders and senior government ... of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), with which GCF recently signed a partnership agreement, ... main and only multilateral fund that is open to us. It is a place of innovation because of its flexibility. It has ...

Article > Press release Norway Rwanda

Regional Project for Leapfrogging to Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners in Cuba, El Salvador and Honduras

According to the analysis conducted by UNEP’s United for ... following potential savings: emissions reduction of over 35 million tonnes of CO2eq from avoided burning of fossil ... Still, it has been observed that current MEPS in place are outdated (for example being less ambitious than ...

Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries

GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021

... for Climate Conference (GPIC). A timely forerunner to COP26, GPIC 2021 will convene global leaders, executives, ... finance fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), is ideally placed to catalyse the entrepreneurial energies of the ... Macharia, Head of Portfolio Management, GCF Day 2, Session 5: Unlocking markets to crowd-in private finance for climate ...

Event > Events organised / involving GCF

Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution

When asked to think about natural carbon sinks, what’s the first ... Coastal wetlands such as mangroves store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Peatlands, which ... challenge, wetland conservation and restoration must take place across the agriculture, environment, urban, and water ...

Article > Story

Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. As the world’s largest climate ... against them. Since our first project was approved in 2015, our portfolio has grown to USD 10.2 billion – USD 37.3 ... of the credit rating of the country in which it will take place. Even if a project could be BBB rated, if the country ...

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