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GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
... Fund has transferred the first tranche of climate funds to improve ecosystems-based adaptation in the Gambia. The ... Adaptation – a cost effective and low risk approach, for building climate resilience of rural communities and ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey ...
Article > Press release Gambia UNEP 
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Tanzania’s Planning Processes
... more intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise make URT the 26th most vulnerable country to climate risks. Tanzania has an estimated population of 56 ... live in urban areas, of which an estimated 75% live in informal settlements that are increasingly at risk from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania UNDP
Advancing a Regional Approach to the Green Hydrogen Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The use of green hydrogen as an energy vector to support countries' decarbonization pathways is a ... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen ... and global value chains. Thus, the region's lack of information and generalized knowledge on hydrogen has hindered ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for Vietnam Development Bank
... in loan selection, appraisal, management and financing for climate change projects, mitigation and adaptation projects. For those projects, VDB has to comply with the regulations of the Government of Vietnam ... of the Vietnamese Prime Minister's commitment at COP26, which is “to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam VDB
Pre-accreditation support to Dos-Credobank to build institutional ESS and Gender capacities
Kyrgyz Republic as Party to the Paris Agreement within the UN Framework Convention on ... official delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic during the COP 26 (November 2021, Glasgow). Kyrgyzstan declared its ... energy sources and a further reduction in the demand for fossil fuel in the country. The disruption of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ambition to implement the goals ... low greenhouse gas emissions development – by preparing for transformational impact in a small island state. Antigua ... independent functions are strengthened using international best practice Baseline gender assessment to guide ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
... ecosystems and the services they provide are the basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, ... on single issue, hard infrastructure adaptation responses, towards a holistic, long-term and integrated ecosystem-based ... impact and resilience scenarios and sharing information, best practices, and tools Grants (Melanesia Blue Impact ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries IUCN
Strengthening the capacity of Direct Access Entities through the Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) to access climate finance and implement adaptation and mitigation programs and projects
This readiness request is submitted as part of an ongoing effort to further the complementarity and coherence between the ... Fund (GCF) have been promoting Direct Access Modality as a best practice approach to enhance country ownership of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries GIZ
Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change
... Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, Conservation International (CI) ... GCF programme designed to: 1) increase the supply of tuna for domestic consumption as an adaption to climate-driven ... rigorous analyses, reflects ownership by stakeholders, and best serves the priorities of the 14 participating ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries CI
Enhancing climate integration capacity for resilient water resource management in Timor-Leste
This readiness proposal is developed to address the barriers and gaps in managing climate risks ... capacity of national and sub-national institutions for integrating climate change issues into community-based ... for GCF programming in low-emission investment; and (3) Best practices with respect to institutional capacity ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Strengthen WAEMU sub-national governments’ capacities to access climate finance and develop a pipeline of projects to support their countries’ climate goals.
... WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union) 1 Regional Forum was held in June 2021 by the Covenant of Mayors for ... (UCLG Africa) in collaboration with the Government of Togo, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ... levels; Gap#5: lack of capacity to capture learning, and best practices and to communicate climate change knowledge, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UCLG Africa
GCF and CTCN: Expanding green technology assistance in developing countries
... Centre and Network (CTCN) are stepping up collaboration to accelerate the development and transfer of technologies for energy-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient ... of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),” said GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey. ...
Article > Press release 
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 to extreme weather in the latest sign of the Fund’s implementation of climate ... irrigation. Also, the installation of off-grid solar power for pumping and refrigeration will provide a low-carbon ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
Spanish and French SAP webinars held
A back-to-back series of webinars for GCF's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) was recently ... Authorities and Accredited Entities, are designed to help guide potential project proponents in submitting ...
Article > News update 
GCF signs integrity agreement with Attijariwafa Bank
Agreeing to cooperate and consult on integrity matters, the ... (MoU) with Attijariwafa Bank. The MoU covers information-sharing, joint investigations and collaborations, ...
Article > News update 
Response to allegations reported by Financial Times
... made in a Financial Times newspaper article published on 26 August. The GCF’s Secretariat strongly refutes claims ... of systematic staffing problems affecting GCF’s mission to empower developing countries in taking climate action. ... relationships attributed to unidentified current or former GCF employees - the GCF Secretariat provided detailed ...
Article > Statement 
Postcard from Katowice: Saturday, December 8
... but negotiations continued throughout Saturday in Katowice. Progress is being made, but not quickly enough to ... the Conference of Parties. Negotiations have been going on for the last three days, and today the facilitators produced ... no side events, and no exhibitions, tonight is the best chance for most delegates to relax, review the week, ...
Article > Press release 
Independent Integrity Unit Statement on the Commemoration of International Anti-corruption Day
... Climate Fund (GCF) joins the wider international community to mark this important day of solidarity for the promotion of the values of integrity, accountability ... for operational collaboration and the sharing of best practices. IIU takes a proactive approach to preventing ...
Article > Press release 
GCF seeks guidance on its REDD+ role
... host three webinars on 15 March 2017 seeking feedback into its current development of a request for proposals for REDD+ results based payments. The webinars ... to ask questions and provide feedback about how GCF can best target its upcoming request for proposals. GCF will ...
Article > Press release 
GCF readiness support turns focus to Africa and Middle East countries
... Green Climate Fund is expanding its readiness programme into the Africa and Middle East region with a three-day ... (NDAs) and focal points of the region and create a platform for the exchange of best practices between them. Some of the subject areas being ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Workshop on the draft of the Water Sector Guidelines for DAEs
... of water projects spanning the full breadth of the water sector, with projects in water resources management, water ... There is a substantial demand from developing countries for projects in the water sector, but it appears that many ... and mitigation challenges. But they most also follow best practices in water management today. GCF has ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Meet iTAP webinar: Ecosystem Based Adaptation or “EBA”
... services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate ... with great strides made in developing an evidence base for EBA, mainstreaming it into policy, and unlocking finance ... the climate problem being tackled and how; and apply best practice, science and traditional knowledge to select ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF’s approach to Locally Led Climate Action: Scaling up support for locally driven solutions
Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivers on its mandate ... civil society, and the private sector – who are best positioned to design and implement climate responses ... approach to LLCA builds on globally endorsed Principles for Locally Led Adaptation and GCF’s operational ...
Article > News update 
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MUFG Bank, Ltd
MUFG Bank, formerly the Bank of Tokyo‐Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., is an international private‐sector entity headquartered in Japan. As one of the largest ... wind, and infrastructure including railways, with a goal to contribute towards solving social issues through core ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Japan
ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. Barbara was a ... its vital link to economic progress, laying the groundwork for modern environmental policies. A woman considered ... citizens independently generate solar PV power and then buy and sell it to one another using plug-and-play ...
Article > Speech
Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... Structured Dialogue with Africa opening on Tuesday is set to draw some 300 participants from across the continent to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) will also host side events during the Dialogue ... GCF’s future collaboration with African countries on how best to promote climate action. Mali Bamako Mali set to host ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Workshop: GCF supporting direct access entities
... is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s environmental and ... is being offered through the Fund’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme to all nine entities that the Board ... with the Fund’s requirements. Participants will review best practices on how to identify, categorize, mitigate, and ...
Article > Press release Acumen 
Empowering direct access workshop 2017
... (DAEs) – national and regional entities nominated for accreditation to the GCF by National Designated Authorities – to develop ... workshop also included sessions where DAEs presented their best practices to other participants as a peer-to-peer ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF agreement with CABEI to unlock finance for climate adaptation in Central America
Today, the Green Climate Fund and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed an agreement that ... loans to micro, small and medium enterprises to promote the best available adaptation measures and help adapt production ...
Article > Press release CABEI FP097 