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Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for external members of the Green Climate Fund panels and groups
... Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for external members of the GCF panels and groups. Board Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for external members of the Green Climate Fund panels and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Initial fiduciary principles and standards of the Fund
... B.07/02 . Sets out the initial basic fiduciary standards for administrative and financial capacities. Board Initial ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
GCF Request for Proposals - Private Sector Facility
The Green Climate Fund expresses its compliments to its National Designated Authority or Focal Point and wishes to draw attention to a recently launched global call for proposals to unlock private sector investment in climate ...
Document > Notification
Accreditation application form guidance
The application form guidance supports applicants in Step 3 ‘Application ... relevant accreditation standards and policies, and the mandatory and supplementary evidence required by applicants to ... Further information is available on the GCF website , including regarding Step 1: Government nomination or ...
Document > Guides
Accelerating REDD+ implementation
REDD+ is vital for global efforts to combat climate change. The Paris ... to achieve the new ambitious global target. The UNFCCC specifically recognized the GCF as a key funding avenue ...
Document > Working paper
Mainstreaming gender in Green Climate Fund projects
This manual addresses GCF’s potential to mainstream gender into climate finance, building on its mandate to support a ... Fund will strive to maximise the impact of its funding for adaptation and mitigation… promoting environmental, ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future
This working paper contributes to adaptation knowledge from the perspective of climate ... them, and discusses the avenues that GCF is developing to tackle them, together with countries and many ... sector. Ultimately, it is hoped that this paper will inform the design and scaling up of more successful adaptation ...
Document > Working paper
Turning ambition into action: How GCF catalyses transformational change
... their greenhouse gas emissions and enhance their ability to respond to climate change. It was set up by the UNFCCC in 2010, and has a crucial role in serving the Paris ... to build its portfolio in 2015, GCF has taken great strides forward, and achieved results. The following pages ...
Document > Publication
SAP Technical Guidelines: Ecosystems and ecosystem services
The publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. The thematic area of ... remote rainforests, alpine regions or coral reefs – to environments that are intensively managed – such as ... note that the English document is currently the most up to date version of the technical guideline. The French and ...
Document > Publication, Guides
SAP Technical Guidelines: Cities and climate change
... Frequently, national governments have criteria they use to define urban areas. These criteria can vary to include aspects such as administrative boundaries, living ... translations are being reviewed and will be soon available for download. SAP Technical Guidelines: Cities and ...
Document > Publication, Guides
SAP Technical Guidelines: Forests and land use
This publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. The thematic area of ... impacted by human activities (e.g. primary forests) to more intensively transformed landscapes – such as ... note that the English document is currently the most up to date version of the technical guideline. The French and ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Raising ambition. Empowering action.
... decade is crucial in achieving the necessary transition towards a low-emissions, climate-resilient global economy that is the foundation for a safe planet. In only four years, GCF has allocated ... USD 5 billion of the USD 7 billion received from contributors. As a result, its Board launched the first GCF ...
Document > Publication
Readiness and preparatory support interim progress report template
As part of the implementation process for readiness activities, grant recipients report to GCF against the work plan, budget and agreed milestones, using this interim progress report template. The ...
Document > Template
Legal due diligence: Annex 9a for Simplified Approval Process Funding Proposals
... Approval Process (SAP), project proponents are required to submit information on legal due diligence, containing details of any government or regulatory approvals, licenses or permits required for ...
Document > Template
Legal opinion certificate of internal approvals: Annex 9b for Simplified Approval Process Funding Proposals
... Approval Process (SAP), project proponents are required to submit a copy of the legal opinion or certificate ... that the Accredited Entity has the capacity and authority to implement the proposed Funded Activity, in accordance ... Legal opinion certificate of internal approvals: Annex 9b for Simplified Approval Process Funding Proposals ...
Document > Template
Environmental and social action plan template: Annex 12 for Simplified Approval Process Funding Proposals
... and social safeguard impacts, and this template, to be completed and submitted as Annex 12 to the Funding Proposal package, outlines the environmental and social action plan for any minimal risks and impacts associated with the ...
Document > Template
Sustainability guidance note: Screening and categorizing GCF-financed activities
This guidance note provides practical information for the Secretariat, accredited entities and ... own environmental and social management systems (ESMS) to manage the environmental and social risks and impacts ... is not a GCF policy and it does not substitute for the need to exercise sound judgment in making decisions related to ...
Document > Guides
Gender policy
Adopted by decision B.24/12. Sets out the updated gender policy and gender action plan across its investment criteria, and as an integrated measure of the social dividends of the overall portfolio.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Notification on official communications from the Green Climate Fund
... have received inquiries regarding communications purporting to be from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), relating to possible project funding decisions. Please note the following information: Our project portfolio is undertaken with a ...
Document > Notification
GCF/B.23/07 - Audited financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2018
The audited financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2018 are submitted for Board ... financial statements was undertaken by Daemyung Grant Thornton during March and April 2019. The draft External Auditor’s report states: “In our opinion, the financial ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/08 - Dates and venues of upcoming meetings of the Board
This document has been prepared to assist the Board in: Confirming the dates and duration for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Board; Deciding the ... of the Board in 2020; and Requesting the Secretariat to develop for the Board’s consideration: a cost-benefit ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/10 - Eighth Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... contains the eighth annual report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its twenty-fifth session. The Board may wish to ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/18 - Matters related to GCF support to adaptation
... GCF can support adaptation activities. The findings call for GCF to focus in particular on: (a) strategic engagement with accredited entities and countries to further support preparation of quality adaptation ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/Inf.01 - Report on the activities of the Secretariat
... provides an update on the activities of the Secretariat for the period 1 January to 30 April 2019. It summarizes progress against the ... work programme, as well as tracking key performance indicators identified in the work programme results framework. The ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/Inf.08 - Reports from committees, panels and group of the Board of the Green Climate Fund
... activities that have already been conducted or are planned to be undertaken by the following committees and panels of ... Climate Fund during the reporting period from 1 January to 31 May 2019: Accreditation Committee; Accreditation ... Technical Advisory Panel; Investment Committee; and Performance Oversight Committee of the Executive Director and ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.23/Inf.10 - Status of the initial resource mobilization process
This document provides an update for the Board on the initial resource mobilization process ... the current cash and promissory notes available; and the forecast of available resources for commitment and disbursement. The financial report of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.23/12/Add.02 - Review of the initial modalities of the Private Sector Facility – Addendum II: Consideration of modalities to support activities to enable domestic and international private sector actors to engage in GCF activities in least developed countries and small island developing States
... that will facilitate the engagement of private sector actors in least developed countries and small island ... the private sector in developing countries as relevant for GCF operations; and (iii) an analysis of the Private ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/12/Add.06 - Review of the initial modalities of the Private Sector Facility – Addendum VI: Technical notes
... part presents the methodological approach underpinning the formulation of the Private Sector Facility (PSF) strategy; the second part is a ... compilation of notes presenting technical details relating to the proposed new modalities recommended in the review of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/19 - Review of the initial investment framework: Matters related to incremental and full cost calculation methodology and policies on co-financing and concessionality
This document provides background information on three related methodologies and policies relevant for the GCF funding proposal approval process, namely the ... Review of the initial investment framework: Matters related to incremental and full cost calculation methodology and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/02/Add.03 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum III Funding proposal package for FP109
... Panel’s assessment; Response from the accredited entity to the independent Technical Advisory Panel's assessment; ... funding proposals - Addendum III Funding proposal package for FP109 ...
Board document > Action item