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Climate-resilient community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia
... funding proposal "FP243: Climate-resilient community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in ... at B.40. Ethiopia FP243 Climate-resilient community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Ethiopia
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)
This document presents funding proposal "FP247: Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.40.
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries
Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
... the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)" as ... the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF) ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Viet Nam
Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)
... presents funding proposal "SAP044: Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West ... Climate Fund at B.40. Angola SAP044 Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Angola
Country platforms for climate finance
This brochure describes GCF’s approach to country platforms, including an overview of the concept, the potential impact and the end-to-end support GCF can provide. In particular, it explains ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) - WIOCC Holding Company Limited ("WIOCC" or the "Company")
... relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund ... that have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
Enhancing Transparency in Guyana’s IPPU and Waste Sector by Establishing a National MRV System
This readiness proposal will enable Guyana to operationalize a comprehensive Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system that aligns ... actions. The project will build a resilient framework for meeting Guyana's climate commitments through sustained ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Policies: Sustainability
... The Governing Instrument sets out that the GCF will adopt best practice environmental and social safeguards to be applied to all programmes and projects financed using the resources ...
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Scaling up climate finance in the context of COVID-19
... above pre-industrial levels. Financing a rapid transition to achieve the Paris Agreement goals requires significantly ... 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 ...
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GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
The Green Climate Fund has launched a global campaign to tap private sector energies in tackling climate change ... 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 ...
Article > Press release 
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 pillars for the building ... 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
... change. The revised NDC indicates that Comoros is committed to becoming a carbon sink by 2030 by reducing its emissions ... capacity to generate scientific climate data and information to assess climate change impacts and use this data ... 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
... by Saint Kitts and Nevis, the four-day dialogue brought together over 200 stakeholders, comprising governments, ... 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.” ...
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Accreditation
Overview Access to GCF resources is through entities accredited by the GCF Board (Accredited Entities or AEs). To access funding, these institutions will go through a ... climate change projects or programmes to present to GCF for mitigation and/or adaptation. They must also meet GCF ...
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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 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
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
The project seeks to strengthen the adaptive capacity of smallholder ... 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 ...
Project > Public sector Sri Lanka 
FP184 - Vanuatu community-based climate resilience project (VCCRP)
Vanuatu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The nation is made up of ... 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
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ... 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 ...
Project > Public sector Pakistan 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America sets to further accelerate climate action in the region
... Uruguay. Running on 24-26 July, 2023, the event aimed to accelerate climate action in the region by bringing ... region. For more information and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Latin America. ¹ ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership
... The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to ... 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
... would improve the quantity, type, and delivery of finance to scale up the positive impacts on communities on the ... as if it does” Director of Means of Implementation at UNFCCC Sophie De Coninck said GCF is well positioned to be a ... achievable. For more information, visit the GCF COP29 microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund/ Ambition and ...
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Strengthening institutional capacities and coordination mechanisms for accelerating and scaling up the mobilization of climate finance in Mozambique
Mozambique submitted its updated NDC during COP26 in Glasgow. It has been estimated that the country will need at least USD 11 billion for the implementation of its NDC during the first implementation period which runs from 2021 to 2025. To date, only an estimated 5-10% of the financial ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mozambique
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
... the most vulnerable country in the South East Europe region to changing climate trends. Changing weather patterns have ... 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
Lao PDR is highly vulnerable to climate change and the related health risks, including an ... high risks of climate-sensitive health outcomes. Climate information services are not adequately tailored to the needs ... 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)
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
... Green Climate Fund announced a USD 43 million partnership to permanently preserve Bhutan’s protected areas, which ... comprise 51 percent of the country’s territory. Bhutan for Life is the Green Climate Fund’s first project with ... be found on the Bhutan for Life project page on GCF’s website . Bhutan Bhutan GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
Indigenous Peoples regional dialogue reaffirms GCF commitment to vulnerable local communities
... of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean took place on 18-20 February in Managua, Nicaragua. ... 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 ...
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 ... Countries (LDCs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event aimed to accelerate and strengthen GCF engagement with the ... 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
... small businesses on the climate action frontline, according to the representative of a state-owned corporation at a ... 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 ...
Article > Press release Indonesia Mongolia 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
... the side line of a Green Climate Fund workshop . “If I go to a rural farmer and ask how climate change is affecting ... understanding of how to access the Fund’s resources for public and private sector projects, as well as readiness ... 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 ... Fund Secretariat. 2015 has been a groundbreaking year for the Fund. After the successful resource mobilization in ...
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