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Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future
... FP001 FP019 FP100 FP134 Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future ...
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GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul Oquist as new Co-Chairs
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has today appointed two new Co-Chairs at its nineteenth meeting ... agenda, the Board has decided to convert today's planned informal meeting into a formal Board session. The B.19 Board ... developing countries on the Executive Committee of the UNFCCC Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Dr. ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club signs a Statement of Partnership to join forces in fighting climate change
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... Climate Fund (GCF) have signed a Partnership Statement to become strategic partners and serve the Paris Agreement ... added: “Exchanging technical knowledge and sharing best practices is crucial to increasing efficiency and ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
Twelve international organisations providing assistance to developing countries came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development . As a founding member, the Green ... to be equipped with the most reliable warnings and best available climate information services. Many developing ...
Article > Press release 
GCF targets private investment shift at inaugural climate conference
... first conference focusing exclusively on the private sector opens today in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. The two-day Private Investment for Climate Conference addresses the need to capture the ... that climate action could yield an economic gain of USD 26 trillion through to 2030 compared with business-as-usual. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
... timely assistance will integrate ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change into planning at the national, district ... agricultural landscapes and degraded ecosystems - including forests, mangroves and savannahs - using climate-resilient ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. The geographic nature of this ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... ways that do not exacerbate climate change with the signing today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement ...
Article > Press release 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
... Fund (GCF) high-level event at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York ... 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, ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda 
GCF publishes tentative timelines for B.31 and B.32
At its thirtieth meeting, the GCF Board decided to hold its thirty-first meeting of the Board (B.31) from 7 ... this end, the tentative timelines and key time periods for B.31 and B.32 are presented below, respectively. Key ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > News update 
GCF publishes revised timeline for B.32 and tentative timeline for B.33
At its thirty-first meeting, the GCF Board decided to hold its thirty-second meeting (B.32) from 16 to 19 May ... this end, the revised timelines and key time periods for B.32 and B.33 are presented below. Key milestones ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > News update 
GCF publishes timelines for B.36
At its thirty-fifth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-sixth meeting (B.36) from 10 to 13 July ... 2023. Towards this end, the timelines and key time periods for B.36 are presented below. Key milestones for B.36 ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > News update 
GCF’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan sets out greater ambitions and results for critical global climate action
... period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and is undergoing replenishment for its next programming period (GCF-2), the Strategic Plan ... programming directions for GCF-2, capturing the ambition to deliver both strengthened climate results and greater ... for global climate action. It was also grounded on the latest scientific knowledge of the growing magnitude and ...
Article > News update 
GCF publishes timelines for B.37
At its thirty-sixth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-seventh meeting (B.37) from 23 to 25 ... 2023. Towards this end, the timelines and key time periods for B.37 are presented below. Key milestones for B.37 ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > News update 
Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
The Green Climate Fund and the Government of Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages ... The pioneering project, with huge positive implications for climate resilience in the region, was today greenlighted ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Great Green Wall in the Spotlight at COP
Attention and support for the Great Green Wall , an African-led initiative to restore land and ecosystems in Africa, were reinforced at COP26. As a funder of several projects in the Sahel region ...
Article > News update 
GCF and Acumen sign agreement to promote resilient agriculture in East and West Africa
... which will open up new channels of climate finance to climate resilient agriculture projects in East and West ... increases in agriculture productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers. GCF Private Sector Facility Deputy ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
Article > Press release 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
The Structured Dialogue with Asia brought 26 countries from across the region to Da Nang in Viet Nam from May 17 to 20. The Dialogue provided an important platform for diverse stakeholders – including government ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
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. ... The 18th meeting of the Board (B.18) approved funding for 11 climate finance initiatives during a three-day ... recording of this Board meeting is available on the GCF website . The next GCF Board meeting, B.19, will take place in ...
Article > Press release 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate change ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ...
Article > Statement 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021
Join us for the 4th annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC). A timely forerunner to COP26, GPIC 2021 will convene global leaders, executives, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
... the year where we have programmed the most ever – USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. But impact is equally ... important,” stressed Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director, at the official side event , “GCF.10: A Decade of ... in terms of what have we learned and what do we take going forward,” continued Duarte. “We are very committed to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.20 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XX Funding proposal package for FP098
... authority(ies) or focal point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ... is being circulated on a limited distribution basis only to Board Members and Alternate Board Members to ensure ...
Board document > Action item
GCF disburses finance to support Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
The Green Climate Fund has begun disbursing resources to the first project it approved in Peru’s Amazon, ... manage their wetland resources in ways that avoid deforestation and the large-scale release of greenhouse gases ... planet’s lungs.” Mr. Paniagua also pointed out that the best way to prevent deforestation and peatland degradation ...
Article > Press release Peru 
Consultation Sessions on the Policy on Project Management Costs
Further to the initial round of stakeholder consultations, and as ... well as to gather further feedback from stakeholders to inform the finalization of the policy, in line with Board ... AM – 9:00 AM Korea Standard Time (KST) Time may be best suited for AEs and NDAs based in Latin America and the ...
Event > Webinar 
SAP010 - Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning System for the Philippines
... is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate hazards, experiencing an average of 19 tropical ... risk reduction and adaptation measures. It will build on best practice in multi-hazard early warning systems and link with forecast-based action to maximize impacts on the ground. ...
Project > Public sector Philippines (the) 
GCF at COP29 summary
... Climate Fund (GCF), providing an opportunity for the Fund to interact with countries, contributors, stakeholders and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One of COP29’s key outcomes was the New Collective ... For more information, visit the GCF at COP29 microsite . Azerbaijan Baku GCF at COP29 summary ...
Article > News update Azerbaijan 
Pacific Community
... Pacific Commission in 1947 and is owned and governed by its 26 members, including all 22 Pacific island countries and territories. With its vision for a region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional)
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... years ago, the use of multi-spectral satellite imagery for land use planning was on the rise in developing ... created new opportunities, but I was also curious to know how such techniques might relate to traditional, ... indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden agriculture? While this research question ...
Article > Insights 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... arrangements,” said Youssef Nassef, Adaptation Director at the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... are approved or endorsed. “We are actively working to the best of our abilities with all countries that are seeking ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
This proposal seeks funding to support the Governments of Central America to leverage ... change solutions (NBS) within Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests, and other key forest areas in the region. Central ... as well as increased NDC ambitions for announcement in COP26 in Glasgow and beyond. The direct beneficiaries of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries