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GCF Regional Workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The first GCF regional workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia took place between 31 May and 2 June 2017 in Tbilisi, ... existing project ideas and upcoming funding proposals. #gcfconnections Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia GCF Regional Workshop ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Georgia 
Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2017
... in collaboration with the Government of Belize, brought together key stakeholders to increase the involvement of Caribbean countries with the ... from the GCF and from each other, and explored areas for regional collaboration. Each country took concrete steps ...
Event > Structured dialogue Belize 
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place on 2-4 April in Montego Bay, Jamaica. ... (PSF). The participants of the workshop recognised the need for more information sharing to be able to incorporate ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
GCF coordinates talks on adaptation finance at Bonn Climate Conference
... a series of adaptation finance discussions with partners to share experience and knowledge on how to bolster the ... Meeting on Adaptation (TEM-A) is organized jointly by the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, guided by the High-Level Champions, ... by the Adaptation Committee. The UNFCCC set up these information sharing sessions at COP 21 in Paris in 2015 to ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF invests USD 99 million in EBRD Green Cities Facility to reduce urban climate impacts
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) took a major step forward today to help make redesigned cities drivers of climate ...
Article > Press release 
France doubles its contribution to the Green Climate Fund
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes France’s announcement to contribute EUR 1.548 billion to the replenishment of the ... This signals the importance of the Fund to drive transformative outcomes for countries and communities in the ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF second replenishment meeting reaches agreement on key decisions; selects Paris for Pledging Conference
... GCF’s second replenishment consultation meeting brought together 27 potential contributors and eight Board members to discuss key issues on the ... the climate agenda and expressing Canada’s strong support for a successful GCF replenishment. She stated: “The ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF meets with top global investors to boost private sector climate finance
The Green Climate Fund recently explored how to break through market barriers and forge new climate finance pathways in developing countries ... by tapping the experiences of some of the world’s top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and AfDB partner to increase renewable power in Zambia
... (GCF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are working together to support a USD 154.0 million renewable energy financing ... Historically, Zambia has relied on hydropower generation for 90% of its energy needs. Since 2015, Zambia has faced ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
GCF signs partnership agreement with Crédit Agricole CIB
... agreement with its first France-based global private sector partner. GCF’s Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) ... this international commercial bank to propose and implement for its clients climate projects funded by GCF. AMAs are a prerequisite for GCF’s partners to fund climate initiatives in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF-EBRD agreement launches USD 1 billion initiative to curb industry emissions
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is taking a major step to reduce industrial emissions in developing countries ... USD 1 billion partnership agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The agreement lays the groundwork to implement a high-impact programme to curtail industrial ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and Korea Development Bank help climate innovators traverse “valley of death”
We need innovation to provide climate solutions. But too many great new ideas ... ‘valley of death’ – the gap between seed funding for entrepreneurs and the longer-term investment that brings ... to further these goals through its collaboration with the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate ...
Article > Press release 
Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on the topic of the development of the GCF’s ESS - Stage 1: scoping
The mission of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is to promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development ... Finance Corporation’s Environmental and Social Performance Standards as its interim ESS. The development of ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF introductory webinars on the Digital Accreditation Platform for Accreditation Applicants
... at its 42nd meeting (B.42). Please find here more information including on where to find the adopted documents and key updates. We are pleased to announce that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF partnership with Pegasus set to protect coral reefs across 17 countries
The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) first private sector support for the blue economy has taken a step further in bolstering ... of the UK, Germany, Canada, and France, as well as the GFCR Equity Fund advisors at SystemIQ. The Global Fund for ...
Article > News update 
GCF and AfDB sign key agreement on transformative energy transition programme
... Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a critical agreement to advance the implementation of a transformative programme, Desert to Power G5 Sahel Facility , which will support least ...
Article > News update 
Consultation Sessions on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Project Preparation Facility (PPF)
... Fund (GCF) was established in 2015 with the objective to provide funding for the preparation of GCF funding proposals, especially ... of 15 funding proposals worth USD 3.8 billion in total financing that were approved by the GCF Board. These ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
New platform to boost environmental impact financing in Africa
... their collaboration in the Green and Resilience Debt Platform, a vehicle that aims to boost climate finance in Africa. The platform contributes to the European Union’s Global Green Bond Initiative , ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund joins the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
... Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) in a move that will enhance global efforts to end deforestation and ensure the sustainable management of forests and trees, the CPF announced today. GCF becomes the 16th member of the partnership, which ...
Article > News update 
GCF Second Consultation Meeting drives momentum for the second replenishment
The Second Consultation Meeting (CM-2) for GCF’s second replenishment (GCF-2) was held on 27-28 ... by Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin , the replenishment facilitator, the two-day virtual meeting convened current and prospective contributors where they received updates on GCF and discussed ...
Article > News update 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities in Latin America and the Caribbean
The GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America is scheduled to be held from 24-26 July. This will be followed by the GCF Workshop for Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in Latin America and the ...
Event > Structured dialogue Uruguay 
Executive Director unveils “50 by 30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
Mafalda Duarte, the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, announced the tenets of her vision and reform programme to enable the Fund to efficiently manage USD 50 billion by ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director's opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
Excellencies, colleagues, and friends, Welcome to GCF’s second replenishment Pledging Conference. Let me begin by congratulating Germany for demonstrating remarkable leadership in climate finance. Thanks to the German leaders and team for being a steadfast ...
Article > Speech 
Annual performance reporting on GCF funded activities through the updated PPMS
... 2021, the GCF Secretariat has employed the Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS) as an integral hub. This ... review status. In the forthcoming webinar, the GCF aims to address historical challenges of reporting, by providing insights into ...
Event > Webinar 
Plugging the finance gap in the Caribbean
The Green Climate Fund announced a new co-financing platform at COP28 in Dubai, with funding of USD 1.2 million to develop the initiative. The Green Climate Fund’s portfolio is growing through support provided to the Blue Co. Caribbean Umbrella Coordination Programme ...
Article > News update 
Guardians of the shore: GCF and UNEP partner to protect mangroves and coastal ecosystems in Dominica and Mozambique
... Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will boost support for global mangrove protection with the announcement of two ... communities in Dominica and Mozambique are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly intense tropical storms. Mangroves, often overlooked and underappreciated, can ...
Article > News update Dominica Mozambique 
Update on FP146: Bio-CLIMA Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
... Fund (GCF) has terminated the Funded Activity Agreement for the project, “Bio-CLIMA: Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres” ( FP146 ), due to non-compliance with GCF policies and procedures on ...
Article > Statement 
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
... Asset Management. GCF and its partners are committed to redefining how we think about transport and sustainably transforming the way India moves. The future of transportation in India can be more efficient and beneficial to communities, including improving the quality of the air ...
Article > News update 
USD 1 billion of climate investments to be considered at the last GCF Board meeting of the year
Sixteen new climate project proposals totalling about USD 1.0 billion of GCF investment will be considered for approval at next week’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ... Four of the proposed 16 projects mobilise private sector investment. With the focus on innovative approaches to ...
Article > News update 
Forests get a boost from new GCF policy on REDD+ results-based payments
... policy on REDD+ results-based payments, a major boon for forest finance. The decision was made at the 40th ... permanently integrates REDD+ results-based payments into GCF’s regular project activity cycle. This will ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The policy also complements GCF’s newly revamped ...
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