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Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... houses in coastal Viet Nam are damaged or destroyed, disrupting lives and livelihoods. According to the Global Climate Risk Index , the country was ranked 13th among the countries ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... year, totaling USD 489.8 million of GCF financing and USD 1.26 billion including co-financing. Among the 11, ... of the most climate-vulnerable countries: Belize, the Cook Islands, Madagascar, Peru, and Sierre Leone. Two of the ... High Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru (FP226) Accredited Entity: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer ...
Article > News update 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ...
Article > Story Vanuatu SCA 
Rural women rising
... Elizabeth remained the backbone of her family, raising eight grandchildren and working to support them. ... leaving me with eight grandchildren to care for. The oldest is 15 and the youngest is three years old.” Elizabeth ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
... need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is greater than ever before. As the results of the first ... finance, including from private sources of capital. At COP 26 in Glasgow, our four funds jointly committed to work ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
GCF Board convenes for thirteenth meeting
... to the GCF's core business of funding proposals. This is the second Board meeting of the year, and the first GCF ... webcast at the following link: greenclimate.fund/live All official documentation for the meeting is available online . ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.34/Inf.06/Add.01 - Reports from committees, panels and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum I
This document contains the reports on activities that have ... Performance Oversight Committee for the Board-Appointed Officials; Accreditation Panel; and Independent Technical Advisory Panel. GCF/B.34/Inf.06/Add.01 Reports from committees, ...
Board document > Information
Appeals
Overview Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the Board to consider appeals from requesters. The IAP is composed of the three heads of the independent ...
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Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in Madagascar
... them to expand their farms by cutting down trees. This, in turn, intensifies the effect of droughts, flooding, ... knowledge gained, she and her husband used the profits to buy rice seeds. When the rice was harvested, they purchased ... International. Edited by: Zeenia Dastur, GCF Madagascar FP026 Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in ...
Article > Story Madagascar CI 
Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board is holding its first meeting of the year at the GCF ... business, including new funding proposals and policy decisions. If approved, the new funding proposals will add to ... Board meeting, which will be held from 25 to 28 February, is available here . The GCF Board will also consider ...
Article > Press release 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
... Participants will share their climate experiences, and advise the Green Climate Fund on how it can direct its investments in this region. The four-day meeting will highlight climate ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... of entities to partner with the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and investment, assessment of the ... for progress in 2016, with resolution of key administrative and policy gaps,” said McDonald. “We are a ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.37 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XXXVII Funding proposal package for SAP004
This addendum contains the following six parts: A funding ... Programme” submitted by XacBank LLC; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; Independent Technical Advisory Panel’s ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.19 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XIX Funding proposal package for FP097
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding ... Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI); No-objection letters issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; and Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; These documents are presented as submitted by the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII Funding proposal package for FP096
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding ... by the African Development Bank; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; and Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; These documents are presented as submitted by the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.17 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVII Funding proposal package for FP095
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding ... Systems for Climate” submitted by the Agence Française de Développement; No-objection letters issued by the national designated authorities or focal ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
... in delivering Belize’s climate change priorities is access to, and in some instances disbursement of climate finances. Nevertheless, the country ... to respond to climate related challenges. In continuing this effort, Belize aims to implement its Climate Change ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CCCCC
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
... project supports the Government of Argentina to: Establish a national process to coordinate adaptation planning at ... validation by the National Climate Change Cabinet; Establish a system for monitoring and assessing needs and ... information services; Support inter-sectoral and interjurisdictional collaboration, within the framework of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina UNDP
Strategic Frameworks support for Lao PDR through FAO
... has been engaging in REDD+ readiness since 2008, and is progressing through the readiness to demonstration phases ... Deforestation Agriculture as a necessary policy direction, is currently under consultation. Among the core barriers ... barriers through: 1) formalization of coordination mechanisms; 2) development of monitoring and reporting processes; ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) FAO
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Timor-Leste through UNDP
As a Least Developed Country (LDC), a Small-Island Developing State and the newest country to the ... exacerbated by climate change and climate change impacts.This proposal requests readiness preparation funding assistance of US$300,000 from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through PwC
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an Economic Union established under the Treaty of Basseterre. The OECS is now a ten-member grouping comprising the full Member ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Entity support, strategic frameworks and private sector mobilization support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
Antigua and Barbuda is currently implementing its initial Readiness support ... funding will also support the further development and submission of an Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) funding proposal, ... the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission. A key feature of this Readiness support is hosting a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
... Strengthening/up-scaling the country coordination mechanism for GCFrelated activities particularly to implement ... private sector, including micro, small and medium enterprises, and leveraging their ability to implement ... clear metrics to screen project proposals for GCF submission, based on policies and strategies of the Government ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh UNDP
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development ... projects in the region are often perceived as high risk by private investors, mainly due to uncertainty about ... barriers, the programme will provide loans and technical assistance to local partner financial institutions. Overall, ...
Article > Press release AFD 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with GCF by promptly ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Jamaica Country Programme
Climate change is a major challenge for Jamaica. Experiences of increased ... drought conditions, periods of intense rainfall, sea level rise, and increasingly high temperatures threatens our path ... to increase its ambition to meet the objectives of the Paris agreement. However climate action requires massive ...
Document > Country programme Jamaica
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
... poverty reduction in recent years. Since most agriculture is rainfed in developing countries, climate change directly ... demand for food by growing populations and cities. This need is most acute in developing countries, affecting at least ...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
... by climate change impacts. And drivers such as overfishing, agricultural run-off, sewage discharge and ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ... Lanka FP180 Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR) ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries PCA
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The ... die and are replaced by dry savannah-like landscapes. This would have grave consequences on biodiversity, ... reduce the impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and increase climate resilience in the region by ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries IDB
Building the capacities of key Sustainable Land Management stakeholders to mainstream climate change in Burundi, and updating the Country Programme
... Burundi and (ii) propose recommendations of action for decision makers to consistently address these issues at national level (with specific recommendations for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi FAO