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FP152 - Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity
The goal of the Sub-national Climate Fund Global (SnCF Global ... financing because investors prefer perceived safer and larger investments. The Fund firmly believes that GCF anchor ... to co-invest. This is the first time an impact equity fund mobilizes public (20 %) and private sector (80%) funding at ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
GCF Brings Clean Energy to Off-Grid Areas of Burkina Faso
Due to Burkina Faso’s dependence on fossil fuels, the country has one ... Burkina Faso revised the country’s energy policy and regulatory framework to address these issues and allow private ... open untapped rural energy markets in Sub-Saharan Africa by mobilizing funds from the African Development Bank, the ...
Article > Press release Burkina Faso 
GCF triggers funding for Peruvian project, preventing Amazon emissions
The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a ... Peruvian province of Datem del Marañón to manage their wetland resources in ways that do not release the large amount ... receives equal weight to mitigation in the Fund’s mobilization of climate finance. The project’s adaptation ...
Article > Press release Peru 
GCF hosts discussion on Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement
The second side-event hosted by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last week’s event examining the Fund's progress to date, ... its role in the climate finance landscape, and how it can mobilize funds at scale. The event featured representatives ...
Article > Press release 
Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2017
The Green Climate Fund’s Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, organized in collaboration with the Government of Belize, brought together ... of direct access entities at the regional level; and mobilizing private sector engagement in the Caribbean ...
Event > Structured dialogue Belize 
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
If the world is to win the race against climate change, finance must be used to invest ... Director Yannick Glemarec at the R20 AWS session on Mobilizing Investments by Green Finance. Glemarec joined ... of the world's finances, you will agree upon a common plan that accords with climate science, the latest in clean ...
Article > Press release Austria 
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
Since 2019, the Green Climate Fund has engaged in the process of developing a Sectoral ... efficient buildings; compact & resilient urban forum; circular economy; Four drivers of paradigm shift: ... planning and programming, catalyzing climate innovation, mobilization of finance at scale and coalitions and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Technical Guidance for Updating Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and development of a Technology action plan for the implementation of NDC’ Côte d’Ivoire
This proposal seeks to provide technical assistance to the Government ... Needs Assessment (TNA) and develop a Technology Action Plan (TAP) for prioritized technologies to address climate ... of appropriate concept notes, the definition of a resource mobilization strategy and market analysis deployment ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire
Developing GCF pipeline of projects from locally- driven climate actions
Thailand Country Programme (TCP) has prioritized scaling up ... information and knowledge on technology and financial mobilization; b) There is a limited technical assistance and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Strengthening science-based and climate-informed decision- making processes in Mauritius climate-sensitive sectors for impactful and cost-effective climate change programming
Mauritius is among the most vulnerable small island states to the adverse impacts of climate change and ... to detect early-stage risks, monitor climatic changes, and mobilize the necessary resources to tackle associated ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritius
Strengthening Kyrgyzstan's capacity to manage the climate finance process and prepare quality projects
The overall objective of this proposed Readiness Project is to prepare the country for the mobilization and implementation of climate finance through ... the national priorities the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector is among the most prioritized, it is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
Enhancing the Climate Resilience of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Sri Lanka
The inadequate investment in capacity development in Sri Lanka's WASH sector presents significant challenges. The ... opportunities and translating them into action while also mobilizing the climate finance needed to mitigate the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka
Developing and implementing the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process in Burundi
As climate change intensifies, Burundi will experience a ... Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) submitted to the UNFCCC in 2006. It also developed a National Policy on Climate ... and communicate regarding adaptation Limited ability to mobilize resources for climate change Guided by the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
i) Climate background and institutional and policy context: ... the various national and sectoral strategies and action plans achieve net zero emission pathways. ii) Problem ... and regional accredited entities for enhanced resources mobilization capacities. The main beneficiaries of this ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
Climate change poses a severe threat to Angola’s economy and its population. About 80% of the most ... Energy, including the transport sector, with a focus on e-mobility. E- mobility is one of government’s priority ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
As nations urgently seek to enhance climate ambition and implementation, country and regional platforms are emerging as vital tools for mobilizing financing aligned with national priorities. These ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
On behalf of the Governments of Botswana and Guatemala, The Nature Conservancy and partners seek to develop a ... by government and technical partners, with co-financing mobilized from government and bilateral sources. The Funding ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
Creating a new investment fund, KawiSafi, to drive off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy ... in other parts of the ecosystem such as consumer finance, mobile payment, and metering/monitoring technologies. The ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
About GCF
Overview There is a shrinking window of opportunity to address the climate ... element of the historic Paris Agreement - is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing ... establish a proof of concept. De-risking investment to mobilize finance at scale: by using scarce public resources ...
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Readiness: Learn more
Opportunities to learn more Upcoming information sessions Event title Tentative planned date* * The dates are subject to change due to ...
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Accreditation
Overview Access to GCF resources is through entities accredited by the GCF Board (Accredited Entities or AEs). To ... initial part of the entire suite of GCF’s due diligence placed across an AE’s lifecycle of engagement with GCF, ...
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Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is greater than ever before. ... respective business models, we will use our resources to mobilize greater financial flows from the private sector and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is an international organization with a strong global ... a strong portfolio in least developed countries, small island developing states and African states. Adaptation ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International United States
Guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness
Adopted by decision B.17/21 . Sets out guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness, covering guiding principles, role of ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot intends to boost access by sub-national, ...
Document > Publication, Guides
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 decomposition ... the final disposal of solid waste in managed or unmanaged landfills, as well as during the treatment of wastewater. In ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is heeding calls to help developing countries ... to deal with climate change, especially for poor populations that are most at risk. Glemarec outlined the ... country planning, catalysing climate innovation, mobilizing public and private investment at scale, and the ...
Article > Press release 
Food Security and Adaptation Priorities in the Agricultural Sector in Tunisia
The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Tunisia indicates that its economy, the population and ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate ... Tunisia indicated as a priority the capacity-building and mobilization of the private sector to encourage climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia
Annual progress report 2024
2024 Annual Progress Report Raising ambition. Empowering action. ... Investment Platform (BIP), a groundbreaking initiative to mobilise USD 10.8 billion in foreign investments for climate ... Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its MOBILIST programme, the Nigeria Sovereign ...
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GCF appoints global facilitator for the replenishment process
To support the first GCF formal replenishment, the Fund appointed Johannes F. Linn, a ... Green Climate Fund on its first formal replenishment. GCF plays an instrumental role in delivering on the Paris ... Bank’s Vice President for Financial Policy and Resource Mobilization, in charge of overall financial policies and ...
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