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What does a regional adaptation plan could look like? The case of water management and sustainable agriculture in Thailand
... could look like? The case of water management and sustainable agriculture in Thailand ...
Article > Article about GCF Thailand 
Making blended finance work for adaptation
Dear colleagues, The United Nations Environment Programme estimates ... 56 million Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund, including USD 26 million in GCF financing. ARAF will benefit 10 million ... as well as a dedicated green guarantee company to provide credit enhancement and access to lower financing costs for ...
Article > Speech
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
... its allocation of USD 878.8 million in new financing at its 26th Board meeting, which wound up today. The 26th Board ... held virtually for the first time, also approved two new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate projects funded by GCF. The approved ...
Article > Press release 
Initial guiding framework for the Fund’s accreditation process
... decision B.07/02 . Sets out the initial framework of the accreditation process as well as initial fiduciary principles and standards, interim performance standards, and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Strengthen institutional capacity, governance mechanisms, planning and programming frameworks for a transformational long-term climate action agenda
... Côte d'Ivoire's capacity to mobilizing resources at scale for a long-term climate action agenda. The overall ... NDA team capacity to support planning, programming and implementation of GCF funded activities, ii) strengthening ... institutional coordination mechanism to engage with relevant stakeholders (e.g. CSOs..), iii) strengthening the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... fishing (as in Comoros and Madagascar) or tourism and the services sector (as in Mauritius and Seychelles). It will develop and implement ecosystem-based ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ... here is the lack of communications networks. The access to services experienced by those of us who live in urban areas ...
Article > Story Vanuatu 
Latest IPCC report is a wake-up call for immediate climate action
... action to halt climate change and deal with its unstoppable effects. The report , released on 9 August 2021, warns ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is mandated to ... leaders from 196 countries will meet in Glasgow for the COP26 summit with the aim of agreeing upon action to limit ...
Article > Statement 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
A GCF event at COP26 brought together a panel of international and national ... discuss how to turn this data into action that protects people’s lives. Carolina Fuentes, GCF’s Secretary to the ... rainfall in 24 hours than London receives in a year. The UNFCCC established GCF in 2010 to provide financial support ...
Article > News update 
Information requests and responses
... Funding opportunities 11 Oct 14 Oct Granted IDP668 GCF Accreditation Process and Project Management Costs Allocation ... IDP627 Funding opportunities 12 Mar 22 Mar Granted IDP626 Funding opportunities 8 Mar 22 Mar Granted IDP625 Funding ... Funded Activity Agreement for FP111, FP154, FP163, and IFC projects 26 Nov 11 Apr 2022 Partially granted IDP300 ...
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Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, the ... The three-day Board meeting also approved seven new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate ... Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) with FAO (FP118) USD 26.3 million for Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... are listed below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated review procedure for ... actions of all countries as we approach the crucial COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow at the end of this year. This ...
Article > Press release 
Response to allegations reported by Financial Times
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) takes very seriously allegations of inappropriate behaviour made in a Financial Times newspaper article published on 26 August. The GCF’s Secretariat strongly refutes claims ... a code of conduct for managers and establishing culture circles to define corporate values last year. This year saw the ...
Article > Statement 
Bhutan’s King optimistic about climate solutions
... in the various meetings that the Green Climate Fund delegation had during the scoping mission to Bhutan from 26 August to 1 September 2018. The mission was in Bhutan to ... the ambitious goal of Bhutan through an investment of USD 26.6 million in the “Bhutan for Life” project, which has ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
... largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased ... and livelihood, and would also affect the Amazon’s key role in absorbing and storing the world’s carbon. GCF's ... be encouraged in six key areas of the bioeconomy: sustainable agroforestry, native palm cultivation, non-timber natural ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Standards for the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism policy
... control and manage related risk. Board Standards for the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
National Environment Management Authority of Kenya
... activities and serving as the main national body to implement environmental policies in all sectors within the ... assistance and natural resource management. With the accreditation to the GCF, NEMA intends to develop country ... potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Accreditation to the GCF would allow NEMA to drive a paradigm ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Kenya
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
... resources; promote projects and business initiatives on eco-services, eco-tourism and green businesses; and strengthen ... agricultural sectors for project development and implementation. IICA Costa Rica 1 1 1 1 1 P.O. Box 55-2200, San ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Costa Rica
GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
... in a joint project with UN Environment , a GCF Accredited Entity. The USD 20.5 million project is set to ... climate resilience of rural communities in the Gambia at scale and to facilitate the development of a sustainable ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Tanzania’s Planning Processes
... of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. There are numerous smaller islands both in the Mainland and Zanzibar. Rising ... longer dry spells, more intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise make URT the 26th most vulnerable country to climate risks. Tanzania has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania
Advancing a Regional Approach to the Green Hydrogen Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen ... million tons by 20501. Based on LAC countries' relatively clean energy matrix, the region could play a leading role due to the green hydrogen generation technical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Pre-accreditation support to Dos-Credobank to build institutional ESS and Gender capacities
... which was presented during the address of the official delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic during the COP 26 (November 2021, Glasgow). Kyrgyzstan declared its ... the procedures required under GCF guidelines and meet accreditation requirements. Kyrgyzstan Pre-accreditation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
... (DAEs), National Designated Authorities and all the relevant stakeholders to prepare EDA concept notes and funding ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Pathways to Dairy Net Zero: Promoting Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Livestock in East Africa
... will ensure the quality design of the regional programme titled Pathways to Dairy Net Zero: Promoting Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Livestock in East Africa. It will enable public, private, national and regional investments to be ... the UN Food Systems Summit, as well as the engagement at CoP26 towards a process aimed at systematically enhancing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Transforming Finance to Unlock Climate Action in the Caribbean
... of finance. The programme will accomplish this by blending GCF and CDB resources to extend concessional lines of credit to Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), who in ... with climate change; and Equip Caribbean financial service providers and local private sector actors with the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
FP137 - Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project
... livelihoods in this area through enhanced ecosystem services. It will do this, among a number ...
Project > Public sector Ghana 
GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
... low emission and climate resilient development. The Board elected Ambassador Lennart Båge and Dr. Paul Oquist as its ... Mongolia with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP078 - USD 26 million for the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) ... Bank (AfDB) FP081 - USD 100 million for the Line of Credit for Solar rooftop segment for Commercial, Industrial ...
Article > Press release 
GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
... for an ambitious and successful Green Climate Fund replenishment during a meeting with GCF Executive Director ad ... and impacts of GCF operations, the key climate finance challenges, and the ongoing process of the Fund’s ... is closely working with its UN partners who are delivering 26 projects with the total value of USD 1.7 billion through ...
Article > Press release 
GCF sets the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.22
... twenty-second Board meeting. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members ... decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. The 22nd GCF Board meeting will tentatively be held on 26-28 February 2019, and the key dates are as follows: B.22 ...
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