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Information session 3: Placement scheme and access modalities for NDAs and DAEs (2024–2027 strategy)
On 13 August 2024, the GCF held an information session on the new Readiness Operational Modalities, as part of a series of regular information sessions on the 2024-2027 strategy for the Readiness and Preparatory Support...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Investor Forum
Accelerating climate action through private sector investment In ... Fund (GCF) is hosting a series of Investor Forums. Led by GCF’s Private Sector Facility, the Investor Forum ... for climate impact. It brings together management-level practitioners from asset managers, asset owners, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund will be ready to meet the challenge of central role in new climate finance goal says Executive Director
... it must be backed by finance that continues to grow in scale and quality. Developing countries are counting on it. Our ... following the closing of COP29. She continued, “I am pleased that the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance [NCQG] has ...
Article > News update 
Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay
Using ancestral knowledge and yerba mate trees to accelerate climate action For generations, the Ava Guaraní, one of the Indigenous Peoples living in eastern Paraguay, have been harvesting the ...
Article > Story Paraguay FAO 
Consultation to inform the review and update of GCF’s Monitoring and Accountability Framework
... framework at the forty-second Board meeting (B.42), scheduled for June 2025. The GCF’s monitoring and accountability ... framework is designed to ensure the alignment of accredited entities (AEs) with GCF standards and policies, and effective implementation of each of the GCF-funded projects and ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 6: Operational modalities (2024–2027 Strategy) for Readiness Framework Agreement holders
... shaped by stakeholder feedback, and clarified the role of the Readiness Framework Agreement (FWA) holders in the ... global participation, with two time slots available. Session 1: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ...
Event > Webinar 
Launch of the Revised GCF Concept Note Submission Process
... template for GCF concept notes (CNs), which will enable faster screening and appraisal by streamlining the ... efficient screening process for CNs that aims to provide clear direction and feedback to our partners within six ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 7: PPF and Readiness operational modalities (2024–2027 Strategy) for DAEs
... support, the delivery mechanisms in place, and complementary support opportunities available through the Project Preparation Facility (PPF). The ...
Event > Webinar 
Consultation on the GCF’s accreditation reforms
... B.40/15, requested the Secretariat to present the revised accreditation framework and its related components for the ... meeting. As part of the consultation process, we are pleased to invite GCF's Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and ... feedback in a virtual meeting setting on the revised accreditation framework and its related components as follows: ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 9: Country platforms
The information session introduced the key principles that guided GCF’s support for Country Platforms, shared examples of how such platforms could be developed or enhanced ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF convenes its 42nd Board meeting in Papua New Guinea
... projects under consideration include GCF’s first-ever single-country projects in Oman, Mauritania, Saint Lucia, and Papua New Guinea. The Board will also consider the accreditation of eight new organisations as GCF project ... in Port Moresby and will be live-streamed on the GCF website. GCF Board members and their alternates are drawn ...
Article > News update 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will allow the two ... the vital need to finance innovative infrastructure and clean technologies in developing countries to build a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the “fantastic agreement” immediately unlocks ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to its accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, the Agence ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to ...
Article > Press release France AFD 
GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past ... finance proposals, particularly from direct access Accredited Entities . Representing the 24-member GCF Board , ... Fund will continue to respond to the guidance from the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in channelling climate ...
Article > Press release 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ... countries to “directly access” GCF resources as Accredited Entities. The other project will help poor farmers ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ... RFP is open to proposals from entities that are not yet accredited to the Fund,’ said Pombo. Jay Koh, Founder and ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... consolidates EBRD’s partnership with GCF as an Accredited Entity. These organizations are the linchpins of ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release EBRD 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
... Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ... strategic plan for the GCF for consideration and possible approval by the Board at its twelfth meeting. The ad hoc ... The ad hoc group based its deliberations on the elements of convergence noted by the Board. The group ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
... on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ... - PAG) which outlines Benin's vision for a sustainable economic and social development. However, this awareness is not reflected in the priority actions of the PAG, thus ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of Environment (Accredited Entity) will work with Executing Entities: Ministry ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2014. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2015. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2016. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2017. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ... and Social Policy, Updated Gender Policy and Indigenous Peoples Policy of the GCF. GCF underscores its commitment to ...
Document > Guides
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
... against climate change, finance must be used to invest in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and ... adaptation in the developing world. And it means a full replenishment and an effective functioning of the Green Climate ... of finance in the implementation of the Helsinki Principles. "It is my prayerful hope that, as stewards of the ...
Article > Press release Austria 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement and SDGs. ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed ... (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) and established a sub-national approach to ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall coupled with soil erosion on deforested lands. On the other ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda AfDB