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GCF/B.36/06/Add.01 - Terms of Reference for a Feasibility Study to further examine options for establishing a GCF regional presence - Addendum I: Response matrix for Board comments received on the draft document
... matrix for Board comments received on the draft document titled “Terms of Reference for a Feasibility Study to further ...
Board document > Action item
Investment framework for GCF-2
... B.07/06 (a); updated in decision B.37/20 ; applicable from 1 January 2024 onwards. Sets out the Fund's ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Climate-resilient community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia
... community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia" as approved by the Board of the ... community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Ethiopia
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)
This document presents funding proposal "FP247: Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.40.
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries
Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
This document presents funding proposal "FP250: Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)" as approved by the...
Document > Approved funding proposal Viet Nam
Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)
This document presents funding proposal "SAP044: Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate...
Document > Approved funding proposal Angola
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) - WIOCC Holding Company Limited ("WIOCC" or the "Company")
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
Enhancing Transparency in Guyana’s IPPU and Waste Sector by Establishing a National MRV System
This readiness proposal will enable Guyana to operationalize a comprehensive Monitoring, ... data and capacity gaps, and empowers stakeholders to implement and monitor effective climate actions. The project ... robust data systems, and active stakeholder engagement while developing project pipelines to attract climate finance. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
... the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). GCF’s contribution of USD 26.6 million was approved by its Board last month to support ... prevent threats to Bhutan’s forests, preserving their role as a carbon sink. Bhutan for Life will also support ... be found on the Bhutan for Life project page on GCF’s website . Bhutan Bhutan GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul Oquist as new Co-Chairs
... meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. Paul Oquist has been elected as the developing country Co-Chair, whilst Lennart ... B.19 Board meeting will therefore take place from Monday 26 February until Thursday 1 March, and will be presided by ... developing countries on the Executive Committee of the UNFCCC Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Dr. ...
Article > Press release 
Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
... Green Climate Fund workshop. “The slow burn crisis of sea level rises, ocean acidification and impacts like coral reef ... SPREP and 21 of GCF’s other direct access Accredited Entities wound up the three-day Empowering Direct ... GCF Chief Financial Officer and Director of Support Services Javier Manzanares said the workshop had achieved ...
Article > Press release 
GCF targets private investment shift at inaugural climate conference
... entrepreneurship of businesses in tackling the climate challenge, and comes on the heels of a seminal UN report ... the urgency of climate action evidenced by the release on Monday of the IPCC report Global Warming of 1.5°C. ... that climate action could yield an economic gain of USD 26 trillion through to 2030 compared with business-as-usual. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
... change into planning at the national, district and village levels throughout the Gambia," said Minister Dibba. ... regions is being implemented by UN Environment, a GCF Accredited Entity. Pa Ousman Jarju, GCF's Director of Country ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. The geographic nature of this ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all ... wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa. The USD90 million, 26MW Cabeolica project provides over 20 percent of Cape ...
Article > Press release 
GCF upgrades climate support for vulnerable Pacific nations
... with the Pacific Community (SPC). GCF today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with this Pacific-based regional body to provide the legal framework for funding climate projects. GCF Deputy ... in 1947 as the South Pacific Commission, as many of its 26 members are Pacific SIDS. The vulnerability of SIDS to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.27
... It is also noted that the twenty-sixth Board meeting (B.26) will take place virtually from 18 to 21 August 2020. GCF acknowledges the extraordinary circumstances and fast-changing ... Board decides on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. Kindly note that funding proposals ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.29
... is proposed that B.29 takes place on 28 June-1 July 2021 while a formal Board decision is yet to be taken on this ... Board decides on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. Kindly note that funding proposals ... of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects/programmes 26 February 2021* Submission to the independent Technical ...
Article > Press release 
GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
... approved at B.18: FP046 – USD 8.65 million for the Renewable Energy Programme #1 – Solar in Mongolia with XacBank. ... United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). FP050 – USD 26.56 million for the Bhutan for Life project in Bhutan with ... payments. Additionally, the Board approved the accreditation of five new partner organisations as Accredited ...
Article > Press release 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ... human lives and economies worldwide and has also led to postponement of COP 26 to November 2021. Developing ...
Article > Statement 
Meet the iTAP: Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio
In this Meet the iTAP session, iTAP's Chair Caroline Petersen presented on Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio of adaptation, mitigation and cross-cutting projects and programmes, highlighting some trends...
Event > Webinar 
Great Green Wall in the Spotlight at COP
Attention and support for the Great Green Wall , an African-led initiative to restore land and ecosystems in Africa, were reinforced at COP26. As a funder of several projects in the Sahel region ... this high-level event was moderated by the Prince of Wales and French President Emmanuel Macron, bringing together ...
Article > News update 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
The Structured Dialogue with Asia brought 26 countries from across the region to Da Nang in Viet Nam ... stakeholders – including government ministers, GCF Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities ... about accessing and engaging with GCF. During the high-level interactions of the Dialogue, ministers from a number ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
... today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited seven new partner entities. The fifteenth meeting ... 133 million for Catalyzing Private Investment in Sustainable Energy in Argentina with the Inter-American Development ... it comes on the cusp of 2017, the year Fiji will host the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties.” “I have high hopes that ...
Article > Press release 
Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
... in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial ... the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) implemented by the United Nations Development ... establishing a microfinance mechanism to provide accessible credit for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized ...
Article > Statement 
Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future
... Ecuador Peru FP001 FP019 FP100 FP134 Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
African Development Bank
... to address climate change in Africa through the implementation of a five-year climate change action plan from ... rural living conditions, water resources and forests, while its mitigation activities focus on sustainable transport, ... efficiency, and sustainable land-use systems. With the accreditation to the GCF, AfDB sought to contribute to the ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Côte d'Ivoire
International Union for Conservation of Nature
... solutions to environment conservation and sustainable development challenges. It has a strong presence in countries in transition, least developed countries and small island developing States ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
The International Development Finance Club and the Green Climate Fund join forces to support Public Development Banks in financing the green transition
... 2020 – The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... Banks, including the 13 members of IDFC that are GCF accredited project partners, can play a critical role in ... ambition and building momentum in the lead up to COP 26. The IDFC, a group of 26 national and regional PDBs ...
Article > Press release 
Mobilising Funds at Scale
... finance in developing countries. Bold investment ideas poured in from all comers of the globe, to crowd in capital ... and climate-resilient projects. Mobilising Funds at Scale ...
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