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Building project pipeline capacities: Development of GCF concept notes in the transport and health sectors in Thailand
To enable the development of priority climate change projects in ... gaps for developing robust, evidence-based climate rationales to justify additional ‘resilience’ investment. For ... to the GCF Candidates for Direct Access Entity (DAE) accreditation to the GCF will be closely engaged on the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Climate Change Measurement, Reporting and Verification System of Albania: Emissions and Mitigation
Albania is party to the Paris Agreement within the UNFCCCwith the status of a Non-Annex 1 Party,and is candidate ... and verification (MRV) needs to be established and implemented for the purpose ofimprovingthe quality of reporting as required from the UNFCCC and the EU environmental and climate changeacquis. This ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania
Nauru Readiness II - Strengthening NDA capacities and DAE access
... strategies and capacity in order to strengthen country leadership and ownership in actioning its climate change ... provide support on project related discussions with Accredited Entities and Donors, as well as working with them ... for securing climate finance. Nauru aspires to have an accredited national direct access entity that can lead the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru
Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility
... and advanced waste management practices. Support DAE accreditation of Kasikornbank with the GCF and technical advice in its accreditation application process. Kasikornbank is Thailand's second largest lender by assets. The bank has already implemented various ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Support for Formulation of Palau’s First National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
The goal of this NAP Readiness project is to advance a whole-of-society approach to climate change adaptation planning and implementation through a vertically and horizontally ... objective of the project is to improve planning and implementation for climate change adaptation at national and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Palau
Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions
... fourth most populous country. It will play a significant role in mitigating global climate change in the future. It is also among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. To achieve Indonesia's Nationally ... climate finance and private sector investments. The NDA-led -Readiness Needs Assessment (RNA) identified the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia
Strengthening Strategic Framework and Institutional Capacity to Enhance Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Implementation in Saint Kitts and Nevis
... Developing State (SIDS), Saint Kitts and Nevis is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as changes in ... increasing surface temperature, hurricanes, and sea level rise. Characteristics of the country such as the ... the country’s climate resilience against the unavoidable impacts of climate change, their NDC target is being ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
Readiness Support for Building Community Resilience through Application of Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) System
... and their stakeholders have the capacity to plan and implement climate change adaptation (CCA) actions by ... Authorities (NDAs), Direct Access Entities (DAEs), Accredited Entities (AEs), potential executing entities (EEs), ... effort in future phases to support more countries based on lessons learned in Nepal and Pakistan. The project will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal Pakistan
The Green Climate Fund’s Group of Friends convene to discuss climate action urgency and show support for GCF’s second replenishment
GCF leadership met with ambassadors and representatives of its ... to bid farewell to the GCF Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec who completed his term on 2 April 2023. Yannick Glemarec and Henry ...
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Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
... to expand cocoa production to new areas and prevent a possible reduction in productivity in areas with greater aptitude, ... improving the business framework for the development and implementation of AFS with cocoa and strengthening of all the ... Plan and stakeholder analysis, including an indigenous peoples safeguard and the grievance mechanism, will be required ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil
ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing climate change resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Central Jamaica
... by Jamaica’s National Designated Authority (NDA) as Accredited Entity (AE), is supporting the agricultural sector in the development and future implementation of the “ADAPT- Jamaica: Enhancing climate ... (PPF) resources to assist Jamaica in completing the site-specific intervention analyses and feasibility studies ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Jamaica
Identify investment options for climate change adaptation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (within the framework of the National Adaptation Plan project)
... is positioned as Phase II of the GCF- funded proposal titled “Advance the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process ... process including compilation of a NAP document and implementation strategy to scaling-up adaptation in key sectors; develop municipal level investment financing instruments; and build national, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bosnia and Herzegovina
Improving capacities of the National Focal Point in Montenegro for the engagement with the GCF and strengthening of the country’s strategic project pipeline to support implementation of the updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 2)
... a national framework for cooperation with the GCF in all relevant aspects. Some of the key results achieved through ... hierarchy; (ii) introduction of the GCF governing rules and procedures to be observed in all matters relevant to ... and it is currently in the submission process to the UNFCCC. In conjunction with these circumstances, there is a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Montenegro
Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Economic and Social Development Agency (ADES) to become a GCF Direct Access Accredited Entity and support the implementation of Chad's climate change programs and strategies
... a Direct Access Entity of the GCF. Chad faces various complex and multi-faceted climate risks, with physical impacts ... to ensure the efficiency of climate investments. ADES' accreditation will position the organization as a GCF ... evaluated its current policies and standards against GCF accreditation requirements. ADES does not currently meet ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
Board decision on Compliance Review Report C-0006-Nicaragua (Bio-CLIMA, FP146)
... which will include the full text of the decision, is being cleared for publication and will be made available on the GCF website in the coming days. Pending the release of the final ... Secretariat under the relevant legal agreements with the accredited entity to address the instances in which the ...
Document > Operational document Nicaragua
GCF Group of Friends welcomes new Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, garnering momentum for GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action
... H.E. Ambassador Nabeel Munir, chair of the meeting, recalled the urgency to act collectively in the face of the climate crisis and to support the most vulnerable communities in the Global South. He reiterated the ...
Article > News update 
Improving the capacity of Turkmenistan to access climate finance through capacity building and strategic frameworks
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin
... the increased drought, the strong disruption on water cycle with implications on floods, violent winds, smallholder farmers’ vulnerability, recreated ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Implementing the activities envisaged under this NDC ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin
Strengthening Togo’s Institutional Capacity for a Low-Carbon Transport System (STILTS)
... by building the institutional capacity of the country to implement a Low-carbon Emission Transport System. Togo is among ... for a strong and holistic action that comprehensively tackles the prevailing high-emitting transport system expected ... shift to a low-emitting transport sector is a prerequisite to meet the country’s climate agenda. Although ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming (Phase 3)
... institutional and coordination mechanisms for effective implementation of climate actions in Tonga. It consists of four ... Strategic Framework; (c) Pipeline Development and (d) Knowledge sharing and Learning. The multi-year approach is ... climate finance amongst key stakeholders (Output 1.1.3) Accreditation of MoF as DAE (Output 1.2.1) Increased knowledge ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
GCF at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings and UN: Climate finance and global financial reforms loom large
... developing countries. As many developing countries struggle to address climate and development challenges amidst food insecurity, poverty, inflation, war, and heavy debt burdens, calls have been loud and clear for reforms to international financial institutions and ...
Article > News update 
Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Water Security in South Africa (EbA-Water)
... Source Areas (SWSAs, also known as Water Towers) which collectively cover 10% of the land but provide 50% of the water ... improve the security of the balance, through a suite of complementary measures, including ecological measures ... by 2050. Projected climate change impacts will result in less allocatable water in rivers, thereby increasing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa
Tonga Coastal Resilience project launched in Nuku’alofa
... this project aims to build long-term resilience and implement transformative adaptation measures in vulnerable coastal communities throughout Tonga. Tonga's coastal ... on Tongatapu's northern shores, face significant challenges from marine hazards and sea-level rise, exacerbated ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Green Climate Fund announces commitment to mobilise USD 100 million for Chad
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has announced an accelerated programme of action in support of the government of ... and International Cooperation (MFBEPCI) to become an Accredited Entity to GCF, and to develop a multi-annual ... will provide urgently needed finance and accelerate the accreditation of the Ministry of Finance. Over the past two ...
Article > Press release Chad 
Resource Mobilisation
Overview Responding to the climate challenge requires collective action from all countries, cities, ... of developing countries. GCF's Governing Instrument enables the Fund to accept contributions from developed ... party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as public, non-public, and alternative ...
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Armenia national country programme consultation with GCF marks step towards stronger climate action
... 14 representatives from the private sector, and a delegation from GCF. The development of the Armenia country programme has been recognised as a central element in addressing the impacts of climate change and ... Environment Facility. Its development follows the GCF accreditation of the Environmental Project Implementation Unit ...
Article > Press release Armenia 
Yannick Glemarec begins tenure as GCF Executive Director
Yannick Glemarec takes up his post today as the new Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Selected by the GCF Board at its most recent meeting in February, the appointment of Mr Glemarec as head of the GCF Secretariat comes at a crucial ...
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African Union calls for an ambitious and successful GCF replenishment
... Union. The meeting provided an opportunity for the delegates to review Africa’s engagement at COP24 last year ... for the Green Climate Fund’s activities in Africa and called for an ambitious and successful GCF replenishment. The statement issued after the CAHOSCC meeting ...
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GCF agreement with Rwandan government set to reduce climate risks
... Manzanares, Executive Director ad interim, concluded the implementation agreement on Thursday during COP24 in Katowice, ... Poland. The project will develop climate-resilient settlements for families living in northern Rwandan areas prone ... of Rwanda’s socio-economic transformation.” Mr Manzales lauded the project as it is “focused strongly on the ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
Postcard from Katowice: Saturday, December 8
... to the Board to address the remaining policy gaps, more clearly defining issues such as cofinancing, the calculation ... restructuring of projects, and reviewing the accreditation framework. The draft text also includes language ... there seems sure to be a welcome for the launch of GCF's replenishment. The contact group have now sent the text back to ...
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