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... funding. It is designed to help developing countries and Accredited Entities design climate project proposals for GCF ... as well as to describe how GCF reviews, approves, and implements climate projects. The section includes pages describing our full project cycle, explaining our investment framework which guides ...
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GCF and IDCOL sign key agreement on ambitious energy project
... or IDCOL, have signed a critical agreement to implement a large-scale energy saving project for Bangladesh’s textile and garment industries. The agreement was signed at the ...
Article > News update Bangladesh 
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
... GCF’s strategy around the Fund’s upcoming second replenishment and strategic programming priorities for the ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to Incheon, Republic ... updated Simplified Approval Process and Project Specific Accreditation Approach (PSAA) . These developments are ...
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GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
... Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with ... development integrated with adaptation principles that eliminate financing barriers. The project will ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
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GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
... the development of an investment programme that aims to leverage at least USD 117 million, which is expected to benefit 140 million people in the SADC region. GCF will provide an initial project ...
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The GCF Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean Direct Access Entities: enhancing partnerships for climate action through greater access to innovative, inclusive climate financing
... remarks from the GCF Executive Director a.i., Henry Gonzalez, who expressed appreciation to the Government of Uruguay ... other experts on the administrative and technical pre-requisites to successfully access GCF financial instruments. The ... four years. It was followed by an explanation of GCF's accreditation process and the benefits of accreditation such ...
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GCF Executive Director highlights role in climate adaptation at global dialogue
... Week 2023 (KGAW 2023) in Songdo, South Korea. The high-level dialogue aimed to showcase actions to address climate ... and former United Nations Secretary-General, and His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General of CoP28. Mafalda ... GCF, the world's largest climate fund, played a vital role in helping developing nations mitigate and adapt to ...
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Executive Director unveils “50by30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
Excellencies, thank you for the confidence and trust as I step ... the partnership model with the Fund, including the accreditation process, significantly accelerate the time it ... to focus on country and sector-wide programmes that coalesce multiple partners and investments behind a singular ...
Article > Speech 
GCF at COP28
... to 12 December in Dubai, UAE. We’ve created a microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where you will find links to relevant GCF events, stories, and publications. Please ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ...
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Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
Despite the challenges posed by the climate crisis, Africa holds tremendous ... that have been underserved by the existing GCF Accredited Entity network. “GCF is proud to partner with ... expands access to funding for organisations that are not accredited to GCF,” said Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive ...
Article > News update 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) received a boost to its second replenishment (GCF-2) with the announcement of six new pledges. Australia, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Green Climate Fund and Global Fund join forces to tackle impact of climate crisis on health
... at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of ... Fund have developed and published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Greening India’s transportation
... through the congested streets of Delhi, it’s impossible to ignore the diverse number of crawling vehicles, each of them bargaining for the next empty space of ...
Article > Story India 
Enhancing access to climate finance for small island developing states
... they all have one thing in common: they are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. SIDS face numerous ... in establishing the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the UNFCCC’s finance mechanism. Since becoming operational in ... of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom Ministerial Participation from the ...
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GCF strengthens climate action collaboration in the MENA region
... recently concluded its first regional dialogue for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Rabat, Morocco. ... global climate finance over the past two decades, with even less directed towards adaptation. Stressing the necessity of ... following days, the participants delved into sessions on accreditation frameworks, project-specific assessments, ...
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GCF Africa Regional Dialogue opens with a focus on regional climate solutions
... their commitment to identifying opportunities to scale up national and regional action on climate. The Green ... partners (national, regional and international Accredited Entities), civil society, and private sector ... focuses on reforms within GCF, including the Revised Accreditation Framework and the Efficient GCF initiative, ...
Article > News update Ethiopia 
GCF and partners catalyse USD 600 million to boost adaptation finance
... Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and FinDev Canada, have achieved a major milestone in scaling private investment for adaptation with ... projects in markets most severely impacted by, and least equipped to respond to, climate change, helping to ...
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Accelerating climate action: Seven new climate projects ready for delivery
Seven new projects are ready for implementation after their project agreements were signed on ... projects at B.44, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity partners immediately signed Funded Activity ... one is expected to receive its first disbursement in a couple of days. The quick turnaround for the seven projects ...
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GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
A high-profile group of heads of states, government ministers and UN representatives called today for global solidarity to scale up action to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary. Ms Espinosa added that COVID-19 ...
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US climate envoy supports “indispensable” GCF role during climate forum
... support to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an “indispensable player” in financing global endeavours to achieve the Paris Agreement and protect poor and vulnerable people exposed to the climate crisis. “President Biden ... new climate sectors in developing countries beyond renewables, such as waste water technologies and agriculture. “We ...
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GCF support to the Amazon
... 123 billion tonnes of carbon, the Amazon plays a crucial role in global climate regulation. It also is home to more than 30 million people, providing numerous Indigenous Peoples and local communities with livelihoods, a safety net ...
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Readiness and preparatory support to operationalize the Climate Smart Resilient Island (CSRI) Initiative across Small Island Developing States
... state nations across the world face similar development challenges caused and intensified by climate change. To counter ... partner countries’ NDAs access to a user-friendly website serving as a communication and knowledge platform for peer-topeer exchange and sharing lessons learned on developing climate solutions and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
Bridging the climate-health gap
... to the World Health Organization (WHO), two billion people across the globe lack safe drinking water, 600 million ... Developing countries, which have contributed the least to climate change, are not only the most vulnerable to ... sustainable, and low-carbon health systems. Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions At COP28, ...
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About GCF
... global warming to 1.5°C is still narrowly possible and will be determined by the investment decisions we ... next decade. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement - is the world’s ... the co-benefits between mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development. Catalysing climate innovation: by investing ...
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Green Climate Fund Board meeting sets stage for successful replenishment
... with a raft of decisions to strengthen GCF for its first replenishment. Following the selection of Yannick Glemarec as ... the selection of nine new project partners to become Accredited Entities to GCF. Co-Chair Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan ... USD 100 million for Nigeria Solar IPP Support Program with AFC FP105 – USD 69.6 million for BOAD Climate Finance ...
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Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project
... and Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, met on Friday in Washington D.C. to ... countries. The framework agreement, known as an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), sets the conditions for ... largest dedicated fund for climate action, GCF enables developing countries to reduce GHG emissions and become ...
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GCF helps XacBank become first Mongolian bank to finance large-scale solar
... has become Mongolia’s first private bank to fund the completion of a large-scale, solar plant in a financing partnership with the Green ... grid to help drive the country’s transition to renewables. The new solar plant is located in the Sumber Soum area ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations during ... at EBRD, provided views from the perspective of GCF’s Accredited Entities. They emphasised the added value of ...
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GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
... the private sector to capitalise on business networks to unleash the trillions of dollars needed for climate finance. ... actors who manage more than USD 210 trillion but invest less than 5 percent in climate finance. He singled out the ...
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"GCF has a huge role to play"
... climate fund helping developing countries respond to challenge of climate change. Our role is to support countries to ... or applications from organisations seeking to become Accredited Entities, or to move ahead with new policies. Then ... from climate change. Despite being some of the world's smallest greenhouse gas emitters, Pacific Small Island ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 