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Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Agriculture and Food Security
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ...
Event > Webinar 
Annual progress report 2024
... Report Raising ambition. Empowering action. Download report Credit: GCF / Little Big Films Transforming for impact The ... Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its MOBILIST programme, the Nigeria Sovereign ... 9.9m GCF financing USD 35m Emissions avoided 6.7m tonnes FP226 Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for ...
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Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
... to support developing countries who are playing an active role in trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ... Action reiterated the UN Secretary General’s call for COP26 to deliver breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience - ... finance towards adaptation and resilience (at the moment less than 20% is directed to this). He also noted the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
... countries could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030. This was one ... electricity grid – comprising 99.5 percent renewables. Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz also ...
Article > Press release 
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds Report on the ... committees, panels and groups Working modalities of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of members of the independent ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Consideration and endorsement of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Strategic frameworks support for Belize and Saint Lucia through CARICOM Development Fund
The Credit Risk Abatement Facility (CRAF) is an initiative being ... Secretariat, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), and other key implementing and strategic partners. One of the critical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize Saint Lucia
Address at Global Korea Convention 2020
... period 125,000 years ago. During this period, sea level was 7 to 12 meters above today and the world was ... climate action commitments before next year’s pivotal COP26 in the UK. The private sector must play a key role in ... countries alone are estimated at between $11 to US$ 26 trillion between now and 2030, but barriers to investment ...
Article > Speech
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... is ranked as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. ... monitoring and evaluation systems; identifying gaps and lessons learned to build key institutional capacities; the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti IFDD
Strengthening Côte d’Ivoire’s Capacity and Ownership to Access Climate Finance for GCF Country Programme Implementation
... projects including a NAP proposal. However, many challenges remained and have been highlighted by the ... been approved so far, and national entities are yet to be accredited. The country has started the process to become a ... and implement an action plan under Helsinki’s six principles. For this purpose, a national climate finance platform ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
As a landlocked country, Chad is grappling with security challenges associated with the impacts of climate change, in ... its Nationally Determined Contributions, the country struggles to achieve its climate ambition. In fact, since the ... the undertaken initiatives, including the proposal for accreditation of Agence de Développement Economique et Social ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad IFDD
Gender assessment for FP009: Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... development bank (BANDESAL) has a policy to promote credit to women led projects (currently its portfolio of lending has about 40 – 42 % of women SME led projects), ...
Document > Gender assessment El Salvador IDB
FP149 - Green Climate Financing Facility for Local Financial Institutions in Latin-America
The energy and land use sectors are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in many ... will provide LFIs with access to a green finance credit line. It will also implement four grant-funded ... This includes matchmaking between LFIs, technology service providers, and solution providers (e.g., MSMEs and ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries CAF 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, UNDP, and ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ... doubled to 7 kilograms per colony, resulting in total sales revenue of VND 1.4 million (USD 60) or VND 200,000 (USD ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP 
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Water Sector Planning, Development and Operations in Saint Lucia
... climate resilient infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable water supply and sewerage services. Limited communication and public awareness of ... The private sector will include commercial banks and credit unions who can provide financing for water sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia CDB
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... such techniques might relate to traditional, indigenous knowledge, particularly with regards to the practice of swidden ... indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden agriculture? While this research question ... the ecological ranges of many species producing goods and services, as well as the mechanics behind the Amazon forests ...
Article > Insights 
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
... impacts on economic growth and well-being[1]. The problem is compounded by the lack of secured strategic water ... water sources, to ensure water sustainability and sustainable development. With climate projections indicating the ... Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded projects, entitled Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Land Use Regulation and ...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
GCF expands private sector reach with IFC agreement
... an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that will enable IFC to pool its resources with those of more than 40 ... private sector in developing countries. The signing of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for ...
Article > Press release IFC 
France and Canada convert their pledges into usable resources for GCF
... agreements with the Green Climate Fund to convert their pledges into contributions. France has converted its ... to fully play its role to help developing economies become less reliant on carbon," said H.E. Michel Sapin, French ... key operating entity under the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is fully operational and has started to support ...
Article > Press release Canada France 
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... you for inviting me to this key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ... of GCF funding and co-financing. With its over 200 accredited and delivery partner agencies, GCF help developing ...
Article > Speech
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan IFC 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, ... Aiming to drive a low-carbon paradigm shift and leapfrog fossil fuel grids to clean energy, using equity ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda Acumen 
Empowering resilience: Harnessing climate-smart practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
... brief and parched, and smallholder farmers face a formidable challenge. Prolonged winters and short, dry summers stunt ... training, including the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) methodology—a climate ... 658 support equipment at 13 agro-meteorological observation sites. These tools monitor critical agro-meteorological ...
Article > Story WFP 
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Uganda. GCF’s grant contribution of USD 1.1 million complements the co-financing from the partners, with the objective of developing a blended finance initiative to leverage USD 400 million in ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ...
Article > Press release 
Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo, as well as malaria, cardiovascular diseases and acute respiratory infections
Benin Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of ...
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
Improving management and resilience of forest landscapes of Burkina Faso
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso LuxDev
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso LuxDev
LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY – LoCAL (MECANISME DE FINANCEMENT DE L’ADAPTATION AU NIVEAU LOCAL)
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
GCF launches climate finance report during Seoul P4G summit
... report on how global finance can be aligned with sustainable development in order to achieve the goals of the Paris ... crucial role of climate finance during the P4G event, COP26 President Alok Sharma said the task ahead of “keeping ... heeded the final warning and turned the pandemic into a blessing in disguise,” said Ban. Ban cited signs of ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 325.2 million and policies for accelerated climate action
... projects are listed below and more details are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated ... convening National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) to explore regional programming ... 32nd GCF Board meeting approved the following projects: USD 26.2 million for Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes timelines for B.34 and B.35
... periods for B.34 and B.35 are presented below. Key milestones for B.34 Dates or indicative # of days Days from ... and programmes 16 September 2022* Publication deadline 26 September 2022 B.34 17 to 20 October 2022 Key ... of the Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF) by accredited entities. Note: Priorities of the Updated Strategic ...
Article > News update 
FP130 - Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... total volume of 27 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq) submitted to GCF for results-based payments ... to invest in activities that support the implementation of the country’s national REDD+ action ... with key agencies at the national, provincial, and local levels to strengthen the development, coordination, and ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia UNDP 