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FP183 - Inclusive Green Financing Initiative (IGREENFIN I): Greening Agricultural Banks & the Financial Sector to Foster Climate Resilient, Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture in the Great Green Wall (GGW) countries - Phase I
... are among the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable. Climate shocks are causing a loss of assets, crops and ... indicate persistent agricultural strain - as rainfall levels are set to continue declining while temperatures ... This cross-cutting programme will enhance access to credit and technical assistance for local farmers, ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
... a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague. Daniel recently joined the GCF Board as the Head of ... and Investments Department. Dedicating his life to public service, he was a career diplomat for over seventeen years, ... and New Delhi. Recognised as a consummate professional, fearless advocate for developing countries and friend, Daniel ...
Article > Statement 
Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
... policy gaps and programming GCF resources for the first replenishment period. Progress in implementation has been ... and alternate members, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, active observers, observer organizations, parties to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, members of GCF panels and ...
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Policies: Risk management framework
... at both the institutional and funding proposal investment level, covering funding, non-financial, investment and ...
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GCF-2
GCF's second replenishment The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s ... As an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, GCF has become a vital part of the global climate ...
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Support to the Republic of Congo’s GCF Focal Point and his team to strengthen their coordination capacities and to undertake consultations and studies in the forest and land use sector
... the field, strengthen the country’s capacities on the role of the forestry and land use sector in the national GCF ... and procure material as well as consultancy services to assist the Focal Point in its mandate. Finally, ... as small and medium forestry enterprises) and in the renewable energy sector, which are important focus of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Congo
Entity support for Peru through Profonanpe (Phase 3)
... working to access the different financing modalities available by GCF. In this sense, the NDA (i) has identified a ... assessed the capacity of COFIDE to become a GCF’s accredited entity. The result of this assessment was ... and biodiversity conservation through its work and the services it provides. This includes, among other, new ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Peru
Strengthening resilience of ecosystems and communities to climate change effects in the North Rift Valley Region of Kenya
The North rift region counties are susceptible to climate change effects making communities and their livelihoods vulnerable to climate change effects. The region faces threats in ... Restoration of catchment areas and rangelands for ecosystem services Investments in ecosystem compliant water ...
Document > Concept note Kenya
Enhancing the governance of gender-responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation planning and financing in key sectors and territories in Uruguay
... has made significant progress in catalyzing institutional leadership in response to climate change and developing a ... capacity and engagement of stakeholders at territorial level to plan for gender-responsive climate actions; (ii) ... and climate change in project investments, products and services; and (iv) insufficient climate finance accessed by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uruguay
Capacity Building to facilitate Climate Resilience in Disaster Risk Management and Private Sector Access to Climate Finance in St. Kitts and Nevis
... the adverse impacts of climate change through the implementation of ambitious policies and actions enshrined in ... and systems including addressing the inadequate legislative, regulatory, and operational frameworks and ... the capacity of the St. Kitts and Nevis Meteorological Services (SKNMS), National Emergency Management Agency ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
Strengthen the capacitiesof sub-national authorities and key actors in the water sector to adapt to climate change in the Tuban delta
Yemen has become increasingly vulnerable to water scarcity / declining water resources due to a ... capacities) and demographic trends (population growth), leading to increasing pressure on water supply services and the sustainability of water dependent ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Sustainable Communities for Climate Action in the Yucatan Peninsula (ACCIÓN Yucatan)
The Project “Sustainable Communities for Climate Action in the Yucatan ... (ACCIÓN) seeks to increase climate resilience of vulnerable populations, ecosystems, and productive systems in the ... the measurement of GCF core indicators; (v) advisory services to design financial structure mechanisms for ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Mexico
SIV – Climate Resilient and Green Housing Platform for Africa
... doubling of Africa’s population by 2050 to 2.5bln people, (ii) an increase in the continent’s urbanization rate ... 5 onwards (Phase 2, not part of this application). As Accredited Entity, Attijariwafa Bank (“AWB”) together with ... GCF Investment Criteria Legal and other pre-contract services Morocco SIV – Climate Resilient and Green Housing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Morocco
Preparatory support for the development of instruments to facilitate the restoration of ecosystems and agroecosystems through the implementation of environmental incentives for climate resilience in El Salvador
... 74% of ecosystems support food production, mainly staple grains, pasture, and coffee, while approximately 65% of the territory is hillside areas, ... generate knowledge on climate impacts on ecosystem services and on the benefits from restoration, and improve ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
Building capacities and prioritizing national actions for a climate-resilient and low-emission health sector
... inadequate healthcare. Further, limited access to medical services in climate-vulnerable areas, and insufficient public health programs have left ... and environmentally sustainable health system which enables to protect the health of Pakistan’s population in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Pakistan
Strengthening participatory and evidence-based adaptation planning and small-scale private sector engagement in Saint Lucia’s forestry sector (AdaptFOR-StLucia)
... forest resources from the impacts of climate change, while harnessing terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, are ... proposal presents a set of activities and expected deliverables that will ultimately contribute to achieving the GCF ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia
Blue Halo S – Blue Ecosystem Adaptation Mechanism (BEAM)
... change mitigation and adaptation benefits for vulnerable populations (the “Blue Halo S Initiative”). The Blue ... Blue Bond (or other financing instrument) issued by a GCF Accredited Entity to be defined during the PPF feasibility ... be issued by Indonesia for that project. The current PPF service application is to enable CI and its partners develop ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Indonesia
FP262 - Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
... barriers to adopting CSA practices. Agriculture receives less than three per cent of total bank credit in Senegal, leaving farmers lacking the necessary ... (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project. FP262 Senegal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Green Climate Finance Facility for ...
Project > Private sector Senegal 
GCF helps Vanuatu smooth climate finance path
... disbursed USD 296,000 to Vanuatu to increase this vulnerable island country’s capacity to access climate finance. ... Small Island Developing State is one of the most vulnerable countries to disasters which can be exacerbated by ... funding proposal to expand the use of Climate Information Services (CIS) in Vanuatu to help achieve this aim. Vanuatu ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu 
GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has selected Mr. Howard Bamsey as the Executive Director of the ... following an extensive global recruitment process to select a new head of the Secretariat. Mr. Bamsey, an ... and sustainable development, both in the diplomatic service and academia. Mr. Bamsey co-chaired the United ...
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Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... progress over the last 12 months and stressed the crucial role that the Fund must play in supporting climate resilience ... Samoa facilitated a visit by GCF Board members to several sites on the island of Upolu affected by climate change and ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... and risk of these extreme events, especially for vulnerable rural communities. The objective of the project entitled ... at the local level: Selection of Candidate Implementation Sites Baseline Study and Vulnerability Assessment ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... and scientific capacity in Cambodia to formulate and implement national, sectoral, and subnational climate change ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ... Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
FP044 - Tina River Hydropower Development Project
... power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy. Universal grid-connected electricity supply is a ... to co-finance the construction of an access road to the site. The project has an estimated lifespan of 50 years. ...
Project > Public sector Solomon Islands 
SAP053 - FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities
... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification (OA), increasing sea ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia 
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
... on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher ... for the ecosystems to continue to provide their many services, ensuring sustainable livelihoods, and avoiding mounting terrorist and ...
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India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... Union Territories (UTs) to actively engage with the NDA for leveraging available resources from GCF. The GCF Country ... GCF. Limited resources dedicated to coordinate and share lessons across various national and sub-national entities ... Programme-update, Readiness Needs Assessment, Green Credits Framework etc.) at the national and state levels ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
GCF support to the Great Green Wall
... in the west to Sudan in the east is particularly vulnerable to climate change ( Figure 1 ). Temperatures rising 1.5 ... of the world are causing more intense droughts and floods, leading to increased desertification and degradation and ... the need for tackling the development and climate challenges at local, national and regional scale. Data on this ...
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GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’
... cooling. The webinar presented how countries can scale up efforts on energy-efficient and climate friendly ... refrigerants, to ensure widespread access to cooling services while limiting their negative climate impacts. ... aim to assist National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) in the development of ...
Event > Webinar 
Updated GCF Project Preparation Facility Guidelines
The webinar seeks to provide detailed guidance regarding the Project Preparation Facility ... recently added features: PPF Simplified funding and the PPF service. Those updates have been integrated in the updated PPF Guidelines now available online . The webinar programme will cover the following ...
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