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Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies indicate that The Gambia is vulnerable to climate change impacts and has a low adaptative ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... resilience of Armenian forest to climate-induced events coupled with lack of sustainable management practices and rural population’s dependence on illegal fuelwood logging to meet their energy needs are ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Armenia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... typhoons. This has caused alteration to the ecosystems coupled with malpractices from the community thus resulted to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
Call for Public Inputs: Annex III | Water Security Sectoral Guide
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities ... health and environmental sustainability. It provides a detailed framework for building the climate rationale for sanitation projects, focusing on both adaptation to ...
Document > Call for input
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ... to access GCF financing. “Our islands face escalating challenges from climate change, including rising sea levels, ...
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Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... targets. There is a strong need to build technical knowledge, develop innovative and simple solutions, exchange knowledge to address issues in remote and often sparsely ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... of the Framework Law on Climate Change (LMCC). This legislation mandates the government—across central, regional, and local levels—to create a variety of essential instruments, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... including vulnerable communities, women, Indigenous Peoples, the private sector, and civil society; iv) Lack of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Strengthen the Belize National Protected Area System (BNPAS) to provide Resilience, and Reduce Vulnerability of Community against Climate Change
... of climate change, especially in high-risk areas. Coupled with improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, improved management of PAs can be sustained ... or the private sectors, when there is harmony between people and the environment. Belize is ranked 9th in the list of ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Belize
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by TNC and WWF, by applying a Project Finance for ... droughts, and flooding. These climate impacts are accelerating biodiversity loss, weakening ecosystem services ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and gender equality
In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, women are leading efforts in their communities to restore degraded ... household responsibilities, and taking on leadership roles within their communities. On International Women’s ... Evaluation Unit. Written by Jin Hee Dieu Madagascar FP026 Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
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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Cirkula: the innovative app tackling food waste in Peru
Peru is celebrated worldwide for its rich gastronomy, yet it faces ... environmental impact of food waste is enormous.” Michelle Gomberoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Cirkula Cirkula, an ... solving one of the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Michelle Gomberoff, Cirkula Co-Founder and CEO, ...
Article > Story Peru 
Internship programme
Internship programme Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and ... staff and internship opportunities, and update your profiles. For consultancy opportunities visit the Consultant Jobs ...
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Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... Caribbean held in Belize in June. This regional proposal, led by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, is tapping GCF ... spoke to a broad range of Caribbean partners, including Accredited Entities , National Designated Authorities and private sector leaders. Wild weather, including hurricanes Irma and Maria , ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
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The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... policymakers, and academia also hold pivotal roles in accelerating SDGs' success. GCF's goal is to deploy ...
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Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing ... receives only 5 per cent of all climate finance – with less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ...
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Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
... decades. But this Latin American nation of rich and fertile land faces growing environmental and climate change ... we are producing food today, soil will become increasingly less fertile. Food will become progressively less ...
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Turning down the heat
... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... in particular, face increased risk of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teenage pregnancy. This is the reality for the people of Bangladesh, one of the countries deemed most ...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this unprecedented community ... launched its Strategic Framework and Country Programme (SFCP), Readiness Needs Assessment, and Standard Operating ...
Article > News update Niue 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s mangrove forests stand as ... the past two decades, these vital ecosystems have been depleted and decimated, largely due to urbanisation and ... traditional crabbers in the region, she has watched helplessly as once-thriving mangrove forests are cleared—often ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... present an opportunity to directly support indigenous peoples and local communities who are intimately connected with ... and awareness about the impacts of climate change. SAP026: Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
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Country commitments and ambitions
... ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ... to be determined by each country. GCF has built this principle of country ownership into all its activities to ensure ...
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EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 Accredited Entities, which propose climate finance projects ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ... like Brazil to halt deforestation can, and should, be acknowledged," said Mr Chang. Brazil will reinvest the USD 96.5 ... to prevent illegal deforestation. REDD+ refers to the UNFCCC-based accounting and funding mechanism that supports ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
“Without financing, ideas, however noble they may be, will remain on paper." These were impactful ... host country of the event, is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Deputy Prime Minister ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the Pacific Islands Forum , during a high-level visit by Pacific Island state representatives to the ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a technical seminar about strengthening the quality ...
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