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Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... and private sectors to catalyse climate finance at scale and create new, green markets. Markets that work for ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, without ... public development banks operating in developing countries, less than a quarter can access the international capital ...
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Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership ... the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed ... are complementary with each other and builds on deliverables of approved readiness projects. The development of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde has made solid commitments to confronting the challenges of climate change, by proposing mitigation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions ... logic as follows: IF the project clarifies roles and responsibilities among the LED Network members and ... members, including the private sector, local banks, Accredited Entities (AEs), future Direct Access Entities ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
... of the Angolan economy. Economic sectors are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which pose severe livelihood ... aims to enhance Angola’s access to climate finance to implement its NDC targets, namely by developing the Readiness ... Readiness grant, which this Readiness proposal will complement. Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is greater ... funding and develop local projects directly through accredited national implementing entities. The Climate ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
Annual Report 2023
... year for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with several milestones: the culmination of its 2020-2023 programming ... countries for climate action. By the end of 2023, GCF accredited 22 new Direct Access Entities (DAE), raising the ... in response to the intensifying climate crisis. Besides UNFCCC and UNDP, GCF is part of an interim secretariat for the ...
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Annual Results Report 2020
... countries with approved projects 0 Projects under implementation worth USD 1.4 billion of GCF funding 0 GCF funding disbursed for projects under implementation 6 Accredited Entities Approved projects value by theme (Grant ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the goal of keeping an average global ...
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FP071 - Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam
... and capacity building activities, combined with a dedicated credit line. It will build on ongoing efforts by the Vietnamese Government to promote the efficient use of electricity and reduce consumption and emissions. The project ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
Management
... by the Executive Director, who is appointed by and accountable to the Board. The Secretariat’s senior management team leads the various Offices and Departments of the ... make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as possible. Management ...
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Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23)
... review of the GCF Matters related to the first formal replenishment of the GCF Report from the replenishment process ... observers Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan Updated accreditation framework Review of the initial investment ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Risk management framework Compliance ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
... development in developing countries Matters related to accreditation Matters related to the accreditation framework and policy gaps: Co-Chair’s proposal ... proposals Simplified approvals process for certain small scale activities Request for proposals for REDD-plus ...
Event > Board meeting 
Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15)
... including outcomes of the Co-Chairs’ consultations Implementation of the Work Plan of the Board for 2016 Report on ... readiness and preparatory support programme Country and accredited entity programmes Country ownership guidelines ... on the formal replenishment process Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ...
Event > Board meeting 
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will ... Initial monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities Report on implementation of legal and formal arrangements with accredited entities (Accreditation Master Agreement) Strategy ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... panels Status of the Initial Resource Mobilization process Level of concessional terms for the public sector Brief ... of the Appointment Committee Consideration of accreditation proposals Initial monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities (progress report) Report on the ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the ... adaptation approach. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s support for nature-based adaptation ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
... the announcement, UK Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom commented: “The Green Climate Fund has supported millions of people in developing countries deal with the impacts of a ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... that a Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of a confidential ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan Matters related to the accreditation framework Review of the initial investment ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for ... of the interim Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit Selection process and committee Evaluations conducted by the ... Dates and venues of upcoming Board meetings Other matters Election of Co-Chairs Report of the meeting Close of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF at COP30
... 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... adopting the Paris Agreement. Amidst these climate action milestones, this official side event will examine GCF's impact ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded ... the recent GCF Board meeting , its 28th, had also set a milestone in terms of project approval. “Our Board last week ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to 800 million people globally. Oceans absorb heat, generate over half of the ...
Document > Thematic brief
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... “Developing countries – already the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – are being hardest ... economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and face a double burden,” explained Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director ... Asia and the Commonwealth. “The UK is the host of COP26 in Glasgow next year and is committed to a sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... needed to create bold solutions to deal with the twin challenges of climate change and COVID-19. Bringing together ... and Beyond, and the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). Investors at the third GCF Private Investment for ... climate targets: Matter of time? Speakers: WRI and GCF Accreditation Moderator: Jacob Waslander, Senior Associate, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... ambitious direction for GCF during its first replenishment period. A total of 16 projects were given the ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The 27th Board meeting is the final Board meeting of ... The five-day Board meeting also resulted in the accreditation of four new project partners. GCF now has over ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
... the four new projects targeting support to the most vulnerable countries including Least Developed Countries, Small ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board also approved the Integrated Results ... virtual Board meeting also approved entities for accreditation and re-accreditation, reviewed the performance ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... to increase access to its resources, the Board adopted an accreditation strategy, renewed its accreditation partnerships ... discussions. Germany expressed its interest in hosting the pledging conference next year for GCF’s second ... for the Fund, as well as updating the existing salary scales. Finally, the Board meeting was the last one for the ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . About the EIB The European ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... Brazil, prepared to ramp up its operations to help implement the new global goal for adaptation finance. Among the ... markets. The Fund also signed project agreements with the Accredited Entities, the Asian Development Bank, and the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
Article > News update 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
... fiscal framework, and incentives for investments in renewables and the greening of the financial system, aimed towards ... Green Facility, domiciled in Jamaica. The GCF will provide credit and capacity development to finance local climate ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 