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... is not just about concrete buildings, but also includes the "soft" infrastructure of social welfare: this was one of the key messages of a climate-resilient integrated infrastructure ... that an effective adaptation approach requires considering social stresses, such as differences in incomes and ...

... action, participants heard at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, ... need to account for wind speeds and solar radiation, while agricultural climate projects should measure soil ...

Norway announced today that will double its contribution to GCF as part of the Fund’s replenishment. At the same Ministerial session on global ... GCF had been just "an aspiration," but that it was now delivering results on the ground. Grenada emphasised that ...

GCF hosted an event on green banking and the overall role that the banking sector can play in addressing climate change at the sidelines of COP24 in Katowice. Speakers from EBRD, IFC, UNFCCC, RMI and the Green Investment Group agreed that ...

... Result Management Framework (RMF) was held today in the sidelines of COP24. Jo Puri, Head of GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU), provided a review of ... of GCF's climate activities, focusing on how the Fund can learn and strengthen its frameworks. GCF Senior Monitoring ...

In GCF's first COP24 side event "GCF Operations update and lessons emerging from ... GCF Director of Country Programming Pa Ousman Jarju provided an update of GCF operations and presented the revamped ...

GCF will be attending COP24 in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December. We look forward to welcoming you to the GCF ... 101' briefings. GCF was created by the parties to the UNFCCC, and reports on our progress each year at the annual ... views about how we can have a greater impact in supporting developing country climate ambitions. Getting ready for ...

The GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will take place this week ... Designated Authorities (NDAs), Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) as well as other stakeholders. The ... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC. GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries ...

... November 2018. It will bring together ministers and senior decision makers from the region, as well as representatives ... from National Designated Authorities and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, civil society and private sector. ... to share insights on climate finance, project implementation and investment opportunities. Second GCF ...

... Antonio Guterres outlined his thoughts on needed action in the next three years to effectively address climate change. Among them — leadership, a sense of urgency, a true commitment to a ... He expressed the need for governments to fulfill their pledge to mobilise USD 100 billion a year for climate finance ...

A vital Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between Conservation ... and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the Sustainable Landscapes Project in Eastern Madagascar. CI is co-implementing this multi-million dollar project with the ...

... Japan’s private sector with the recent signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Bank of ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ , to implement GCF-approved projects. The bank was accredited with ...

... bodies, the Technology Executive Committee ( TEC ) of the UNFCCC and the Climate Technology Centre and Network ( CTCN ), in a dialogue of experts on Wednesday titled "Boosting climate technology incubators and accelerators ... including through an event webcast, at the UNFCCC website . Germany Bonn GCF joins UN bodies to help ...

... Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway in Bonn, Germany. The factsheets provide an overview ... REDD+, and readiness support. The factsheets are available for COP participants at the GCF Pavilion in the Bonn zone, and can also be downloaded from GCF’s website. Bonn GCF briefs delegates as COP gets underway ...

The role of GCF continues to grow as the largest international climate fund helping developing counties respond to climate change. GCF in ... about resources requested in the concept notes of Accredited Entities, as well as of GCF’s current readiness ...

... lungs’ and bolstering the resilience of indigenous people. This USD 9.1 million climate finance initiative will ... communities in the northern Peruvian province of Datem del Marañón manage their wetland resources in ways that ... Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE), the direct access Accredited Entity running the five-year project. Following ...

... the Green Climate Fund, the meeting will be webcast live. Details on the webcast will be made available on the GCF website in due course. The provisional agenda for the meeting ...

... All official documentation for the meeting is available online . Songdo GCF Board convenes for thirteenth meeting ...

... Day, GCF Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today called for urgent action to drive low-emission, climate-resilient development. She encouraged developing countries and the ... institutions to bring to GCF funding proposals that enable a shift away from unsustainable business-as-usual ...

... 2016 and key operational issues. The Cape Town dialogue, under the guidance of new Co-Chairs Ewen McDonald (Australia) and Zaheer Fakir (South Africa), will consider how to meet the Board’s aspirational target of ... The dialogue will focus on the Board’s 2016 Work Plan and development of a Strategic Plan for the Fund. The informal ...

... week” aims to support country partners in accelerating the development of projects and programmes for ... 13 national and regional entities that the GCF Board has accredited for direct access and National Designated ... towards low-emission and climate-resilient development. #GCFCONNECTIONS Republic of Korea (the) Songdo, Incheon, ...

... of the review process. Beginning 6 May, all GCF Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities/Focal Points will be able to access the OSS and submit their SAP proposals online. ...

GCF further solidified its actions for zero-tolerance of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) by introducing an updated SEAH Policy through the Independent Redress Mechanism's (IRM) preparation of an ... in GCF projects.  In "Preventing Sexual Abuse in Projects: Learnings from the World Bank," the Chair of the World Bank ...

... Barbados has signed an agreement with GCF granting it privileges and immunities in line with those of other ... Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, in the presence of Marsha Caddle, Minister ... Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director, who sent a video message to thank the government of Barbados for its ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed implementation agreements for three climate finance projects ... on 12-14 November. The rapid move from Board approval to legal agreements represents a first for GCF in terms of ... funding to meet the urgent need for climate action in developing countries. GCF Executive Director Yannick ...

... Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) cutting edge work in knowledge management has been recognised with a global innovation award. The concept for GCF’s Knowledge Management System has won one of the Business ... 2020 Innovation Awards . The annual business awards identify organizations, products and people developing new ...

... Fund (GCF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will modernise the metro in Georgia's capital , kicking off an ... of the Green Cities Facility, which prioritises sustainable, green investment. Improving the resilience of vital ...