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Mali NDA signs grant agreement during visit to GCF headquarters
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to ... and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2018
... and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities, readiness delivery partners, private ... society groups. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on progress and lessons learned, to build partnerships, ...
Event > Structured dialogue Grenada 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... parts of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of ... as well as to contribute to a low-emission pathway to development. The GCF Structured Dialogue with Eastern ... partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Accredited Entities (AEs), nominated entities, delivery ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tajikistan 
Structured Dialogue with the Pacific 2017
... of Tonga and Australia, brought together key stakeholders to increase the involvement of Pacific island countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes approved in the Pacific. The Structured Dialogue for the ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tonga 
Empowering direct access workshop 2017
... (DAEs) – national and regional entities nominated for accreditation to the GCF by National Designated Authorities – to develop strong project ... The aim of the workshop was to enhance peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, strengthen the capacity of entities and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF Regional Workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... stronger engagement between NDAs/FPs, the Secretariat, accredited entities and other development partners, as well as ... allowed participants to discuss, in groups, the challenges they face in engaging with the GCF. Some of the main ... existing project ideas and upcoming funding proposals. #gcfconnections Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia GCF Regional Workshop ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Georgia 
Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2017
... with the Government of Belize, brought together key stakeholders to increase the involvement of Caribbean countries with ... climate change in partnership with GCF. Participants learned from the GCF and from each other, and explored areas ... a prospective pipeline of 42 projects and programmes with estimated GCF investment totalling USD 1.2 billion ...
Event > Structured dialogue Belize 
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
... Dialogue with the Caribbean in 2017, the National Designated Authority (NDA) of Jamaica, the Ministry of ... key barriers to private sector investments, support the accreditation of private sector entities to GCF, share knowledge and promote cooperation among the Caribbean Community ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
GCF stresses need to highlight climate connection at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares called for enhanced efforts to link forest protection and climate action today while stressing the Fund’s desire to provide more finances to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF agreement with CABEI to unlock finance for climate adaptation in Central America
... (CABEI) signed an agreement that will kick off the implementation of the CAMBio II project, aimed at helping ... adaptation measures. However, access to finance is hindered by conservative banking practices and high perceived ... measures for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) increasing the resilience to climate change of more ...
Article > Press release CABEI 
GCF coordinates talks on adaptation finance at Bonn Climate Conference
... discussions with partners to share experience and knowledge on how to bolster the climate resilience of developing ... Meeting on Adaptation (TEM-A) is organized jointly by the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, guided by the High-Level Champions, ... for adaptation today. During the two days, GCF NDAs, Accredited Entities, and technical staff will exchange with ...
Article > Press release Germany 
France doubles its contribution to the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes France’s announcement to contribute EUR 1.548 billion to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund made at the recently concluded G7 Summit in Biarritz, France. ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF second replenishment meeting reaches agreement on key decisions; selects Paris for Pledging Conference
Hosted by the Canadian Ministry of International Development and Global Affairs Canada, GCF’s second replenishment consultation meeting brought together 27 ... to discuss key issues on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) replenishment in the context of urgent global climate action. ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF and AfDB partner to increase renewable power in Zambia
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are working together to support a USD 154.0 million renewable energy financing framework in Zambia. Historically, ... electrification policies and to build the capacity of domestic financial institutions to finance such projects. GCF ...
Article > Press release Zambia AfDB 
The Green Climate Fund receives 2020 FutureEdge 50 Award from International Data Group, Inc. (IDG)
... Climate Fund (GCF) has been named an honouree of a 2020 FutureEdge 50 Award from IDG’s CIO. This prestigious honour is bestowed upon worldwide organisations pushing the edge with new technologies to ... and daring achievements and concepts for easing and accelerating work with and by its hundreds of partners united in ...
Article > Press release 
FP147 - Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean
Rising sea levels, increases in extreme waves, tropical cyclones and ... livelihoods are increasingly threatened and at risk of destruction. The high vulnerability to climate change ... (RMI) and Tuvalu through the achievement of three outcomes: increased generation and use of climate information ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries UNEP 
FP148 - Participation in Energy Access Relief Facility ("EARF")
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unique and acute challenges in the global fight to mitigate and adapt to climate ... to clean cooking fuels and technologies, causing rapid deforestation. In this context, energy access companies ... the development pathway of Africa towards a renewable future. This has entailed replacing gas generators with ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Acumen 
FP150 - Promoting private sector investment through large scale adoption of energy saving technologies and equipment for Textile and Readymade Garment (RMG) sectors of Bangladesh
Bangladesh has experienced an average of 8% annual growth in ... CO2 emissions at 15.4%, followed by the textile sector at 12.4%. These sectors are not operating ... usage of old and badly maintained machines coupled with poor energy management. If the current ...
Project > Private sector Bangladesh IDCOL 
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.28
... it is proposed that B.28 takes place on 16-19 March 2021 while a formal Board decision is yet to be taken on this ... Board decides on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. Kindly note that funding proposals ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF-EBRD agreement launches USD 1 billion initiative to curb industry emissions
... is taking a major step to reduce industrial emissions in developing countries following the signing on Wednesday of a ... Development (EBRD). The agreement lays the groundwork to implement a high-impact programme to curtail industrial ... across seven countries. It marks GCF’s first large-scale investment to promote the use of low-carbon technologies ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and Korea Development Bank help climate innovators traverse “valley of death”
We need innovation to provide climate solutions. But too many great new ideas die in the so-called ‘valley of death’ – the gap between seed funding ... to further these goals through its collaboration with the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate ...
Article > Press release KDB 
FP169 - Climate change adaptation solutions for Local Authorities in the Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a Small Island ... Developing State (SIDS) which is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change and one of the least able to meet those challenges. The country’s ...
Project > Public sector Micronesia (Federated States of) SPC 
FP171 - Enhancing Early Warning Systems to build greater resilience to hydro-meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and also one of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which is in the process of ...
Project > Public sector Timor-Leste UNEP 
FP172 - Mitigating GHG emission through modern, efficient and climate friendly clean cooking solutions (CCS)
The project will promote the adoption of Clean Cooking Solutions in Nepal’s Terai region. Nepal has been making efforts to shift towards clean fuels and cooking technologies. While there has been ... both households and local authorities, including bulk tendering via reverse auctioning for cost effectiveness; ...
Project > Public sector Nepal AEPC 
FP173 - The Amazon Bioeconomy Fund: Unlocking private capital by valuing bioeconomy products and services with climate mitigation and adaptation results in the Amazon
... largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change. The combination of increased temperatures and deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops. ... and livelihood, and would also affect the Amazon’s key role in absorbing and storing the world’s carbon. GCF's ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries IDB 
FP174 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation to increase climate resilience in the Central American Dry Corridor and the Arid Zones of the Dominican Republic
... the Dominican Republic are among the world's most vulnerable tropical regions to the impacts of climate change. ... temperatures will increase and mean annual rainfall will decrease. These changes will be compounded by further changes in the El Niño-La Niña cycle, resulting in prolonged droughts and more frequent and ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries CABEI 
FP177 - Cooling Facility
As global temperatures increase and the demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a ... a threshold that could be reached by 2030 - 2.3 billion people could be vulnerable to illness and death from heatwave ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries WorldBank 
FP178 - Desert to Power G5 Sahel Facility
... Mauritania and Niger –are characterized by high poverty levels, high vulnerability to climate change, and low ... clean energy cannot meet increasing electricity demand. The demand growth combined with their high ... fuels makes it harder for them to embrace a low-emission future. Thus, the energy sector plays a pivotal role in ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries AfDB 
FP179 - Tanzania Agriculture Climate Adaptation Technology Deployment Programme (TACATDP)
... to Tanzania’s economy and the livelihoods of its people, accounting for 27% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and 67% of jobs. However the ... changing temperature patterns have already contributed to a decline in agricultural productivity and to the share of the ...
Project > Private sector Tanzania CRDB 
FP181 - CRAFT - Catalytic Capital for First Private Investment Fund for Adaptation Technologies in Developing Countries
Climate change has and will continue to wreak wide-ranging damage on the environment and economy globally. ... adaptation receives only 5% of all climate finance – and less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ... fund for adaptation, CRAFT mobilizes capital to scale up technologies for climate resilience and adaptation and ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries PCA 