Search
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
... early October to identify opportunities to mobilise and scale up capital for more ambitious climate action in ... for us, the best return on investment is a climate-safe future for everyone, not just the bottom line.’ GCF has ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund approves funding to Climate Asset Management to develop strategy for scaling regenerative practices at a landscape level in Sub-Saharan Africa
GCF grant to enable design of a blended finance and technical assistance facility aimed at ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund to Support Development of Conservation International Initiative to Transform Water Security in Bogotá
... and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced support for the development of a project to transform water security in the ... project aims to reduce climate risk for half a million people from highly vulnerable rural communities and 250,000 ... is a critical first step toward building a more resilient future for Bogotá and its surrounding regions. This ...
Article > Press release 
Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in Madagascar
In Madagascar — one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries — a devastating drought , punctuated by intense cyclones , has ... had resorted to cutting down trees to supplement their incomes so they could buy food. Now, we’re seeing a reduction ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
... Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate action and simultaneously avoid ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Caribbean countries launch landmark platform to scale up climate investment
The creation of a platform to accelerate the mobilisation of finance for the boosting of ... Resilience and Climate Action in the Caribbean aims to identify and deliver country-focused game-changing investment ... invest in band-aids for the moment, but in game-changing, future-defining solutions to this challenge that confronts ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF convenes Regional Dialogue and Direct Access Entities Workshop in Latin America to accelerate climate action
... Direct Access Entities (DAEs), international Accredited Entities (AEs), civil society, and private sector ... Dialogue (15–17 September), where participants tackled some of Latin America’s most pressing climate finance ... collaboration opportunities and prepare the ground for future funding proposals. Side events offered deep dives on ...
Article > News update Dominican Republic (the) 
GCF portfolio hits USD 20 billion for climate action, Board selects host countries for new regional offices
... support of the GCF’s reform agenda, the Board also selected host cities for regional offices, marking the first ... (National Designated Authorities) and project partners (Accredited Entities), ensure readiness support is aligned with ... about the projects can be accessed on the GCF website . The following 10 entities, six of which are DAEs, ...
Article > Press release 
Private sector financing
... 210 trillion in assets but only a very minor part of it is dedicated to climate investments. As more governments put in ... green growth ambitions, the private sector has an unparalleled opportunity to deliver the investment needed to spur ...
Basic page
Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... have met at GCF HQ in Songdo, the Republic of Korea, to learn more about how the Fund works and to articulate the ... require. Direct Access Entities are special types of Accredited Entity – organisations which the Fund nominates ... institutions nominated by the national governments of developing countries. The overarching purpose of the past ...
Article > Press release 
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries that are vulnerable to climate change, ... joining forces to facilitate a meeting of more than 30 accredited implementing entities from both AF and GCF in ...
Article > Press release United States 
25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... Agreement. GCF is part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and serves the Paris Agreement. The Fund reports its ... of climate action and will feature speakers from our Accredited Entities (our project partners), NDAs (our ... Event title Time Global awareness for a sustainable future: Private sector behaviour within the UN framework ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Spain 
Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... spread across 15 islands. The country is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, ... and improving the country’s ability to withstand future disasters. With support from The Pacific Community ... and meet its climate adaptation needs, including the accreditation of the country’s Ministry of Finance and ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
Unlocking capital for climate action
... (GPIC) has wrapped up in Incheon, Republic of Korea, with leading figures from the public and private sectors pledging ... Nicolini told the audience, “The time to choose our future is now. It is a matter of both environmental urgency ... GPIC, GPC convened representatives from countries, accredited entities, the public and private sectors and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and partners sign project agreements for four transformative climate projects
... GCF’s 34th Board meeting (17-20 October 2022) . They include climate resilience projects in the Maldives, Barbados, and Guinea-Bissau and GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the water sector. FP192 ... effort to increase climate adaptation finance. FMO welcomes the GCF as a key partner to an impressive group of ...
Article > News update 
GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... climate finance for developing nations, as well as the selection of a new Executive Director. Mafalda Duarte has ... including co-financing. The Board also approved the accreditation of The Nature Conservancy based in the United ... Resilient Fund (ICRF) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic ...
Article > Press release 
The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF
... an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, ... workers, and draw in private sector investment while prudently managing public debt levels. These initiatives build ... the new Bank at its meeting next month.” Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director, said, “Barbados is redoubling ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
From investment to impacts
... wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for ... investors, Chief Executives, business owners, GCF Accredited Entities, and project partners from across the ...
Article > News update 
At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027
... Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early ... investment gaps that stand in the way of a more resilient future for vulnerable communities across the developing ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
... and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding ... during the 28th session of Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai. The Guiding Principles establish a ... health solutions to save and improve lives now and in the future; Creating equitable, inclusive, accessible, and ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund announces support for adaptation, endorsement of COP initiatives
... with a huge network of organisations, including 138 Accredited Entities, two-thirds of which are regional or ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... a viable investment opportunity and setting a precedent for future global applications. Vanuatu Community-based Climate ...
Article > Press release 
Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
... zero greenhouse gas emissions and a more climate-resilient future. Talks in Baku have centered on reaching agreement ... change and implement the global goal on adaptation. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has called this a ... and are responding to the calls for greater alignment of accreditation and access requirements, and flexibility in the ...
Article > Statement 
Terms and conditions
... and conditions for the use of the Green Climate Fund's Website The website of the Green Climate Fund (“the Website”), along ... Korea. GCF maintains the website as part of efforts to provide broad public access to information. The information ...
Basic page
Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
... Programme . At a moment when climate impacts are accelerating and global finance is falling short, this ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement. To fulfil its ... every dollar, becomes an investment in the sustainable future that our territories and our people deserve. Colombia ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Committees, panels and groups
... panels and groups Committees assist the Board in its decision-making, and exercise any delegated authority under the overall authority and direction ... all committees established ad hoc should have a clearly defined timeline and end date, related to the ...
Basic page