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Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future
... to achieve 2030 targets related to climate, sustainable development, and disaster risk reduction, we are falling ... flows (e.g., biodiversity, water management, carbon credits). Additionally, GCF promotes sustainable water ... Fund Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future ...
Article > Insights 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build momentum to deliver global climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Epa Tuioti, and Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... Samoa facilitated a visit by GCF Board members to several sites on the island of Upolu affected by climate change and ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... floods and wildfires. This threatens the ecosystems that underpin urban and rural livelihoods and the economy. ... at the local level: Selection of Candidate Implementation Sites Baseline Study and Vulnerability Assessment ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa SANBI
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... and scientific capacity in Cambodia to formulate and implement national, sectoral, and subnational climate change ... Indirect beneficiaries will include current and future students at domestic universities, the government ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
FP044 - Tina River Hydropower Development Project
... power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy. Universal grid-connected ... the state-owned power utility SIEA is almost entirely dependent upon diesel generators for supply to the capital. ... to co-finance the construction of an access road to the site. The project has an estimated lifespan of 50 years. ...
Project > Public sector Solomon Islands WorldBank 
SAP053 - FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities
... technical, institutional and information barriers that hinder climate resilience in the fisheries and aquaculture ... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia FAO 
Ministerial forum on forest finance
... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, and ... REDD+ credits. In response to the mandate given by the UNFCCC, GCF has been supporting since the inception of its ... opportunities to build a green, healthy and resilient future with forests. World Forestry Congress Ministerial ...
Article > Speech
India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... Union Territories (UTs) to actively engage with the NDA for leveraging available resources from GCF. The GCF Country ... finance in the country and also allow India to apply for future multiple-year strategic readiness activities. Current ... Programme-update, Readiness Needs Assessment, Green Credits Framework etc.) at the national and state levels ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India UNDP
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Water Sector Planning, Development and Operations in Saint Lucia
... climate resilient infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable water supply and sewerage services. Limited communication ... The private sector will include commercial banks and credit unions who can provide financing for water sector ... enhance WASCO’s ability to support the implementation of future GCF Water Sector Projects including the water sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia CDB
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... 60,000 houses in coastal Viet Nam are damaged or destroyed, disrupting lives and livelihoods. According to ... climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, UNDP, and ... only act as a natural barrier, but can also boost the incomes of farmers, fisherfolks, and other rural businesses – ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP FP013 
National Adaptation Planning support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
... resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change (Article 7.1.). The project will achieve this goal by engaging in ... assessments plans beyond the life of NAPs; Improved track record of Antigua and Barbuda’s national climate change ... its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in October 2015 and ratified the Paris Agreement in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Country commitments and ambitions
... ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ... the we are responsive to the needs and priorities of developing countries. Every country in the world is impacted ... to be determined by each country. GCF has built this principle of country ownership into all its activities to ensure ...
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GCF/B.22/10/Add.15 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XV Funding proposal package for SAP006
This addendum contains the following seven parts: A funding proposal titled “Building resilience of communities living in ... Technical Advisory Panel’s assessment; Response of the accredited entity to the independent Technical Advisory ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.20/Inf.12 - Review of the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund financial instruments
This document provides a report on the review of the financial terms and ... of the GCF financial instruments in accordance with decision B.09/04, in which the Board decided to review the ... the terms of reference for the review. The review was led by the Investment Committee with the support of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/02 - Audited financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2017
... statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2017 are submitted for Board approval. The external audit of the 2017 GCF Financial Statements was undertaken by Daemyung Grant Thornton during April and May ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/19 - Risk management framework: Proposal by the Risk Management Committee
In decision B.17/11, the Board adopted the first set of ... and requested the Secretariat to continue with the development of the RMF and its remaining components in ... meeting, the Board took note of document GCF/B.18/05 titled “GCF risk management framework: Proposal by the Risk ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/Inf.02/Add.03 - Reports from committees, panels and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum III
... that have already conducted or are planned to be undertaken by the following committees and panels of the Board ... and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum III ...
Board document > Information
Call for public input: Whistleblower and Witness Protection Policy
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to invite public input for the development of its whistleblower and witness protection policy. This call follows ...
Document > Call for input
Compilation of submissions: Inputs for GCF Draft Indigenous Peoples Policy
In decision B.15/01, paragraph (a), the Board requested the Secretariat to develop a Fund-wide indigenous peoples policy. The policy aims to assist GCF in incorporating considerations related to indigenous peoples into its decision-making while working towards the goals ...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.17/02 - Sixth Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its twenty-third session. The Board may wish to ... the Secretariat, to finalize the report, taking into consideration the comments made and decisions taken at the ... of the Board, and submit the revised report to the UNFCCC secretariat, no later than 12 weeks prior to the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.13/15 - Establishing a programmatic framework for engaging with micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises
This document presents a framework for how the Board may wish to mobilize and engage local private sector actors through the USD 200 million pilot programme that was established at the tenth meeting of the Board to...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.05/15 - Draft Travel Policy
Annex II to this document outlines the rules for the funding of travel of Board members, alternate ... active observers and staff of the Fund, in accordance with decision B.01-13/02. The Secretariat recognizes that travellers on official business act in the best interest of the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.08/31 - Administrative Guidelines on Procurement
... and Audit and Internal Controls. Policies shall be supplemented by administrative guidelines endorsed by the Board and promulgated by the ... and Services. Both guidelines refer to Integrity Principles and Guidelines and the Anti-Corruption Policy, which are ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/Inf.11/Add.01 - Status of selection of Board members for the second term of Board membership – Addendum
This document is an addendum to document GCF/B.11/Inf.11 titled “Status of selection of Board members for the second term of Board ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.12/Inf.05 - Review of the initial proposal approval process (Progress report)
This document updates the progress made on the review of the initial proposal approval process, which follows decision B.11/11. The decision mandates the review of the proposal approval ...
Board document > Information
BOAD climate finance facility to scale up solar energy investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs
... proposal "FP105: BOAD climate finance facility to scale up solar energy investments in Francophone West Africa ... Niger (the) Togo FP105 BOAD climate finance facility to scale up solar energy investments in Francophone West Africa ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries BOAD FP105
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP105: BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale Up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ... about FP105: BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale Up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa ... have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. Benin ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Multiple countries BOAD FP105
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP102: Mali solar rural electrification project
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP102: Mali solar rural electrification project. Project and programme funding ... have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. Mali ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Mali BOAD FP102
Gender assessment for SAP002: Climate services and diversification of climate sensitive livelihoods to empower food insecure and vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.
This gender assessment for SAP002: Climate services and ... sensitive livelihoods to empower food insecure and vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic. seeks to present the issues, gaps and problems that should be addressed by gender-responsive project ...
Document > Gender assessment Kyrgyzstan WFP SAP002