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GCF and partners catalyse USD 600 million to boost adaptation finance
... (GCF), along with its partners MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and FinDev Canada, have achieved a major milestone in scaling private investment for adaptation with ... for adaptation. As GAIA begins to fund, GCF’s track record of supporting blended investment with organisations ...
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High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
The High-Level Pledging Conference is a key opportunity to ... architecture, as part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and in serving the Paris Agreement. GCF supports ... kit 1 / 157 Previous Next See the full album here . Recording Rewatch the event below: Agenda 08:30 - ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment
... countries, and formally launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment ... Board meeting also approved the applications of 16 new Accredited Entities, the partner organisations that implement ... Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción) based in Colombia IDFC Bank Limited (IDFC Bank) based in India Ministry of ...
Article > Press release Bahrain 
GCF support to the Great Green Wall
... in the west to Sudan in the east is particularly vulnerable to climate change ( Figure 1 ). Temperatures rising 1.5 times faster than the rest of the world are causing more intense droughts and floods, leading to increased desertification and degradation and threatening the ...
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GCF funds transfer will help Namibia’s rural poor weather change
... to extreme weather in the latest sign of the Fund’s implementation of climate finance. The funds transfer comes as ... by the Environmental Investment Fund, a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. The Enhanced Direct Access ... change. “In Namibia, we will capitalise on our good record of environmental protection to ensure economic ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
GCF discusses progress at Marrakech climate talks
... support programme is central to these efforts. It enables developing countries to receive support to assist them ... Under GCF’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF), Accredited Entities (AEs) can receive support for the ... More than 300 participants attended the meeting. An audio recording of the session available here . The next GCF ...
Article > Press release 
GCF report highlights significant progress in climate impact
... period (referred to as ‘GCF-1’), ahead of its replenishment for the next four years. The GCF-1 Progress Report records the significant expansion of the Fund during this ... to GCF will determine its ability to support additional future climate projects—which will need to be scaled up ...
Article > Press release 
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important ... Zenú. Their sophisticated engineering - altogether considered one of the largest hydraulic complexes in the Americas ... of Mother Earth programme Zenú Life Plan: A plan for the future All this work has come together in the Zenú Life ...
Article > Story Colombia 
Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the livelihoods of people front and centre. ... instruments are aligned with the Plan by orienting public credit lines towards sustainable farming practices in ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and business leaders and a range ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list of ...
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GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... Equipment, and Start-up of Lines 1 and 2 of the Costa Rica Electric Train System' for USD 800 million. GCF is ... 250 million from the European Investment Bank. Thanks to a credit scheme with highly competitive interest rates and ... of a project that builds a more just and sustainable future for all.” Together with our strategic allies, the ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
Mayan youth promoting nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Guatemalan highlands
A group of 30 young people in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, leverages sustainable ... cycle changes, increases in invasive species, and unprecedented effects on agricultural land. These changes are ... of Natural Resources and the Environment in Guatemala (FCG) and Rafael Landívar University. It is being ...
Article > Story Guatemala 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says ... Projections for Western and Tropical Pacific: Current and Future Climate for Vanuatu study based on climate model ...
Article > Story Vanuatu 
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ... and climate resilience. The programme safeguards a future for Lao where both people and forests can thrive, ...
Article > Story Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization ... Uganda. GCF’s grant contribution of USD 1.1 million complements the co-financing from the partners, with the ... green values chains; and improve small-scale farmers’ incomes and their resilience to climate shocks, not only for ...
Article > Press release 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... meeting , which took place on 4-7 March in Kigali, Rwanda. Eleven projects were approved at the first Board meeting of ... were signed for five projects between GCF and its Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 6 March, ... Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) . Otherwise known as Funded Activity Agreements (FAAs), the project agreements ...
Article > News update 
Cooperation for climate action
... GCF is committed to ensuring that our activities complement those of other funds, and that together we have a coherent approach to supporting the climate ambitions of developing countries. This commitment is set out in our ... action [COP27] GCF and GEF – Long term vision for the future Cooperation for climate action ...
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Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ... Committee Member, shared interesting insights on the future of journalism: "I was talking to youth journalists, ... click here for more information on the event. Watch the recording below. Share your story: #Comms4Climate ...
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Farmerline: Empowering smallholder farmers and governments to create climate-resilient agribusinesses
... all sectors, with agriculture being particularly vulnerable, and a significant contributor to its exacerbation at the same time. The agricultural sector alone is indeed responsible for 19 per cent of greenhouse gas ... and supported me with training on how to manage my daily records. They taught me how to use the Grow app, which has ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Empowering resilience: Harnessing climate-smart practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
... brief and parched, and smallholder farmers face a formidable challenge. Prolonged winters and short, dry summers stunt ... the harsh climate and make informed decisions for a better future. “Previously we had no data, we could not make any ... 658 support equipment at 13 agro-meteorological observation sites. These tools monitor critical agro-meteorological ...
Article > Story 
Pegasys Limited
... consultancy that supports access to climate finance by designing projects and programmes that align policy ... in more than 140 countries. Pegasys combines local knowledge with technical expertise across all eight GCF result areas. With a track record in developing successful GCF funding proposals and an ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
Pricewaterhouse and Coopers Phillipines (PWC PH)
PwC has a proven track record in advancing investment-ready climate projects across all Green Climate Fund (GCF) results areas, leveraging its global network spanning 137 countries. Its strengths include extensive regional presence and technical expertise in ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
GCF launches climate finance report during Seoul P4G summit
... report on how global finance can be aligned with sustainable development in order to achieve the goals of the Paris ... crucial role of climate finance during the P4G event, COP26 President Alok Sharma said the task ahead of “keeping ...
Article > Press release 
Support for National Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development in Myanmar
... the new planting season as well as progress on construction sites and factories around the country. A recent survey conducted by UN-Habitat in Yangon highlights that at least one person per household among urban-poor households ... regional governments and cities. The potential derailing of future subnational low carbon and climate resilient growth ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar
Zambia shows leadership potential in milestone visit to GCF HQ
... deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 ... of three Zambian organisations as potential GCF Accredited Entities; recent progress on six projects that Zambia is presenting to GCF for possible future support The group included senior government ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... the elaboration of the full proposal of the project titled “Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change ... notably data on climate change analysis in the target sites of the Project and at the national level. One of the ... at 702,684 USD, with 555,684 USD requested from GCF. As Accredited Agency, IUCN is responsible and accountable for the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon
Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
... for REDD+, the submission of its Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) and Safeguards Information System (SIS) to UNFCCC. However, challenges still persist to effectively ... and access REDD+ Results-Based Payments (RBPs) in a near future. Among others, the FREL needs to be improved notably, ...
Document > Concept note Zambia
Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... adopted by the Cabinet on 5 March, was announced at a high-level donor round table on climate change, a first of its ... and Economic Management (MFEM) has been successfully accredited to GCF, and together with their country programme, ... The team also met high-level government officials and visited potential project sites in Rarotonga. "The Cook ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... Fund (GCF) is now financing climate action in over 100 developing countries after the final Board meeting of 2019 ... includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, the ... The three-day Board meeting also approved seven new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes timelines for B.34 and B.35
... periods for B.34 and B.35 are presented below. Key milestones for B.34 Dates or indicative # of days Days from ... to the Secretariat as soon as possible for consideration at future Board meetings. *Per paragraph 17 of GCF’s ... of the Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF) by accredited entities. Note: Priorities of the Updated Strategic ...
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