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Interim evaluation report for FP042: Irrigation development and adaptation of irrigated agriculture to climate change in semi-arid Morocco
This Interim Evaluation Report presents an independent assessment of the progress made in implementing the project/programme towards achieving its ... The evaluation was independently commissioned by the Accredited Entity (AE) and submitted to GCF. GCF assumes no ...
Document > Evaluation report Morocco AFD
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... of work Report of the thirty-sixth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed between the thirty-sixth and ... of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds Report on the ... committees, panels and groups Working modalities of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of members of the independent ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF funded India solar rooftop programme kicks off
... disbursement of USD 50 million marks the start of the implementation of the GCF solar rooftop programme in India. The ... investment will be channeled through NABARD, the Fund's Accredited Entity and India's largest rural development bank. ... viability of solar rooftop projects and paving the way for future private sector financing in the currently unbanked ...
Article > Press release India NABARD 
Climate costs will rise sharply if we miss 1.5 degree target, GCF conference hears
Climate finance is a moral obligation, while inadequate action leading to global temperatures over 1.5 ... the efforts of developing countries,” she said in a recorded message. The Deputy Secretary General made the ... and adaptation action, as well as charting GCF’s future role within the broader climate finance landscape. ...
Article > Press release 
Beyond Paris: GCF Looks Ahead
With climate finance as a critical element to the Paris climate negotiations, the Green Climate ... coming years. Over 300 participants gathered to discuss the future of the Fund with both the former and new Board ... priorities, including supporting readiness funding, the accreditation process, and National Designated Authorities ...
Article > Press release 
GCF speeds up funding flow with 4 partner agreements signed hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with its partners to implement four new ... GCF, which allocates the funds, and its partnering Accredited Entities, which propose and implement GCF-approved ... over USD 2 billion in new climate financing in 2020, a record annual amount for the Fund. It also adopted the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs partner agreements hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for two new climate finance projects ... they were approved by the GCF Board. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreements (FAAs) in the margins of last ... climate change globally. “This could establish a track record to scale up similar initiatives in other ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
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 ...
Article > News update MUFG_Bank 
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 
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 UNDP 
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 ...
Article > News update 
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 CABEI 
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 
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 UNDP 
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 EIF 
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 
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 IUCN 
Strengthening Côte d’Ivoire’s Capacity and Ownership to Access Climate Finance for GCF Country Programme Implementation
... projects including a NAP proposal. However, many challenges remained and have been highlighted by the ... validated/implemented; a no-objection procedure has been defined, but not yet tested or operationalized; the NDA ... been approved so far, and national entities are yet to be accredited. The country has started the process to become a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
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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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 SCA 
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) GIZ 
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 ...
Article > News update 
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 WFP 
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 Acumen 
FP025 - GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme
... Financing Facility (GEFF), formerly known as the Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (SEFF) Co-financing programme, aims to deliver climate finance to the private sector at scale ... sectors. GEFF is an on-lending programme that will provide credit lines to PFIs to create self-sustaining markets in ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries EBRD 
FP049 - Building the climate resilience of food insecure smallholder farmers through integrated management of climate risk (R4)
Increasing the resilience of vulnerable households in Senegal to climate-related risks through ... assets in response to weather-related impacts, which hinders longer-term resilience. Risk-reduction activities ... use of surplus production as collateral for loans to unlock credit for investment. The project has an estimated lifespan ...
Project > Public sector Senegal WFP 