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Entity support, strategic frameworks and private sector mobilization support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
Antigua and Barbuda is currently implementing its initial Readiness support request for NDA Strengthening, development of the Country Programme, and No-Objection ... second Readiness funding proposal will support the accreditation of a national direct access entity through the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
The NDA will develop the following activities to ensure development of a ... ‘low carbon and climate resilient development’-relevant plans and frameworks that includes Bangladesh Climate ... and policy framework for climate change and of the relevant plans and strategies, with a view to identifying ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
Jamaica Country Programme
Climate change is a major challenge for Jamaica. Experiences of increased drought ... our path of success to meet our goals of sustainable development towards a low carbon and climate resilient ... this access and availability of significant financing becomes a priority. This Country Programme (CP) aims to support ...
Document > Country programme Jamaica
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
Farmers are facing unprecedented interlinked global shocks and challenges that threaten the gains in global food security and ... and farming practices providing the world’s food are less productive as the climate changes, having been ...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
... agricultural run-off, sewage discharge and unsustainable tourism degrade the coral reefs, further decreasing their chance of ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
... largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased temperatures and human-induced 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 ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Building the capacities of key Sustainable Land Management stakeholders to mainstream climate change in Burundi, and updating the Country Programme
... will support the realization of a study based on available information and extensive consultations to (i) ... in Burundi and (ii) propose recommendations of action for decision makers to consistently address these issues at ... climate pipeline. Together, the project outputs and outcomes will contribute to the following goal: climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
2021 Annual Performance Report for FP061: Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including performance ... project logic framework targets indicators, and development of ESS, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender project ... The Annual Performance Report is submitted to GCF by the Accredited Entity responsible for the implementation of the ...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries
Strengthening sectoral expertise and strategic framework to support the implementation of Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity (CAPTD) for productive and resilient landscapes and livelihoods in AFOLU across Burkina Faso (acronym R-CAPTD )
The specific readiness challenge is to build sectoral expertise, strategic framework, ... programme pipeline, knowhow and partnerships to implement climate appropriate portfolios of tree diversity ... (CAPTD) by 2023 as part of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Land Degradation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
GCF/B.36/Inf.15 - Report on the execution of the 2023 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2023 ... expenditure relates to costs for Board activities, the independent units, the Secretariat and the Trustee. The ... been delivered by the vendor. During the year when the relevant services are performed or goods delivered, these ...
Board document > Information
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... UNCDF support in 2014. This initiative was originally implemented in three local governments (or communes) in the Departments of Atacora and Donga (Boukoumbé, Copargo and ... Department of Alibori (Banikoara, Cobly, Karimama, Malanville, Materi and Ouaké). Building on this pilot, the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
Facing that urgency to take actions against the devastating climate crisis, KDB has been committed to ... Paris climate accord. The funding proposal tentatively entitled “Cambodian Climate Financing Facility (CCFF)” has ... transformation of the national financial system with leveraging public and private sector capital at scale. With ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Strengthening the technical and human capacities of the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) to meet the GCF requirements
The Gambia is particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. The challenges of sustainable development and protection against climate change are ... of the INDC commitments requires significant volumes of investment, especially through international ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Debt for climate swaps: exploring avenues and opportunities
... debt and the deepening climate crisis presents a dual challenge of paramount significance, particularly in ... Island Developing States. Debt-for-Climate Swaps (DFCS) are an agreement between a sovereign and its creditors that reallocates a portion of ongoing debt ...
Document > Working paper
Meet the iTAP: Nature-based Solutions across the GCF’s portfolio
... mitigation and cross-cutting projects and programmes, highlighting some trends over time. The session included a Q&A discussion, allowing participants to actively ...
Event > Webinar 
Turning down the heat
In Bangladesh, over 33 million children are forced to stay home for ... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... illnesses and death. 2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 is shaping up to be just as bad, if not ...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board today approved USD 168 ... include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private ... by making its first funding decisions ahead of the UNFCCC Paris climate conference. With climate finance being a ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
GCF and Korean Government join forces to promote global Green New Deal
The head of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Thursday called for a global Green New Deal in which redirected ... pandemic through economic recovery pathways leading to future carbon neutrality, while also reflecting on how ... experiencing unprecedented climate impacts - ranging from record wildfires, ice melting in polar regions and ...
Article > Press release 
Preparation of Strategic Framework to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation and enhance adaptive capacity in the Bahamas
... the last years, and it is expected to get worse in the future; for example, 80% of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is within 1 meter ... of The Bahamas. The Second National Communication to the UNFCCC states the urgent need to integrate different data and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Climate Resilient Systems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Cycle Observation System (SADC-HYCOS IV Project)
... of a Funding Proposal for the proposed project titled: Climate Resilient Sytems for SADC Water Sector: SADC ... $2 billion in humanitarian aid. In April 2022, South Africa recorded 459 fatalities due to floods in Durban. Inadequate ... guarantees, private equity and others. DBSA will be the Accredited Entity (AE) for the proposed project. Given the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project
Incheon, Republic of Korea – The first single-country project in the Cook Islands took 20 days from GCF ... the power of collaboration and leadership within our Accredited Entity, as we work closely with our local agencies ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Executive Director’s remarks
... a critical impediment to eradicating poverty and ensuring development and prosperity. Because of this, it should be of ... concern to all of us to observe that the number of people worldwide living in close proximity to conflict has ... than 32 million climate-linked internal displacements were recorded in 2022, which is a 41% increase from 2008. It is ...
Article > Speech
Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
... session on Monday 25 February where it announced the selection of Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director . It then reconvened on Tuesday morning to start consideration of other business, including new funding proposals ... to propose and carry out climate finance projects as Accredited Entities. GCF’s 24 Board members represent ...
Article > Press release 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
... The diverse nature of Asia means the types of climate challenges that nations in this region face vary greatly – ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points, Accredited Entities, a wide group of country stakeholders, ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
... headquarters in Suva, the gathering will bring together relevant stakeholders to galvanise action on the GCF in the region. The ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, GCF Accredited Entities, delivery partners, civil society and the ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was signed during the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
GCF has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with JSC TBC Bank, the ... a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will enable GCF to mobilise funds through the private sector to ... the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture to develop a Readiness proposal with the ambition to support ...
Article > News update 
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... of work Report of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed between the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth ... and groups Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of new members of the ... of the second consultation meeting for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund Evaluation conducted by ...
Event > Board meeting 
Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS
... partners in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu to develop a potential Green Climate Fund ... Facility (PPF), an instrument that assists GCF Accredited Entities conduct feasibility studies, stakeholder ... agency on weather and climate, WMO will use its track record in working with national meteorological and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
Caribbean leaders warned the region is facing the twin threats of climate ... climate actions, developing concrete projects and programmes that can attract finance, and implementing, monitoring ... the same time as COVID-19 took root. In November 2020, the record for named storms was shattered with the development ...
Article > Press release 