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FP060 - Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)
Creating sustainable, resilient water supply for Barbados by implementing ... implementing the renewable energy activities, will provide credit lines to implement water conservation actions, ...
Project > Public sector Barbados CCCCC 
FP063 - Promoting private sector investments in energy efficiency in the industrial sector and in Paraguay
... their energy efficiency and shifting energy use to renewable hydropower. Paraguay has a high hydropower capacity, yet ... large amount of emissions from wood burning and associated deforestation. Hydropower is being increased as part of the ... and monitoring and verification systems. Concessional credit lines will be provided to local financial ...
Project > Public sector Paraguay IDB 
FP233 - Community-based Agriculture Support Programme ‘plus’ (CASP+)
Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to climate change, facing rising temperatures and ... serious threats to agriculture and livestock. Predicted decreases in crop yields, particularly for rice, wheat, and ... initiatives, and facilitates access to green investment credit lines. FP233 Tajikistan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 894 895 ...
Project > Public sector Tajikistan IFAD 
FP238 - Ecosystems-based Adaptation for resilient Watersheds and Communities in Malawi (EbAM)
Climate change is intensifying Malawi’s challenges in agricultural productivity and food security. ... Extreme weather events, soil erosion, and watershed degradation exacerbate droughts and floods, further ... trusts, leveraging private sector experience on carbon credits through local partnerships. FP238 Malawi 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
Project > Public sector Malawi FAO 
FP202 - Upscaling Ecosystem Based Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Rural Communities in the Valles Macro-region of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (RECEM-Valles)
The Los Valles Macro-region in the landlocked, South American state of ... frost intensity and hail events have put pressure on the delicate water systems in the valley. Climate change ... sustainably and providing them with access to credit allowing them to invest in modernized on-farm ...
Project > Public sector Bolivia (Plurinational State of) FAO 
FP213 - The Blue Green Bank (BGB)
Barbados is faced with critical challenges from climate change. Increasing temperatures, a ... damaged infrastructure, an endangered water-supply, and the destruction of unique coastal ecosystems. These threaten the ... to support the existing financial ecosystem of banks, credit unions, and insurance companies that facilitate the ...
Project > Private sector Barbados PCA 
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 WorldBank 
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 FAO
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 DBSA
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 WMO 
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 
GCF conference opens with calls from developing countries for increased finance for climate action
... convened more than 60 developing country Ministers and high-level officials alongside a broad range of partners in the ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... track record combined with a compelling vision for the future.” Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, ...
Article > Press release 
FP216 - Scaling up climate resilient flood risk management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... shifts in seasons and rainfall patterns. This has led to a rise in destructive floods, causing damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and livelihoods. Currently, 26 per cent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina is ...
Project > Public sector Bosnia and Herzegovina UNDP 
Accelerating climate action to communities: seven new projects set for implementation
... five projects were immediately signed between GCF and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners at a signing ceremony on 20 ... the AE remotely earlier in the day. The ceremony also included the signing for a project approved at the 40th Board ... and the Accredited Entity (AE) for the project to begin implementation. The projects set for implementation include ...
Article > News update 
FP126 - Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba (IRES)
... natural forest regeneration in seven municipalities vulnerable to climate change in Cuba. According to the Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation Index in the Latin America and Caribbean region, Cuba is ... in terms of vulnerability to effects of climate change. Future climate change patterns, such as increased ...
Project > Public sector Cuba FAO 
Increasing people’s resilience in Koubri and BAKATA municipalities affected by rainwater floods and climate change shocks through Adaptation-based Approach for ecosystem, forest, water resources and river basins management in Burkina Faso
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Increasing people’s resilience in Koubri and BAKATA municipalities ... to support the project. Burkina Faso Increasing people’s resilience in Koubri and BAKATA municipalities ...
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso BOAD
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Indonesia through GGGI
This readiness proposal includes interlinked activities aimed at all five key readiness ... strong gender equality focus. Direct access realized; while Indonesia is already in an advanced state with one DAE, ... Few institutions understand or meet requirements for accreditation. This workstream will identify and support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia
Building Niger’s engagement with the GCF: Establishment and strengthening of the NDA, and elaboration of a country programme identifying strategic priorities
... of the recently nominated GCF Focal Point of Niger and the development of strategic frameworks, including a country ... programme identifying country priorities, in order to enable effective engagement with the Fund. The NDA requires ... and consolidation of resulting projects/programmes. Niger (the) Building Niger’s engagement with the GCF: ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the) UNEP
Guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness
Adopted by decision B.17/21 . Sets out guidelines for enhanced country ... ownership and country drivenness, covering guiding principles, role of country programmes and structured dialogues, role of country ownership in ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chad through CSE
Chad is a highly vulnerable country with more than half of its territory being a desert. The country is subject to climate shifts and climate ... of facilitating the development of projects and programmes that are both aligned to the country’s strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad CSE