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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 
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 
How to apply
How to apply Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and streamline ...
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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
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)
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
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Djibouti through CSE
... the country has received climate-related support from its development partners to implement a number of policies, programmes and projects. However, the impact for such support has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti
NDA Strengthening & Country Programming support for the Democratic Republic of Congo through CSE
The newly created Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (where the NDA is hosted) lacks both human and financial capacity. Its staffs lack relevant technical and operational skills as they are new to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Senegal through CSE
Senegal’s economy depends heavily on climate sensitive sectors such as ... in the country. Despite its huge potential for renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, etc.), Senegal’s economy ... transformational climate change projects and programmes. As a result of these activities, it is expected that an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
Upgrading CSE’s accreditation category and strengthening project development and implementation capacities
The CSE has been accredited as Direct Access Entity with the Green Climate Fund ... priority investment areas related to climate change include coastal protection and infrastructures against flooding ... resources. CSE has already a good experience in implementing simultaneously several projects/programmes ranging ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Panama through CAF
As stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Panama is fully committed to ... mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and is currently implementing concrete actions to transition toward a low ... economy. Historically, Panama has only been responsible for approximately 0.02% of global emissions. However, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Panama
Strengthening the capacities of national and regional development banks, which are members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), to access GCF resources
... development banks have a huge potential to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate, and to ... for national and regional institutions (direct access accredited entities – DAEs), leaving countries with a heavy ... to respond to their own mandate. Preliminary internal IDFC climate finance assessments on DAE-GCF members have shown ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management on Climate Change for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ghana towards the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions
... and bilateral agencies as well as non-state actors to implement a number of capacity building and climate change coordination and policy development initiatives. About thirteen climate change ... change adaptation and mitigation into relevant existing and future programmes and projects and catalyze climate change ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ghana
Sustainable Communities for Climate Action in the Yucatan Peninsula (ACCIÓN Yucatan)
The Project “Sustainable Communities for Climate Action in the Yucatan ... (ACCIÓN) seeks to increase climate resilience of vulnerable populations, ecosystems, and productive systems in the ... knowledge and promoting coordination. PPF support is needed to conduct the following activities to help identify and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Mexico
Creating the enabling conditions for the implementation of the Loss & Damage (L&D) mechanism in Ecuador
... and socioeconomic conditions, Ecuador is highly vulnerable to external factors of various kinds, including from ... the national or international negotiations related to the UNFCCC Loss and Damage (L&D) mechanism. The main goal of ... technical, and operational capacities for its future implementation in the country. Ecuador Creating the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador
Building El Salvador’s Climate Investment Roadmap for a low carbon and climate resilient sustainable development
El Salvador is among the most vulnerable countries to the adverse effects of climate change. ... given its Spanish acronym), 88.7% of the territory is considered a risk area and more than 90% of the population sits ... programme will be used to set the climate finance agenda domestically, to prioritize climate finance for mitigation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... economy, agriculture and livestock, are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: increased rainfall ... emerging phytosanitary diseases leading to yield losses, declining incomes and unsustainable livelihoods for rural populations. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
Boosting the Implementation of Best Practices in Rice Farming on the North Coast of Peru, including the Alternate Wetting and Drying Method
... and guarantee food, health, and water security. With the implementation of the Alternate Wetting and Drying method (AWD) ... costs and improving the quality of life of farmers. Considering that rice farmers in the target regions are ... backgrounds, low financial inclusion, and low-income levels, the PPF resources, particularly through baseline ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Peru
GCF.10: 10 years of climate impact
... Overview" is now out! Follow GCF at COP30: visit the website Raising Ambition, Empowering Action In November 2015, ... with GCF-funded projects Over × Anticipated CO₂ equivalent avoided *Aggregated estimates based on all approved ... supporting Mongolia’s ambition to pursue a low-emission future The first large-scale solar facility built with GCF ...
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ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. Barbara was a woman ahead of her time, a ... 2000, due to climate change. In 2022, Pakistan suffered record flooding that covered a third of the country, ... for bold action is NOW. We must work together to forge a future where economic justice and environmental ...
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Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
The readiness proposal will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership ... the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde’s growing vulnerability towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions ... members, including the private sector, local banks, Accredited Entities (AEs), future Direct Access Entities (DAEs), potential Executing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
The green innovation imperative
Your Excellencies, dear participants, ladies, and gentlemen. On behalf ... global development trends is recognized in the SDGs, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. A single institutional ... humankind with new fundamental capacities and rewrite our future. Notably, digital technology and artificial ...
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GCF at COP27
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... events One of the key platforms for listening and informing future action were the events that took place at the joint ... between indigenous peoples, governments and GCF Accredited Entities. This topic was also touched upon at a ...
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