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Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will ... for the first formal replenishment of the Fund Consideration of funding proposals Information disclosure policy ... Initial monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities Report on implementation of legal and ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... panels Status of the Initial Resource Mobilization process Level of concessional terms for the public sector Brief guideline on the application of the case-by-case provisions in ... of the Appointment Committee Consideration of accreditation proposals Initial monitoring and accountability ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... withstand climate change. GCF and EIF have signed a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the ... adaptation approach. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United Kingdom will ... billion to the Green Climate Fund. The announcement was made by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 Summit ... the announcement, UK Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom commented: “The Green Climate Fund has supported ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... the report of the twenty-third meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-third and ... that a Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of a confidential ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... the report of the twenty-sixth meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-sixth and ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for ... of the interim Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit Selection process and committee Evaluations conducted by the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
... to provide developing countries that have successfully implemented projects with CREWS funds, a faster access to ... potentially have accelerated access to SAP, through GCF Accredited Entities, if certain parameters and procedures are ... at UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), reminded participants that “the UN ...
Article > News update 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... “Developing countries – already the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – are being hardest ... having consequences for generations to come. During her pre-recorded video message, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina ... to create a structure that is fit for purpose in the future. In the context of COVID-19 and a better recovery, ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... give us an important model for other such operations in the future.” CIBC Caribbean’s Chief Executive Officer Mark ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2023
... Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) gathered global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... Chief Economist, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Sagarika Chatterjee, Department Director, Climate ... Fund Side event: Introduction to GCF’s project-specific accreditation Speaker: Timothy Breitbarth, Investment ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
FP231 - Accelerating Solar Action Program (ASAP)
The Accelerating Solar Action Programme (ASAP) supports Ghana’s much-needed transition away from fossil fuels, in line with the ... and the Energy Commission of Ghana. Better access to credit, robust demand from borrowers, decreased cost of ...
Project > Private sector Ghana Ecobank 
FP271 - India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)
India is the world’s third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, with its energy supply heavily dependent on fossil ... significant progress and achieved rapid growth in renewable energy capacity. The country risks remaining locked into ... Key activities include providing DFIs with concessional credit lines for on-lending to public and private sector ...
Project > Public sector India ADB 
FP284 - Amazonia Viva Program
... global climate regulator. It is home to 47 million people, including 2.2 million Indigenous Peoples. The region is ... temperatures, prolonged droughts, extreme weather, and deforestation. Seventeen per cent of the forest is already ... measures to overcome gender-specific obstacles in access to credit. FP284 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries WorldBank 
FP292 - Scaling climate-smart solutions for hardest-to-reach MSMEs and farmers in Kenya (CST Facility)
Kenya ranks 150th on the ND-GAIN Climate Vulnerability Index, with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) ... need. The project aims to establish and demonstrate a scalable, de-risked local currency lending facility enabling Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), serving as both Accredited Entity and Executing Entity, to sustainably expand ...
Project > Private sector Kenya KCB 
FP293 - Food Securities Fund Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche (FSF ACCT)
... are climate-sensitive commodities cultivated by smallholder farmers across Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, the ... finance remains structurally underprovided, as commercial lenders rarely extend unsecured credit in rural emerging markets, while cooperatives and ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Clarmondial 
FP301 - Responsible Commodities Facility - Deforestation and Conversion Free: Finance for soy production in the Cerrado, Brazil (RCF-DCF Project)
... expansion, particularly soy production. Soy farmland expanded from 13 million hectares in 2000 to 44 million hectares ... half of the Cerrado’s native vegetation has already been cleared, leading to loss of biodiversity, degraded water ... to mobilise larger pools of capital. Through customised credit lines, farmers will be enabled to forgo converting ...
Project > Private sector Brazil SIM 
Increasing Private Sector Involvement in the Transition towards a Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy in Burundi
... and subnational actors is necessary for Burundi to support future growth and development efforts. Taking into account ... areas: Identification of 2 potential DAE, nomination for accreditation, and accreditation gap assessment of the 2 ... office, Burundi Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CFCIB), and the Ministries of Environment and Finance, NGOs ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi CSE
Strengthening institutional capacities and processes to enhance project development and to increase mobilization of climate finance for the implementation of Nationally Designated Contributions (NDCs) and the Long-Term Strategy (LTS) in Chile.
The government of Chile has determined the need to prioritize and enhance its engagement ... particularly from the private sector Limited number of accredited direct access entities (DAEs) to support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile CAF
Climate adaptation of agricultural value chains in the Norte Grande of Argentina: promoting the holistic management of agroecosystems
... play essential economic, social, and environmental roles. National Law 27,118 (2014) assigns cultural heritage ... farming families and communities whose livelihoods highly depend on agricultural production. Additionally, family ... sector through i) the characterization of the current and future climate vulnerability and risks that the six ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina CAF
GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
A high-profile group of heads of states, government ministers and UN ... but also move us towards a more sustainable, resilient future,” said Patricia Espinosa, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary. Ms Espinosa added that COVID-19 ...
Article > Press release 
US climate envoy supports “indispensable” GCF role during climate forum
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said the US will ... support to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an “indispensable player” in financing global endeavours to achieve the ... with the Paris agreement goals,” he said in a pre-recorded speech. “The GCF is now delivering on this ...
Article > Press release 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
... fiscal framework, and incentives for investments in renewables and the greening of the financial system, aimed towards ... development partners to scale up this initiative in the future. In addition, the GCF will support for the ... Green Facility, domiciled in Jamaica. The GCF will provide credit and capacity development to finance local climate ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... the GCF Board’s first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, ... Kingdom of Jordan and the Republic of the Congo. FAO welcomes this historic opportunity to foster new partnerships and ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... vital ecosystem goods and services that support our future, such as climate and temperature regulation, ... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to ... ecosystems. Coral reefs for instance are facing unprecedented pressure from sea temperature increase and ...
Document > Thematic brief
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
Rwanda is undergoing rapid urbanization as one of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. ... to finance and the need to mobilize international and domestic resources with an emphasis on securing co-financing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
First GCF Green Champions to be announced at COP25
... of the first GCF Green Champion Awards have been selected from a total pool of 280 nominees, and the final ... less. Climate Gender Champion - A person that has a track record in emphasising the inclusiveness of women in climate ... processes that span across the CBD, UNCCD, and UNFCCC, where she supported the development of the Ghana's ...
Article > Press release 
IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ... millions of rural youth in the Sahel face an uncertain future due to falling agricultural yields, and a severe lack ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “The GGW Up of the GCF and IFAD is a ...
Article > Press release IFAD 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... of GCF’s 36th Board meeting (10-13 July 2023) , a record number for the Fund. Out of 12 projects formally ... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... By engaging local communities, this project is protecting future generations.” Mat Tinkler, Save the Children ...
Article > News update 
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ... Paris Agreement goals. One of the key missing pieces is adequate climate finance. The latest OECD figures shows that ... of GCF funding and co-financing. With its over 200 accredited and delivery partner agencies, GCF help developing ...
Article > Speech
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... and population growth. In 2022, the country had a water deficit of 20 per cent despite 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan IFC 