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Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate ... culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is devastating human lives and economies worldwide and has also led to postponement of COP 26 to November 2021. Developing ...
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Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve ... seeks Readiness support for a project to ready Belize for future development of an ER TFM sector, and use of ER TFM as ... the proposed readiness support, is that Belize has the requisite capacity and enabling environment for development of an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
FP019 - Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations
... commenced in May 2017 and was aimed at addressing challenges related to sustainable development in the Amazon ... embed sustainability. Finally, promoting and monitoring credit lines for sustainable production ensures responsible ... achieved through this project can serve as a model for future initiatives aimed at sustainable development and ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador 
ED’s remarks at Interactive Dialogue - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28
... that the upper income SIDS, high income or upper middle income SIDS, have in accessing concessional finance. ... that I'm talking to you about. Also, I can't take any credit for it, but I have observed this and this is what we ... - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28 ...
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Remarks at the high-level dialogue with friends of Global Centre on Adaptation
Excellencies and distinguished guests. The urgency of today’s ... adaptation challenges, with the communities that are hardest hit being those least equipped to cope. We need ... market creating investment to establish a commercial track record for new climate solutions at scale and crowd-in ...
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The Africa We Want: Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority of the United Nations System
... for this invitation to contribute to this roundtable session. Africa contributes to the lowest greenhouse gas ... by investing in low-emission and climate-resilient development projects. To date, GCF has 78 projects totalling ... investments in order to establish a commercial track record for new climate solutions. One example is our support ...
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Project Preparation Facility
... funds, compensation, or partnership offers. These fraudulent offers and emails are not in any way associated with ... of funding proposal being developed. The PPF supports Accredited Entities (AEs), particularly Direct Access Entities ... GCF based on their demonstrated expertise and proven track record in climate finance. Number of grants approved 116 ...
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The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world
Datem del Marañón, located in northern Peru, is home to one of ... province is home to a diverse ecosystem with more than 261 species of birds, unique marine life, and aguaje, one of ... in South America. For hundreds of years, the Amazonian people have understood that to live in kinship with nature, they ...
Article > Story Peru 
Strengthening the foundation for a climate responsive agricultural sector in the Caribbean
Three of the top 10 countries facing the highest level of climate risk globally are located in the Caribbean ... This region comprises Small Island and Low-Lying Coastal developing states (SIDS) that are particularly vulnerable to ... and associated activity data1 from the sector (Outcomes 1.3 & 2.2). increase the number of projects identified ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Procurement
... on Corporate Procurement . Procurement methods vary depending on the estimated value and/or nature of the goods ... parties are invited to consult the notices for submission details. Procurement ...
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What we offer
... we give you the opportunity to pursue rewarding and challenging work with skilled and supportive colleagues, learning and development opportunities, and offer competitive base ... Staff members, their eligible spouses (including domestic partners) and up to three children, are covered by a ...
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Climate finance for sustaining peace and security
Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, disease, global mass displacement. A harrowing future awaits according to the latest IPCC report if we ... prepared to take risks. Many fragile countries have a low credit rating and find it difficult to attract investment. ...
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ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the ... 2019. Ultimately though, this climate finance under the UNFCC needs to be used in a highly catalytic way so that we ... to help us create a zero- carbon, climate-resilient future. GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021 ...
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FP129 - Afghanistan Rural Energy Market Transformation Initiative – Strengthening Resilience of Livelihoods Through Sustainable Energy Access
... shortages due to an ailing energy infrastructure, high dependency on diesel and kerosene fuels, and weak power ... and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to the electricity grid, most rural communities depend on ... further building of similar mini-grids in the future. The project is targeted at encouraging private ...
Project > Public sector Afghanistan 
FP131 - Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal
While water resources for ecosystems are becoming ... extreme climate-related events such as landslides and floods threaten the livelihoods of people in Nepal’s Gandaki River Basin region, currently ...
Project > Public sector Nepal 
FP132 - Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation
... heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon absorption capacity, which is projected to decrease by five times between 1990 and 2030. This project is designed to ...
Project > Public sector Georgia 
FP133 - Resilience to hurricanes in the building sector in Antigua and Barbuda
... to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to significant disruption of the country's power and ... adaptation is mainstreamed into the building sector and relevant financial mechanisms, as well as strengthening ...
Project > Public sector Antigua and Barbuda 
FP134 - Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016
... where a total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was presented to the GCF for results-based ... to invest in additional activities that support the implementation of its Integrated Strategy of Deforestation ...
Project > Public sector Colombia 
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate ... ecosystems. This programme targets the most vulnerable populations of coastal and rural areas in four Indian ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP137 - Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project
... farming. Climate change, transitioning to more modern agricultural production and a heavy reliance on wood ... severe strain on this ecosystem. This project will restore degraded savannah forests and strengthen livelihoods in this ...
Project > Public sector Ghana 
FP138 - ASER Solar Rural Electrification Project
While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do ... of low electricity usage rates in the countryside are high upfront investment ...
Project > Public sector Senegal 
FP139 - Building resilience in the face of climate change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan
Sudan is one of the most drought susceptible countries in Africa. Drylands are home to nearly ... recurrent droughts, together with crop failures, livestock deaths, and the deepening of poverty levels. The project supports climate change adaptation ...
Project > Public sector Sudan 
FP140 - High Impact Programme for the Corporate Sector
... and paper, non-ferrous metals, food processing, and textiles. This programme is GCF's first at-scale investment to promote the uptake of low-carbon ... technologies in the industrial sector. It has been designed to facilitate a transformational shift within ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP103 - Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
... meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people. The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires ... mitigation potential between 0.6 and 2.4 Gt CO2eq/year, while delivering a wide range of sustainable development benefits. ...
Project > Public sector Kenya Senegal 
FP110 - Ecuador REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014
Acknowledging Ecuador’s REDD+ 2014 results - a total volume of 4,831,679 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions reductions - for GCF ... United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and have undergone technical assessment. They are now ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador 
SAP016 - Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of ... along with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a stable electricity supply. This ...
Project > Private sector Fiji 
SAP014 - Forest resilience of Armenia, enhancing adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation
Armenia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the Eastern Europe and ... Its forests are highly sensitive to climate change, while its rural population is dependent on fuelwood to meet their energy demands. By ...
Project > Public sector Armenia 
SAP015 - Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)
... has experienced one of the world’s fastest rates of deforestation and forest degradation. Agriculture ... which is driven by cocoa production. This project will implement zero-deforestation agroforestry models in three ... pilot project that successfully promoted agroforestry schemes, PROMIRE will build institutional capacities to ...
Project > Public sector Côte d'Ivoire 
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... living species, our Ocean provides food for billions of people and income for tens of millions. It also produces around ... of extreme weather events on coastal communities in the future. Sea level and population density projections ... in the blue economy to establish a commercial track record for sustainable ocean investment, pre-condition for ...
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Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the impacts of climate change are more evident. Increasing numbers of people worldwide are being ... Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future 09 Apr 2019 This working paper contributes to ...
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