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The Green Climate Fund kicks off first Board meeting of 2024 in Rwanda
Eleven project funding proposals requesting a total of USD ... also consider proposals from eight organisations for GCF accreditation, six of which are sub-national, national, or ... countries. See the Boardroom section of the GCF website to find out more about the Board’s composition and to ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund statement on the United States’ withdrawal from GCF
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Being a Party to the UNFCCC is a pre-requisite for representation at the GCF Board. In line with GCF ... Central to this mandate is GCF’s support for affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, recognising that ...
Article > Statement 
Stepping up climate action in the Cook Islands
Government, community, civil society and private sector representatives from the Cook Islands ... for what might populate their country programme to tackle climate change—supported by the Green Climate Fund. ... prepare to access GCF resources, such as pursuing accreditation and building a pipeline of projects that is ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Spanish and French SAP webinars held
... were attended by National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities, are designed to help guide potential ...
Article > News update 
GCF signs integrity agreement with Attijariwafa Bank
... support with the Bank's Compliance Office. The MoU will complement Attijariwafa Bank's Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), which is currently under ... similar agreements with counterpart offices of all Accredited Entities as a means of ensuring the safeguarding of ...
Article > News update 
GCF IRMF webinar series for AEs: revised FP template and GCF support to DAEs for IRMF implementation
... Framework (IRMF) webinar series for Accredited Entities ... of the funding proposal template which reflects the requirements of the newly adopted ... the FP template and is aimed at supporting all AEs in better developing funding proposals in accordance with ...
Event > Webinar 
SAP Technical Guidelines: Renewable energy
... guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. Renewable energy (RE) is produced using natural resources that are constantly replaced within the human timescale. Just as there are many natural sources of energy, there ... solid waste or ocean-wave energy to produce heat or electricity. Please note that the English document is ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Initial guiding framework for the Fund’s accreditation process
Adopted by decision B.07/02 . Sets out the initial framework of the accreditation process as well as initial fiduciary principles and standards, interim performance standards, and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Coral Reef Resiliency Program
The project’s goal is to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) within Fiji’s ... EbA focus depends on evidence-based identification of sites where these interventions would be most effective. ... been identified with stakeholders in each province, but detailed assessments and cost-benefit analyses to identify ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Fiji
Initial fiduciary principles and standards of the Fund
Adopted by decision B.07/02 . Sets out the initial basic fiduciary standards for ... and financial capacities. Board Initial fiduciary principles and standards of the Fund ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on restructuring and cancellation
Adopted by decision B.22/14 . Sets out the mechanism for decision-making in respect of an ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Updated project and programme cycle
Adopted by decision B.17/09 . Sets out the updated project and programme cycle; it outlines the key stages, individual steps, relevant actors, as well as the various responsibilities and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks
Adopted by decision B.08/07 ; applicable to all projects up to B.31. Sets out the performance measurement framework to measure ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses
Adopted by decision B.BM-2018/21 . Sets out the general principles, protections and remedies for whistleblowers and witnesses, procedural safeguards, monitoring ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Procedures and guidelines of the Independent Redress Mechanism
... or programmes; and contains general provisions applicable to the IRM. Board Procedures and guidelines of the ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Environmental and social policy
Adopted by decision B.19/10 ; applicable to all projects up to B.32. Adopts the environmental and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Updated simplified approval process and activity cycle
Adopted by decision B.32/05 ; applicable from B.32 onwards. Updates the Simplified Approval ... Process including the size and risk categories eligible under this funding window. Updated simplified approval process and activity cycle ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Sixty metres from one side of the island to the other. Sixty metres ... from the ocean to the lagoon. Sixty metres from rising sea levels, more powerful and unpredictable storms, and ... a country whose total land mass across nine islands is only 26 square kilometres. The new land is the largest safe zone ...
Article > Insights 
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
... and Development (EBRD). The GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities programme spans three regions ... enhance resilience to climate change. Building on EBRD market studies and pilot financing activities in the target ... Energy Financing Facilities project will provide credit lines to open up new financing paths and new markets ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Belize Development Finance Corporation Capacity Strengthening for Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
... made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges, guided by policy documents such as the National ... the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize for accreditation to the GCF as a Direct Access Entity (DAE). In ... and recommendations for actions to be taken by DFC to meet GCF accreditation standards. This proposed Readiness ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Strengthening capacity to accelerate green finance and development of country-driven project formulation in Viet Nam
The project is highly strategic for Viet Nam as it will contribute to address the overarching problem of reducing the climate funding gap, therefore creating ... of the banking system to promote and appraise green credit Limited capacities to develop concept notes and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Green and Resilient Debt Platform for Africa and LDCs
... and LDCs are most affected by climate change, they have the least access to climate finance, particularly for ... growing to $523 billion in 2021 and reaching a total market size of $2 trillion at the end of quarter 3 in 2022. ... risks, impacts and opportunities, notably related to credit rating; lack of a pipeline of bankable, green ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
GCF and IDB agreements to help SMEs in Latin America invest in energy efficiency
... (IDB) recently signed funding agreements which will enable GCF to channel climate finance to 4 projects in Latin ... Development Bank of El Salvador, which will help open a credit line to fund SMEs' energy efficiency projects in the ... country FP048 - In Guatemala and Mexico, GCF and IDB will set up a risk sharing facility that will unlock innovative ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Climate finance should focus on rural sector, says leading Indian lender
... be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development ... to strengthen GCF’s partnerships with its direct access Accredited Entities. Addressing climate finance priorities in ... both in adaptation and mitigation.” “While civil society organisations can play a catalytic role, the climate ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF invests USD 99 million in EBRD Green Cities Facility to reduce urban climate impacts
... agreement with funding partner EBRD. Cities have a vital role in achieving the Paris Agreement to keep temperature ... follows GCF Board approval of the programme at its 21st meeting in Bahrain at the end of last year. GCF Executive ... in Morocco, to renewables in Egypt, to green economy credit lines and green cities across our countries of ...
Article > Press release 
GCF meets with top global investors to boost private sector climate finance
... Climate Fund recently explored how to break through market barriers and forge new climate finance pathways in ... top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the GCF’s Private Sector Facility Director ... were representatives from MUFG Bank, Macquarie, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Allianz, ING, Swiss ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening institutional capacities and coordination mechanisms for accelerating and scaling up the mobilization of climate finance in Mozambique
Mozambique submitted its updated NDC during COP26 in Glasgow. It has been estimated that the country will need at least USD 11 billion for the implementation of its NDC ... opportunities Support FNDS with the finalization of the accreditation process and start the formulation of an Entity ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mozambique
Blue-Green Investment Corporation
... we will see some of the largest, earliest increases in sea levels and temperatures and where droughts and floods will ... is in an Extended Fund Facility of the International Monetary Fund with a limited ability to borrow. But the ... that draws in other financing players like banks, credit unions, pension funds, and insurance companies and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados
GCF/B.22/Inf.08 - Board decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the Board
This document provides information on decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the Board as at 19 February 2019. GCF/B.22/Inf.08 Board decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/Inf.08 - Report on the activities of the Secretariat
This report provides an update on the activities of the Secretariat for the period 1 January to 30 April 2018. It ... the overarching goals and priorities identified in the Secretariat’s 2018 work programme, as well as tracking key ... report includes an update on missions undertaken by the Secretariat during the reporting period. GCF/B.20/Inf.08 Report ...
Board document > Information