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GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) at its Board meeting this week provided further evidence that it is ... are expected to provide direct support to 115.5 million people and mitigate the equivalent of 45.3 million metric tonnes ... funding by assessing an entity’s capacity to meet GCF accreditation standards simultaneously with the project ...
Article > Press release 
Great Green Wall in the Spotlight at COP
Attention and support for the Great Green Wall , an African-led initiative to restore land and ecosystems in Africa, were reinforced at COP26. As a funder of several projects in the Sahel region ... of the World Leaders Summit. Organised by the One Planet Summit and the Pan African Agency of the Great Green ...
Article > News update 
GCF and Acumen sign agreement to promote resilient agriculture in East and West Africa
... 26 million to Acumen aimed at ensuring long-term sustainable increases in agriculture productivity and incomes for ... GCF and Acumen have been successfully working together to empower private sector investing in climate ... Asia, Latin America and the United States. Acumen is an accredited entity to GCF. The Green Climate Fund was ...
Article > Press release 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
... brought 26 countries from across the region to Da Nang in Viet Nam from May 17 to 20. The Dialogue provided an important ... stakeholders – including government ministers, GCF Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities ... about accessing and engaging with GCF. During the high-level interactions of the Dialogue, ministers from a number ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
... approved at B.18: FP046 – USD 8.65 million for the Renewable Energy Programme #1 – Solar in Mongolia with XacBank. ... payments. Additionally, the Board approved the accreditation of five new partner organisations as Accredited ... recording of this Board meeting is available on the GCF website . The next GCF Board meeting, B.19, will take place in ...
Article > Press release 
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 ... human lives and economies worldwide and has also led to postponement of COP 26 to November 2021. Developing ... development. NDCs already have many investments that meet the dual objectives of addressing climate change and ...
Article > Statement 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021
... for Climate Conference (GPIC). A timely forerunner to COP26, GPIC 2021 will convene global leaders, executives, experts and thought leaders from ... CEO, Convergence Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action, United Nations Moderator: ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
... the year where we have programmed the most ever – USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. But impact is equally ... A Decade of Impact.” “This COP rightly focuses on implementation and accountability, so, it's quite timely to ... for Economic Cooperation and Development, told the meeting that the decade of action was a milestone achievement. ...
Article > Press release 
Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
... in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial implications for targets enshrined in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable ... establishing a microfinance mechanism to provide accessible credit for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized ...
Article > Statement 
Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future
... Ecuador Peru FP001 FP019 FP100 FP134 Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Improving Brazilian’s capacity to support the development of a national sustainable solid waste Management program in the coastal zone
... from the waste sector. More than 80% (2,655 of 3,256 sites) of the dumps that should have been closed in 2014 ... with the closure of dumps; however, they have a limited knowledge and technical and policy guidance for the adoption of ... This proposal will promote the development of knowledge of the status of MSW management in the coastal zone of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
Thirty-eighth meeting of the Board
... Time (UTC +2). Thursday, 7 March will be dedicated to a site visit. Constituency meetings and meetings of Board ... 3 March. Technical sessions on funding proposals and accreditation proposals open to active observers will take ... in due course. The logistics note for the meeting is available on the GCF website. The online registration system (ORS) ...
Document > Notification
FP124 - Strengthening Climate Resilience of Subsistence Farmers and Agricultural Plantation Communities residing in the vulnerable river basins, watershed areas and downstream of the Knuckles Mountain Range Catchment of Sri Lanka
... by climate proofing the underlying ecosystems in the Knuckles/Amban Ganga highlands and lowlands. The project covers the upper watershed and downstream areas of the Knuckles Mountain Range, which is a UNESCO heritage site that includes key biodiversity hotspots and forest ...
Project > Public sector Sri Lanka 
FP184 - Vanuatu community-based climate resilience project (VCCRP)
Vanuatu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The nation is ... to increase their resilience to climate change, through targeted community and local adaptation activities in the ... and restoring 11,600 hectares of agricultural and fisheries sites; and training smallholder farmers in climate-resilient ...
Project > Public sector Vanuatu 
FP207 - Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management
... adapt to climate change, as evidenced by the 33 million people affected by devasting floods in 2023. The primary ... to flood and water resource management in local watershed sites in the Indus Basin river system. This will be ... the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) supported the Accredited Entity in the development of this project's funding ...
Project > Public sector Pakistan 
FP009 - Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... motors, air-conditioning, refrigeration and boilers, increasing energy efficiency and developing a new market in energy services. The project will develop a package of ... low levels of investment, and limited access to long-term credit. There are no Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) and ...
Project > Public sector El Salvador 
Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
... driving the Asian economic powerhouse can be funnelled to complement public sector-funded climate action, ... to fund low-carbon energy solutions. GCF brought together representatives from key organisations - including 23 governments, corporations, NGOs and GCF Accredited Entities - to the Indonesian island of Bali on 26 ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
FP071 - Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam
Overcoming energy efficiency investment market barriers in Viet Nam. Viet Nam is one of the most energy ... and capacity building activities, combined with a dedicated credit line. It will build on ongoing efforts by the Vietnamese Government to promote the efficient use of electricity and reduce consumption and emissions. The project ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
The International Development Finance Club and the Green Climate Fund join forces to support Public Development Banks in financing the green transition
... Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and regional development banks, and the ... Banks, including the 13 members of IDFC that are GCF accredited project partners, can play a critical role in ... France. To learn more about IDFC please visit their website . About GCF The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the ...
Article > Press release 
Investing in climate action with GCF
To get back on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees ... climate change. …But this is easier said than done. Multiple barriers exist to scaling up investments in climate ... Initiative for the Great Green Wall is promoting access to credit and technical assistance to local farmers and banks ...
Article > Insights 
Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector
The Financial Sector plays a fundamental role in mobilizing the resources necessary to finance a low ... creation and placement of negotiated instruments in the markets. On the other hand, banks may be exposed to transition ... (operational risk) and indirectly, through their portfolio (credit and market risk), depending on the location of their ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
GCF approves Project Preparation Facility grant to establish Barbados green bank
... PPF provides financial and technical assistance to GCF Accredited Entities for the preparation of high potential ... and Funding Proposal. This follows several discussions between GCF and the Government of Barbados on the ... conceptualised by the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to help Caribbean countries to meet their targets for ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan for the Rwanda Development Bank
... of Rwanda. For more than four decades, BRD has been the sole pro- vider of long-term finance and has significantly ... Rwanda is requesting a gap assessment support for accreditation for BRD. The support will help BRD better understand the accreditation support as well as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
GCF/B.21/10/Add.20 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XX Funding proposal package for FP098
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “DBSA Climate Finance Facility” submitted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa; No-objection letters issued by the national designated authorities or ... These documents are presented as submitted by the accredited entity and the national designated authority(ies) ...
Board document > Action item
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... the need for the private and public sectors to work together in developing sustainable solutions to address climate change. A number of formal ... at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) , a GCF Accredited Entity with seven projects approved by the GCF ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Saint Kitts and Nevis commits to lead on scaled-up climate action
The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis today committed to lead regional efforts to accelerate climate ambitions in the ... Caribbean region into historic impact by strategically targeting GCF resources to be as catalytic as possible. GCF is ... swaps, green hydrogen, performance-based grants, resilience credits and resilience bonds. The Caribbean region’s ...
Article > News update Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
... funding to support the Governments of Central America to leverage regional and international cooperation in support ... which support local people and national economies. Yet since 2000, three of Mesoamerica’s five great forests ... as well as increased NDC ambitions for announcement in COP26 in Glasgow and beyond. The direct beneficiaries of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Strengthening the NDA’s climate change governance structure to increase the level of ambition of the climate change agenda and enhance access to climate finance
Although it maintains a minor greenhouse emission profile, Togo is considered among the most vulnerable to climatic ... development, Togo faces several gaps in its technical competencies, institutional capacities, lack of expertise and ... proposal has been approved, nor can the country select an accredited national direct access entity. Furthermore, it is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
Information disclosure policy
Adopted by decision B.12/35 (a). Sets out the policy regarding the information that the Fund makes available to the public either as a routine matter or upon request. ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Green Climate Fund exceeds USD 10 billion replenishment mark
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has achieved a milestone in its mission to progress climate action in developing countries with pledges to GCF’s first replenishment now reaching over USD 10 billion. With the ...
Article > Press release 