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GCF introduces live web-streaming of Board meetings
The upcoming 13th meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board will be live web-cast to enable the broader GCF stakeholder community to follow the ... The link to the web-cast will be available on the GCF website ahead of the meeting and communicated through a ...
Article > Press release 
Héla Cheikhrouhou to leave GCF after her three years as Executive Director
... the Fund operational. During her tenure, Ms. Cheikhrouhou set in motion the Fund’s first resource mobilization ... process that resulted in more than USD 10 billion equivalent in pledges from 43 countries. Ahead of the adoption of the Paris ...
Article > Press release 
COP 21 Side Event – The Green Climate Fund: ‘Looking Beyond Paris’
... are high. The Fund is charged with playing a decisive role in channeling and catalysing climate finance, thereby supporting the achievement of UNFCCC’s climate change objectives. So far, the Fund has ... be moderated by OXFAM. Come and join us for an exchange between the Fund and its stakeholders about how GCF can ...
Article > Press release 
President of Senegal calls for adequate resources for GCF
His Excellency Macky Sall, President of Senegal, today used his address to the plenary of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to highlight the importance ... in Africa over the coming ten years. The President later met with GCF’s Executive Director, Héla Cheikhrouhou, at ...
Article > Press release Senegal 
Pres. Hollande calls for rich countries to step up efforts on climate finance during Korea visit
French President Francois Hollande has called for more climate finance from developed countries, ... visit to the Republic of Korea today. Speaking at a roundtable on climate and green growth at Ehwa Women’s University, ... days of climate discussions in China. He noted Korea’s role in hosting the Green Climate Fund, identifying the ...
Article > Press release France Republic of Korea (the) 
Zambia Board meeting opens with funding proposals on the table
The eleventh meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board has opened in Livingstone, Zambia. The meeting takes place from 2 to 5 November with the approval of ... Paris COP later this month. "We need to make the Fund a viable Partner to all countries, so that we can support the ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
... Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scaled up substantially and on an ongoing basis. ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening synergies: the role of the Green Climate Fund in implementing the Paris Agreement and the 2030 agenda
... Climate Fund will be hosting an event on the Fund’s role in supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement ... operationalisation of developing countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Taking place in New York, ... together high-level representatives from governments, GCF accredited entities, UN agencies, financial institutions, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF United States 
GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks on Friday to discuss how an ambitious replenishment of GCF will support increased commitments in the ... from 1645-1815 in Conference Room Bonn, and will bring together developing country representatives including H.E. Ms ...
Article > Press release Germany 
The Maldives and GCF strengthen legal partnership
... with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) granting the Fund privileges and immunities in line with those of other ... such agreements establish formal political relationships between GCF and the countries which sign them. They also ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Maldives 
On World Environment Day, women are bringing new life to Colombia’s wetlands
Local women are leading the restoration of north Colombian wetlands to reverse degradation from decades of unsustainable farming. Bringing life back to this vital ecosystem in ...
Article > Story Colombia 
Where do we stand with NDCs: Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
... concern the urgent need to address the significant gap between the aggregate effect of Parties’ mitigation efforts ... temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature ... to prepare new/updated NDCs and communicate these to the UNFCCC secretariat by 2020. This represents a major ...
Event > Upcoming engagement 
GCF Programming Manual
... origination, development, appraisal, approval and implementation. The GCF Programming Manual provides an overview ... including national designated authorities and accredited entities. It also offers guidance on how to prepare and submit a funding proposal that meets GCF investment criteria. Two sessions of the webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
Introduction to Simplified Approval Process and the Private Sector
... participants with an understanding on how countries, GCF accredited entities and partners proposing private sector ... the Fiji Development Bank in Fiji. Participants will be able to ask questions, share their views, comments and ... Evaluation Unit (IEU), contribute to expanding the knowledge base of how SAP can more efficiently serve green ...
Event > Webinar 
International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Workshop
The Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Head of Knowledge and Change Management, George Zedginidze, is the 2020 ... for the International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Community of Practice. As such, GCF is ... of the Community of Practice. The workshop aims to bring together leading Knowledge Management experts working in the ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Programming Webinar for Asia
... a technical discussion on programming and resources available through Readiness the Preparatory Support Programme ... elaborating on the technical assistance support available to NDAs and DAEs through the origination and co-development process, reviewing the options available through the readiness support to climate resilient ...
Event > Webinar 
27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered
The 27th Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting begins today. The five-day, virtual meeting will ... consider approving 16 project proposals which would collectively invest over USD 1 billion for climate action ... as well as making decisions on the accreditation of four new partners to propose and implement ...
Article > Press release 
Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Cities, Buildings and Urban Systems
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ... of the webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation to French and Spanish. Participation in the webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
Open dialogue on the development of the GCF Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
... This webinar aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action, including GCF’s accredited entities and NDAs/Focal Points, in an open ... EDA Guidelines currently under development by the GCF Secretariat. The programme includes a presentation of the ...
Event > Webinar 
Transformational Climate Financing for the Caribbean Regional Engagement
... for engagement with National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners and other relevant GCF Stakeholders to improve access to and ... country ownership of programming in the region, targeting areas of high mitigation potential and adaptation ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) Pilot
... This session aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action in an open discussion about the GCF’s ... Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot and its recently released EDA guidelines , and to draw from partners’ ... be done following the link. Virtual 15:00 KST Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF Webinars on Accredited Entity-level reporting on the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP)
On 1 January 2021, the GCF Secretariat launched the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP) – a one-stop shop for ... Entities (AEs) to address all stages in the lifecycle related to accreditation - for AEs to submit online their ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory Webinar on GCF Country Programme Guidance
... Programme Guidance. National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities and other stakeholders are invited to ... Programmes will be actively used to translate nationally determined contributions (NDCs), adaptation communications ... Session 1: 24 February 2021, 08.00 a.m. KST Applicable for participants based in Pacific, LAC countries ...
Event > Webinar 
Training Workshop on the Methodology for establishing a baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs)
Following the publication of the Methodology for establishing a baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs) presented at the B.28, the Green ... (GCF) Entities Team is organizing a training workshop for relevant stakeholders, to be held on 8 April 2021 at the ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Ecosystem & Ecosystem Services
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ... of the webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation to French and Spanish. Participation in the webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Forests & Land Use
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ... of the webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation to French and Spanish. Participation in the webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Energy Generation & Access
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ... of the webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation to French and Spanish. Participation in the webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
Webinar on the Community of Practice of Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) readiness proposal
Division of Country Programming in collaboration with the Adaptation Fund (AF) will host the Webinar on the Community of Practice of Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) readiness proposal. The objective of the webinar is to...
Event > Webinar 
B.29 Board meeting this week: USD 500 million in climate finance under consideration
The twenty-ninth meeting of the GCF Board will take place from 28 June to 1 ... matters including the approval of new applicants to be accredited entities - the partners who undertake GCF projects. ... matters on the agenda, including an updated framework for accreditation, the integrated results management framework, ...
Article > Press release 
First Hydromet Gap Report calls for scaled-up action
The first Hydromet Gap Report, launched in July 2021, tells us how far we ... effective weather and climate services. It presents the challenges of the complex global and local undertaking required and proposes ...
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