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Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... providing assistance to developing countries came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet ... GCF and other members of the Alliance have committed collectively to ramp up action that strengthens the capacity of ... (WMO). "Building on the success of the Fund's recent replenishment, we are stepping up our efforts to match the ...
Article > Press release AfDB 
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
... developing countries, including those particularly vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. The Government of Liberia is hosting the three-day, informal Board meeting. H.E. the Honourable George Weah, President of the ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic: Interlinkages between people, planet and prosperity
... required to stem it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet. The far-reaching ...
Article > Press release 
Global leaders highlight need to invest for COVID-climate recovery
... green investment to recover from the COVID recession and meet the climate challenge. This was the key message from world leaders during ... of Global Optimism and ex-Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC compared COVID and climate to massive waves crashing on ...
Article > Press release 
GCF speeds up funding flow with 4 partner agreements signed hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with its partners to implement four new ... GCF, which allocates the funds, and its partnering Accredited Entities, which propose and implement GCF-approved ...
Article > Press release 
GCF investments reducing climate risk to feature at Climate Adaptation Summit
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec will highlight the Fund’s key role in helping bridge the climate finance gap at the Climate ... climate effects. GCF balances its portfolio equally between support for adaptation and actions to reduce ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs public-private partnership agreements to launch Global Subnational Climate Fund
... initiative by the GCF Board just three months ago. This reflects GCF’s increasingly rapid ability to progress funding approval to implementation. SnCF Global is designed to mobilise finance at ... private institutional investors, ensuring climate support gets where it is most needed,” he said. “Nearly half of ...
Article > Press release IUCN FP151 
GCF signs partner agreements hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for two new climate finance projects ... (FAAs) in the margins of last week’s B.28 Board meeting lays the detailed groundwork to roll out a multi-country, USD 1.6 billion ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
GCF publishes the priorities of the Updated Strategic Plan of the GCF, updated independent TAP modality, and B.30 tentative timeline
At its twenty-seventh meeting, the GCF Board adopted the Updated Strategic Plan (USP) for the first replenishment period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and set new portfolio ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
... in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 ... 80 million Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) has drawn together a unique coalition of financial support for 90 ... the founder and CEO of impact investor Acumen, a GCF Accredited Entity . “The launch of the EARF illustrates the ...
Article > Press release Acumen FP148 
GCF continues rapid implementation with project agreements at Board meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for three new initiatives to tackle climate change, only hours after they were approved by ... given the green light by the GCF Board at its recent 30th meeting which set a USD 1.2 billion funding record , will ...
Article > Press release FP169 
Critical GCF Micronesia adaptation project gets underway in record time
... approval, making this the fastest GCF project to be implemented so far. The Funding Proposal was submitted to GCF ... proposals to first disbursement of funds has fallen from 26-28 months in 2018 to an average of 12-17 months for ... in 2021. Critical GCF Micronesia adaptation project gets underway in record time ...
Article > News update 
Agreement bolstering Africa’s climate vulnerable sign of rapid GCF implementation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13 African countries soon after ... signing ceremony the day after GCF’s latest Board meeting, which decide on climate finance funding proposals, ...
Article > News update IFAD FP183 
GCF launches the Digital Accreditation Platform
... the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched the new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP). GCF is a country-driven ... directions. Upon project approval, AEs are responsible for project oversight, management, monitoring and ... GCF Board and formally become AEs, GCF requires AEs to meet accreditation standards and report regularly during their ...
Article > News update 
Access funding
... funding. It is designed to help developing countries and Accredited Entities design climate project proposals for GCF ... as well as to describe how GCF reviews, approves, and implements climate projects. The section includes pages describing our full project cycle, explaining our investment framework which guides ...
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GCF and IDCOL sign key agreement on ambitious energy project
... or IDCOL, have signed a critical agreement to implement a large-scale energy saving project for Bangladesh’s textile and ... The agreement was signed at the most recent GCF Board meeting , the first in person Board meeting to be held in the ...
Article > News update Bangladesh IDCOL FP150 
FP190 - Climate Investor Two
The water cycle is one of the most important parts of the global climate ... wastewater can be a source of carbon emissions; while coastal ecosystems can act as powerful ‘carbon sinks’. The imbalance between the water cycle and the climate is threatening many ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries FMO 
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
... GCF’s strategy around the Fund’s upcoming second replenishment and strategic programming priorities for the ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to Incheon, Republic ... in plenary sessions, ministerial panels, and bilateral meetings, as well as a project marketplace that brought ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund names Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has selected Mafalda Duarte as its new Executive Director. ... the Board made the selection during its thirty-fifth meeting at the GCF headquarters in Songdo, Incheon, Republic ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive Director ...
Article > Press release 
FP200 - Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
... including the National Adaptation Programme and Nationally Determined Contribution. The ‘Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GIZ 
GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
... Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with ... in its National Adaptation Programme (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). To support the government in ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Article > News update GIZ FP200 
GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
... the development of an investment programme that aims to leverage at least USD 117 million, which is expected to benefit 140 ... of Senegal, H.E. Macky Sall; Prime Minister of the Netherlands, H.E. Mark Rutte; President of the Republic of ...
Article > News update 
The GCF Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean Direct Access Entities: enhancing partnerships for climate action through greater access to innovative, inclusive climate financing
... remarks from the GCF Executive Director a.i., Henry Gonzalez, who expressed appreciation to the Government of Uruguay ... other experts on the administrative and technical pre-requisites to successfully access GCF financial instruments. The ... four years. It was followed by an explanation of GCF's accreditation process and the benefits of accreditation such ...
Article > News update 
GCF Executive Director highlights role in climate adaptation at global dialogue
... Week 2023 (KGAW 2023) in Songdo, South Korea. The high-level dialogue aimed to showcase actions to address climate ... Global Green Growth Institute and former United Nations Secretary-General, and His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General of CoP28. Mafalda ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director unveils “50by30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
Excellencies, thank you for the confidence and trust as I step ... and risks, and an institution that would empower a new network of partners, in particular national, public and ... the partnership model with the Fund, including the accreditation process, significantly accelerate the time it ...
Article > Speech 
GCF at COP28
... to 12 December in Dubai, UAE. We’ve created a microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where you will find links to relevant GCF events, stories, and publications. Please subscribe to our special COP28 newsletter to stay tuned. As a main operating entity under the ...
Article > News update 
Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
Despite the challenges posed by the climate crisis, Africa holds tremendous potential to become the world's breadbasket. The opportunities and challenges facing Africa's food ... that have been underserved by the existing GCF Accredited Entity network. “GCF is proud to partner with ...
Article > News update 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) received a boost to its second replenishment (GCF-2) with the announcement of six new pledges. Australia, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and Global Fund join forces to tackle impact of climate crisis on health
... at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of the most ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > News update 
Greening India’s transportation
Driving through the congested streets of Delhi, it’s impossible to ignore the diverse number of crawling vehicles, each of them bargaining for the next empty space of ...
Article > Story India MAAML FP186 