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Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP075: Institutional Development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology of Tajikistan
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Tajikistan ADB
Achieving emission reductions in the central highlands of Vietnam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Achieving emission reductions in the central highlands of Vietnam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals," and was submitted to allow the...
Document > Concept note Viet Nam FAO
Gender action plan for FP037: Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP037: Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the...
Document > Gender action plan Samoa UNDP
Adaptation Planning support for Nepal through UNEP
... place the capacity for informed decision-making which will lead to changing the behaviour and mind-set of the Nepalese society and decision-makers in the government such that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal UNEP
Gender action plan for FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and...
Document > Gender action plan Georgia UNDP
GCF/B.23/05 - Updated accreditation framework
In decision B.22/16, the Board decided to streamline the accreditation process in order to accelerate the review and consideration of entities applying for accreditation. In the same decision, the Board requested its ...
Board document > Action item
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... such techniques might relate to traditional, indigenous knowledge, particularly with regards to the practice of swidden ... indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden agriculture? While this research question ... the variability of forest surface features using principles of remote sensing, the further I was from understanding ...
Article > Insights 
National Rural Support Programme (Pakistan)
... (NRSP) is a national entity whose mandate is to alleviate poverty by harnessing people’s potential and undertake development activities in ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Pakistan
Cassa depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.
... with regard to international cooperation for sustainable development, human rights and peace, poverty eradication, ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Italy
Cities and Villages Development Bank (Jordan)
... the first national direct access entity based in Jordan accredited to the GCF. With a mission to promote sustainable local development, the bank works directly with local ... behavior and public perception toward more sustainable use of scarce resources. CVDB aims to address several GCF ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Jordan
Gender assessment for FP009: Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... development bank (BANDESAL) has a policy to promote credit to women led projects (currently its portfolio of lending has about 40 – 42 % of women SME led projects), ...
Document > Gender assessment El Salvador IDB
GCF/B.11/19 - Updated administrative guidelines on human resources
... Guidelines on Human Resources, approved document GCF/B.08/26 titled “Administrative guideline on human resources” for a ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/22 - Trustee arrangements, including the review of the Interim Trustee and the initiation of a process to select the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents an update on the steps towards selecting a Permanent Trustee and proposes a draft decision ... by the Board on the terms of reference of the selection process for the review of the Interim Trustee. The ... for the review of the Interim Trustee, following paragraph 26 of the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/18 - Trustee arrangements, including the Review of the Interim Trustee and the initiation of a process to select the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents an update on the steps towards selecting a Permanent Trustee and proposes a draft decision ... by the Board on the terms of reference of the selection process for the Review of the Interim Trustee. The ... for the review of the Interim Trustee, following paragraph 26 of the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.27/10 - Guidelines to facilitate Board consideration of IRM reports on reconsideration requests, grievances or complaints
By Decision B.22/22 of 26 February 2019 the Board requested “the Head of the IRM, ...
Board document > Action item
Rural women rising
... forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable agriculture. Elizabeth Dube, a 73-year-old smallholder ... in property rights, access to climate information, credits, and loans make women particularly vulnerable to the ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
... impacts on economic growth and well-being[1]. The problem is compounded by the lack of secured strategic water ... water sources, to ensure water sustainability and sustainable development. With climate projections indicating the ... Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded projects, entitled Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Land Use Regulation and ...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
The Green Climate Fund: A decade of impact supporting the Paris Agreement
... of the Paris Agreement, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has released a comprehensive Impact Report detailing how the GCF ... to realise their climate ambitions. The report, titled “A decade of global climate action: Building ... first projects and on the back of a record year of USD 3.26 billion of climate investment approvals in 2025. It ...
Article > News update 
The Nature Conservancy
... working for educational, scientific and charitable purposes, TNC is now a wide-reaching environmental ... policy as well as partners with companies, indigenous peoples and local communities to develop innovative solutions to ... mitigation and adaptation. TNC is developing a pilot rural credit model with a major bank and a major commodity broker ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International United States
Development Bank of Jamaica Limited
... institutions, including the Agricultural Credit Bank of Jamaica, the National Development Bank of ... aligned with national policies, DBJ has played a pivotal role in improving the business environment and increasing ... investments from the private sector to promote renewable energy initiatives. DBJ offers a range of services to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Jamaica
GCF expands private sector reach with IFC agreement
... the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that will enable IFC to pool its resources with those of more than 40 ... private sector in developing countries. The signing of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for GCF Accredited Entities like IFC to implement ...
Article > Press release IFC 
France and Canada convert their pledges into usable resources for GCF
... agreements with the Green Climate Fund to convert their pledges into contributions. France has converted its ... to fully play its role to help developing economies become less reliant on carbon," said H.E. Michel Sapin, French ... key operating entity under the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is fully operational and has started to support ...
Article > Press release Canada France 
Agence Française de Developpement
... to social and economic development through sustainable and inclusive growth, enhancing livelihoods and natural ... than 90 developing countries across all regions, including least developed countries and small island developing ... well-being, adaptive agriculture and forestry. AFD sought accreditation with the GCF to utilize its experience in ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France
Countries step up ambition: Landmark boost to coffers of the world’s largest climate fund
... took an historic step forward today with 27 countries pledging to replenish the Green Climate Fund (GCF) by USD ... conference. A well-resourced Fund is a prerequisite for translating the 2015 Paris Agreement goals into ... Rwanda and Kenya; helping Mongolians transition to renewables and reduce dangerous air pollution; building the ...
Article > Press release 
What do gin and tonic, coffee and mountain climate risks have in common?
For many, mountains are remote sites of natural beauty to admire. But their distance means ... many, it provides a refreshing respite from an uncomfortable blast of tropical weather. But few pause to think where ... mountains can provide remarkable healing properties. But unless we are willing to risk degrading the natural sources ...
Article > Insights 
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... progress over the last 12 months and stressed the crucial role that the Fund must play in supporting climate resilience ... Samoa facilitated a visit by GCF Board members to several sites on the island of Upolu affected by climate change and ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... and risk of these extreme events, especially for vulnerable rural communities. The objective of the project entitled ... at the local level: Selection of Candidate Implementation Sites Baseline Study and Vulnerability Assessment ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa SANBI
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... and scientific capacity in Cambodia to formulate and implement national, sectoral, and subnational climate change ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ... Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
SAP053 - FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities
... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification (OA), increasing sea ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia FAO 