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Climate-resilient community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia
... community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia" as approved by the Board of the ... community access to safe water powered by renewable energy in drought-vulnerable regions of Ethiopia ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Ethiopia
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)
This document presents funding proposal "FP247: Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.40.
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries
Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
This document presents funding proposal "FP250: Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)" as approved by the...
Document > Approved funding proposal Viet Nam
Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)
This document presents funding proposal "SAP044: Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate...
Document > Approved funding proposal Angola
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) - WIOCC Holding Company Limited ("WIOCC" or the "Company")
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
Enhancing Transparency in Guyana’s IPPU and Waste Sector by Establishing a National MRV System
This readiness proposal will enable Guyana to operationalize a comprehensive Monitoring, ... data and capacity gaps, and empowers stakeholders to implement and monitor effective climate actions. The project ... robust data systems, and active stakeholder engagement while developing project pipelines to attract climate finance. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
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 ... in Guatemala and Mexico. This marks an important milestone in our partnership with the Green Climate Fund in ...
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 ... promote sustainable and equitable agriculture by extending credit to India’s farmers. India’s development bank, ...
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 ... - from sustainable irrigation 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
... top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the GCF’s Private Sector Facility Director ... Private Investment for Climate Conference. The roundtables, held during GCF’s second Private Investment for ... were representatives from MUFG Bank, Macquarie, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Allianz, ING, Swiss ...
Article > Press release 
Pathways to Dairy Net Zero: Promoting Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Livestock in East Africa
... will ensure the quality design of the regional programme titled Pathways to Dairy Net Zero: Promoting Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Livestock in East Africa. It will enable public, private, national and regional investments to be ... the UN Food Systems Summit, as well as the engagement at CoP26 towards a process aimed at systematically enhancing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Blue-Green Investment Corporation
... we will see some of the largest, earliest increases in sea levels and temperatures and where droughts and floods will ... that draws in other financing players like banks, credit unions, pension funds, and insurance companies and ... a large proportion of the public. Still, it will be wholesale in operation, financing green programs sponsored by ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados
GCF and DBSA partnership to boost climate investments in the Southern Africa region
... kick-off the programme to break market barriers and accelerate investments into climate projects. The Southern ... mobilising private sector investments is crucial. Nevertheless, a series of market barriers in the region are ... USD 56 million, will break these barriers by providing credit enhancements such as subordinated debt tranches and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
... Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s ... to reduce the cost of investing in South African renewables on the sidelines of GCF’s second Private Investment ... to be implemented by DBSA, provides credit support to renewable energy projects – with a ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
... 2023 to assess the outcomes of COP27, particularly the role of climate finance and how to scale its impact for ... 80 per cent of yearly global climate finance, since higher credit ratings and a more threatening investment ... public climate finance could employ some of the hard-earned lessons drawn from developmental aid to ensure a more ...
Article > News update 
Iraq unveils plans for ambitious climate project pipeline
... priorities in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Furthermore, this programme will serve as a ... is committed to supporting the Government of Iraq as it scales up its climate ambitions and actions.” GCF’s Middle ... on irrigation and limited adaptive capacity. Photo credit: ©FAO/Cengiz Yar. Iraq FP249 Iraq unveils plans for ...
Article > News update Iraq 
Latest IPCC report is a wake-up call for immediate climate action
... action to halt climate change and deal with its unstoppable effects. The report , released on 9 August 2021, warns ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is mandated to ... of the Paris agreement will be exceeded by the year 2100 unless significant reductions in emissions are made in the ...
Article > Statement 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
A GCF event at COP26 brought together a panel of international and national ... discuss how to turn this data into action that protects people’s lives. Carolina Fuentes, GCF’s Secretary to the ... rainfall in 24 hours than London receives in a year. The UNFCCC established GCF in 2010 to provide financial support ...
Article > News update 
GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion
... first Strategic Plan, its Work Plan for 2016, and the accreditation of 13 new entities. “The Board has reached ... vision, operational priorities, and an action plan to be implemented by 2018. The Strategic Plan strengthens the ... Investment Bank (EIB); International Finance Corporation (IFC); Unidad Para el Cambio Rural from Argentina (Unit for ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2022
... Conference (GPIC). A flagship event that gathers global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... and adaptation Speakers: Mitsuhiro Yamawaki, Deputy CEO, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Anuj Awasthi, VP Operations, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Kamran Khan, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and World Bank sign renewable energy project agreement
GCF and the World Bank have signed an instrumental legal agreement to rapidly begin implementing the second ... impacts of climate change. The Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative Facility (Phase 2 Resilience ... of SRMI-Resilience’s FAA, the World Bank, as the accredited entity, can now rapidly move from approval to ...
Article > News update 
GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
... for an ambitious and successful Green Climate Fund replenishment during a meeting with GCF Executive Director ad ... and impacts of GCF operations, the key climate finance challenges, and the ongoing process of the Fund’s ... is closely working with its UN partners who are delivering 26 projects with the total value of USD 1.7 billion through ...
Article > Press release 
GCF sets the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.22
... twenty-second Board meeting. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members ... decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. The 22nd GCF Board meeting will ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
Joint statement by GCF and GGGI
... the Government of Korea to meet its net zero emissions pledge. GGGI and over 35 partner organizations have come ... level P4G Summit in May 2021 has become an important milestone for the international community to come together to ... contributions to the Paris Agreement, ahead of COP26. Both GGGI and GCF are ready to support the ROK ...
Article > Statement 
GCF and UNIDO partnership agreement bolster climate-resilient industrial development
... Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) paves the way ... for us to bring innovative climate solutions. Being able to utilise UNIDO’s technical expertise in industrial ... Coordination. UNIDO became a GCF Accredited Entity at the 26th Meeting of the GCF Board in August 2020. GCF has ...
Article > Press release 
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 
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
... from the ocean to the lagoon. Sixty metres from rising sea levels, more powerful and unpredictable storms, and increasingly powerful King Tides. Welcome to ... a country whose total land mass across nine islands is only 26 square kilometres. The new land is the largest safe zone ...
Article > Insights 
Response to allegations reported by Financial Times
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) takes very seriously allegations of inappropriate behaviour made in a Financial Times newspaper article published on 26 August. The GCF’s Secretariat strongly refutes claims ... a code of conduct for managers and establishing culture circles to define corporate values last year. This year saw the ...
Article > Statement 
Bhutan’s King optimistic about climate solutions
... in the various meetings that the Green Climate Fund delegation had during the scoping mission to Bhutan from 26 August to 1 September 2018. The mission was in Bhutan to ... climate finance can help bolster national efforts to tackle climate change. A national structured dialogue was held ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 