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UK pledges record $2 billion climate action funding for GCF at G20
... announcement of a USD 2 billion (£1.62 billion) pledge for its second replenishment (GCF-2). The announcement was made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 9 September 2023. The UK ...
Article > Press release 
Executive Director unveils “50 by 30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
... the tenets of her vision and reform programme to enable the Fund to efficiently manage USD 50 billion by 2030. ... investments Reinvent the partnership model including the accreditation process Expedite project review and approvals ... reduce unnecessary complexity and transaction costs and coalesce multiple partners around a singular vision for ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director's opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
Excellencies, colleagues, and friends, Welcome to GCF’s second replenishment Pledging Conference. Let me begin by congratulating Germany ...
Article > Speech 
Annual performance reporting on GCF funded activities through the updated PPMS
... (PPMS) as an integral hub. This platform facilitates seamless interactions between GCF Secretariat and its partners such as Accredited Entities (AEs), Delivery Partners (DPs), and ...
Event > Webinar 
Guardians of the shore: GCF and UNEP partner to protect mangroves and coastal ecosystems in Dominica and Mozambique
... Coastal communities in Dominica and Mozambique are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly intense ... often overlooked and underappreciated, can play a crucial role as ‘green infrastructure’ and in integrated ... They will be vital to the two countries as they tackle climate change, support local communities’ livelihoods, ...
Article > News update Dominica Mozambique 
Update on FP146: Bio-CLIMA Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
... address the instances on non-compliance, which constituted legal breaches to the relevant legal agreements between GCF and the Accredited Entity. No funds were disbursed by GCF to the ... and Afro-descendant communities and non-compliance of the Accredited Entity, the Central American Bank for Economic ...
Article > Statement 
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
A new electric vehicle company focused on boosting large-scale use of electric vehicles, across India, launched on 22 April in Mumbai, India, as ...
Article > News update 
GCF rolls out new and improved Readiness Programme
... enhance sub-national, national and regional organisations accredited to GCF (Direct Access Entities). The revised ... on the new 2024-2027 Readiness Strategy , successes, and lessons learned over the past years and reflects feedback ...
Article > News update 
USD 1 billion of climate investments to be considered at the last GCF Board meeting of the year
... projects will reach the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, with first-time single-country projects in ... Approach (PSAA) . The Board will also review the accreditation of five new proposed organisations, three of ... Entities, as GCF project implementing partners. A new accreditation framework to simplify partners' access to GCF ...
Article > News update 
Forests get a boost from new GCF policy on REDD+ results-based payments
... and forest degradation) is based on the principle that developing countries which reduce their emissions ... GCF policies, including the Gender Policy , Indigenous Peoples’ Policy , and environmental and social safeguards – ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The policy also complements GCF’s newly revamped ...
Article > News update 
GCF welcomes Sweden’s SEK 8 billion pledge to the Fund
... Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK 8 billion (USD 763 million) for the Fund’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Sweden has been a long-term contributor ... the Fund for its initial resource mobilisation and first replenishment (GCF-1). GCF gladly welcomes the SEK 8 billion ...
Article > Press release 
GCF to ramp up climate investment in South Sudan
... Duarte headed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) first-ever delegation to South Sudan and committed to significantly ... the country’s schools to close for two weeks, the GCF delegation met with H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the ... said the Fund was committed to partner with climate-vulnerable communities and countries that are currently underserved ...
Article > News update South Sudan 
GCF and Asia-Pacific SIDS strengthen ties for climate action
... – 13 from the Pacific region plus Maldives and Timor-Leste – convened in the Cook Islands this month for the ... focal points (National Designated Authorities), Accredited Entities (national and international), Civil ...
Article > News update Cook Islands 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities
We’re pleased to announce two upcoming Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... of the GCF can expect: Exchange of inspiring experiences, lessons, and ideas across countries and institutions ...
Event > Structured dialogue Dominican Republic (the) 
47 countries express interest in hosting a GCF regional presence
... it serves and deliver more financial support at scale, strengthen national institutions, and build more ... on regional presence at its forty-third meeting, scheduled from 27 to 30 October 2025. The detailed analysis of the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Proposed host cities must be classified as A or B per ...
Article > Press release 
Social protection: Investing in reform and resilience
... ground-up resilience and innovation: putting protecting people at the heart of climate action. Climate change is not ... insurance, and labour market interventions, protect people before, during, and after climate shocks. Social ... of socially-focused policies and programmes that equip people with the right tools to adapt to climate change. Social ...
Article > Insights 
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
As nations urgently seek to enhance climate ambition and implementation, country and regional platforms are emerging as ... adaptation, and economic development goals into actionable investment strategies, facilitating impactful, country-led climate initiatives. This high-level event co-organised ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
... established by Generation Investment Management to scale solutions for the highest-emitting, most off-track ... projects. These opportunities range from renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure to nature-based ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is mandated to support low-emission, ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... moved from conceptual discussion to practical, actionable planning. “The climate reality in Thailand is shifting. ... in the South face severe flooding , our goal is to leave this workshop with concrete ideas that can become ... Wongsakulwiwat, Deputy Director-General of DDPM, underlined lessons learned from previous disasters: “The recent ...
Article > News update Thailand 
Closer ties and progress forged at GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
The Green Climate Fund’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group convened its seventh meeting (IPAG-7) ... Peoples. The discussions focused on several key areas for 2026, which included establishing GCF’s approach on direct ...
Article > News update 
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... charcoal, and plant residues. Some 2.8 billion people cook their daily meals with such biomass. Kenya is no ... heating. The combustion of these materials during cooking releases greenhouse gases (GHG). Using improved cookstoves ... (ICS) instead of open hearths could save emissions equivalent to 0.6–2.4 gigatonnes of CO₂ each year. To combat ...
Article > Story Kenya 
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... panels and groups Guiding framework and procedures for accrediting national, regional and international implementing entities and intermediaries, including the Fund’s fiduciary principles and standards and environmental and social safeguards ...
Event > Board meeting
ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. Barbara was a woman ahead of her time, a ... opulence. The “haves” with materially abundant lifestyles and the “have-nots” digging through garbage to find ... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ...
Article > Speech
Policies and strategies
... and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also ... strategies and policies establish the framework for implementation of the GCF’s Governing Instrument. The main ...
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Project safeguards
... social risks in relation to its activities, as well as implementing an Indigenous People’s Policy to reflect the importance of fully and effectively engaging with indigenous peoples in the design, development and implementation of the ...
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Gender
... that of men. Compared to men, domestic burdens (e.g. collection of firewood and water) of women increase ... significantly contribute to combating climate change as knowledgeable small-scale farmers and leaders of climate change ...
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GCF funded India solar rooftop programme kicks off
... disbursement of USD 50 million marks the start of the implementation of the GCF solar rooftop programme in India. The ... to NABARD, which was converted into Indian Rupee and on-lent to TATA Cleantech Capital Limited. GCF is investing USD ... investment will be channeled through NABARD, the Fund's Accredited Entity and India's largest rural development bank. ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
... to discuss key issues on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) replenishment in the context of urgent global climate action. ... also attended by the new GCF Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec. The State Secretary Aksel Jacobsen addressed the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. Over the five years ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
... Incheon, Republic of Korea. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meetings, where the 24 Board members ... decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. At its twenty-first meeting, the GCF ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
The Government of Lao PDR is leading the way to ensure complementarity and coherence in ... the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is the first country to host a joint mission of GCF ... Designated Authorities, GEF Operational Focal Points, and accredited entities and Agencies. Lao People's Democratic ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 