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Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
The Green Climate Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement with Conservation ... Entity, is helping to protect nature and encourage sustainable development in over 30 countries across six continents. ... finance projects GCF approves. They are also a prerequisite for the disbursement of project funds. Conservation ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ...
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Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is community ownership for ... to ensure that its approach to community-based natural resources management in tourism-reliant communities of Namibia ...
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GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
... Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities with the Government of the Republic of ... in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The granting of privileges and immunities will facilitate the implementation of ... agriculture project in Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment ...
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Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the ... his life fifty years ago, when he was a child with his future mapped out to be a farmer, following in the footsteps of his father who passed away. Ever since, under the guidance and knowledge of ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still ... central heating, hot water from tap, and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My ... the city’s population. “There weren’t that many people living here 30 years ago. This ger district was also not ...
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How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ... and climate resilience. The programme safeguards a future for Lao where both people and forests can thrive, ...
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Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities. The four-day ... through intensive interactions with GCF, the Fund’s Accredited Entities and other partners. A catchphrase of the ... delegates from 14 countries, representatives from 14 GCF Accredited Entities as well as several observer institutions. ...
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Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural communities and their ... action project proposals and improving access to GCF resources. “The Government of Timor-Leste continues its ...
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GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting ... from 14 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management metrics. Metrics are a crucial element of knowledge management that can lead to boosting an ...
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GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management (KM) converged for their 2022 Summer ... from 17 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management governance and functions. This is an ... (IDB) presented its KM governance as strictly related with lessons learned from the portfolio and the sectors. The ...
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Join GCF at COP29
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... programming priorities, and eligibility criteria. The GCF delegation will be observing the official negotiations, and ... part in various events. Stay up to date A GCF COP29 microsite has been created, https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where ...
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Headquarters
... where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
The updated Funding Proposal template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for baseline, context and theory of change, while also simplifying financing information and investment ... many portions of the template that will help GCF Accredited Entities prepare high-quality funding proposals. ...
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GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, stressed the importance of a system-based approach, and of breaking silos to fight climate change at a joint meeting with GCF at COP24. Javier Manzanares, GCF...
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Not just buildings! Climate resilient infrastructure debate stresses need for broad approach
Climate-resilient infrastructure is not just about concrete buildings, but also includes the "soft" infrastructure of social welfare: this was one of the key messages of a climate-resilient integrated infrastructure...
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Science provides rationale for rational climate action
... at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, ... need to account for wind speeds and solar radiation, while agricultural climate projects should measure soil ... Division, said that GCF readiness funding is available to help developing countries plan climate projects around ...
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Norway announces doubling of support as GCF outlines contribution to global stocktake
Norway announced today that will double its contribution to GCF as part of the Fund’s replenishment. At the same Ministerial session on global ... contribution to global efforts on climate change over the past five years, noting that at the time of the last COP ...
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The role of the banking sector in the fight against climate change
GCF hosted an event on green banking and the overall role that the banking sector can play in addressing climate ... at the sidelines of COP24 in Katowice. Speakers from EBRD, IFC, UNFCCC, RMI and the Green Investment Group agreed that ... purpose regulatory environment should be in place. Alzbeta Klein, Director of Climate Business Department at IFC, ...
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Evaluation of the GCF Result Management Framework
... of GCF's climate activities, focusing on how the Fund can learn and strengthen its frameworks. GCF Senior Monitoring ...
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First GCF side event at COP24
In GCF's first COP24 side event "GCF Operations update and lessons emerging from ongoing evaluations" today, GCF ...
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Getting ready for Katowice
... 101' briefings. GCF was created by the parties to the UNFCCC, and reports on our progress each year at the annual ...
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GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries kicks off this week
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will take place this week ... Designated Authorities (NDAs), Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) as well as other stakeholders. The ... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC. GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries ...
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Second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean kicks off today in Grenada
... from National Designated Authorities and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, civil society and private sector. ... to share insights on climate finance, project implementation and investment opportunities. Second GCF ...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for climate finance mobilisation, resourcing of GCF
... years to effectively address climate change. Among them — leadership, a sense of urgency, a true commitment to a ... He expressed the need for governments to fulfill their pledge to mobilise USD 100 billion a year for climate finance ... Green Climate Fund is fully operationalised and properly resourced. Read his full remarks. UN Secretary-General Antonio ...
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Pilot Programmes
... by the GCF Board. National Designated Authorities (NDA), Accredited Entities (AE) and their partners are encouraged to ...
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The sustainable landscapes project in Eastern Madagascar
... and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the Sustainable Landscapes Project in Eastern Madagascar. CI is co-implementing this multi-million dollar project with the European Investment Bank investing in sustainable landscape measures to enhance resiliency of smallholder ...
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GCF signs first partnership with Japanese bank
... Japan’s private sector with the recent signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Bank of ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ , to implement GCF-approved projects. The bank was accredited with ...
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GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
... bodies, the Technology Executive Committee ( TEC ) of the UNFCCC and the Climate Technology Centre and Network ( CTCN ), in a dialogue of experts on Wednesday titled "Boosting climate technology incubators and accelerators ... including through an event webcast, at the UNFCCC website . Germany Bonn GCF joins UN bodies to help ...
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GCF briefs delegates as COP gets underway
... of the progress the Green Climate Fund has made over the past year, and explain what GCF is doing on key issues such ... REDD+, and readiness support. The factsheets are available for COP participants at the GCF Pavilion in the Bonn zone, and can also be downloaded from GCF’s website. Bonn GCF briefs delegates as COP gets underway ...
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