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GCF kicks off its first Board meeting of 2026
... Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 25 to 28 March 2026. The Board will consider a slate of new climate projects for approval, alongside accreditation proposals for new GCF implementing partners. Other items on the agenda include a ...
Article > News update 
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
... variations. In developing countries, and particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing ... will in turn create stronger climate projects in the future, and greatly increase the resilience of populations ... support climate services and early warning systems. Examples of GCF projects with a significant focus on this issue ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will allow the two ... other climate initiatives the World Bank may propose in the future. “The GCF and the World Bank share an understanding ... the vital need to finance innovative infrastructure and clean technologies in developing countries to build a ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to its accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, the Agence ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to ...
Article > Press release France AFD 
GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past year, the Co-Chairs to the GCF Board reported today to ... finance proposals, particularly from direct access Accredited Entities . Representing the 24-member GCF Board , ...
Article > Press release 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ... in tapping community expertise to manage natural resources, is the first of a pilot series introduced by GCF ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change ... the Fund designed to specifically mobilize private sector resources, hosted a side-event at the innovate4climate ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... Entity and GCF can work together for the use of GCF resources. “We are delighted with this huge vote of ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release EBRD 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
... Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ... strategic plan for the GCF for consideration and possible approval by the Board at its twelfth meeting. The ad hoc ... The ad hoc group based its deliberations on the elements of convergence noted by the Board. The group ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
... on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ... - PAG) which outlines Benin's vision for a sustainable economic and social development. However, this awareness is not reflected in the priority actions of the PAG, thus ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of ... of Implementing Partners that are positioned to provide pass-through financing via on-granting and onlending, in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2014. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2015. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2016. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2017. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
... Division and the Debt Management Unit that will be responsible for coordinating with other ministries on the Green ... implementation of elements including development of a website page, news articles and short posts for social media. Development of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ... and Social Policy, Updated Gender Policy and Indigenous Peoples Policy of the GCF. GCF underscores its commitment to ...
Document > Guides
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement and SDGs. ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
... change adaptation initiatives that often focus on single issue, hard infrastructure adaptation responses, towards ... and the services they provide”. M-CMERP will provide resource, technical and capacity support to enable holistic, ... decision making, including long term (30-50 year) climate future climate impact and resilience scenarios and sharing ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries IUCN
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and ... windstorms. Between 1994 and 2011, approximately 87,369 people were adversely affected by such events, resulting in 304 ...
Document > Concept note Bhutan WWF
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... baseline project – the Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program in Nyagatare eastern Province. ... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall ... distribution by utilities. Climate change may increase the future degree of exposure and sensitivity of these ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda AfDB
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
... on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher ... both the local populations and the Sahelian agro-sylvo-pastoral landscapes, resulting in decreasing possibilities ... continue to provide their many services, ensuring sustainable livelihoods, and avoiding mounting terrorist and ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries FAO
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
... socio-economic transformation of the economy. Since its implementation in 2006, a number of priority actions outlined ... land mass and population size; economic fragility; scarce resources and intensifying vulnerability to climate change ... to be distressingly impacted. The Consultancy of Charles and Associates in 2015, assessed the climate finance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis CDB
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
... between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project ...
Document > Concept note Mozambique Enabel
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
... in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on water ... contamination. Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to such impacts. With GCF support, this project will ... creating an enabling environment at provincial and national level to better address climate risks associated with water ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu SPC
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In fulfilling its mission and managing the resources committed to it, GCF is dedicated to maintaining the ... of the GCF, to address the requirements placed on accredited entities to integrate the obligations set out in ...
Document > Call for input
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
... ‘how to’ tools to National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities to support the development of high quality ... climate innovation, mobilization of finance at scale and coalitions and knowledge to scale up success. In ... of projects on urban resilience; setting-up investment vehicles for blended finance; designing national and local urban ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Pacific countries to bolster project pipeline with GCF
... dialogue included sessions that highlighted the tools and resources available for direct access entities (DAEs) to help them develop ... Snyman, Pacific Community (SPC) Climate Finance Adviser. Lessons from successful initiatives and challenges in the ...
Article > Press release 
Enhancing climate action environment with an updated Country Programme, strengthening DAE to develop a pipeline of projects and effectively implement GCF funded activities
... Sector Project Pipeline. The primary purpose is to settle the structural basis for an enabling climate action ... the changes required to undertake climate action in Chile. The proposal through its project pipeline, coordination ... throughout the readiness process. In the short term, the resources of the Readiness Programme will benefit the NDA, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FYNSA