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GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... By engaging local communities, this project is protecting future generations.” Mat Tinkler, Save the Children ... and awareness about the impacts of climate change. SAP026: Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
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Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
... region, more than 1,000 of them have vanished over the past 30 years.” In an interview with local journalists ... ambition for climate change not to put in danger the future of our planet." As highlighted in an OECD study ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the ... countries have submitted to the Fund to be considered for future funding approval. Emphasising the urgency of climate ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... Just look at the stock market, much of its transactions reflect a form of hedging against uncertainty.” Mr Nassef ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is ... was announced. GCF has made significant progress over the past year in building a project portfolio that is now worth ... the SAP will be targeted at Direct Access Entities. Both Accredited Entities (AEs), and National Designated Authorities ...
Article > Press release 
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that ... meeting focused on advancing the Initiative for Renewable Island Energy (IRIE), which was announced at the 22nd ... and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands Suriname Timor-Leste Tonga ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional workshop to help advance climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... the Fund and to expedite their access to the Fund’s resources for substantial projects for climate action. Hosted ... and the different funding and support mechanisms available. Sessions are covering a range of topics instrumental to ... Designated Authorities (NDAs), the processes related to accreditation and the submission of funding proposals , as ...
Article > Press release Georgia 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... is increasingly necessary in Argentina, following a prevalence of extreme weather events during the past few years that have hit the country’s prominent rural ... gathered at the workshop to inform its collaboration with Accredited Entities, the Fund’s instigators of action, to ...
Article > Press release Argentina UCAR 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... of the Green Climate Fund, Howard Bamsey. “We are pleased to sign this agreement in order to work with GCF to ... Green Climate Fund and its partners, and act as a prerequisite for the disbursement of GCF-approved climate projects. ...
Article > Press release DeutscheBank 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
... ways to help countries keep their forests intact while also dealing with climate change following a ... developed countries shared their experiences in REDD+ implementation during the workshop on 21 to 24 April. They ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr Velasco pointed to the key role REDD+ is now ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
... investment framework and funding modalities. Sessions on accreditation and readiness support explained how developing ... can tap the Fund’s resources and build capacity to implement national climate change programmes. A panel ... Government of Papua New Guinea. In June 2015, the country passed a Climate Change (Management) Bill to accelerate ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 
No objection letter template
... they are submitted to us by 30 June 2025 . Where feasible and non-disruptive, AEs are expected to engage with NDAs ... Facility (PPF) applications; access modalities: accredited entities or Project-specific Assessment Approach ... options depending on whether the (proposed) partner is an accredited entity or a PSAA applicant: Election 1 for funding ...
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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
Albania is considered the most vulnerable country in the South East Europe region to changing ... of the citizens of the Republic of Albania. During the past ten years, floods have turned into a constant ... up to date prioritization allowing for the best use of resources helping Albania to deliver its INDC and relevant ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania UNEP
Strengthening partnerships key to enhanced climate action, GCF leader tells largest gathering of developing country partners
... threats of climate change, GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec informed GCF’s largest gathering yet of its ... today. “July 2019 was the warmest month on Earth since at least 1850,” he told 125 developing country ... was the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared. In response ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2019
... ("GPIC") is a global marketplace and ecosystem where leading private sector actors including project sponsors, ... a roadmap leading to a zero-carbon and climate-resilient future. GCF and other actors in the climate finance space ... Randall Chafetz and Danmarks Nationalbank Governor Per Callesen were among the distinguished speakers at the ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF leadership dialogue in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assembly
... for an inclusive, resilient recovery As the world grapples with the unprecedented humanitarian and economic ... by COVID-19, developing countries have been hit hardest while already facing the most extreme impacts of climate ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
R2RP Readiness
... countries in the region face the threat of hurricanes. In less than 12 hours, a small island in the Caribbean can lose ... in the world, with an estimated total renewable water resources of 280 m3/person/year, Barbados now faces longer dry ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
Reduce Sao Tome and Principe’s vulnerability to climate change impacts by strengthening the Country’s capacity to implement an integrated approach to adaptation planning
Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of Climate Change due to its ... intervals and mainstream adaptation into existing and future polices, programmes and activities across levels and ... planning framework and monitoring process. Access to resources and investments facilitated to implement adaptation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sao Tome and Principe UNEP
IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
... approved during the GCF Board #24 in 2019, will be scaled up and replicated in all African countries of the Great ... supporttheestablishmentofgreenlinesofcreditand the capacity building of both supply (banks) and ... the paradigm shift needed in the Sahel. The financial resources request will be used adequately to finalize/develop ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... centres. Climate change makes regional cities more vulnerable: according to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, 48% ... about 70% of global carbon emissions and more than 60% of resource use. NbS also stand as an opportunity for cities to ... NbS. The project will support 4 LAC countries through examples in 6 selected secondary cities to identify and address ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Increasing the ambition of the Nationally Determined Contributions and climate financing in the Central America
... conditions and stakeholder engagement. The current ambition levels of national climate commitments are insufficient if ... Central America is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change. The region is already exposed to multiple climate-related hazards, such as tropical cyclones, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Post COVID-19 Green Recovery for Food, Health, and Water Security strengthened by financial and technological innovations in Latin-American countries
... are also being felt by the food and agriculture sector. While the supply of food has held up well to date, in many ... in the composition and – for some commodities – the level of demand. As the Economic Commission for Latin ... Ministries/Secretaries of Environment and Natural Resources (8), Agriculture (8), and Finance/Planning (5), some ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Low Carbon Transport Dominica
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a SIDS vulnerable to climate change and heavily dependent on imported ... transport measures is available including electric vehicles, low-carbon shipping, fostering of public transport, ... low carbon options creates a sustainable impact also for future endeavors in this area. Deliverables include a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Developing a climate resilient health system in The Bahamas
... an active 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season (and beyond) while addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Both COVID-19 and Hurricane Dorian have revealed the urgent need to strengthen the linkages and build ... and strengthen national bodies, communities and human resources with new mechanisms (see Section 2: situational ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas CCCCC
Development of Guyana’s National Climate Finance Strategy, MRV System and Project Pipeline to Support NDC Implementation
... for increased climate finance in order to develop and implement projects to meet their national and international commitments with credible impacts. At the same time, both documents also identify ... Change (OECC) to improve the quality of Guyana’s UNFCCC reporting obligations. the improvement of National GHGs ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana GGGI
Strengthen the Process and Capacity of Implementation of National Adaptation Plan of Sri Lanka
... a small island and a developing nation, is highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Occurrences of ... This involves preparing sector vulnerability profiles for key sectors which outline the status of the sectors ... profiles and to identify and prioritize areas for future investment; and synthesizing these sector-based ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka GGGI
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Lesotho has approximately 2.2 million inhabitants and has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNEP
National Adaptation Plan: Advancing risk-informed development and land-use planning in Tunisia
... reduced precipitation by 10 to 30 percent, rising sea levels by 15 to 18 cm and escalating extreme weather ... local officials elected for a period of 5 years. Over the past two years, the Government of Tunisia started developing ... Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries (MARHP) in partnership with FAO and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia UNDP
National Adaptation Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management in Belize
... responsibility of managing all of Belize’s freshwater resources. However, the office faces several constraints ... limited technical capacities, human resources, and knowledge to design, implement and maintain innovative ... research and educational institutions; students and researchers; non-governmental organizations; civil society ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CCCCC
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
... change induced stressors, including shortage of water resources, increased desertification, land degradation and ... and intense heat waves. This, in turn, is expected to lead to instability of agricultural production and ... with transformational impact. The GCF can play an pivotal role in this process, however the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan CAREC