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GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
... the development of an investment programme that aims to leverage at least USD 117 million, which is expected to benefit 140 million people in the SADC region. GCF will provide an initial project ...
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GCF Executive Director highlights role in climate adaptation at global dialogue
... Week 2023 (KGAW 2023) in Songdo, South Korea. The high-level dialogue aimed to showcase actions to address climate ... for vulnerable and fragile countries that lack the resources to absorb and recover from climate shocks. GCF is ... aims to enhance climate resilience and ensure a sustainable future for all. GCF Executive Director highlights role in ...
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GCF at COP28
... to 12 December in Dubai, UAE. We’ve created a microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where you will find links to relevant GCF events, stories, and publications. Please ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ...
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Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
Despite the challenges posed by the climate crisis, Africa holds tremendous ... that aims to streamline and broaden access to GCF resources by working with new partners, countries, and ... that have been underserved by the existing GCF Accredited Entity network. “GCF is proud to partner with ...
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COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) received a boost to its second replenishment (GCF-2) with the announcement of six new pledges. ... the Green Climate Fund and the investments we need for a future we all deserve. Our record USD 12.8 billion ... will enable GCF to channel new, predictable financial resources to developing countries over the next four-year ...
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Green Climate Fund and Global Fund join forces to tackle impact of climate crisis on health
... at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of ... as climate threats push already inequitable health systems past the breaking point. Together with the Green Climate ... and malaria and ensure a healthier, safer, more equitable future for all. We raise and invest more than US$5 billion a ...
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Enhancing access to climate finance for small island developing states
... they all have one thing in common: they are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. SIDS face numerous ... climate funds’ one-size-fits-all approach to accessing resources. Responding to calls from its stakeholders, and in ... GCF’s climate impact in SIDS. High Level Remarks - The Future Architecture of Climate Finance Needed to Deliver on ...
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GCF strengthens climate action collaboration in the MENA region
... recently concluded its first regional dialogue for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Rabat, Morocco. ... received 11 per cent of global climate finance over the past two decades, with even less directed towards ... following days, the participants delved into sessions on accreditation frameworks, project-specific assessments, ...
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Climate investment to boost agricultural value chain in Madagascar
... welcomed the project launch. “In the face of climate challenges, His Excellency the President of the Republic, together with the ... said. The Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Max Andonirina Fontaine, said the project ...
Article > News update Madagascar IFAD 
Nine new projects set for implementation after approval at record-breaking GCF Board meeting
... backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are ready for implementation. Project agreements were signed for each project ... Activity Agreement (FAA) must be signed by GCF and the Accredited Entity (AE) partner before it begins ... and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) FP265 : Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable ...
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GCF Africa Regional Dialogue opens with a focus on regional climate solutions
... their commitment to identifying opportunities to scale up national and regional action on climate. The Green ... partners (national, regional and international Accredited Entities), civil society, and private sector ... focuses on reforms within GCF, including the Revised Accreditation Framework and the Efficient GCF initiative, ...
Article > News update Ethiopia 
GCF and partners catalyse USD 600 million to boost adaptation finance
... Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and FinDev Canada, have achieved a major milestone in scaling private investment for adaptation with ... the climate resilience of more than 5,000 km² of natural resources. Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director, said: ...
Article > News update MUFG_Bank 
Green Climate Fund to support the development of major proposals to increase climate resilience by conserving ecosystems at scale
... aims to increase the climate resilience of Nature and People in Botswana, Namibia, Guatemala, and Bolivia. CREE will ... Vice President of Climate Finance & Head of the GCF Accredited Entity Unit at WWF, said: “Climate change is ... seek to leverage significant fiscal and climate/ natural resource policy reforms and introduce new recurring domestic ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
A high-profile group of heads of states, government ministers and UN ... but also move us towards a more sustainable, resilient future,” said Patricia Espinosa, United Nations Framework ... increase compared to its contribution for GCF’s Initial Resource Mobilization in 2014. Following Austria’s ...
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US climate envoy supports “indispensable” GCF role during climate forum
... support to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an “indispensable player” in financing global endeavours to achieve the Paris Agreement and protect poor and vulnerable people exposed to the climate crisis. “President Biden ... new climate sectors in developing countries beyond renewables, such as waste water technologies and agriculture. “We ...
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Readiness and preparatory support to operationalize the Climate Smart Resilient Island (CSRI) Initiative across Small Island Developing States
... state nations across the world face similar development challenges caused and intensified by climate change. To counter ... partner countries’ NDAs access to a user-friendly website serving as a communication and knowledge platform for peer-topeer exchange and sharing lessons learned on developing climate solutions and ...
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Bridging the climate-health gap
... to the World Health Organization (WHO), two billion people across the globe lack safe drinking water, 600 million ... the most vulnerable to extreme events but have very few resources to adapt and protect their people. By 2050, climate ... sustainable, and low-carbon health systems. Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions At COP28, ...
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About GCF
... global warming to 1.5°C is still narrowly possible and will be determined by the investment decisions we ... next decade. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement - is the world’s ... to mobilize finance at scale: by using scarce public resources to improve the risk-reward profile of low emission ...
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How to apply Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and ... staff and internship opportunities, and update your profiles. For consultancy opportunities visit the Consultant Jobs ...
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Green Climate Fund Board meeting sets stage for successful replenishment
... with a raft of decisions to strengthen GCF for its first replenishment. Following the selection of Yannick Glemarec as ... and low emission projects totaling USD 440 million in GCF resources, and took steps to strengthen operations, reinforce ... the selection of nine new project partners to become Accredited Entities to GCF. Co-Chair Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches global network of climate change expertise
... of globally renowned organisations to deliver climate knowledge in support of GCF’s activities. The CoP will play a crucial role in driving transformative actions in support of GCF’s ... structuring and finance Renewable energy The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Climate Economics and Economic ...
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Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project
... “The Pacific Resilience Project is critical to the future of the Marshall Islands and its people. GCF ... countries. The framework agreement, known as an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), sets the conditions for ... nine projects that have been approved for funding in the past two years cover ten countries, and amount to USD 576.55 ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
GCF helps XacBank become first Mongolian bank to finance large-scale solar
... has become Mongolia’s first private bank to fund the completion of a large-scale, solar plant in a financing partnership with the Green ... grid to help drive the country’s transition to renewables. The new solar plant is located in the Sumber Soum area ...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
... climate challenge during the “Successful Start, Ambitious Future” official Side Event charting GCF’s progress and ... Climate Change Representative of the UN Secretary General, passed on the support of the Secretary-General for GCF’s ... at EBRD, provided views from the perspective of GCF’s Accredited Entities. They emphasised the added value of ...
Article > Press release 
"GCF has a huge role to play"
... climate fund helping developing countries respond to challenge of climate change. Our role is to support countries to ... or applications from organisations seeking to become Accredited Entities, or to move ahead with new policies. Then ... that needs to be mobilised. And we can leverage our resources to help change the direction of global financial ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
GCF Structured Dialogue shows strength and weakness of Asian climate approach
... to host the region's premier economic gathering of regional leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ... forum when it was hit by deadly Typhoon Damrey , which killed 106. Despite extensive flooding, the APEC summit went ... he added. GCF has committed USD 760 million of its resources to 18 proposals, addressing adaptation and ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
Climate change hurting the poor, Mali President says in call for action
Republic of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta called for a united approach to tackle the inequalities of ... in mitigation and adaptation. "We must use our public resources to mobilise the trillions of dollars we know are ... Investment Fund (EIF). This GCF Direct Access Accredited Entity - which participated in the Dialogue - won ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Unlocking the Green Climate Fund: Learning from the Readiness Programme
... UNDP. Since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) first began its resource mobilisation in 2014, when it rapidly raised more than USD 10 billion in pledges, it has allocated USD 2.7 billion into projects and ... Programmes, designed to assist entities in applying for accreditation to GCF. As Ms Kerricia Hobson, representing the ...
Article > Press release UNDP 
Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS
... partners in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu to develop a potential Green Climate Fund ... Facility (PPF), an instrument that assists GCF Accredited Entities conduct feasibility studies, stakeholder ... first PPF award was provided to the Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda ( MINIRENA ) in 2016. Fiji Papua New ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries WMO 