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New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was signed during the ... Determined Contribution announced today. By exempting GCF resources from national taxation, the agreement ensures that ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
GCF has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with JSC TBC Bank, the ... a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will enable GCF to mobilise funds through the private sector to ... will provide Georgia an opportunity to access GCF resources directly for an innovative investment platform that ...
Article > News update 
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... and groups Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of new members of the ... of the second consultation meeting for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund Evaluation conducted by ... the GCF’s investments in African States Status of GCF resources, pipeline, and portfolio performance Consideration ...
Event > Board meeting 
FP296 - Navis Decarbonization Fund I
... is needed, but there is a climate finance gap. While countries have ambitious emission-reduction targets, they ... infrastructure and the built environment, and sustainable agriculture and water) in four countries (Indonesia, ... will catalyse finance in decarbonisation sectors and enable sufficient scale and diversification. FP296 Indonesia ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Navis 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... the absence of policy interventions. The report discusses past and on-going efforts to align finance with sustainable ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Developing GCF pipeline of projects from locally- driven climate actions
... scaling up climate change mitigation actions at local level through improved energy efficiency, scale-up of ... assist the City’s Local Government to secure “domestic source of fund” by mainstreaming climate actions into ... there are some Thai Local Governments actively playing roles on climate actions, however they identify their needs to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand TGO
Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo, as well as malaria, cardiovascular diseases and acute respiratory infections
Benin Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of ...
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
Improving management and resilience of forest landscapes of Burkina Faso
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso LuxDev
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso LuxDev
LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY – LoCAL (MECANISME DE FINANCEMENT DE L’ADAPTATION AU NIVEAU LOCAL)
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
Document > Concept note Benin FNEC
GCF slates future climate cooperation with China Development Bank
... coordinate their activities in promoting climate action. While the agreement – signed recently by GCF Executive ... goals, the bank has focused on pioneering green credit business in China and supporting energy efficiency ... China’s Belt and Road Initiative. China Songdo GCF slates future climate cooperation with China Development Bank ...
Article > Press release China 
GCF Regional Dialogue with the Caribbean
... among themselves through the exchange of information, knowledge, views and perspectives on our respective policy ... entities and private actors such as commercial banks, credit unions, and potential corporate co-investors, to ... with GCF experts in the key areas including Readiness, Accreditation, Funded Activities development and ...
Event > Structured dialogue Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
... in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial ... assess the distribution of support and identify areas for future joint intervention and reporting that can support ... establishing a microfinance mechanism to provide accessible credit for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized ...
Article > Statement 
GCF/B.20/05 - Annual update on complementarity and coherence
... made and outputs from the operational framework on complementarity and coherence. The Board requested that this ... climate funds, considering progress and limitations in implementing the operational framework across the climate finance landscape and taking into account a detailed analysis of the experience on support for adaptation ...
Board document > Action item
Call for public inputs: Investment Framework
... Committee of the Board is considering the following elements for further development of the Fund’s investment ... Identification and comparison of methodologies that enable the Fund’s Secretariat to assess the relative quality and innovativeness of comparable proposals in comparable circumstances, including through ...
Document > Call for input
Summary of outcomes of the 22nd meeting of the GCF Board
The 22nd meeting of the GCF Board (B.22) took place from 26-28 February 2019 in Songdo, Republic of Korea. Mr. ... Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan Mahmoud and Mr. Josceline Wheatley presided over B.22 as elected Co-Chairs of the Board for ... Board's independent Technical Assessment Panel and its Accreditation Panel were present, as were over 100 ...
Document > Summary of outcomes of the meeting of the GCF Board
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Afghanistan through FAO
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A high proportion of ... therefore poses a direct threat to marginalized, vulnerable communities and sustainable economic development in the ... programmes, however, there will be a need for significant resources. Attracting international climate financing on a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Afghanistan FAO
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Barbados through Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
... the NDA in building the necessary capacity needed to handle large cross sectoral projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest groups. The development of a ... policies/programmes. The Country Programme will provide clear guidelines in project selection and ensure that all ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chile through the Chilean Development Cooperation Agency
... of the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund in Chile. In particular, it aims to develop the capacity of the ... on existing strategies & plans (readiness area 2). The implementation of these two components of the readiness ... interest in the GCF opportunities and to strengthen Chile’s access to climate finance through the preparation of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan beekeeper Shildah Nabimanya ... because when I destroy them it will affect me in the future,” Nabimanya said during a recent Green Climate Fund ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda UNDP 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... “Developing countries – already the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – are being hardest ... Asia and the Commonwealth. “The UK is the host of COP26 in Glasgow next year and is committed to a sustainable ... to create a structure that is fit for purpose in the future. In the context of COVID-19 and a better recovery, ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... and Beyond, and the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). Investors at the third GCF Private Investment for ... International Cooperation, Born2Global Moderator: Andrei Chicherin, Head of Innovation, Technology Transfer and ... climate targets: Matter of time? Speakers: WRI and GCF Accreditation Moderator: Jacob Waslander, Senior Associate, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... continue to promote a low-emission and climate resilient future. GCF’s progress despite COVID-19 challenges ... The five-day Board meeting also resulted in the accreditation of four new project partners. GCF now has over ... Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity with PCA (FP152) USD 26.7 million for Mongolian Green Finance Corporation with ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... to increase access to its resources, the Board adopted an accreditation strategy, renewed its accreditation partnerships ... discussions. Germany expressed its interest in hosting the pledging conference next year for GCF’s second ... 82.5 million as GGC scales up) with MUFG Bank (FP197); USD 26.9 million for CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action to ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... give us an important model for other such operations in the future.” CIBC Caribbean’s Chief Executive Officer Mark ... and knowledge, it promotes growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Driving rapid climate action: 10 new projects ready for delivery
... backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are on track for implementation, with two projects setting record times for ... that contains conditions to be fulfilled by the GCF Accredited Entity (AE) and must be negotiated and signed by ... Hue Province Vietnam (CARe Hue) with Agence Luxembourgeoise pour la Coopération au Développement (LuxDev) SAP042: ...
Article > News update 
Enhance capacities of Cabo Verde in addressing the effects of climate change in key sectors of the Blue Economy
... Island Developing State, Cabo Verde is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s key ... under the Blue Economy (Cadre Stratégique Unifié pour l’Economie Bleue, CaSUEB, 2019) with the leadership of the Ministry of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde FAO
Thematic brief: Renewable energy
... fossil fuels. At the same time, hundreds of millions of people still lack access to electricity, and a third of the world’s population lack access to clean energy sources for cooking. According to the International Panel on ...
Document > Thematic brief 
Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership ... the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed ... and make use of the country’s abundant natural energy resources would help reduce the cost of power and pave the way ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde has made solid commitments to confronting the challenges of climate change, by proposing mitigation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde UNIDO