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Delivering climate action: GCF and partners sign agreements for six new projects
... were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners on the margins of GCF’s 37th ... . The FAAs, which contain a set of conditions to be fulfilled by the AE, must be negotiated and signed by GCF and the ... literacy, and enhance their access to available financial resources such as through the creation of a reserve fund. ...
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Climate Funds unite to enhance access to climate finance and increase impact
... the impacts of climate change grows, the need for collective action becomes more evident. For the first time ... efforts to better align mobilisation and delivery of resources within the broader system of multilateral ... in building country capacity to access the Funds in the future. Mikko Ollikainen, Head of the Adaptation Fund, ...
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Moving from planning to action: The NDC partnership and the Green Climate Fund launch the Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework
As global leaders are convening at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, ... to communicate their priorities, needs, challenges and lessons learned, as we collectively work towards planning ... and its accompanying guide are presented as living resources, expected to evolve through ongoing consultation, ...
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Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership
... Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of ... by Somali institutions to readiness (capacity building) resources, to develop further institutional capacity, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Somalia 
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
... early October to identify opportunities to mobilise and scale up capital for more ambitious climate action in ... for us, the best return on investment is a climate-safe future for everyone, not just the bottom line.’ GCF has ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Ambition and coordination key to climate finance reform
... climate action, supporting the world’s most vulnerable communities. Such a system would improve the quantity, ... and focused and to find pragmatic ways to pool our resources so that they can be more effectively leveraged,” ... achievable. For more information, visit the GCF COP29 microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund/ Ambition and ...
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Green Climate Fund approves funding to Climate Asset Management to develop strategy for scaling regenerative practices at a landscape level in Sub-Saharan Africa
GCF grant to enable design of a blended finance and technical assistance ... of financial solutions tailored for each landscape, encompassing grants and technical support for farmers, ... and its leadership in partnering with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. “Regenerative and ...
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Green Climate Fund to Support Development of Conservation International Initiative to Transform Water Security in Bogotá
... project aims to reduce climate risk for half a million people from highly vulnerable rural communities and 250,000 ... financial solutions that leverage private and public resources, increasing climate-resilient work opportunities, ... is a critical first step toward building a more resilient future for Bogotá and its surrounding regions. This ...
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Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
... Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate ... of marine ecosystems, nearshore reefs, and groundwater resources and safeguard public health. Prime Minister Hon. Mia ... GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte: ‘Today is a milestone moment that clearly signals Barbados’ regional and ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Caribbean countries launch landmark platform to scale up climate investment
The creation of a platform to accelerate the mobilisation of finance for the boosting of ... invest in band-aids for the moment, but in game-changing, future-defining solutions to this challenge that confronts ... frequency of extreme weather events. Despite contributing less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF convenes Regional Dialogue and Direct Access Entities Workshop in Latin America to accelerate climate action
... Direct Access Entities (DAEs), international Accredited Entities (AEs), civil society, and private sector ... Dialogue (15–17 September), where participants tackled some of Latin America’s most pressing climate finance ... collaboration opportunities and prepare the ground for future funding proposals. Side events offered deep dives on ...
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Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment
... countries, and formally launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment ... of 93 projects amounting to over USD 4,605 million of GCF resources. At the close of the four day meeting the Board ... Board meeting also approved the applications of 16 new Accredited Entities, the partner organisations that implement ...
Article > Press release Bahrain 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board ... include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
First GCF Green Champions to be announced at COP25
... of the first GCF Green Champion Awards have been selected from a total pool of 280 nominees, and the final ... driving climate transformation, are among the prime examples of initiatives that exemplify environmental, social and ... engaged in environmental protection for the past 10 years through community-based actions, as well as ...
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25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... UN climate change process. Following agreement on the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement at COP24, a ... of climate action and will feature speakers from our Accredited Entities (our project partners), NDAs (our ... Event title Time Global awareness for a sustainable future: Private sector behaviour within the UN framework ...
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IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ... resilience to climate change, more biodiversity, greener pastoral and arable land means better food security, higher ... millions of rural youth in the Sahel face an uncertain future due to falling agricultural yields, and a severe lack ...
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Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... spread across 15 islands. The country is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, ... and improving the country’s ability to withstand future disasters. With support from The Pacific Community ... and meet its climate adaptation needs, including the accreditation of the country’s Ministry of Finance and ...
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Unlocking capital for climate action
... Nicolini told the audience, “The time to choose our future is now. It is a matter of both environmental urgency ... CDPQ said, “There’s a real gap in financing. Over the past 20 years, the private sector has really surpassed the ... GPIC, GPC convened representatives from countries, accredited entities, the public and private sectors and ...
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Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... its climate investments are working for both vulnerable communities and ecosystems. In short, how do we make sure ... how landslides in China have increased 22 per cent from the past and is predicted to increase another 12 per cent in the future. In the US, the hurricane season that just passed had ...
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GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... climate finance for developing nations, as well as the selection of a new Executive Director. Mafalda Duarte has ... an honour to lead GCF and its outstanding staff for these past four years and to shepherd the organisation’s growth ... including co-financing. The Board also approved the accreditation of The Nature Conservancy based in the United ...
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The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF
... an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, ... released approximately US$50 million of new financial resources for marine conservation. Particular focus is on a ... the new Bank at its meeting next month.” Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director, said, “Barbados is redoubling ...
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GCF Board approves new strategic plan and USD 756 million in new climate projects
... for our replenishment and sets a clear path for the future.” The 2024-2027 Strategic Plan articulates GCF’s ... projects on the ground. The Board also approved the accreditation of four new organisations, three of which are ... thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board will be held on 23-26 October 2023 in Georgia. The twelve projects approved ...
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From investment to impacts
... sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for ... investors, Chief Executives, business owners, GCF Accredited Entities, and project partners from across the ... B in co-financing), to private sector projects over the past eight years we are uniquely placed to work globally ...
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At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027
... Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early ... investment gaps that stand in the way of a more resilient future for vulnerable communities across the developing ... Early Warning Systems, nor have protocols and resources in place to deal with climate extremes and hazards. ...
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41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
... and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding ... health solutions to save and improve lives now and in the future; Creating equitable, inclusive, accessible, and ... development will help countries access much-needed resources to save lives in a warming world for generations to ...
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Green Climate Fund announces support for adaptation, endorsement of COP initiatives
... with a huge network of organisations, including 138 Accredited Entities, two-thirds of which are regional or ... supported adaptation for nearly 100,000 people. And in the past year, we more than doubled our financing for ... a viable investment opportunity and setting a precedent for future global applications. Vanuatu Community-based Climate ...
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GCF Board
Overview The Green Climate Fund embodies a new and equitable form of global governance to respond to the global challenge of climate change. At the Fund’s heart is a balanced ... party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Board is independent and guided by the Conference ...
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... and conditions for the use of the Green Climate Fund's Website The website of the Green Climate Fund (“the Website”), along with the information, content and documents ...
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GCF Board’s USD 1 billion for climate projects signals increased climate finance ahead of COP29
... countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change . This week, ... funding by assessing an entity’s capacity to meet GCF accreditation standards simultaneously with the project ... to prioritise the provision of critical financial resources by enhancing the accessibility, speed, and scale of ...
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Committees, panels and groups
... assist the Board in its decision-making, and exercise any delegated authority under the overall authority and direction ... all committees established ad hoc should have a clearly defined timeline and end date, related to the ...
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