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... 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 ...

... by 2100. This cryosphere meltdown is disrupting water cycles, threatening the livelihoods and food security of over 340 million people across nine countries. The most vulnerable are women, ...

Seven new projects are ready for implementation after their project agreements were signed on ... projects at B.44, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity partners immediately signed Funded Activity ... one is expected to receive its first disbursement in a couple of days.  The quick turnaround for the seven projects ...

Eastern and Southern Africa are highly vulnerable to climate change, facing recurrent droughts, floods, ... infrastructure. In 2023, around 365 million people lacked access to electricity and 580 million lacked ... Republic of the Congo (the) Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Sao Tome and ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... “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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... to extreme weather in the latest sign of the Fund’s implementation of climate finance. The funds transfer comes as ... by the Environmental Investment Fund, a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. The Enhanced Direct Access ... it has made local communities central to managing natural resources. Lazarus Nafidi, EIF’s Head of Communication, said ...

... support programme is central to these efforts. It enables developing countries to receive support to assist them ... Under GCF’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF), Accredited Entities (AEs) can receive support for the ... “At B.11, the Board approved USD 168m; at B.13 – USD 265m; and at B.14 – USD 745m.” The GCF Board will ...

... at assisting National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) to put together ambitious projects ... so that the Fund can match its “paradigm-shifting” level of ambition. Mr. Harboe welcomed the event as an ... He called upon developing countries to “think big for the future” and bring ambitious projects to the Fund, noting ...

... island countries and their partners with GCF and accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes in ... and representatives of National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners, civil society ... for funding approval to go before the GCF Board in the future. Some of the key outcomes and points of shared ...

... paradigm shift towards a low-emission and climate-resilient future. They also highlighted measures necessary to deal ... said GCF has improved its operations during the past few years. They called on GCF to continue improving, ... meetings of Secretariat staff with NDAs/focal points and Accredited Entities. These led to concrete progress in the ...

... of Latin American countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes ... countries on climate change related issues and GCF. Examples of collaboration include discussions on developing a ... progress was made to expand the number of country-level Accredited Entity partners in the region - the so-called ...

... supported organisations seeking Direct Access Entity accreditation, as well as helping accredited Direct Access ... covered updates about GCF policies and procedures. Through plenary and breakout sessions, the workshop promoted the ... ways to account for gender issues and Indigenous Peoples rights. The workshop helped highlight the need for ...

... consensus have been exhausted. The Board allocated USD 266.9 million in GCF resources for climate action in ... of operation. The Board also adopted new standards for implementing the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the ... During the meeting the applications of four new Accredited Entities were approved, including three direct ...

Panellists at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) high-level event at the UN High-level Political Forum on ... officials from developing and developed countries, GCF Accredited Entities, as well as representatives from UN ... of new decision-making procedures. He also provided examples of the transformational impact GCF-funded projects have ...