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... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ... As if these impacts weren’t already enough, over the past 5 years we have lived through 2 additional major ... for bold action is NOW. We must work together to forge a future where economic justice and environmental ...
Article > Speech
Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... economic gains achieved in low-income countries over the past few decades, with all its implications on climate ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Aligning financial flows of the financial sector in Costa Rica with the Paris Agreement climate change goals
... - commits to net-zero emissions by 2050 and provides a clear roadmap towards the decarbonization of the economy. ... exposed to climate risks (physical risks), especially via credit operations and increasing insurance claims. Also, ... financial flows from financial institutions in their credit operations, through the SICVECA platform. Also, the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Costa Rica UNEP
GCF hails Mongolia partnerships as model for mobilising private capital
... partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund can leverage public funds to engage private investment. This was ... of Mongolia’s leading banks. It was fast-tracked from accreditation, to project approval, signature, and disbursement in less than a year. While the Fund has many international ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF at COP30
... 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ... Rwanda Pavilion Leveraging climate finance: Sowing the future of sustainable agriculture See more The world faces ...
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FP019 - Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations
... commenced in May 2017 and was aimed at addressing challenges related to sustainable development in the Amazon ... embed sustainability. Finally, promoting and monitoring credit lines for sustainable production ensures responsible ... achieved through this project can serve as a model for future initiatives aimed at sustainable development and ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador UNDP 
GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
... today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited seven new partner entities. The fifteenth meeting ... 133 million for Catalyzing Private Investment in Sustainable Energy in Argentina with the Inter-American Development ... “I am proud of the progress we have made over the past 12 months in improving Fund performance and growing our ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Readiness resources boost Senegal’s climate capacities
... Fund (GCF) is helping Senegal build its ability to tackle climate change through Readiness funding. This is a ... capacity to access a variety of climate financing resources and to engage regionally for robust climate change ... including preparing a country programme, applying for accreditation of Direct Access Entities (DAEs), and enhancing ...
Article > Story Senegal 
ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the ... is very timely coming just two weeks before the start of COP26 in Glasgow. The role of the private sector in addressing ... to help us create a zero- carbon, climate-resilient future. GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021 ...
Article > Speech
SAP Technical Guidelines: Ecosystems and ecosystem services
... The thematic area of ecosystems and ecosystem services encompasses all natural environments and the productive uses that ... not directly impacted by human activities – for example, remote rainforests, alpine regions or coral reefs – to ... the emphasis in this thematic area is on natural or less intensively managed environments. Please note that the ...
Document > Publication, Guides
SAP Technical Guidelines: Forests and land use
... proposals. The thematic area of forest and land use encompasses forests and other multiple land-cover types where forests are a prominent component ... sustainably managed forests and forestry plantations. Please note that the English document is currently the most ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Gender assessment for FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
This gender assessment for FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering ... in Senegal seeks to present the issues, gaps and problems that should be addressed by gender-responsive project interventions. Senegal FP262 Gender assessment for FP262: Green Climate Finance ...
Document > Gender assessment Senegal LBA
Gender action plan for FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering ... fully integrating them into the project design. Senegal FP262 Gender action plan for FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering ...
Document > Gender action plan Senegal LBA
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... out projects on the ground. “One of our objectives of the past two years has been to make sure we don't end up having ... the recent GCF Board meeting , its 28th, had also set a milestone in terms of project approval. “Our Board last week ...
Article > Press release 
Enabling Paradigm Shift Towards Low-carbon Transport in Montenegro
Montenegro’s transport sector is a significant source of GHG emissions, estimated at 563,000 tCO2e in 2015 ... environment and facilitating investment in low- carbon passenger transport that will reduce at least 30,000 tCO2e over the project duration, 77,000 t CO2e ...
Document > Concept note Montenegro UNDP
Nature-based Solutions for transforming smallholder farming systems that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in South Africa
... capacity. The impacts of increased temperatures and variable rainfall, and recently the COVID-19 pandemic, are ... exacerbating existing vulnerabilities at the smallholder level, where agriculture is a vital source of livelihoods. The proposed project will adopt a ...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
Upscaling climate resilience measures in the dry corridor agroecosystems of El Salvador (RECLIMA)
... America, El Salvador is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate risks in the world. At present, it ... degraded ecosystems in order to protect water sources and stimulate aquifer recharge. By ... manage natural resources sustainably, small-scale farmers will be more resilient to the impacts ...
Document > Case study El Salvador FAO
Strengthening the business sector in climate risk management for efficient use of water resources
... for the management of climate risks associated with water resource management, as a measure of efficiency, productivity ... with climate risks. These actions aim to: Strengthen knowledge and integration of information sources for their ... decision-making processes. Create a strategic framework to learn about efficient water resource management measures and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Colombia FondoAccion
Supporting the update of the Nationally Determined Contributions and the Second Adaptation Communication of Paraguay
... an assessment to identify specific areas where existing knowledge needs to improve to increase the ambition level of the NDC in the country’s prioritized sectors. ... among stakeholders; limited access to climate financing sources; and limited institutional capacity to evaluate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay IICA
Development of a Sub-national Climate Fund to accelerate local climate action in Cambodia
... mobilise climate finance directly to local, vulnerable communities. This will be achieved through the ... guide and direct climate finance through the sub-national level down to the on-ground, grassroots level to assist ... Readiness proposal are therefore to: Establish a single-source climate investment fund mechanism to direct climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia NCDD
Strengthening capacities to increase resilience with the formulation of an inclusive National Adaptation Plan (MyNAP) for Malaysia
... business, infrastructure, environment and natural resources to climate change impacts. To work towards this, ... across the public and private sector to formulate and implement the adaptation planning processes. Develop a ... decision-making and prioritisation tools. Supporting implementation of the MyNAP through the identification of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Malaysia GIZ
Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform (BIP) – Strengthening Brazil’s climate finance and transition capacities
... engagement, and climate finance management. Without clear roles and diversified financial mechanisms, Brazil risks ... project pipelines and lack of diversification of funding sources and innovative climate financial mechanisms. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil UNDP
Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management
The project’s goal to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at scale to effectively reduce flood risks and secure groundwater ... EbA focus depends on evidence-based identification of sites where these interventions would be most effective. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Pakistan WWF
FP129 - Afghanistan Rural Energy Market Transformation Initiative – Strengthening Resilience of Livelihoods Through Sustainable Energy Access
... and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to the electricity grid, most rural communities depend on ... further building of similar mini-grids in the future. The project is targeted at encouraging private ... sector engagement, while ensuring that the future development of mini-grids incorporates social and ...
Project > Public sector Afghanistan UNDP 
FP131 - Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal
While water resources for ecosystems are becoming scarcer, the ... as landslides and floods threaten the livelihoods of people in Nepal’s Gandaki River Basin region, currently ... 3 4 5 6 1 2 344 912 Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, ...
Project > Public sector Nepal IUCN 
FP132 - Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation
... heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon ... carbon sequestration through the introduction of sustainable forest management in three Georgian regions. This ... adapt to a new forest code and by developing sustainable livelihoods linked to forestry products. FP132 Georgia ...
Project > Public sector Georgia GIZ 
FP133 - Resilience to hurricanes in the building sector in Antigua and Barbuda
... to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to significant disruption of the country's power and ... adaptation is mainstreamed into the building sector and relevant financial mechanisms, as well as strengthening ...
Project > Public sector Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG 
FP134 - Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016
... total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was presented to the GCF for results-based ... to invest in additional activities that support the implementation of its Integrated Strategy of Deforestation ... the territorial governance and capacities of indigenous peoples to manage and preserve forests. FP134 Colombia 1 2 3 4 ...
Project > Public sector Colombia FAO 
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... dependent on the region's rich ecosystems and natural resources - whether dominated by agriculture and fishing ... and the services sector (as in Mauritius and Seychelles). It will develop and implement ecosystem-based ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AFD 
FP138 - ASER Solar Rural Electrification Project
While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do ... environmental hazards. This project supports the Senegalese government’s aim to achieve universal energy access ...
Project > Public sector Senegal BOAD 