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FP230 - Kuali Fund-GCF
... reliance on conventional and potentially harmful energy sources and limited capacity to invest in climate-smart ... negative impacts from rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, extreme weather events, pest and disease ... security. Financial institutions can play a vital role in financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) equipment to ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
SAP037 - Avaana Sustainability Fund
... of the world's population, sees 17 out of every 20 people vulnerable to climate risks, with five living in areas extremely ... technologies across key sectors such as sustainable resource management, mobility and supply chains, and ...
Project > Private sector India 
FP237 - E-Motion : E-Mobility and Low Carbon Transportation
... the transport sector is the largest and fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, driven by a car-centric urban development and a lack of electric and public transit alternatives. While there are a few electric vehicle (EV) pilot projects in ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP266 - Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
... Mauritania faces desertification due to climate change, accelerating sand dune encroachment into farmlands and settlements. Water sources are drying up, pressure is increasing on limited ... context-specific, sustainable climate resilience. FP266 Mauritania 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1027 Strengthening the ...
Project > Public sector Mauritania 
FP277 - ATOME Villeta Green Fertilizer (AVGF) Project
The fertilizer industry is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, driven largely by fossil ... costs, the sector faces structural barriers to adopting cleaner technologies. Without dedicated support, it will ... production at scale, potentially helping to unlock future investments across Latin America. GCF will provide ...
Project > Private sector Paraguay 
Strengthening capacity to accelerate green finance and development of country-driven project formulation in Viet Nam
... Nam as it will contribute to address the overarching problem of reducing the climate funding gap, therefore creating ... of the banking system to promote and appraise green credit Limited capacities to develop concept notes and ... in the NDC. Building on the efforts and achievements of the past decade, the readiness actions foreseen in this proposal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Coral Reef Resiliency Program
The project’s goal is to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) within Fiji’s ... planned preservation and restoration of coral reefs in less exposed reefs with high regeneration capacity and ... EbA focus depends on evidence-based identification of sites where these interventions would be most effective. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Fiji
FP007 - Supporting vulnerable communities in Maldives to manage climate change-induced water shortages
... aimed to provide safe freshwater access to 105,000 people across 111 islands1 in the Maldives, focusing on ... for sustainable water management practices in the future. Project completion summary for FP007: Supporting ... from the Project Completion Report (PCR) submitted by Accredited Entities at the end of a project’s implementation ...
Project > Public sector Maldives 
GCF support to the Amazon
... 123 billion tonnes of carbon, the Amazon plays a crucial role in global climate regulation. It also is home to more ... than 30 million people, providing numerous Indigenous Peoples and local communities with livelihoods, a safety net ... sink (i.e., a net absorber of atmospheric carbon) into a source due to sustained high rates of deforestation and ...
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GCF and IDB agreements to help SMEs in Latin America invest in energy efficiency
... (IDB) recently signed funding agreements which will enable GCF to channel climate finance to 4 projects in Latin ... Development Bank of El Salvador, which will help open a credit line to fund SMEs' energy efficiency projects in the ... in Guatemala and Mexico. This marks an important milestone in our partnership with the Green Climate Fund in ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Climate finance should focus on rural sector, says leading Indian lender
... be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development ... to strengthen GCF’s partnerships with its direct access Accredited Entities. Addressing climate finance priorities in ... partners to strengthen their capacities in accessing GCF resources. Starting today at GCF Headquarters in Korea, the ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF meets with top global investors to boost private sector climate finance
... top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the GCF’s Private Sector Facility Director ... Private Investment for Climate Conference. The roundtables, held during GCF’s second Private Investment for ... were representatives from MUFG Bank, Macquarie, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Allianz, ING, Swiss ...
Article > Press release 
Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... a new asset class that has gained traction over the past years across developed markets and that can help fill ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, without ... the issuance of GSSS bonds. Although there are around 260 public development banks operating in developing ...
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Blue-Green Investment Corporation
... we will see some of the largest, earliest increases in sea levels and temperatures and where droughts and floods will ... other Governments in the Caribbean, lack the necessary resources and the domestic financial sector lacks the ... that draws in other financing players like banks, credit unions, pension funds, and insurance companies and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados
European Investment Bank
... is to provide finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects, in both the private and the public ... and supporting the transition to a sustainable low-carbon future. EIB targets 25 per cent of its portfolio as climate ... climate change, and would help to overcome investment hurdles, in particular those faced by the private sector. EIB ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Luxembourg
Ministry of Finance of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
... in Ethiopia. Its mandate is to oversee the planning and implementation of development programmes, including those that ... of its key activities in these sectors include natural resources management through watershed management, ... will channel its climate investments into the country. Accreditation to the GCF is an opportunity for MOFEC to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Ethiopia
GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion
... first Strategic Plan, its Work Plan for 2016, and the accreditation of 13 new entities. “The Board has reached ... vision, operational priorities, and an action plan to be implemented by 2018. The Strategic Plan strengthens the ... was adopted, which includes providing live web streaming of future GCF Board meetings, with a review of its utility in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2022
... Conference (GPIC). A flagship event that gathers global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... and adaptation Speakers: Mitsuhiro Yamawaki, Deputy CEO, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Anuj Awasthi, VP Operations, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Kamran Khan, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and World Bank sign renewable energy project agreement
GCF and the World Bank have signed an instrumental legal agreement to rapidly begin implementing the second ... of SRMI-Resilience’s FAA, the World Bank, as the accredited entity, can now rapidly move from approval to ... a key priority to ensure a safer and more prosperous future. Our partnership with the GCF allows us to more ...
Article > News update FP204 
GCF and DBSA partnership to boost climate investments in the Southern Africa region
... kick-off the programme to break market barriers and accelerate investments into climate projects. The Southern ... Contribution (NDC). Significant investments beyond public resources are needed to tackle the challenge, and mobilising ... USD 56 million, will break these barriers by providing credit enhancements such as subordinated debt tranches and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries FP098 
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
... Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s ... to reduce the cost of investing in South African renewables on the sidelines of GCF’s second Private Investment ... to be implemented by DBSA, provides credit support to renewable energy projects – with a ...
Article > Press release South Africa FP106 
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
... 2023 to assess the outcomes of COP27, particularly the role of climate finance and how to scale its impact for ... 80 per cent of yearly global climate finance, since higher credit ratings and a more threatening investment ... one-off projects. Steer argued that climate finance of the future must flow towards ‘positive tipping points, where ...
Article > News update 
GCF.10: 10 years of climate impact
... with GCF-funded projects Over × Anticipated CO₂ equivalent avoided *Aggregated estimates based on all approved ... supporting Mongolia’s ambition to pursue a low-emission future The first large-scale solar facility built with GCF ... / Brylle James Galang While GCF has made many gains in the past decade, it has the potential to do so much more. Since ...
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From salty waters to stronger futures: crab farming boosts livelihood resilience along Bangladesh’s coast
... with low-lying terrain. The saltwater inundation has left the land unable to sustain the crops of what was once a ... of income for local farmers. A coastal lifeline: crab hatcheries To support and enhance the resilience of the ... Dastur Bangladesh FP206 From salty waters to stronger futures: crab farming boosts livelihood resilience along ...
Article > Story Bangladesh FP206 
SAP032 - Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility – LoCAL
Benin is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change with low levels of readiness and adaptive capacity. Climate change ... Benin exacerbates the adverse impacts in the face of multiple development challenges, including high poverty rates as ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
SAP040 - Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Thua Thien Hue Province Vietnam (CARe Hue)
... risk, with climate change adversely affecting crop yields, leading to food insecurity and economic losses. Despite ... development in the province. To address these challenges, the project will enhance climate resilience for ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
SAP055 - Strengthening the Health Resilience of Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change in Benin’s ABD (Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo) Zone
... Bonou and Dangbo (ABD) health zone in the lower Ouémé valley of south-eastern Benin is highly vulnerable to seasonal and extreme flooding, rising temperatures and ... change affects people’s health. The country’s public resources are stretched thin, and there is limited flexibility ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
Mayan youth promoting nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Guatemalan highlands
A group of 30 young people in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, leverages sustainable ... well as sustainable agricultural activities. The programme sources opportunities for young people in San Juan Comalapa ... of Natural Resources and the Environment in Guatemala (FCG) and Rafael Landívar University. It is being ...
Article > Story Guatemala FP087 
Investing in climate action with GCF
... climate change. …But this is easier said than done. Multiple barriers exist to scaling up investments in climate ... amongst investors and limited access to long-term, affordable financing for climate innovators and entrepreneurs. This ... Initiative for the Great Green Wall is promoting access to credit and technical assistance to local farmers and banks ...
Article > Insights 
The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world
... province is home to a diverse ecosystem with more than 261 species of birds, unique marine life, and aguaje, one of ... in South America. For hundreds of years, the Amazonian people have understood that to live in kinship with nature, they ... in this northern Peruvian province manage their wetland resources in ways that avoid deforestation and the ...
Article > Story Peru FP001 