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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 WorldBank 
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 ...
Article > Speech 
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 
FP116 - Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investment in Forests and Rangelands in Kyrgyz Republic (CS-FOR)
... rangelands. In Kyrgyzstan, livestock is the most important source of income, the primary source of nutrition, and a ... change and the poor management of natural resources has led to overgrazing, increased forest degradation, and the unsustainable harvesting of timber from mountain slopes. This project ...
Project > Public sector Kyrgyzstan FAO 
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 IUCN 
Green Climate Fund exceeds USD 10 billion replenishment mark
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has achieved a milestone in its mission to progress climate action in ... making a five-fold increase compared to our Initial Resource Mobilization in 2014 - a truly remarkable ...
Article > Press release 
Improving Brazilian’s capacity to support the development of a national sustainable solid waste Management program in the coastal zone
... from the waste sector. More than 80% (2,655 of 3,256 sites) of the dumps that should have been closed in 2014 ... with the closure of dumps; however, they have a limited knowledge and technical and policy guidance for the adoption of ... This proposal will promote the development of knowledge of the status of MSW management in the coastal zone of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil IICA
Thirty-eighth meeting of the Board
... Time (UTC +2). Thursday, 7 March will be dedicated to a site visit. Constituency meetings and meetings of Board ... 3 March. Technical sessions on funding proposals and accreditation proposals open to active observers will take ... in due course. The logistics note for the meeting is available on the GCF website. The online registration system (ORS) ...
Document > Notification
FP184 - Vanuatu community-based climate resilience project (VCCRP)
Vanuatu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The nation is ... and restoring 11,600 hectares of agricultural and fisheries sites; and training smallholder farmers in climate-resilient ... agriculture techniques and fishers in effective coastal resource management. FP184 Vanuatu 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 440 703 ...
Project > Public sector Vanuatu SCA 
FP207 - Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management
... adapt to climate change, as evidenced by the 33 million people affected by devasting floods in 2023. The primary ... flood resilience, while establishing a paradigm shift for future EbA initiatives in Pakistan. Grants from the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) supported the Accredited Entity in the development of this project's funding ...
Project > Public sector Pakistan WWF 
GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
... fossil fuels after two weeks of intense negotiations. While stopping short of a ‘phaseout’ of coal, oil and gas, ... agreements (Funding Activity Agreements) were signed with Accredited Entities to launch new projects recently approved ... Look back on GCF events at COP28 Visit the GCF@COP28 microsite . Watch the GCF@COP28 video . Dubai GCF at COP28: A ...
Article > News update 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national ... components: firstly, activities will focus on supporting future access to REDD+ results-based payments from both market and non-markets sources through improving the forest emissions monitoring ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
FP009 - Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... motors, air-conditioning, refrigeration and boilers, increasing energy efficiency and developing a new ... low levels of investment, and limited access to long-term credit. There are no Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) and ... projects at concessional rates, to be repaid through future energy savings. Loan repayments will finance ...
Project > Public sector El Salvador IDB 
EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the ... Government’s Sustainable Energy Strategy, which aims to source 20 percent of Egypt’s energy from low emission ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 ...
Article > Press release Egypt EBRD 
Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility
... and advanced waste management practices. Support DAE accreditation of Kasikornbank with the GCF and technical ... process. Kasikornbank is Thailand's second largest lender by assets. The bank has already implemented various ... and private financing from both domestic and international sources associated with climate policies and country’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand GGGI 
FP071 - Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam
... and capacity building activities, combined with a dedicated credit line. It will build on ongoing efforts by the Vietnamese Government to promote the efficient use of electricity and reduce consumption and emissions. The project ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam WorldBank 
GCF-2
GCF's second replenishment The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s ... As an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, GCF has become a vital part of the global climate ...
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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 
Accelerate Morocco s readiness to implement the climate change policy at a large-scale level
... and on the Study “Identification des priorités nationales en termes d’ adaptation et d’ attenuation et liste ... programs identified, assessment of potential funding sources / investors, financial instruments, business models) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Morocco GIZ
Support to Direct Access Entity in Cambodia to meet accreditation conditions
... (NCDD) is the first Direct Access Entity (DAE) accredited for Cambodia (in 2019), with an essential role to channel climate change grants to sub-national level ... these remaining gaps. NCDDS has allocated some of its own resources and is also receiving support from some development ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia NCDD
NDA Strengthening and Country Programme update for Vanuatu
To ensure GoV’s planning, implementation and monitoring of climate finance, the NDA office needs management systems that enable them to fulfil their role, responsibilities and policy ... as the limited availability of technical and financial resources to do so. In addition, Vanuatu’s GCF CP will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Vanuatu SPC
Building Grenada’s Strategic Framework to Enhance the Country’s Capacity to Transition to Low Emission Development
... on fossil fuels, the country is having a huge renewable energy access problem which is compounded by the lack of ... development pathway to harness its indigenous energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal. Furthermore, a ... low emission development technologies such as electric vehicles to reduce emissions in the transportation sector. While ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Grenada CCCCC
GCF/B.36/09 - Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme: Revised Strategy 2024 – 2027
... investments to promote paradigm shift and advance the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on ... implementation of climate investments from GCF and non-GCF sources. This revised Readiness Strategy builds on the ... guidance from the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC; relevant Board decisions; and Independent Evaluation ...
Board document > Action item
Scaling-up public private co-investments for climate action in agrifood systems
... systems in each participating country, including system-level analyses of climate priorities, financial gap assessments, resource mobilization plans, and matching investment needs ... tools, fostering partnerships, capturing, and disseminating lessons learned, and leveraging existing agrifood and SME ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries FAO
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
... against climate change, finance must be used to invest in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and ... Paris, of USD 100 billion per year, from public and private sources in developed countries, to advance mitigation and ... have adopted, for the sake of humanity today and in the future. This is a basic commitment," said Pope Francis, ...
Article > Press release Austria 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed ... components: firstly, activities will focus on supporting future access to REDD+ results-based payments from both market and non-markets sources through improving land use change monitoring and ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support in Cuba
... Guideline No.11 states: "To manage and use the available international financial resources, both from global and regional climate funds, and ... ". Despite these efforts, the work at national level still faces several barriers and limitations, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cuba UNDP