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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 SIDBI 
FP275 - Scaling up the Deployment of Integrated Utility Services (IUS) to Support Energy Sector Transformation in the Caribbean (Phase 1) Programme
This project introduces an innovative utility-led approach to scaling distributed clean energy in Caribbean Small Island Developing States ... remains reliant on fossil fuel-based electricity, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Participating countries ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries CDB 
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 IFC 
Management
... by the Executive Director, who is appointed by and accountable to the Board. The Secretariat’s senior management team leads the various Offices and Departments of the ... make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as possible. Management ...
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Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... charcoal, and plant residues. Some 2.8 billion people cook their daily meals with such biomass. Kenya is no ... of whom four are women, providing them with a stable source of income. Her dream would be to grow her business ... centre in other locations in Kisumu County. In the future, the Keyo Women’s Group plans to expand their ...
Article > Story Kenya GIZ FP103 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large ... where they will plant the seeds of a sustainable future for generations to come. With 70 per cent of ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ...
Article > Story Namibia EIF FP023 
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... Indirect beneficiaries will include current and future students at domestic universities, the government ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... before and after the project activities. This allowed researchers to track the programme’s direct impact. The findings ... used more efficiently, informing the design and delivery of future sustainable landscapes investments for greater impact ... local enabling environment, the report said. Madagascar FP026 Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and ...
Article > Press release Madagascar FP026 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... And we want to do more with a larger envelope of resources, but crucially, one that is delivered more ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for ... joining forces to facilitate a meeting of more than 30 accredited implementing entities from both AF and GCF in ... said Adaptation Fund Board Chair Ms. Sylviane Bilgischer. “This also directly ties into the Adaptation ...
Article > Press release United States AfDB 
GCF and partners sign project agreements for four transformative climate projects
... Barbados, and Guinea-Bissau and GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the water sector. FP192 ... adapt to climate change by building infrastructure that sources, transports, and treats water for municipal and ... appreciation is accorded to the teams that spanned endless days and nights to conceptualise this project that will ...
Article > News update FP165 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2023
... Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) gathered global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... Climate Investment Specialist, GCF Side event: Alternative source of fundraising & blended finance Speakers: Sarfaraz ... Fund Side event: Introduction to GCF’s project-specific accreditation Speaker: Timothy Breitbarth, Investment ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
... between them and reported on their progress over the past year. With increased focus on the need to align the ... zero greenhouse gas emissions and a more climate-resilient future. Talks in Baku have centered on reaching agreement ... and are responding to the calls for greater alignment of accreditation and access requirements, and flexibility in the ...
Article > Statement 
General principles and indicative list of eligible costs covered under GCF fees and project management costs
Adopted by decision B.19/09 . Outlines the general principles and an indicative list of eligible costs to be covered under accredited entity fees and project management costs. Board ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Interim environmental and social safeguards of the Fund (Performance standards of the International Finance Corporation)
... and mitigate environmental and social risks based on IFC standards; will remain in effect until the Fund develops ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
ED’s remarks at Interactive Dialogue - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28
... since they've actually received one third of the resources, more than USD 200 million dollars in grant ... that the upper income SIDS, high income or upper middle income SIDS, have in accessing concessional finance. ... that I'm talking to you about. Also, I can't take any credit for it, but I have observed this and this is what we ...
Article > Speech
FP269 - DaIMA – Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation
... and the United Republic of Tanzania, faces significant challenges due to climate change. Dairy farming is a major ... farmers struggle with limited market access, challenges in sourcing local feed and fodder, inadequate extension and ... farmers, cooperatives, SMEs and technology providers. FP269 Kenya Rwanda Tanzania Uganda 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 1082 DaIMA ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries IFAD 
FP294 - Vietnam REDD-plus results-based payments for results period of 2014
... significant forest landscapes, playing a critical role in sustaining biodiversity, regulating ecosystems, and ... forests have diminished in quality and coverage over the past several decades due to deforestation and forest ... the forestry and land-use sector remaining a predominant source. Viet Nam has made strong commitments under the REDD+ ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam JICA 
ED remarks at plenary session, The COP29 landscape on finance and means of Implementation and ambition
... very much for you and your team for inviting us here, Excellencies, friends. It's a pleasure to be here with you as ... It's really important to get our heads around the four sources of finance that are needed to be worked on in tandem ... So clearly we need to get our heads around different vehicles, they use much more ambitious use of risk capital. Then ...
Article > Speech
Record-breaking Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves USD 1.225 billion for new projects, reforms accreditation model and invites bids to host regional presence
... 1.225 billion total is the largest amount approved at a single Board meeting, during a year in which the Fund is scaling ... works through a network of over 150 partner agencies (‘Accredited Entities’), an unrivaled global network that ... Water Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP265 : Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
... Programme . At a moment when climate impacts are accelerating and global finance is falling short, this ... Mansur Oshurbayev, Vice-Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan commented: “The launch of the ... every dollar, becomes an investment in the sustainable future that our territories and our people deserve. Colombia ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
The Green, Inclusive Innovation Imperative
Your Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen. On behalf of the Green ... the preindustrial value by more than 2 °C over the past three million years, the period which has seen the ... humankind with new fundamental capacities and rewrite our future. Notably, digital technology and artificial ...
Article > Statement 
Hope for the Amazon: Stories of resilience, empowerment, and conservation
... remains the main driver of deforestation, particularly cattle ranching. Amazonian soil is poorly suited for farming, ... Production, Ecuador pioneered a deforestation-free future by building sustainable value chains for coffee, ... forest untouched and take care of it. I’ve left trees and pastures so that the cattle have shade. I’ve switched to ...
Article > Story Ecuador UNDP FP019 
High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... Service for the invitation to participate in this high-level dialogue. Deforestation and forest degradation are a ... with a GCF co-financing of USD 114 million will provide credit lines to local agricultural banks to support ... dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests ...
Article > Speech
Country commitments and ambitions
... ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ... to be determined by each country. GCF has built this principle of country ownership into all its activities to ensure ...
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Address at First World High Mountain Virtual Summit
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this kind ... pathways. But it is at the same time reducing the public resources available to developing countries. We need nothing ... climate change to accurately appraise the risk-return profiles of investments. At the same time, we must strip away the ...
Article > Speech
ED’s intervention at Plenary Session
Excellencies, Esteemed Colleagues, Dear Friends, I am truly ... and is helping tackle it by requiring 50 per cent of its resources to be allocated to support the adaptation needs of ... and SIDS can access GCF resources unconditionally. In the past eight years, we have committed USD 1.6 billion to ...
Article > Speech
Call for Submissions on the GCF 3rd Updated Strategic Plan for 2028-2031
... evolution, it is committed to ensuring that its future strategic direction is shaped by an inclusive, ... to, GCF Board Members, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Direct Access Entities, civil society ... process, they must be submitted by 23:59 UTC on May 22, 2026, in a Word/PDF format to strategy@gcfund.org . While the ...
Document > Call for input
The positives of preparing for disaster
... to provide communities with scientific estimations of future climate impacts. These systems are becoming ... Pacific Regional Environment Programme ( SPREP ), a GCF Accredited Entity , is carrying out this five-year, USD 21.8 ... disasters is particularly important for Vanuatu. For the past four years, this Pacific SIDS has been ranked the ...
Article > Story Multiple countries AFD FP002 