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Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for active observers of the Green Climate Fund
Adopted by decision B.23/08 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for the active observers of the GCF.
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Procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted
... adopted. Previous procedures adopted at B.23 were applicable between B.23 and B.32 Board Procedures for adopting ...
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Administrative guidelines on the internal control framework and internal audit standards
Adopted by decision B.BM-2015/06 (a). Adopts the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework as the internal control framework for the GCF.
Adopted by decision B.BM-2015/06 (c)....
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Administrative policies of the Fund
Adopted by decision B.06/03 (a). Covers various administrative matters including administrative guidelines on HR, admin budget, procurement and asset management, ICT, and audit and internal controls.
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Initial result areas of the Fund
... out the initial areas of funding, in order to enable low‐emission and climate‐resilient development ...
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Mitigation
The challenge Global emissions must be cut by 45 per cent by 2030 ... end-use technologies in place are only capable of achieving less than half of the emissions reductions needed. Climate ... of carbon sinks. We can do this by transitioning to cleaner sources of energy such as solar and wind, increasing the ...
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Entity support for Honduras through UNEP
... of social and environmental safeguards frameworks applicable to current climate change projects and programs in ... Preparatory Support for Direct Access Entity on the accreditation gap assessment and action plan for CABEI and for ... country monitoring and reporting requirements, which in the future will inform a possible National Information System on ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Honduras
Readiness Support to Capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience
... their functions and activities to inform sub-national level actors on green growth and climate resilience that ... development partners and stakeholders4, to serve as main source of climate data and information in Rwanda. The ... sector actions before approval and implementation. However, past joint sector reviews by the government has shown that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Enhancing the resilience of health systems to climate change and emerging pandemics in the Republic of Marshall Islands
... (RMI), a small island developing state, is highly vulnerable to the health impacts of climate variability and change. ... percentage of the population using improved drinking-water sources (94.5%), the population using improved sanitation ... is still on-going as of November 2020, resulting in a bit less than 4000 Marshalese having got Dengue-like illnesses ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Marshall Islands
Preparation of Strategic Framework to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation and enhance adaptive capacity in the Bahamas
... the last years, and it is expected to get worse in the future; for example, 80% of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is within 1 meter ... hydrological records indicate sea level has risen over the past century by 0.3 m. Since 1992, hurricanes and tropical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Climate Resilient Systems for SADC Water Sector: SADC Hydrological Cycle Observation System (SADC-HYCOS IV Project)
... of a Funding Proposal for the proposed project titled: Climate Resilient Sytems for SADC Water Sector: SADC ... access to innovative blended finance and private sector sources such as pension funds, insurance, sovereign wealth ... guarantees, private equity and others. DBSA will be the Accredited Entity (AE) for the proposed project. Given the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous ... adaptive measure against climate change by improving the future supplies of water to nearby Pakistani villages. A GCF ... of Indigenous Peoples in GCF’s climate finance policies, passed away recently. He is dearly missed. GCF ensures ...
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GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
... the private sector to capitalise on business networks to unleash the trillions of dollars needed for climate finance. ... highlighted the urgent need to draw on the financial resources of private sector actors who manage more than USD 210 trillion but invest less than 5 percent in climate finance. He singled out the ...
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Energy transition accelerates with GCF support
GCF releases USD 86.7 million for Kazakhstan project with EBRD, ... economy. Kazakhstan’s ambitious plans for a lower carbon future is based on an estimation by its government that when ... to 2040 as they become, for many countries, the least-cost source of new generation. The challenges will be ...
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Empowering farmers and protecting forests in Eastern Madagascar
... is facing the brunt of climate change. Extended droughts, lesser incidences of rainfall, and aggressive cyclones ... yields and incomes, smallholder farmers turn to alternative sources of revenue and food to survive. Madagascar’s rich ... Madagascar By Brylle James Galang Madagascar FP026 Empowering farmers and protecting forests in Eastern ...
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Ocean20: A new self-funded marine resource management framework
... and fisheries management in Indonesia. The model, called Blue Halo S Initiative, is the first ever integrated ... S initiative, the economic benefits of sustainable marine resources development are reinvested in environmental ... for marine ecosystems in other regions of the world in the future, too.” Bali, Indonesia Ocean20: A new self-funded ...
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GCF’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan sets out greater ambitions and results for critical global climate action
... programming period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and is undergoing replenishment for its next programming period (GCF-2), the ... of catalytic impact through its key assets – financial resources, partnerships, convening power, people and ... engaging Board members, developing countries, Accredited Entities, observers, and other Fund stakeholders in ...
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Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in Madagascar
... effectiveness of sustainable agricultural practices. Researchers surveyed more than 1,600 participating farmers to ... it takes much longer to see results like this. In the past, many of the farmers surveyed had resorted to cutting ... International. Edited by: Zeenia Dastur, GCF Madagascar FP026 Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in ...
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Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
... World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Extreme weather killed several hundred people, impacted the lives of millions, ... to take preventative action. Recognising this, during the past few years, adaptation has become recognised as equally ... plan and attract larger scale finance for more resilient futures by strengthening their own adaptation planning ...
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Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... today of the Empowering Direct Access workshop. During the past four days, almost a hundred participants from various ... have met at GCF HQ in Songdo, the Republic of Korea, to learn more about how the Fund works and to articulate the ... require. Direct Access Entities are special types of Accredited Entity – organisations which the Fund nominates ...
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Accreditation
Overview Access to GCF resources is through entities accredited by the GCF Board ... designed to assess whether they are capable of strong financial management and of safeguarding funded ...
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Strengthening ECOWAS institutional capacities and Member States' access to climate finance to support the implementation of the agriculture sectoral priorities of the ECOWAS Regional Climate Strategy
... Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Strengthening ECOWAS institutional capacities and ... Member States' access to climate finance to support the implementation of the agriculture sectoral priorities of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat
Adopted by decision B.10/13 (c). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for the Executive Director.
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Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for Board-appointed officials
Adopted by decision B.13/27 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for the Board-appointed officials.
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Indigenous peoples policy
... to incorporating the circumstances of indigenous peoples into decision-making while working towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. ...
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Investment risk policy (Component V)
Adopted by decision B.19/04 (a) (i). Defines the investment risk management requirements related to the risk of failure of a Funded Activity or Readiness / Project Preparation Facility (“PPF”) Proposal to deliver the...
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Policy on fees
... by decision B.19/09 . Sets out the Fees Structure for accredited entities (AEs) of GCF for public sector grants for ...
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Initial logic model for REDD+ results based payments
... logic model presents results specific to REDD+ RBPs at the levels of programme outputs and activities and shows how ... to the existing paradigm shift objective, impacts (Fund level), and Programme outcomes that are defined in the ...
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Investment framework for GCF-1
... B.07/06 (a); updated in decision B.27/06 (k); applicable from B.27 onwards. Sets out the Fund's investment ...
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Policy on prohibited practices
... which the GCF may take when prohibited practices are alleged to have occurred in Fund-related Activities. Board ...
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