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Policy on ethics and conflicts of interest for external members of the Green Climate Fund panels and groups
Adopted by decision B.10/13 (a). Sets out the ethics and conflicts of interest policies for external members of the GCF panels and groups.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Initial fiduciary principles and standards of the Fund
... and financial capacities. Board Initial fiduciary principles and standards of the Fund ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Gender policy
Adopted by decision B.24/12. Sets out the updated gender policy and gender action plan across its investment criteria, and as an integrated measure of the social dividends of the overall portfolio.
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Arrangements between the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change and the Green Climate Fund
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the GCF to ensure that the GCF is accountable to and functions under the guidance of the COP to support ...
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Policy on restructuring and cancellation
Adopted by decision B.22/14. Sets out the mechanism for decision-making in respect of an approved funding proposal in situations of failure to fulfil conditions, extension of time, waiver of conditions, change to FPs.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Simplified approval process pilot scheme
... B.18/06 ; superseded by decision B.32/05 ; applicable to all projects up to B.31. Adopts the simplified ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Updated project and programme cycle
... B.17/09 . Sets out the updated project and programme cycle; it outlines the key stages, individual steps, relevant actors, as well as the various responsibilities and tasks involved in the project and programme cycle; it also sets out the requirements the entities must meet ...
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Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks
Adopted by decision B.08/07 ; applicable to all projects up to B.31. Sets out the performance ...
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Performance indicators of the initial result areas of the Fund
Adopted by decision B.05/03 (f). Sets out indicators to show the physical/transformative impact of Fund activities.
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Policy on the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses
... by decision B.BM-2018/21 . Sets out the general principles, protections and remedies for whistleblowers and witnesses, procedural safeguards, monitoring ...
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Procedures and guidelines of the Independent Redress Mechanism
... or programmes; and contains general provisions applicable to the IRM. Board Procedures and guidelines of the ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Gender action plan
Adopted by decision B.24/12. The purpose of the gender action plan is to provide a time-bound framework within which to operationalize the gender policy.
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Stiftung BASE
... headquartered in Basel, with strategic partnerships and implementation experience across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the The Middle East. A specialized partner of UNEP since 2001, BASE is ... investment environments, and unlock financing from diverse sources. By aligning financial innovation with behavioural ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
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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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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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
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 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 