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GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past year, the Co-Chairs to the GCF Board reported today to ... finance proposals, particularly from direct access Accredited Entities . Representing the 24-member GCF Board , ...
Article > Press release 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ... countries to “directly access” GCF resources as Accredited Entities. The other project will help poor farmers ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ... RFP is open to proposals from entities that are not yet accredited to the Fund,’ said Pombo. Jay Koh, Founder and ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... consolidates EBRD’s partnership with GCF as an Accredited Entity. These organizations are the linchpins of ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release EBRD 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
... Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ... strategic plan for the GCF for consideration and possible approval by the Board at its twelfth meeting. The ad hoc ... The ad hoc group based its deliberations on the elements of convergence noted by the Board. The group ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
... on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ... - PAG) which outlines Benin's vision for a sustainable economic and social development. However, this awareness is not reflected in the priority actions of the PAG, thus ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of ... of Implementing Partners that are positioned to provide pass-through financing via on-granting and onlending, in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2014. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2015. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2016. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2017. Since income earned and expenses incurred are not equivalent to cash received and cash paid out respectively, the ...
Document > Financial statement
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ... and Social Policy, Updated Gender Policy and Indigenous Peoples Policy of the GCF. GCF underscores its commitment to ...
Document > Guides
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 ... have adopted, for the sake of humanity today and in the future. This is a basic commitment," said Pope Francis, ... of finance in the implementation of the Helsinki Principles. "It is my prayerful hope that, as stewards of the ...
Article > Press release Austria 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement and SDGs. ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
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 ... forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) and established a sub-national approach to ... components: firstly, activities will focus on supporting future access to REDD+ results-based payments from both ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall ... distribution by utilities. Climate change may increase the future degree of exposure and sensitivity of these ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda AfDB
State of Palestine Country Programme
... this planet. In an effort to respond to climate change challenges, the international community created the Green ... to climate finance. Like all countries, the State of Palestine will be hit hard by climate change. Indeed, signs of ...
Document > Country programme State of Palestine
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
... in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on water ... contamination. Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to such impacts. With GCF support, this project will ... creating an enabling environment at provincial and national level to better address climate risks associated with water ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu SPC
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In fulfilling ... and to protect persons, especially persons in vulnerable positions and situations and survivors of SEAH in GCF ... of the GCF, to address the requirements placed on accredited entities to integrate the obligations set out in ...
Document > Call for input
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
... ‘how to’ tools to National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities to support the development of high quality ... climate innovation, mobilization of finance at scale and coalitions and knowledge to scale up success. In ... of projects on urban resilience; setting-up investment vehicles for blended finance; designing national and local urban ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Pacific countries to bolster project pipeline with GCF
... sessions that highlighted the tools and resources available for direct access entities (DAEs) to help them develop ... Snyman, Pacific Community (SPC) Climate Finance Adviser. Lessons from successful initiatives and challenges in the ...
Article > Press release 
Enhancing climate action environment with an updated Country Programme, strengthening DAE to develop a pipeline of projects and effectively implement GCF funded activities
... Sector Project Pipeline. The primary purpose is to settle the structural basis for an enabling climate action ... the changes required to undertake climate action in Chile. The proposal through its project pipeline, coordination ... is to develop a Public & Private Project Pipeline and settle an enabling climate action environment. These three ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FYNSA
Project preparation for increasing resilience to the health risks of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia
... Action Plan to transition from the current, highly vulnerable situation to a more climate-resilient and responsive ... on-the-ground adaptation interventions in priority vulnerable communities. The concept note has been developed together ... travel restrictions). The Pacific Community (SPC), as the accredited entity for the proposed project, will support the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Micronesia (Federated States of) SPC
Enhancing climate change resilience of health systems in seven CARICOM States
... and territories. The plan addresses the common challenges posed by climate change on health and provide a ... integrated action to protect health and promote sustainable development, under a changing climate. PAHO/WHO is ... committees; Generate baseline data (e.g. country profiles on health and climate change and a multi-country health ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries WHO
Preparation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)” Project
... Designated Authority (NDA) has appointed FAO as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for ... Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)” project. To date, FAO has provided ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia FAO
Addressing pre-accreditation gaps for the Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad & Tobago
... a national Direct Access Entity (DAE) the country will be able to exercise ownership of climate change funding and ... EMA has taken stock of its existing capacity to become accredited and the critical gaps that must be filled. ... Fiduciary standards (Project Management). Closing these accreditation gaps in a timely manner and in-keeping with the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC
Building climate resilience into Trinidad and Tobago’s Healthcare System
... and communication at the national and sub national levels on the impacts of climate change on the healthcare ... the network/ systems that enable them to fulfill their roles, responsibilities and policy requirements are ... the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on National Determined Contributions (NDC) and other ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC
Development of Tuvalu’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to advance medium and long-term adaptation planning
Tuvalu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change due to its topography, size, ... process (and NAP) that will form a sustainable platform for future adaptation investments. This request for funding will ... options provide a sufficiently detailed basis for future climate finance. Our approach is underpinned by a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tuvalu SPREP
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda (SAP)
The problem that this project will address is the weak technical, ... Outcome 2: Strengthened capacity for NAP planning and for future NAP processes. Outcome 3: Finance for adaptation secured Outcome 4: Lessons learned from NAP process disseminated These outcomes ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uganda UNEP