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Enhancing The Capacity of The Bahamas for Direct Access to Climate Finance
The Bahamas is ranked as one of the top 10 most vulnerable countries in the world with regards to climate change and ... to advance its mitigation and adaptation projects. Those legislations, policies and plans that are relevant to this ... projects will be implemented as a result of the accreditation of Direct Access Entities in The Bahamas Bahamas ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Enhancing Zambia’s Private Sector Access to Climate Finance and Participation in NDC Implementation
... of innovative financing instruments, as well as limited knowledge and understanding of these instruments in the context ... investments by the private sector and its capacity to leverage public financing. By all accounts, engaging the ... sector participation in the pursuit of Zambia’s implementation of its NDC and climate finance goals. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
Strengthening Adaptation Planning and Coordination in Namibia
... characteristics make it one of the most vulnerable developing countries to the impacts of climate change. ... and the frequency of these events has increased. Over the past 40 years, maximum temperatures, and the number of days ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a Non-Annex I Party in 1995 and the Paris Agreement ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... of South Africa’s emissions in 2017. South Africa’s electricity mix remains dominated by coal-fired power ... to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... capacity within NDA that enable them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities towards the GCF and enhance their ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies ... intervals and mainstream adaptation into existing and future policies, programmes and activities across levels and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... typhoons. This has caused alteration to the ecosystems coupled with malpractices from the community thus resulted to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ... to access GCF financing. “Our islands face escalating challenges from climate change, including rising sea levels, ...
Article > News update 
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... of the Framework Law on Climate Change (LMCC). This legislation mandates the government—across central, regional, and local levels—to create a variety of essential instruments, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... including vulnerable communities, women, Indigenous Peoples, the private sector, and civil society; iv) Lack of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and gender equality
In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, women are leading efforts in their communities to restore degraded ... household responsibilities, and taking on leadership roles within their communities. On International Women’s ... Evaluation Unit. Written by Jin Hee Dieu Madagascar FP026 Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Cirkula: the innovative app tackling food waste in Peru
Peru is celebrated worldwide for its rich gastronomy, yet it faces ... environmental impact of food waste is enormous.” Michelle Gomberoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Cirkula Cirkula, an ... and tech Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food Peru FP198 Cirkula: the innovative app ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
Article > News update 
The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... policymakers, and academia also hold pivotal roles in accelerating SDGs' success. GCF's goal is to deploy ...
Article > Insights 
Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing ... receives only 5 per cent of all climate finance – with less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ... technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this ... informally come together through a shared experience and passion for a joint objective . The primary objective is ... and we are trying our best to ensure our survival in the future.” GCF’s Readiness Programme: helping countries ...
Article > News update Niue 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s mangrove forests stand as ... of the planet’s most efficient carbon sinks. But over the past two decades, these vital ecosystems have been depleted ... the Mangroves for Climate Project, she is now able to see a future where the Mangroves thrive and the crabs return, and ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... present an opportunity to directly support indigenous peoples and local communities who are intimately connected with ... By engaging local communities, this project is protecting future generations.” Mat Tinkler, Save the Children ...
Article > News update 
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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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 ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 Accredited Entities, which propose climate finance projects ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past activities on the ground. "This results-based payment ... like Brazil to halt deforestation can, and should, be acknowledged," said Mr Chang. Brazil will reinvest the USD 96.5 ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
... region, more than 1,000 of them have vanished over the past 30 years.” In an interview with local journalists ... ambition for climate change not to put in danger the future of our planet." As highlighted in an OECD study ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the ... countries have submitted to the Fund to be considered for future funding approval. Emphasising the urgency of climate ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... Just look at the stock market, much of its transactions reflect a form of hedging against uncertainty.” Mr Nassef ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is ... was announced. GCF has made significant progress over the past year in building a project portfolio that is now worth ... the SAP will be targeted at Direct Access Entities. Both Accredited Entities (AEs), and National Designated Authorities ...
Article > Press release 
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that ... meeting focused on advancing the Initiative for Renewable Island Energy (IRIE), which was announced at the 22nd ... and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands Suriname Timor-Leste Tonga ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional workshop to help advance climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... and the different funding and support mechanisms available. Sessions are covering a range of topics instrumental to ... tap the Fund’s resources. This includes a focus on the roles and responsibilities of National Designated Authorities (NDAs), the processes related to accreditation and the submission of funding proposals , as ...
Article > Press release Georgia 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... of the Green Climate Fund, Howard Bamsey. “We are pleased to sign this agreement in order to work with GCF to ... Green Climate Fund and its partners, and act as a prerequisite for the disbursement of GCF-approved climate projects. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
... ways to help countries keep their forests intact while also dealing with climate change following a ... developed countries shared their experiences in REDD+ implementation during the workshop on 21 to 24 April. They ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr Velasco pointed to the key role REDD+ is now ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
... investment framework and funding modalities. Sessions on accreditation and readiness support explained how developing ... can tap the Fund’s resources and build capacity to implement national climate change programmes. A panel ... Government of Papua New Guinea. In June 2015, the country passed a Climate Change (Management) Bill to accelerate ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 