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GCF meets with top global investors to boost private sector climate finance
... top financial firms. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec and the GCF’s Private Sector Facility Director ... Private Investment for Climate Conference. The roundtables, held during GCF’s second Private Investment for ... were representatives from MUFG Bank, Macquarie, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Allianz, ING, Swiss ...
Article > Press release 
Tuvalu: Gathering the data to climate-proof coastal infrastructure investments
Article > Story Tuvalu
Article > Story Tuvalu
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
... countries urgently need hydro-meteorological climate services and early warning systems to help their populations ... variations. In developing countries, and particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing ... will in turn create stronger climate projects in the future, and greatly increase the resilience of populations ...
Article > Press release France 
Resilient Puna: Nature-based climate solutions for sustainable high Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru
... of Agriculture (MIDAGRI) has appointed GIZ as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Resilient Puna: Ecosystem- based ... from the GCF through the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) service to coordinate technical activities under the PPF ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Peru
Enhancing climate integration capacity for resilient water resource management in Timor-Leste
... and resilient water resource management capacity in Timor-Leste. The proposal will develop the institutional and ... in WASH and water resource management infrastructure and services to better serve vulnerable children and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Pipeline development to deploy clean energy technology solutions in municipal wastewater treatment works of South Africa
Over the last couple of decades, South Africa has become one of the largest ... natural resources such as large mineral deposits. Nevertheless, the country still faces many social and environmental ... increasing demand for water supply and wastewater treatment services. This is driven by remarkably high levels of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... targets. There is a strong need to build technical knowledge, develop innovative and simple solutions, exchange knowledge to address issues in remote ... to finance, in order to provide safe water and sewerage services to the country’s citizens. To support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
GCF and DBSA partnership to boost climate investments in the Southern Africa region
... kick-off the programme to break market barriers and accelerate investments into climate projects. The Southern ... mobilising private sector investments is crucial. Nevertheless, a series of market barriers in the region are ... USD 56 million, will break these barriers by providing credit enhancements such as subordinated debt tranches and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
... Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s ... to reduce the cost of investing in South African renewables on the sidelines of GCF’s second Private Investment ... to be implemented by DBSA, provides credit support to renewable energy projects – with a ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
... 2023 to assess the outcomes of COP27, particularly the role of climate finance and how to scale its impact for ... 80 per cent of yearly global climate finance, since higher credit ratings and a more threatening investment ... one-off projects. Steer argued that climate finance of the future must flow towards ‘positive tipping points, where ...
Article > News update 
Iraq unveils plans for ambitious climate project pipeline
... for GCF in assessing funding applications and determining future financial requirements. The unveiling of the Country ... Determined Contributions (NDCs). “Our NDCs encompass strategies for mitigating diverse sources of greenhouse ... on irrigation and limited adaptive capacity. Photo credit: ©FAO/Cengiz Yar. Iraq FP249 Iraq unveils plans for ...
Article > News update Iraq 
GCF Board closes key policy gaps as project pipeline reaches $1.5 billion
... first Strategic Plan, its Work Plan for 2016, and the accreditation of 13 new entities. “The Board has reached ... vision, operational priorities, and an action plan to be implemented by 2018. The Strategic Plan strengthens the ... was adopted, which includes providing live web streaming of future GCF Board meetings, with a review of its utility in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2022
... Conference (GPIC). A flagship event that gathers global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... and adaptation Speakers: Mitsuhiro Yamawaki, Deputy CEO, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Anuj Awasthi, VP Operations, Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility Kamran Khan, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and World Bank sign renewable energy project agreement
GCF and the World Bank have signed an instrumental legal agreement to rapidly begin implementing the second ... of SRMI-Resilience’s FAA, the World Bank, as the accredited entity, can now rapidly move from approval to ... a key priority to ensure a safer and more prosperous future. Our partnership with the GCF allows us to more ...
Article > News update 
Climate finance for sustaining peace and security
Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, disease, global mass displacement. A harrowing future awaits according to the latest IPCC report if we ... prepared to take risks. Many fragile countries have a low credit rating and find it difficult to attract investment. ...
Article > Speech
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
Biodiversity and climate change: Convention on Biological Diversity meets with GCF
... of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), visited the GCF headquarters this week to hold discussions ... Executive Director a.i., welcomed Dr Palmer, and the two delegations discussed how to strengthen the connections ... investment criteria include sustainable development, encompassing environmental co-benefits such as biodiversity. ...
Article > Press release 
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
... from the ocean to the lagoon. Sixty metres from rising sea levels, more powerful and unpredictable storms, and increasingly powerful King Tides. Welcome to Funafuti, the capital of the atoll nation of Tuvalu, where half ... a country whose total land mass across nine islands is only 26 square kilometres. The new land is the largest safe zone ...
Article > Insights 
GCF and WMO agree to strengthen science in climate response
... of Understanding signed on Monday, WMO will help GCF Accredited Entities maximise the benefits of their investments ... Poland. “We are already having a foretaste of the future, with the past four years being the warmest on record and temperatures ...
Article > Press release 
Forecasting hope: climate action for a more resilient Cook Islands
... coastal hazards are increasing, including rising sea levels, tropical cyclones, and changing rainfall patterns, ... and Economic Management (MFEM) Forecasting a resilient future with climate insights & early warnings To deliver ... as their locations and optimal usage times—have been passed down through generations. “Getting communities ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
GCF/B.22/Inf.08 - Board decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the Board
This document provides information on decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the Board as at 19 February 2019.
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/Inf.08 - Report on the activities of the Secretariat
This report provides an update on the activities of the Secretariat for the period 1 January to 30 April 2018. It summarizes progress against the overarching goals and priorities identified in the Secretariat’s 2018...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/11 - Consolidated country and entity work programmes
This document presents the progress made on country and entity programming since the nineteenth meeting of the Board, and provides an overview of the current status of country and entity programming with GCF. The Board...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/22/Rev.02 - Consideration of funding proposals
This document presents the funding proposals to the Board for consideration at its nineteenth meeting. It also presents an overview of the projected GCF portfolio and a brief guide to the funding proposal packages.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/22/Add.28/Rev.02 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XXVIII: Secretariat's review
This addendum contains the Secretariat’s review of the public sector funding proposals (FP059-FP077) submitted for the Board’s consideration at its nineteenth meeting.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/02 - Guidance from the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties: Co-Chairs’ proposal
This document presents the proposed actions to be undertaken by the Board in 2018 in response to guidance received from the Parties during the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.16/Inf.15 - Update on progress in addressing guidance from the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its twenty-second session, in particular UNFCCC decision 10/CP.22 titled “Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.14/Inf.11 - Relationship with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change thematic bodies
... for the first annual meeting with the thematic bodies of UNFCCC, which will be held during the first week of the twenty ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.02-12/03 - Work Plan of the Board until the End of 2013
... the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund and relevant guidance from the Conference of the Parties (COP). ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.05/19 - Draft Report of the Board of the Green Climate Fund to the COP
... draft for consideration by the Board, to be revised to reflect comments from the Board and decisions taken during its fifth meeting in October 2013. A more complete draft of this document will be prepared for ...
Board document > Action item