Search
GCF Board meeting to be held next week
... for approval. These include projects in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, Bolivia, ... host a reception during the meeting to thank him for his service to GCF. Other items on the agenda include reports on ... of the meeting’s agenda can be found on the GCF website . GCF Board members and their alternates are drawn ...
Article > News update 
The Green Climate Fund and Africa Finance Corporation sign project agreement for the Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)
... Corporation (AFC) signed a project agreement to begin implementing the Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) . ... people indirectly by securing them reliable infrastructure services across 19 countries. It is GCF’s largest equity ... in March 2023. With the signing of the FAA, AFC, as the Accredited Entity, can move from approval to implementation. ...
Article > News update 
Annual Performance Reporting on GCF Funded Activities through the Updated PPMS
... to streamline interactions with key partners, including Accredited Entities (AEs), Delivery Partners (DPs), and ... and requests in real time. In this regard, we are pleased to cordially invite you, our partners and colleagues ... two sessions will be offered, including interpretation services in Spanish and French. Session 1 Date & Time: ...
Event > Webinar 
Scaling up climate financing in Nepal
... will strengthen the bank’s institutional capacity to scale up financing for renewable energy, resilient ... GCF’s Director of the Department of Investment Services, commented that catalysing various climate finance ... frameworks Designing the enabling environment for a future blended finance pathway Nepal Scaling up climate ...
Article > News update Nepal 
Acumen Fund formalises relationship with GCF, its partner for East African distributed solar power
... investment fund, has become the first GCF private sector accredited entity to formalise its relationship with the Green ... from GCF. The Acumen Fund was founded in 2001 as a charitable venture capital fund, with the aim on the idea of ... serve low-income populations with high quality goods and services in the Agriculture, Education, Energy, and Health ...
Article > Press release 
Forests get a boost from new GCF policy on REDD+ results-based payments
... and forest degradation) is based on the principle that developing countries which reduce their emissions ... livelihoods, biodiversity and other ecological services. Why is the REDD+ results-based payments policy ... GCF policies, including the Gender Policy , Indigenous Peoples’ Policy , and environmental and social safeguards – ...
Article > News update 
47 countries express interest in hosting a GCF regional presence
... it serves and deliver more financial support at scale, strengthen national institutions, and build more ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Proposed host cities must be classified as A or B per the International Civil Service Commission hardship classification . The Green ...
Article > Press release 
GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
... Network ( CTCN ), in a dialogue of experts on Wednesday titled "Boosting climate technology incubators and accelerators ... are also improving the ability of climate information services and early warning systems to reduce the damage of ... including through an event webcast, at the UNFCCC website . Germany Bonn GCF joins UN bodies to help ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF.10: 10 years of climate impact
... with GCF-funded projects Over × Anticipated CO₂ equivalent avoided *Aggregated estimates based on all approved ... supporting Mongolia’s ambition to pursue a low-emission future The first large-scale solar facility built with GCF ... / Brylle James Galang While GCF has made many gains in the past decade, it has the potential to do so much more. Since ...
Basic page 
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 ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership ... the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed ... are complementary with each other and builds on deliverables of approved readiness projects. The development of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde has made solid commitments to confronting the challenges of climate change, by proposing mitigation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions ... members, including the private sector, local banks, Accredited Entities (AEs), future Direct Access Entities (DAEs), potential Executing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
... of the Angolan economy. Economic sectors are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which pose severe livelihood ... aims to enhance Angola’s access to climate finance to implement its NDC targets, namely by developing the Readiness ... Readiness grant, which this Readiness proposal will complement. Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Project Preparation for Community-Based Interventions for Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Vulnerable States (SIDS)
... in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate change impacts as well as for protection from ... change adaptation purposes. Additionally, there is little sharing of knowledge among local communities, states and ... and will co-finance project development alongside the PPF service. Climate Ready has committed approximately $30,000 ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate change impacts as well as for protection from ... change adaptation purposes. Additionally, there is little sharing of knowledge among local communities, states and ... and will co-finance project development alongside the PPF service. Climate Ready has committed approximately $30,000 ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Preparing for public and private investment in sustainable green infrastructure, green open spaces and urban agriculture for adaptation and mitigation to climate change in urban and peri-urban communities in Eswatini
... The country experiences natural hazards, such as violent storms and persistence drought, which is further ... of knowledge and guidelines on advisory and extension services; Absence of an updated policy environment and ... This is expected to lead to a better and more sustainable future for cities and their residents. Eswatini Preparing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
De-risking low- carbon investment in public buildings in the Kyrgyz Republic
... submitted to request support from a qualified consulting service provider from the GCF roster. The AE seeks ... review. ARIS is seeking support from a consulting firm, PPF Services, which has staff based in Kyrgyzstan who speak ... for submission to the GCF. In addition to technical knowledge, PPF Services’ key requirements include language ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Kyrgyzstan
FP012 - Africa Hydromet Program – Strengthening Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mali Country Project
... the adaptive capacity and climate resilience of vulnerable communities in Mali by developing hydro-meteorological weather warning services to support adaptation planning. Mali experiences ... rain-fed agriculture, and about 5.3 million people are directly exposed to drought or flooding. Early ...
Project > Public sector Mali 
FP279 - Enhancing Climate Resilience in Flood-Prone Areas in Northwestern South Sudan (ECRF)
... and humanitarian crises, ranking among the most fragile states globally. The north-western states, especially ... who depend on climate-sensitive livelihoods like agropastoralism. Institutional capacity is weak, access to climate information and services is limited, and communities lack the resources to ...
Project > Public sector South Sudan 
SAP018 - Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Liberia (Liberia CIS)
... to climate change through: improved hydrometeorological service generation and provision, in line with WMO ... and Hydrological Service, improved risk knowledge and awareness of both Government institutions and ... hazards through an enabling environment, appropriate legislation, agency coordination as well as implementing an ...
Project > Public sector Liberia 
SAP048 - Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable communities within high climatic and disaster risk areas in Togo.
... floods. The frequency and intensity of these climate challenges are expected to rise. This project—the first single-country project in Togo in the GCF portfolio—aims to ... (CIEWS) through enhanced people-centred climate information services, impact-based multi-hazard early warning systems, ...
Project > Public sector Togo 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... is increasingly necessary in Argentina, following a prevalence of extreme weather events during the past few years that have hit the country’s prominent rural ... gathered at the workshop to inform its collaboration with Accredited Entities, the Fund’s instigators of action, to ...
Article > Press release Argentina 
R2RP Readiness
... countries in the region face the threat of hurricanes. In less than 12 hours, a small island in the Caribbean can lose ... vulnerability of Barbados’ housing stock and essential services (e.g. the electrical grid) to extreme wind events ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... centres. Climate change makes regional cities more vulnerable: according to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, 48% ... ensuring the delivery of sustainable infrastructure services and contributing to flexible planning in line with ... NbS. The project will support 4 LAC countries through examples in 6 selected secondary cities to identify and address ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa ... hindering national development, disrupting critical public services and detrimentally affecting rural livelihoods. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
National Framework for Leapfrogging to Energy- Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners and Refrigerators in The Gambia
Despite the rising electricity demand, only 56% of The Gambian population has access to electricity as of 20171. The Gambia’s electricity ... to the productivity and life of people and is an essential service in the health sector and a key aspect of food ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Re-Gain: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
... food could be used to feed approximately 1.6 billion people every year3 . In addition, food loss has a high carbon ... and associated market and health risks. Food losses lead to less food being available per unit per person. This is ... used/preserved for carbon sequestration and other ecosystem services (mitigation) Improved food security and increased ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries