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GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has selected Mr. Howard Bamsey as the Executive Director of the Fund’s Secretariat. The decision was taken by consensus during the Board’s ...
Article > Press release 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
As the world’s largest dedicated climate fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF/B.22/22 - Co-Chairs Proposal: Further consultation on decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted
This document has been prepared by the Co-Chairs to support the Board’s consideration of the development of procedures for adopting ... discussions on this matter during B.21 and takes into account views expressed by members at that meeting and in ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/39 - Updated workplan of the Board for 2018
By decision B.18/01 (paragraphs (a) and (b)), the Board ... was updated to incorporate mandates emerging from the eighteenth meeting of the Board (B.18); agenda items slipping from the same meeting; and emerging mandates from decisions take between B.18 and the nineteenth meeting of ...
Board document > Action item
Compilation of submissions: Investment Framework Call for Public Input
... input that invited individuals, organizations and all entities involved and interested in climate finance, adaptation, innovative finance, development finance and related topics, to provide inputs to ... August 2014, and the Fund Secretariat has subsequently collected and compiled all inputs received within 30 days of ...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.14/Inf.03 - Report on the activities of the Secretariat, including an update on action items of the Strategic Plan
This report is intended to inform the Board on progress related to mandates ... is reporting, or has previously reported to the Board in relevant agenda items or documents. This report is, therefore, ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.06/03 - Additional Result Areas and Indicators for Adaptation Activities
This document submits to the Board for its consideration a set of ... result areas (in particular on land use management), while others address previously uncovered adaptation ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.08/40 - Recommendations from the Private Sector Advisory Group: Private Sector Facility: Engaging Local Private Sector Actors, including Small-and Medium Sized Enterprises
This document contains the recommendations of the Private Sector ... with its mandate to make recommendations to the Board on Fund-wide engagement with the private sector and modalities to that ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.10/04 - Applying Scale in the Assessment of Funding Proposals
At its ninth meeting, the Board decided to use a scale of low/medium/high in order to assess ... of projects and programmes based on the initial investment criteria as reflected in decision B.09/05, paragraph ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.10/03 - Consideration of Accreditation Proposals
In decision B.08/02, paragraph (a), the Board recalled at its ... national and subnational entities, can apply for accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (the Fund). The Board ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/INF.08 - Strategy on accreditation (Progress Report)
This document presents a progress report on the development of a strategy on accreditation of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in line with ... extent to which current and future accredited entities enable the GCF to fulfil its mandate. GCF/B.11/INF.08 Strategy ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.11/INF.07/ADD.01 - Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress Report) - Addendum
At its tenth meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) requested the Secretariat to solicit reflections from members of the Board in preparation for the production of the strategic plan (decision B.10/14). This addendum document compiles ...
Board document > Information
Gender assessment for FP097: Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation to Climate Change (CAMBio II)
The purpose of this document is to provide general information on the main ... America, Panama and the Dominican Republic in terms of gender. It also identifies some central issues for rural women ...
Document > Gender assessment Multiple countries CABEI
Gender assessment for FP094: Ensuring climate resilient water supplies in the Comoros Islands
This gender assessment provides an overview of the gender ... Resources Management, identifying gender issues that are relevant to the project and examining potential gender mainstreaming opportunities. This gender assessment is based on: A desk review ...
Document > Gender assessment Comoros (the) UNDP
Unlocking the Potential of Guyana’s Inland and Mangrove Forests to further Reduce Emissions and to Build Resilience to Climate Change (‘the Project’)
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Unlocking the Potential of Guyana’s Inland and Mangrove Forests to further ...
Document > Concept note Guyana CI
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP056: Scaling up climate resilient water management practices for vulnerable communities in La Mojana
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards ... have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Colombia UNDP
Gender action plan for FP037: Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP037: ... Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and opportunities for women and men identified during the gender ...
Document > Gender action plan Samoa UNDP
Adaptation Planning support for Nepal through UNEP
This readiness and preparatory support project aims to enhance institutional coordination mechanism and put in place the capacity for informed decision-making which will lead to changing the behaviour and mind-set of the Nepalese ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal UNEP
Gender action plan for FP068: Scaling-up Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and the Use of Climate Information in Georgia
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP068: ... plans seek to operationalise the constraints and opportunities for women and men identified during the gender ...
Document > Gender action plan Georgia UNDP
GCF/B.23/05 - Updated accreditation framework
In decision B.22/16, the Board decided to streamline the accreditation process in order to accelerate the review and consideration of entities applying for ...
Board document > Action item
Green Climate Fund Board meeting sets stage for successful replenishment
The 22nd meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today, with a raft of decisions to strengthen GCF for its first replenishment. Following the selection of Yannick Glemarec as ... the selection of nine new project partners to become Accredited Entities to GCF. Co-Chair Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan ...
Article > Press release 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations during the international ... at EBRD, provided views from the perspective of GCF’s Accredited Entities. They emphasised the added value of ...
Article > Press release 
Gender assessment for FP009: Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
This document provides a general background on gender issues and status in El ... development bank (BANDESAL) has a policy to promote credit to women led projects (currently its portfolio of lending has about ...
Document > Gender assessment El Salvador IDB
The Green Climate Fund Board selects Yannick Glemarec as new Executive Director
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has selected Yannick Glemarec to be its new Executive Director. The Board made the merit-based selection decision at its 22nd meeting at ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive ...
Article > Press release 
Yannick Glemarec begins tenure as GCF Executive Director
Yannick Glemarec takes up his post today as the new Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Selected by the GCF Board at its most ... to finance low-emission and climate-resilient ambition in developing countries. This follows a successful initial ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and CTCN strengthen cooperation on technology to support Paris Agreement
From today, developing countries will have stronger technology and ... on Climate Change. This is thanks to an exchange of letters signed between the Green Climate Fund and UN ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is hosted and managed by UN Environment and the ...
Article > Press release UNEP 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board ... the flow of climate finance through the Fund to developing countries. The activities supported by the Board ... include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... the GCF Board’s first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, ...
Article > Press release 
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management gGmbH
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management registered in Germany, jointly with the three partner ... experience in establishing climate actions, including the development and implementation of investment design and preparation of ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
... the increasing severity of droughts and erratic rainfall events, driven by climatic variation, and insufficient ... impacts on economic growth and well-being[1]. The problem is compounded by the lack of secured strategic water source areas ...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI