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Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
The Namibian Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) today signed a grant ... be supported by the Fund’s readiness programme. The grant demonstrates the support GCF is offering to direct access ... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is deeply saddened at the passing of ... a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague. Daniel recently joined the GCF Board as the Head of ...
Article > Statement 
GCF sets funding proposal schedule
... Climate Fund has set the indicative timeline for its consideration of funding proposals for the next two GCF Board meetings. The indicative timeline lists the key dates leading to the Board meetings, where the 24 Board members ... to approve funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. The 18th GCF Board meeting (B.18) will be ...
Article > Press release 
Guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness
Adopted by decision B.17/21 . Sets out guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness, covering guiding principles, role of country programmes and structured dialogues, ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Bhutan through Gross National Happiness Commission
... national and sub-national entities which is an obstacle to achieve national priorities such as the “Carbon ... BTFEC lacks competent human resources to undertake NIE accreditation processes and would require additional human resource with requisite experience and capacity building. Bhutan NDA ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bhutan
Enhancing Early Warning Systems to build greater resilience to hydro and meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste
As a Least Developed Country (LDC) and Small Islands Developing State ... as landslides, flooding and droughts impact the development of Timor- Leste through the disruption of the ... the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will serve as the accredited entity for the project. The AE will work with a ...
Document > Concept note Timor-Leste
GCF investment supports green energy transition in Chile
Green Climate Fund’s early equity investment in a solar power and pumped storage hydroelectric project will help decarbonise Chile’s energy mix and catalise private ...
Article > Press release Chile 
PPF request for the Tanzania Agriculture Climate Adaptation Technology Deployment Programme
This programme will enable CRDB Bank to offer innovative financial products including a new dedicated line of credit for cropping sector adaptation and resilience ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Tanzania
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP099: Climate Investor One
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ... PV and distribution infrastructure at 2 Nigerian Breweries sites". Project and programme funding proposals that have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. ...
Document > Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has concluded Readiness Framework ... Programme (UNEP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, enabling the three ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
The Climate Finance Opportunity in Developing Countries: How the Green Climate Fund Delivers Climate Action
... world could cross the 1.5°C threshold within the next two decades and 2°C threshold early during the second half of ... Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is still narrowly possible and will be determined by the investment decisions we ... lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 in November. This virtual round table discussed the ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 13
Following recent announcements by Germany and Norway that they will double their commitment to the Fund, GCF’s COP24 side event yesterday helped to maintain this positive momentum ...
Article > Press release 
Gender is central to GCF, states Executive Director at women and climate finance event
Green Climate Fund Executive Director Howard Bamsey spoke about GCF's efforts to mainstream gender throughout its activities in a side-event held on the ... the gender dimension to climate finance, examining challenges of financing women-centred climate actions, as well ...
Article > Press release France 
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
... 2019, the Green Climate Fund has engaged in the process of developing a Sectoral Guide on “Cities, Buildings and ... ‘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 ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... is ranked as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti
Inclusive Green Financing Initiative ( IGREENFIN) : Greening Agricultural Banks & financial sector to Foster Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder in 5 West African Countries of the Green Great Wall Initiative (GGWI)
Access to credit has a significant role to play in increasing farm productivity and food security ... changing climate, but remains a key constraint for smallholder farmers, farmers’ organizations (FO), cooperatives and ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Transforming Finance to Unlock Climate Action in the Caribbean
Through this application, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is requesting financial resources ... of finance. The programme will accomplish this by blending GCF and CDB resources to extend concessional lines of credit to Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), who in ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Green, Resilient Recovery in Energy and Agriculture sectors in Tajikistan
... energy and agriculture. The project has three objectives: Development of the two National strategies/programmes on ... sectors with a focus on opportunities for most vulnerable rural communities. The strategies will complement the ... and climate-smart technologies in both sectors. Carbon credit market and subsidy schemes at the national level will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Resource Mobilisation
Overview Responding to the climate challenge requires collective action from all countries, cities, ... to address the pressing mitigation and adaptation needs of developing countries. GCF's Governing Instrument enables the ... party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as public, non-public, and alternative ...
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Malaysia partners with Carbon Trust to utilize GCF readiness resources
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is beginning its first readiness ... of Natural Resources and Environment, a GCF Nationally Designated Authority. GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory ... to a Malaysian organisation to become a direct access Accredited Entity , and the development of a concept note for ...
Article > Press release Malaysia 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2018
The Green Climate Fund’s first conference focusing exclusively on ... entrepreneurship of businesses in tackling the climate challenge, and comes on the heels of a seminal UN report highlighting the urgency of action needed to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. 1 / ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Bonn: Calling for global climate action
Ahead of its High-level Pledging Conference, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today calls for countries to demonstrate their climate ambitions through pledges. The ... The Pledging Conference will be livestreamed on the GCF website . Updates will also be posted on GCF’s social media ...
Article > News update 
SAP Technical Guidelines: Cities and climate change
Traditionally, cities are defined as large human settlements, with no one standardized definition applied ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Partners
Overview GCF relies on its expanding network of partners to deliver results across the spectrum of climate action to promote low-carbon and climate-resilient paths. These partners span multilateral and national ... institutions and more. These diverse partnerships enable GCF to build on knowledge and experiences to drive ...
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Twenty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.21)
... of the report of the twentieth meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twentieth and twenty-first ... of the Co-Chairs Co-Chairs’ report, including the implementation of the workplan for 2018 Outcome of Co-Chairs ... 2019 Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Performance review of the GCF for the ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF and Bancóldex meet to reinforce collaboration for climate action
The President of Bancóldex, Javier Díaz Fajardo, and the Green ... America. Both parties will work together to share knowledge and experience in climate financing, and to support ... Contributions (NDC). Bancóldex is a candidate for accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the two ...
Article > News update 
GCF Caribbean consultations chart paths to greater resilience
... climate resilience in the aftermath of a particularly destructive hurricane season this year. A number of Caribbean countries are now repairing the damage left in the wake of extreme weather which swept through the ... the GCF confabs, the Fund’s partners – including Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities or ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF direct access week puts countries’ climate actions in the fast lane
The Green Climate Fund concluded its first "Readiness Week" to assist direct access ... brought together the 13 organizations that have been accredited for direct access to the Fund, as well as 27 ... Authority or Focal Point (NDA/FP). Nearly 100 people took part in the sessions, including representatives from ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund joins the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the Collaborative ... global efforts to end deforestation and ensure the sustainable management of forests and trees, the CPF announced today. ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director unveils “50 by 30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
... the tenets of her vision and reform programme to enable the Fund to efficiently manage USD 50 billion by 2030. ... participation and investments Reinvent the partnership model including the accreditation process Expedite project review and approvals ...
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