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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 ...
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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 GIZ 
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 
Aligning financial flows of the financial sector in Costa Rica with the Paris Agreement climate change goals
Costa Rica’s National Decarbonization Plan (NDP) 2018-2050 - commits to net-zero emissions by 2050 and provides a clear roadmap towards the decarbonization of the economy. ... exposed to climate risks (physical risks), especially via credit operations and increasing insurance claims. Also, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Costa Rica UNEP
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 
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
GCF hails Mongolia partnerships as model for mobilising private capital
... transformation, and GCF’s partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund can leverage public funds to engage private investment. This was ... of Mongolia’s leading banks. It was fast-tracked from accreditation, to project approval, signature, and ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
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 
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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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 ...
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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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Sustainable Investment Management
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Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
Panellists at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) high-level event at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York recognised the Fund’s ... officials from developing and developed countries, GCF Accredited Entities, as well as representatives from UN ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda Acumen 
GCF investments reducing climate risk to feature at Climate Adaptation Summit
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec ... USD 10 billion raised to date in its first replenishment. Developing countries face a need for scaled up finance to ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ... FECO “push forward carbon emission control and low carbon development in key areas to make greater contributions to ...
Article > Press release China FECO 
CAF becomes first multi-lateral development bank to sign agreement with GCF
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) today became the first multilateral development bank to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... bank with headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, and multiple country offices. CAF can operate at scale, bringing GCF ...
Article > Press release CAF 
SAP Technical Guidelines: Energy efficiency for industry and appliances
This publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. Energy efficiency (EE) is the process of reducing the energy ... It can be thought of as the first fuel of a sustainable world and as such it has a key role in ensuring ...
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SAP Technical Guidelines: Renewable energy
This publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. Renewable energy (RE) is produced using natural resources that are ...
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Revised policy on the prevention and protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment
Adopted by decision B.BM-2021/08 . This policy sets out the obligations for GCF Covered Individuals to prevent and respond to SEAH and to refrain from condoning, encouraging, participating in, or engaging in SEAH. Revised ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Strengthen institutional capacity, governance mechanisms, planning and programming frameworks for a transformational long-term climate action agenda
The goal of this readiness request is to strengthen Côte d'Ivoire's capacity to mobilizing resources at scale for a long-term climate action agenda. The overall readiness objectives include i) building NDA team capacity to support planning, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
Strategic Frameworks and entity support for Chile through CAF
... national social and environmental safeguards guides. Specifically, 3 proposals are presented: Support for ... the design of financial structures that assure a sustainable financing with minimal concessionality in the long term. ... allow Chile to comply with this GCF requirement for the accreditation process. This policy will also serve as a guide ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile CAF