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2024 Annual Performance Report for FP151: Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Technical Assistance (TA) Facility
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including performance ... project logic framework targets indicators, and development of ESS, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender project ... The Annual Performance Report is submitted to GCF by the Accredited Entity responsible for the implementation of the ...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries
2024 Annual Performance Report for FP152: Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including performance ... project logic framework targets indicators, and development of ESS, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender project ... The Annual Performance Report is submitted to GCF by the Accredited Entity responsible for the implementation of the ...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries
GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance
GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance seeks to align the GCF, countries, accredited and executing entities, and partners on good locally led practices under existing access and funding modalities. Part 1 outlines ...
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National Adaptation Planning in the Commonwealth of Dominica
2021 Global Climate Risk Index – an Index that analyses to what extent the request countries and regions have been affected by ... within just 18 hours, before making landfall on Dominica, leaving as estimated 70% of buildings destroyed, and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Strengthening participatory and evidence-based adaptation planning and small-scale private sector engagement in Saint Lucia’s forestry sector (AdaptFOR-StLucia)
... forest resources from the impacts of climate change, while harnessing terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, are currently hindered by a number of critical technical, institutional, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia
Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economic Development, University of Belize, National Climate Change Office, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management, and the Belize Social Investment Fund
... national entities that are in the process of seeking GCF accreditation. This readiness will assist the MED and BSIF ... addressing several institutional and policy gaps that were identified for their accreditation. In addition, national ... capacity of key offices and entities in Belize who play a role in advancing Belize’s climate agenda and increasing the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Mobilising climate finance for oceanic and coastal resilience
... salt marshes, seagrasses, and coral reefs—provide critical ecosystem services, including carbon ... developed with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), aims to support Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entities (AEs) in preparing impactful proposals and ...
Document > Working paper
Restoring vital ecosystems and water sources in the Dry Corridor Forest, El Salvador
... of tropical, dry forest that spans six countries in Central America. It is home to 11.5 million rural people who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, ...
Article > Story El Salvador 
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
In the majestic landscapes of Northern Pakistan, a silent catastrophe is unfolding. Rising temperatures have taken ... significant risk of flooding events, capable of unleashing devastation upon the land and its people. Over seven million ...
Article > Story Pakistan 
Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
Mexico is experiencing more frequent droughts, unpredictable rainfall, and ... while rapid urbanisation has outpaced water infrastructure development, exacerbating water scarcity issues across the ...
Article > Story Mexico 
Cuba's coastal communities fight climate change
... sea is both a lifeline and a threat. Every time a storm darkens the sky, families like Martha Labrada’s brace for evacuation. And even on calm days, saltwater seeps silently into the land, corroding house foundations and ... 65, who has led the community council here for more than a decade. “The houses were built too close to the sea, and ...
Article > Story Cuba 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
“TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies” is a GCF-backed project that tackles drought and extreme weather events in Kenya. Katarzyna ... visit, during which she spoke with local partners and communities and witnessed the results firsthand. It was my first ...
Article > Insights Kenya 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
On 13 November at COP29, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in collaboration with BBC Media ... and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), hosted Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world. ... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ...
Article > News update 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... who works in the Prime Minister’s office of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is also a GCF Board member. “I think this decision of the GCF is a clear application and entry into action of article 5.2 of the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior Philippine environment officials told a visiting GCF delegation led by Executive Director Howard Bamsey. “We ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
Advancing the CAR Country Programme by supporting the NDA and country stakeholders in programme development for climate finance
With the support of UNDP and COMIFAC, the Central African Republic (CAR) obtained two Readiness grants ... were used to strengthen the capacities of the National Designated Authority (NDA), to put in place a strategy for ... monitor and manage climate finance flows. Country-level stakeholders have limited knowledge of the GCF. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Central African Republic (the)
GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa
Although the African continent is responsible for only three per cent of the world's ... Swahili, KawiSafi means “clean energy.” Created and developed by the impact investor Acumen with financing by ...
Article > Story Kenya Rwanda 
GCF Readiness support for the Development Bank of Nigeria
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has signed a grant ... only institutional and systems strengthening but also knowledge sharing within countries and across regions. ... not an end in itself; it is a milestone that enables our accredited partners to access broader climate finance to ...
Article > News update Nigeria 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from developing countries, and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Tuesday, December 11
Tuesday was another busy day inside and outside the GCF pavilion with events on climate resilience, and climate rationale as well as negotiations, signings and lots of meetings. ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Monday, December 10
It’s all about the finance! That was the plea from NGOs this morning at COP24, ahead of the high level Ministerial dialogue on climate finance. Many delegates here are focusing on this issue, and GCF offered ... its vision of leveraging climate finance for country-driven transformation and catalytic investment during the ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Friday, December 7
GCF has a strong focus on the role of the private sector today in Katowice. Colleagues from GCF's Private Sector Facility led an event on Green Banking, before signing a private sector ... to the private sector at the COP? Whilst the commitments made under the Paris Agreement are made by governments, there ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 6
... text on future climate finance flows being particularly relevant to GCF in light of its current replenishment process. Article 9 of the Paris Agreement states that 'Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources ... an operating entity of the financial mechanism to the UNFCCC, GCF will certainly play a key role - whichever way the ...
Article > Press release 
Selection process of GCF Board for 2019-2021 membership underway
... Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the current three-year term of the Board concludes at the end of this year. The GCF Board, consisting of 24 ...
Article > Press release 
IIU signs MoU with SANBI to strengthen cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) and the South African ... activities in relation to prohibited practices. The MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with SANBI, which ...
Article > Press release 
Douglas Leys takes over as GCF's new top legal advisor
Prominent Jamaican legal practitioner Douglas Leys is the Green Climate Fund's new General Counsel. Mr Leys has taken up this post ... including tenure as General Counsel of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). He holds the rank of Queen's ...
Article > Press release 
GCF begins REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme
... programme for REDD+ results-based payments. This follows a decision at the 18th GCF Board meeting in October to pilot ... Change (UNFCCC). The five-year pilot marks a major milestone for the Fund’s support of REDD+. This is a UNFCCC ... of forest carbon stocks (known in shorthand as REDD+). Accredited Entities are invited to submit concept notes and ...
Article > Press release 
IIU, CABEI sign agreement to enhance cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) is strengthening its ... to Prohibited Practices . The recently signed MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with CABEI, which ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs agreement with Micronesia Conservation Trust to bolster Pacific resilience
... a partnership with the Green Climate Fund will help the residents of low lying islands take greater control of their ... planet,” said Mr Kostka during the signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA). MCT is one of GCF’s ... keen to support societies that are highly vulnerable, such as the Pacific islands where MCT is focusing its ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop project portfolio, consider new accreditations
... of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo. The Board will consider a number of funding proposals from its Accredited Entities. GCF currently has a project portfolio of ... of Board meetings are live-streamed on the GCF website . Egypt Cairo GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop ...
Article > Press release Egypt 