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Request for Proposals: GCF Funding Modalities
... the GCF Board endorsed a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified financial institutions that will undertake the design, implementation and management of strong, high-impact projects ... African States. Countries are invited to work with both accredited direct access entities and potential entities to ...
Article > Press release 
New web features bring partners and projects in focus
The GCF website has received several significant updates to make its ... and project size. A new Project section provides a detailed overview of all projects approved by the GCF Board to ... Looking to the Fund’s partners, a new section for Accredited Entities provides a one-stop overview of the public ...
Article > Press release 
GCF introduces live web-streaming of Board meetings
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board will be live web-cast to enable the broader GCF stakeholder community to follow the deliberations of ... The link to the web-cast will be available on the GCF website ahead of the meeting and communicated through a ...
Article > Press release 
Héla Cheikhrouhou to leave GCF after her three years as Executive Director
The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou announced today she ... process that resulted in more than USD 10 billion equivalent in pledges from 43 countries. Ahead of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement in December 2015, she worked with the GCF Board to secure the ...
Article > Press release 
COP 21 Side Event – The Green Climate Fund: ‘Looking Beyond Paris’
The Green Climate Fund side event "Looking Beyond Paris" will be held on 9 December ... are high. The Fund is charged with playing a decisive role in channeling and catalysing climate finance, thereby supporting the achievement of UNFCCC’s climate change objectives. So far, the Fund has ...
Article > Press release 
President of Senegal calls for adequate resources for GCF
His Excellency Macky Sall, President of Senegal, today used his address to the plenary of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to highlight the importance ...
Article > Press release Senegal 
Pres. Hollande calls for rich countries to step up efforts on climate finance during Korea visit
French President Francois Hollande has called for more climate finance from developed countries, alongside greater climate technology exchanges, ...
Article > Press release France Republic of Korea (the) 
Zambia Board meeting opens with funding proposals on the table
The eleventh meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board has opened in Livingstone, Zambia. The meeting ... the high expectations on the Fund from partners and stakeholders around the world. Nearly 300 participants are gathered ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
... Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at the 2015 Annual ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scaled up substantially and on an ongoing basis. GCF’s Executive Director underscored the need for funding through the Financial ...
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GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks on Friday to discuss how an ambitious replenishment of GCF will support increased commitments in the ...
Article > Press release Germany 
The Maldives and GCF strengthen legal partnership
... with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) granting the Fund privileges and immunities in line with those of other ... to other international organisations, such as multilateral development banks. Mr Glemarec welcomed the signing, noting ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Maldives 
On World Environment Day, women are bringing new life to Colombia’s wetlands
Local women are leading the restoration of north Colombian wetlands to reverse degradation from decades of unsustainable farming. Bringing life back to this vital ...
Article > Story Colombia 
Where do we stand with NDCs: Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
Decision 1/CMA.2 (Madrid, 2019) re-emphasized with serious ... temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature ... to prepare new/updated NDCs and communicate these to the UNFCCC secretariat by 2020. This represents a major ...
Event > Upcoming engagement 
GCF Programming Manual
... the GCF Programming Manual , the webinar will allow stakeholders to have an in-depth overview and seek clarifications on ... origination, development, appraisal, approval and implementation. The GCF Programming Manual provides an overview ... including national designated authorities and accredited entities. It also offers guidance on how to prepare ...
Event > Webinar 
Introduction to Simplified Approval Process and the Private Sector
This virtual side event of the third annual GCF Private Investment for ... participants with an understanding on how countries, GCF accredited entities and partners proposing private sector ... the Fiji Development Bank in Fiji. Participants will be able to ask questions, share their views, comments and ...
Event > Webinar 
International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Workshop
The Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Head of Knowledge and Change ... experts working in the field of international financial development, with participants joining from organizations ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Programming Webinar for Asia
GCF is hosting a webinar for national designated authorities (NDA) and direct access entities (DAE) of the Asian countries to engage in a technical discussion on programming and resources available through Readiness the Preparatory Support Programme ...
Event > Webinar 
27th GCF Board meeting opens: over USD 1 billion in climate finance projects to be considered
... begins today. The five-day, virtual meeting will consider approving 16 project proposals which would collectively invest over USD 1 billion for climate action ... as well as making decisions on the accreditation of four new partners to propose and implement ...
Article > Press release 
Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Cities, Buildings and Urban Systems
In connection with the GCF Sectoral Guides Consultation launched on 9 November 2020, this webinar will present the draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Cities, Buildings and ... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ...
Event > Webinar 
Open dialogue on the development of the GCF Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
... This webinar aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action, including GCF’s accredited entities and NDAs/Focal Points, in an open ... of locally led climate projects are reflected in the development of the EDA Guidelines currently under ...
Event > Webinar 
Transformational Climate Financing for the Caribbean Regional Engagement
... as a virtual event on 1-5 March 2021. This event will provide a platform for engagement with National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners and other relevant GCF Stakeholders to improve access to and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Locally-led climate action with the GCF: the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) Pilot
The session is organized by the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) as part of the Gobeshona Global ... This session aims to engage partners involved in locally led climate action in an open discussion about the GCF’s ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF Webinars on Accredited Entity-level reporting on the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP)
... 1 January 2021, the GCF Secretariat launched the Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP) – a one-stop shop for ... Entities (AEs) to address all stages in the lifecycle related to accreditation - for AEs to submit online their ... a series of webinars to introduce you to the DAP and provide practical guidance on how your organization can prepare ...
Event > Webinar 
Training Workshop on the Methodology for establishing a baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs)
... gas emissions and climate resilience for the portfolio of accredited entities (AEs) presented at the B.28, the Green ... (GCF) Entities Team is organizing a training workshop for relevant stakeholders, to be held on 8 April 2021 at the following times: ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Ecosystem & Ecosystem Services
In connection with the Draft GCF Sectoral Guides Consultation launched on 30 March 2021 to 30 June 2021, this webinar will present the draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Ecosystem & Ecosystem ... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Forests & Land Use
In connection with the Draft GCF Sectoral Guides Consultation launched on 30 March 2021 to 30 June 2021, this webinar will present the draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Forests & Land Use , ... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ...
Event > Webinar 
Introductory webinar on the draft GCF Sectoral Guide: Energy Generation & Access
In connection with the Draft GCF Sectoral Guides Consultation launched on 30 March 2021 to 30 June 2021, this webinar will present the draft GCF Sectoral Guide on Energy Generation & ... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ...
Event > Webinar 
Webinar on the Community of Practice of Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) readiness proposal
Division of Country Programming in collaboration with the Adaptation Fund ... the Webinar on the Community of Practice of Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) readiness proposal. The objective of the ... readiness proposal to the NDAs of the countries that have entities members of CPDAE. The presentation will be ...
Event > Webinar 
B.29 Board meeting this week: USD 500 million in climate finance under consideration
The twenty-ninth meeting of the GCF Board will take place from 28 ... The agenda for this meeting, the second of the year, includes the consideration of new Funding Proposals. The project ... matters including the approval of new applicants to be accredited entities - the partners who undertake GCF projects. ...
Article > Press release 
First Hydromet Gap Report calls for scaled-up action
... July 2021, tells us how far we have to go to tap the benefits of effective weather and climate services. It presents the challenges of the complex global and local undertaking required and proposes priority actions to scale up ...
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