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Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , which builds on Namibia’s acknowledged leadership in tapping community expertise to manage natural ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has become the first multilateral ... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release EBRD 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to ... need to fund the participation of advisers from eligible developing countries; and (c) Observer participation in ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
At its 11th meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), noted convergence on the importance ... and need to set out a strategic plan for GCF in order to further operationalize the Governing Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
The country has made significant efforts to address climate change impacts on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development – by preparing for transformational impact in ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
The audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2014 include the ... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
The audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2015 include the ... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
The audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2016 and 2015 include ... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
The audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016 include ... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ...
Document > Financial statement
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
... to build the capacity of the Environment Division and the Debt Management Unit that will be responsible for coordinating with other ministries on the Green ... implementation of elements including development of a website page, news articles and short posts for social media. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
Stakeholder engagement is a key component of the Revised ... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ...
Document > Guides
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
Coastal and marine ecosystems and the services they provide are the basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, livelihoods, economic growth and cultural identity. ... change adaptation initiatives that often focus on single issue, hard infrastructure adaptation responses, towards ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries IUCN
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... State (CRS) which contains 50% of Nigeria’s forests has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed ... forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) and established a sub-national approach to ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather ... is increasing. Rising average temperatures, already recorded, and erratic rainfall exacerbate the risks from major ...
Document > Concept note Bhutan WWF
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... GCF financed “Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient management program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and ... project – the Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program in Nyagatare eastern Province. The map ... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda AfDB
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
The Sahel has experienced some of the most extreme climate events on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher temperatures, lower precipitation and ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries FAO
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
... closure of the sugar industry on St. Kitts, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GSKN) launched the National Adaptation Strategy 2006-2013 (NAS) in 2006 to guide the socio-economic transformation of the economy. Since its implementation in 2006, a number of priority actions outlined ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis CDB
State of Palestine Country Programme
Climate change is the most prominent threat the world is facing, and it is having a severe ... this planet. In an effort to respond to climate change challenges, the international community created the Green Climate Fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
Document > Country programme State of Palestine
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project “Water Supply and Management to Contribute to ...
Document > Concept note Mozambique Enabel
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
Projected climate change effects in Vanuatu such as more intense cyclones, more extreme rainfall events, changes in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on water ... and adaptation for climate-resilient water management, developing climate-resilient rural water infrastructure, and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu SPC
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... paradigm shift towards low- emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing ... needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In fulfilling ... of the GCF, to address the requirements placed on accredited entities to integrate the obligations set out in ...
Document > Call for input
Pacific countries to bolster project pipeline with GCF
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened countries and direct access ... is very ambitious. I am glad to see most of them included in the Country Programmes which demonstrates very strong ... sessions that highlighted the tools and resources available for direct access entities (DAEs) to help them develop ...
Article > Press release 
Enhancing climate action environment with an updated Country Programme, strengthening DAE to develop a pipeline of projects and effectively implement GCF funded activities
The main objective of this document is to request and raise funds for developing a Public & Private Sector Project Pipeline. The primary purpose is to settle the structural basis for an enabling climate action ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FYNSA
Project preparation for increasing resilience to the health risks of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia
... climate change creates more severe weather events in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), it will exacerbate risks ... Action Plan to transition from the current, highly vulnerable situation to a more climate-resilient and responsive ... travel restrictions). The Pacific Community (SPC), as the accredited entity for the proposed project, will support the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Micronesia (Federated States of) SPC
Enhancing climate change resilience of health systems in seven CARICOM States
... and Climate Change was approved by Ministers of Health, Environment, and Climate Change of Caribbean countries and territories. The plan addresses the common challenges posed by climate change on health and provide a roadmap for integrated action to protect health and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries WHO
Improving the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture of Suriname to build resilience to climate change in the agriculture sector
Suriname is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s small ... major economic activities, and infrastructure are concentrated along the low-lying, heavily urbanized coastal ... climate change risk and vulnerabilities. These include: Lack of institutional capacity, data and information ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname FAO
Preparation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)” Project
Cambodia’s National Designated Authority (NDA) has appointed FAO as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia FAO
Addressing pre-accreditation gaps for the Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad & Tobago
... a national Direct Access Entity (DAE) the country will be able to exercise ownership of climate change funding and ... EMA has taken stock of its existing capacity to become accredited and the critical gaps that must be filled. Specifically, the EMA recorded low capacity in the areas of Environmental and Social ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC