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Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
One of the best ways to deal with recurring droughts and floods in Argentina is to ... is increasingly necessary in Argentina, following a prevalence of extreme weather events during the past few years ... gathered at the workshop to inform its collaboration with Accredited Entities, the Fund’s instigators of action, to ...
Article > Press release Argentina UCAR 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... of the Green Climate Fund, Howard Bamsey. “We are pleased to sign this agreement in order to work with GCF to ... Green Climate Fund and its partners, and act as a prerequisite for the disbursement of GCF-approved climate projects. ...
Article > Press release DeutscheBank 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
... ways to help countries keep their forests intact while also dealing with climate change following a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr Velasco pointed to the key role REDD+ is now ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
... the Australian High Commission and GCF, the workshop provided a comprehensive overview of the Fund, including its ... investment framework and funding modalities. Sessions on accreditation and readiness support explained how developing ... can tap the Fund’s resources and build capacity to implement national climate change programmes. A panel ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 
No objection letter template
Note: Transitionary measures until 30 June 2025 The decision to modify the no-objection procedure ( B.41/02 ) ... they are submitted to us by 30 June 2025 . Where feasible and non-disruptive, AEs are expected to engage with NDAs ... Facility (PPF) applications; access modalities: accredited entities or Project-specific Assessment Approach ...
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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
Albania is considered the most vulnerable country in the South East Europe ... updated in the draft Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, to be submitted in 2016. The National Adaptation Plan ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania UNEP
R2RP Readiness
Barbados is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) located in the broader Caribbean ... 160 km from the nearest landmass. Every year, between June and November, Barbados and the other countries in the region face the threat of hurricanes. In less than 12 hours, a small island in the Caribbean can lose ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
Reduce Sao Tome and Principe’s vulnerability to climate change impacts by strengthening the Country’s capacity to implement an integrated approach to adaptation planning
Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of Climate Change due to its ... of its ecosystems and low level of social-economic development. While the Government of STP, supported by key ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sao Tome and Principe UNEP
IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
... Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture” (IGREENFIN), approved during the GCF Board #24 in 2019, will be scaled up and replicated in all African countries of the Great ... supporttheestablishmentofgreenlinesofcreditand the capacity building of both supply (banks) and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... with more than 8 out of 10 inhabitants living in urban centres. Climate change makes regional cities more vulnerable: according to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, 48% of the capital cities in LAC show “extreme ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Increasing the ambition of the Nationally Determined Contributions and climate financing in the Central America
This proposal will enhance the technical, institutional, and operational ... and regional coordination, enabling conditions and stakeholder engagement. The current ambition levels of national climate commitments are insufficient if ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Post COVID-19 Green Recovery for Food, Health, and Water Security strengthened by financial and technological innovations in Latin-American countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that is already having ... are also being felt by the food and agriculture sector. While the supply of food has held up well to date, in many ... both within and across borders. The sector is also experiencing a substantial shift in the composition and – for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Low Carbon Transport Dominica
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a SIDS vulnerable to climate change and heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. The Nationally Determined ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Developing a climate resilient health system in The Bahamas
This readiness project is very timely, as the COVID-19 pandemic comes on the heels of Hurricane Dorian (the ... country’s worst climate disaster). The Bahamas is currently facing a second wave of new COVID-19 cases which ... an active 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season (and beyond) while addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Both COVID-19 and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas CCCCC
Development of Guyana’s National Climate Finance Strategy, MRV System and Project Pipeline to Support NDC Implementation
Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) was launched in 2009 and later ... for increased climate finance in order to develop and implement projects to meet their national and international ... Change (OECC) to improve the quality of Guyana’s UNFCCC reporting obligations. the improvement of National GHGs ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana GGGI
Institutionalizing a common framework for climate finance MRV to enhance complementarity and coherence for climate action in CARICOM States
... in low carbon-climate resilient sectors, is a challenge which the Caribbean region is working assiduously to overcome. This challenge is evident across economic sectors. Climate change threats, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Biennial Transparency Reports will be required from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries CDB
Capacity Building to Monitor the Agriculture, Forest and Other Land-Use Sector in the National Determined Contributions, and enhancement of Climate Finance Access in the Plurinational State of Bolivia
The Plurinational State of Bolivia is highly vulnerable to climate change, generating and exacerbating droughts, ... the food security of communities and producers that depend on agriculture activities, systems of agroforestry, ... funding management. A list of national entities to be accredited to the GCF will also be formulated. Strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of) FAO
Strengthen the Process and Capacity of Implementation of National Adaptation Plan of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, as a small island and a developing nation, is highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Occurrences of natural disasters due to extreme weather conditions ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka GGGI
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Lesotho has approximately 2.2 million inhabitants and has experienced major development challenges such as extreme poverty, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNEP
National Adaptation Plan: Advancing risk-informed development and land-use planning in Tunisia
... world’s most water-scarce and dry regions and is highly dependent on climate-sensitive agriculture. In addition, a ... reduced precipitation by 10 to 30 percent, rising sea levels by 15 to 18 cm and escalating extreme weather ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia UNDP
National Adaptation Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management in Belize
... limited technical capacities, human resources, and knowledge to design, implement and maintain innovative adaptation technologies ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CCCCC
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
Turkmenistan is confronted with increasing climate change induced ... stressors, including shortage of water resources, increased desertification, land degradation and higher frequency of ... and intense heat waves. This, in turn, is expected to lead to instability of agricultural production and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan CAREC
Readiness Support for accreditation gap assessment, capacity building and pipeline development for potential accredited entity
Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (R2E2) is the most ... nomination letter supporting R2E2 aspiration to become accredited under the national direct assess modality.R2E2 ... to the GCF. Tentative pipeline of project ideas (to be revisited during Readiness project) being currently considered ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia R2E2
NDA strengthening and direct access process support for Albania
... aims to support the direct access process in Albania, develop a roadmap for financial sector engagement, and ... further strengthen capacities of the NDA to fulfil its role as the main communication point on Green Climate Fund ... process and capacitating it to fulfil its role as an accredited entity. Develop a roadmap for financial sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania GIZ
Improving technical and operational capacities of the NDA and its network to provide strategic support to stakeholders of the Green Climate Fund's activities in Burkina Faso
The Burkina Faso recently succeeded in putting in place required structures and mechanisms ... and the nomination of two entities for Direct Access Accreditation. It was also possible to provide basic knowledge to stakeholders (NDA, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso IUCN
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
... the outcomes of the initial readiness proposal funded by the Fund, with the goal to strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and ... Programming process in Guinea In doing so, specific challenges and existing gaps that were identified during the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea ANAFIC
Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition
The energy sector makes up for 63% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Lesotho, and this is projected to rise if the country missed ... private sector participation in the energy sector, underlining the need for the uptake of investments in clean ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNIDO
Enhancing Togo’s Direct Access to GCF and Support for the Development of Climate Finance Strategy
To implement its NDC, Togo will need additional financing over and above the cost of any national decisions and investments. Considering the vulnerability of ... access to climate finance: Togo still has no national accredited entity with GCF, the project concept notes that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo GGGI
Climate Technology Deployment Roadmap for E-mobility Ecosystem in Cambodia
Cambodia’s transport sector is currently the main GHG emission contributor in the energy ... due to the growing economy and an increasing number of vehicles in the country. This figure is expected to increase up ... use of hybrid cars, electric vehicles, and bicycles In order to achieve the said target, Cambodia has been adopting ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia GTC
Enhanced actions to respond to climate change through sustainable waste management in Coastal Cities in Cambodia
As Cambodia is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, it is imperative to improve ... solid waste pollution augmenting. While access to on-site sanitation improved access increased to 73% in 2016, a ... effects of sea-level rise, coastal flooding and on-shore development issues, mainly solid waste and wastewater ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia