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Ambassador Black-Layne signs Antigua and Barbuda’s grant agreement with GCF
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador Diann Black-Layne, ... extend its support to the two-island country’s larger-scale climate adaptation initiatives. Antigua and Barbuda ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
... news update is the first in a new series focused on the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. Unique to the Fund, the programme offers developing countries immediate financial support to ... a grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund, to help implement its national green growth strategy and bring it ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
... to obtain readiness support from the Fund by October. Delegation officials said Pakistan will use the support to ... Specialists from GCF provided guidance on the Fund’s accreditation process and financing modalities, including its ...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
GCF readiness support turns focus to Africa and Middle East countries
The Green Climate Fund is expanding its readiness programme into the Africa and Middle East region with a three-day workshop being held from 6 ... its kind held by the Fund this year — aims to increase understanding of GCF processes among the National Designated ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries
... in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, ... in their engagement with GCF, in consultation with the accredited entities and the GCF Secretariat to ensure ...
Event > Structured dialogue Ethiopia 
GCF Global Programming Conference 2019
... world, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is playing a major role in helping developing countries raise and realise their climate ... GCF National Designated Authorities or focal points, Accredited Entities, and others to explore how the Fund can ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Bhutan Cambodia Ecuador Gambia Guatemala ... Peru Rwanda Viet Nam FP001 FP011 FP013 FP019 FP022 FP026 FP048 FP050 FP062 FP073 FP076 Forests: A cause of climate ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Fourteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.14)
... of the report of the thirteenth meeting of the Board Decisions taken between the thirteenth and fourteenth ... of funding proposals Policies on the formal replenishment process Matters relating to accreditation: Strategy and policy on accreditation ...
Event > Board meeting 
Micro, Small, and Medium sized Enterprises Pilot Programme
Overview Through the Micro-, Small-, and Medium- Sized Enterprises (MSME) Pilot Programme, GCF aims to provide financing for MSMEs at all stages of growth. The GCF ... the Programme. The GCF Secretariat will seek to allocate at least USD 100 million for developing countries that are ...
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GCF Global NDA Conference 2018
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to host the Global NDA Conference on 8-9 and 12 October, alongside the Private Investment for Climate Conference on 10-11 ... for Climate Conference, please refer to the conference website . 1 / 100 Previous Next #2018NDAconference Republic of ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF to explore how to extend REDD+ coverage at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
... event held in the Asia Pacific region, to consult with a wide range of forestry experts to determine how to expand ... an information session about forest-based climate finance. Leading environment officials from the governments of ... under the REDD+ financing umbrella. REDD+ refers to the UNFCCC-based accounting and funding mechanism that supports ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board begins 23rd meeting today
... Songdo, Republic of Korea. The three-day meeting will consider 10 new mitigation and adaptation funding proposals, ... 101 approved projects. The Board will also consider accrediting four organisations to become GCF funding partners. ... Accredited Entities, which allow for finances to be channelled directly to developing countries rather than through ...
Article > Press release 
Canada announces contribution to Green Climate Fund
... million to the Green Climate Fund. The announcement was made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the recently ... to the announcement, GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec stated: “The Green Climate Fund welcomes the ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF addresses climate farming challenges in expert panel
... systems with Global Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Center. Participants from governments, ... consultation held at the sidelines of GCF’s second replenishment meeting in Ottawa, Canada. As part of the GCF ...
Article > Press release Canada 
Last GCF Board meeting of 2019 begins today
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting opens today to consider expanding the Fund’s support for climate action beyond ... action partners. The Board will also decide whether to accredit seven new partners to propose and implement paradigm-shifting initiatives funded by GCF that ...
Article > Press release 
GCF's new e-learning platform to improve capacity building and knowledge sharing
Today, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched its first e-learning course to enable easier access to the Fund's resources – a module on developing GCF funding proposals for the Simplified Approval ... (SAP). The SAP course is primarily designed for GCF's Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities and Focal ...
Article > Press release 
Pledging Conference for GCF's First Replenishment
The shared urgency of addressing climate change took an historic step forward with 27 countries pledging to replenish the Green Climate Fund (GCF) by USD ... equivalent for the next four years. The resources will help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF France 
Message from GCF on the COVID-19 pandemic
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) joins the global community in expressing its deep concern for the wellbeing of individuals and their ... been spared. To date, three GCF staff members and one colleague from a partner organisation have tested positive for ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
Bolstering the resilience of poor, climate-vulnerable communities
A new Green Climate Fund (GCF) project to increase the resilience of marginalised communities in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh comes at a critical time. Project activities launched ... adaptation capacity of those most at risk, particularly female-led households, just as monsoon season threatens. “We ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’
... cooling. The webinar presented how countries can scale up efforts on energy-efficient and climate friendly ... specific financing and policy mechanisms. The webinar was moderated by Sabin Basnyat, Senior Energy Efficiency ... aim to assist National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) in the development of ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Support to Climate Resilient Recovery
Following the announcement of GCF Support to Climate Resilient Recovery, the webinar will provide the opportunity to clarify any questions that National ... the three expected outputs proposed in the following table. The budget allocation to the option(s) chosen by ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF’s flagship private sector conference opens today: investment solutions for climate-COVID crisis
The third Green Climate Fund (GCF) Private Investment for Climate Conference opens today to accelerate the unlocking of untapped business finances to ... three-day, virtual conference brings global and national leaders together with leading business executives to generate ...
Article > Press release 
GCF accredits Macquarie to develop partnership in climate investments
... first Australia-based global private sector partner. The Accreditation Master Agreement with Macquarie Alternative ... operates in 31 markets around the world and is a global leader in green finance and infrastructure. The agreement means ...
Article > Press release 
Updated GCF Project Preparation Facility Guidelines
The webinar seeks to provide detailed guidance regarding the Project Preparation ... including updates with respect to process as well as two recently added features: PPF Simplified funding and the PPF ...
Event > Webinar 
FP146 - Bio-CLIMA: Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
... biodiversity in Nicaragua and is part of the important central American biodiversity corridor. However, the CR is experiencing the highest deforestation and forest degradation rates of any region in the country due to unsustainable management of ecosystems, demographic pressure, and a ...
Project > Public sector Nicaragua 
Twenty-eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.28)
#GCFB28 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization ... of the report of the twenty-seventh meeting of the Board Decisions proposed between the twenty-seventh and ... of the independent Technical Advisory Panel Updated accreditation framework Performance review of the GCF for the ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF Board meeting opens with USD 1.2 billion in climate finance on agenda
... climate projects on the agenda for the Board's consideration. The proposed funding is divided between 15 funding ... Ten of the 15 proposals wholly or partly target the least developed countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing ... include the results management framework, the updated accreditation framework, and evaluations by the Independent ...
Article > Press release 
International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Community of Practice (COP) Spring Meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is delighted to host the International Financial Institutions (IFI) Knowledge Management Community of Practice (COP) Spring Meeting, ...
Event > Webinar 
Workshop on the draft of the Water Sector Guidelines for DAEs
... societies. Since 2015, GCF has appraised and financed a wide range of water projects spanning the full breadth of the water sector, with projects in water resources management, water supply, sanitation, urban drainage, irrigation, ... but it appears that many Direct Access Entities remain unclear as to the GCF requirements for financing. The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Innovation is imperative, GCF tells Leaders Climate Summit
... is imperative to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement'. That was the message from GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec, speaking to the Leaders' Summit on Climate hosted by President Biden. GCF ...
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