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Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 5
... busy today, and the Fund also hosted its first official side event of COP24. But these events are only part of the ... Katowice will try to give an overview of what the GCF delegation is up to on any given day. The Fund takes its ... operations. Bilateral meetings with developing countries, Accredited Entities, and other partners are being held to ...
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GCF affirms its commitment to Least Developed Countries
... in cooperation with the Government of Ethiopia and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, held the ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) and other stakeholders. They had an ...
Article > Press release Ethiopia 
GCF affirms partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank
... Fund and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a legal agreement to open doors for more climate finance ... projects in the Caribbean region. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) took place on the margins ... for the use of GCF resources. The agreement is a prerequisite for all Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ...
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GCF signs off funding for Barbados water sector resilience project
... S-Barbados). The project aims to make the provision of potable water in Barbados less vulnerable to the impacts of ... Authority from the investment in the PV systems will be deposited into a locally managed adaptation fund. Consumers will ... GCF in the Caribbean region to be signed. The project’s Accredited Entity (AE) is the Caribbean Community Climate ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Agreement bolsters Caribbean ability to weather climate disaster
The Green Climate Fund signed an Accreditation Master Agreement today with the Prime Minister ... final step in the accreditation process for the country’s Department of Environment. The milestone unlocks opportunities for the continued ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
... Climate Fund and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will help pioneer new land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in the margins of the ... GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural people in developing countries. AMAs act as legal frameworks ...
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GCF convenes Pacific nations for Structured Dialogue meeting in Pohnpei
... Dialogue for the Pacific begins today in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. The meeting takes place from ... representatives of National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners, civil society ... of countries in the region to respond to the climate challenge. Projects in the region range from ensuring ...
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Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
The 20th meeting of the GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The ... of its investment criteria, or to add new partners as Accredited Entities. The Chair expressed his regret to the ...
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GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
The Green Climate Fund, the African Development Bank and Africa50 ... resources about opportunities to make solar power available throughout the Sahel region, transforming African deserts ...
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GCF brings climate focus to African development bank meeting
... Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting which opens today. The ... adaptation. AfDB is a key GCF partner. Approved as a GCF Accredited Entity in March 2016, AfDB is working on a series ...
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Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... to promote regional climate cooperation and enhance understanding about how to engage with the Fund. Republic of ... of multi-country markets in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The Dialogue in Mali’s capital Bamako will ... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ...
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Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
... place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who develop innovative new climate ... and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology ...
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Colombian President set to open GCF’s first Latin American Dialogue
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón will open the Green ... four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's resources. They ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, Readiness delivery partners, private ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF to showcase transformational potential of climate finance at One Planet Summit
The Green Climate Fund attends President Macron's One Planet Summit on climate finance this ... and of how public climate funds can successfully leverage private capital. The One Planet Summit takes place ... that GCF funded activities are country-owned, and the Accredited Entities that carry out projects on the ground. The ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF strengthens partnership with Inter-American Development Bank
... the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The signing of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. IDB sought GCF accreditation, ...
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GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
... strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank ( ADB ). The two organizations have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities in order to implement ...
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Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
... Climate Fund forum which wound up today in Tonga has added another building block to the Pacific region’s efforts ... Dialogue with the Pacific, a region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF ... projects. Other key GCF partners attending included accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, and ...
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Liberia receives first instalment of USD 2.2m GCF grant for climate adaptation
The Government of Liberia has recently received USD 805,000 as part of ... its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ... GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF funds to ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
GCF workshop builds climate adaptation ties in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF workshop nurtures cross-border ideas
Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small ... by women, we would benefit from bolstering their ability to deal with climate change,” said Alke Haesra, with PT ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ...
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Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a Green Climate Fund workshop . “If I go to a ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
GCF begins funds transfer to Mongolia’s XacBank
The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF workshop to consolidate finance for REDD+
... financial incentives to protect forests. Since more than a decade ago, countries have been negotiating an international ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF triggers funding for Peruvian project, preventing Amazon emissions
The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a combined mitigation and ... Protected Areas (Profonanpe) serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement ... a Peru-based environmental fund, is one of GCF’s Accredited Entities. These approved organizations partner with ...
Article > Press release Peru 
GCF hosts discussion on Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement
The second side-event hosted by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last ... event featured representatives of partner countries and accredited entities to the Green Climate Fund. Zaheer Fakir, ...
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GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the ... Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, and Ousseynou Nakoulima, GCF ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...
Article > Press release Belize 
African countries propose ambitious GCF pipeline at Cape Town Dialogue
... Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with Africa concluded this week after three days of focused deliberations on ... equally across diverse sectors. This included access to clean energy; adaptation planning and climate information ... GCF portfolios.” The dialogue provided GCF and Accredited Entities an opportunity to hear firsthand which ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
First GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa kicks off in Cape Town
... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... Morocco, the Dialogue aims to support African countries in developing a roadmap for their engagement with the GCF that ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Regional workshop accelerates Pacific Island engagement with GCF
... over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil society and the private sector ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Remarks by Héla Cheikhrouhou, GCF Executive Director, at the 13th meeting of the Board
... civil society organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund ... peace. I would therefore like to share with you some of my deep-rooted beliefs that have kept me going over the past ...
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