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IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... hope today because of their governments’ support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering ... Fund (GCF) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in order to boost climate finance for ... Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ...
Article > Press release 
From investment to impacts
... wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for ... investors, Chief Executives, business owners, GCF Accredited Entities, and project partners from across the ...
Article > News update 
GCF at COP27
The dust has settled on a frenetic two weeks in the Sharm el-Sheikh sunshine ... between indigenous peoples, governments and GCF Accredited Entities. This topic was also touched upon at a ... across the two-weeks of COP27 can be found on the event website . An announcement was also made at COP27 that GCF in ...
Article > News update 
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous ... to a selected mountainous area, and then covering the site with mud, ash and charcoal before closing it off with ... While glacier grafting is not expected to significantly dent the tide of global glacial loss, it can act as an ...
Article > Press release 
ED remarks for International Women’s Day 2023
Gender equality is one of the most powerful, yet under-utilised solutions to avert catastrophic climate change. On this International Women's Day, we celebrate the achievements of women and renew our commitment ...
Article > Speech
Work with us
... action We are committed to working together to make a difference on climate change, both through our funded activities and the sustainability of our operations. Innovative We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we ...
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Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23)
... the report of the twenty-second meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-second and ... review of the GCF Matters related to the first formal replenishment of the GCF Report from the replenishment process ... observers Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan Updated accreditation framework Review of the initial investment ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
... of the report of the seventeenth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed and approved between the seventeenth and ... development in developing countries Matters related to accreditation Matters related to the accreditation framework ... proposals Simplified approvals process for certain small scale activities Request for proposals for REDD-plus ...
Event > Board meeting 
Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15)
... of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 13 December to Thursday, 15 December, in Apia, Independent ... including outcomes of the Co-Chairs’ consultations Implementation of the Work Plan of the Board for 2016 Report on ... readiness and preparatory support programme Country and accredited entity programmes Country ownership guidelines ...
Event > Board meeting 
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will ... for the first formal replenishment of the Fund Consideration of funding proposals Information disclosure policy ... Initial monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities Report on implementation of legal and ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... panels Status of the Initial Resource Mobilization process Level of concessional terms for the public sector Brief guideline on the application of the case-by-case provisions in ... of the Appointment Committee Consideration of accreditation proposals Initial monitoring and accountability ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
The Green Climate Fund has come a step closer to helping ... withstand climate change. GCF and EIF have signed a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... the report of the twenty-third meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-third and ... that a Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of a confidential ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... the report of the twenty-sixth meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-sixth and ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for ... of the interim Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit Selection process and committee Evaluations conducted by the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Increasing Private Sector Involvement in the Transition towards a Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Economy in Burundi
Burundi has completed a GCF readiness grant aimed at strengthening the NDA ... of a sustainable mechanism of engaging key stakeholders, including women groups and the private sector in ... areas: Identification of 2 potential DAE, nomination for accreditation, and accreditation gap assessment of the 2 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
Strengthening institutional capacities and processes to enhance project development and to increase mobilization of climate finance for the implementation of Nationally Designated Contributions (NDCs) and the Long-Term Strategy (LTS) in Chile.
The government of Chile has determined the need to prioritize and enhance its engagement ... particularly from the private sector Limited number of accredited direct access entities (DAEs) to support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
Climate adaptation of agricultural value chains in the Norte Grande of Argentina: promoting the holistic management of agroecosystems
Agricultural family-based systems play essential economic, social, and environmental roles. National Law 27,118 (2014) assigns cultural heritage ... farming families and communities whose livelihoods highly depend on agricultural production. Additionally, family ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
FP231 - Accelerating Solar Action Program (ASAP)
The Accelerating Solar Action Programme (ASAP) supports Ghana’s much-needed transition away from fossil fuels, in line with the ... and the Energy Commission of Ghana. Better access to credit, robust demand from borrowers, decreased cost of ...
Project > Private sector Ghana 
FP271 - India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)
India is the world’s third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, with its energy supply heavily dependent on fossil ... significant progress and achieved rapid growth in renewable energy capacity. The country risks remaining locked into ... Key activities include providing DFIs with concessional credit lines for on-lending to public and private sector ...
Project > Public sector India 
FP284 - Amazonia Viva Program
... global climate regulator. It is home to 47 million people, including 2.2 million Indigenous Peoples. The region is ... temperatures, prolonged droughts, extreme weather, and deforestation. Seventeen per cent of the forest is already ... measures to overcome gender-specific obstacles in access to credit. FP284 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP292 - Scaling climate-smart solutions for hardest-to-reach MSMEs and farmers in Kenya (CST Facility)
Kenya ranks 150th on the ND-GAIN Climate Vulnerability Index, with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) ... need. The project aims to establish and demonstrate a scalable, de-risked local currency lending facility enabling Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), serving as both Accredited Entity and Executing Entity, to sustainably expand ...
Project > Private sector Kenya 
FP293 - Food Securities Fund Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche (FSF ACCT)
... are climate-sensitive commodities cultivated by smallholder farmers across Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, the ... finance remains structurally underprovided, as commercial lenders rarely extend unsecured credit in rural emerging markets, while cooperatives and ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
AAN Associates Consortium
AAN Associates leads this readiness support initiative as a development consulting firm registered in both Pakistan and Florida, ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
FP301 - Responsible Commodities Facility - Deforestation and Conversion Free: Finance for soy production in the Cerrado, Brazil (RCF-DCF Project)
... expansion, particularly soy production. Soy farmland expanded from 13 million hectares in 2000 to 44 million hectares ... half of the Cerrado’s native vegetation has already been cleared, leading to loss of biodiversity, degraded water ... to mobilise larger pools of capital. Through customised credit lines, farmers will be enabled to forgo converting ...
Project > Private sector Brazil 
NDA nomination letter for Colombia
This letter, sent by the government of Colombia to the Green Climate Fund, provides details on the nominated National Designated Authority ...
Document > NDA nomination Colombia
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... ambitious direction for GCF during its first replenishment period. A total of 16 projects were given the ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The 27th Board meeting is the final Board meeting of ... The five-day Board meeting also resulted in the accreditation of four new project partners. GCF now has over ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its activities at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, prepared to ramp up its operations to help implement the new global goal for adaptation finance. Among the ... markets. The Fund also signed project agreements with the Accredited Entities, the Asian Development Bank, and the ...
Article > News update 
SAP Compendium
A key element that drives the simplification of the preparation of ... in originating a SAP intervention. If you work in a GCF Accredited Entity, or if you are a GCF National Designated ... is enhanced by the availability, on the GCF website, of all the SAP technical guidelines in French and ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Early warning systems
Overview People in Africa, South Asia, South and Central America, and the inhabitants of small island states ... highly susceptible to climate change. Half the world's countries are unprotected by multi-hazard early warning ...
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GCF at COP30
Belém Climate Summit | 10 - 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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