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Managing risk: How climate finance can help manage risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... action across the world. These NAPs also help countries meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Bosnia and Herzegovina Managing risk: ...
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GCF deepens country engagement with Tonga
... with Tonga was held recent by GCF, including high-level government meetings, stakeholder workshops, meetings with Accredited Entities and field visits to potential projects. ...
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GCF signing enhances renewables uptake in Nepal
... this mountainous country’s ability to expand its renewable power and improve energy efficiency. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) allows GCF to begin ... in Nepal, focusing on vulnerable communities. AEPC was accredited as a GCF climate action partner in February last ...
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Wetlands give life: Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet
Wetlands are an important natural buffer in mitigating, ... to climate change. By absorbing and storing carbon, wetlands reduce floods, relieve droughts, minimise storm surges, and protect coastlines. Uganda FP034 Wetlands give life: Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a ...
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Scaling up finance for transformative climate action in cities
GCF and UN-Habitat, the global agency for human settlements, recently held a joint information session at the UN World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi, exploring how to scale up climate finance for cities. GCF is currently scoping ...
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GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities
GCF has signed an implementation agreement with German development bank KfW for ... “blue economy” project in the Western Indian Ocean targeting four African countries. This ecosystem-based ...
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Freeing Zambian women from a climate-charged poverty spiral
... does this mean in practice? To find out, read this article about how GCF funds are helping Zambian women transform ...
Article > Story Zambia UNDP 
Simplified Approval Process (SAP) Technical Guidance Compendium out now
... SAP concept notes and proposals. Designed to assist GCF Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities/Focal ... the Compendium covers a range of areas that are applicable for GCF financing across both mitigation and adaptation ... including the French and Spanish versions, are available on the GCF Publications webpage . Simplified Approval ...
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Cambodia's climate action game-changer: Resilient agricultural value chains
GCF’s climate finance is improving the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers by reducing the carbon footprint of each stage of the agricultural value chain. Through investments in climate-resilient agricultural...
Article > Story Cambodia ADB 
Thirty-ninth meeting of the GCF Board (B.39)
#GCFB39 Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea Thirty-ninth meeting of the GCF Board (B.39) ...
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Forty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.41)
#GCFB41 Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea Forty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.41) ...
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Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
The Green Climate Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement with Conservation ... Entity, is helping to protect nature and encourage sustainable development in over 30 countries across six continents. ... finance projects GCF approves. They are also a prerequisite for the disbursement of project funds. Conservation ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ... arm of the Ministry of Environmental Protection as an Accredited Entity. FECO Director General Chen Liang said the ...
Article > Press release China FECO 
Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... GCF Director of Country Programming, in the presence of Petrus Muteyauli from the Namibian National Designated ... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is community ownership for ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national approach to safeguards. This proposal aims to simultaneously complete and operationalize the Warsaw Components of REDD+ in ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
... a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague. Daniel recently joined the GCF Board as the Head of ... his heart, he helped organise the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, while working at the Ministry’s General-Coordination for ...
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GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
... Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities with the Government of the Republic of ... The signings took place on the margins of the 39th meeting of the GCF Board in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of ... agriculture project in Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment ...
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Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the ... America. 83.5% of its mostly indigenous population struggles from poverty and 33% suffer from extreme poverty. This ... are largely affecting their agricultural yields, and in return, their lives and livelihoods which depend on them. ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still ... central heating, hot water from tap, and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean are returning home with better understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities. The four-day ... through intensive interactions with GCF, the Fund’s Accredited Entities and other partners. A catchphrase of the ...
Article > Press release Belize CCCCC 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
At its twenty-third meeting in July (B.23), the Board of the Green Climate Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural communities and their ... to achieve this, we need the support of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanisms such as the Global Environment ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste UNDP 
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting that was convened by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on ... from 14 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management metrics. Metrics are a crucial element of ...
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GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management (KM) converged for their 2022 Summer Meeting that was convened by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on ... from 17 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management governance and functions. This is an ...
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Join GCF at COP29
... programming priorities, and eligibility criteria. The GCF delegation will be observing the official negotiations, and ... part in various events. Stay up to date A GCF COP29 microsite has been created, https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where ... stories, and publications. Please subscribe to the newsletter to stay tuned. Visit us at the Climate Funds ...
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Headquarters
... where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process ... submit host country proposals. The Headquarters Agreement between the Republic of Korea and GCF was signed in June 2013 ...
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
... to decline the sanctions exemption request. As a result, implementation of this readiness grant is currently suspended. Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the) Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the) ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
The updated Funding Proposal template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for baseline, context and theory of change, while also simplifying financing information and investment ... many portions of the template that will help GCF Accredited Entities prepare high-quality funding proposals. ...
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GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
... and of breaking silos to fight climate change at a joint meeting with GCF at COP24. Javier Manzanares, GCF Executive ... are the way forward in Costa Rica, and need to work together. GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate ...
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Not just buildings! Climate resilient infrastructure debate stresses need for broad approach
Climate-resilient infrastructure is not just about concrete buildings, but also includes the "soft" infrastructure ...
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Science provides rationale for rational climate action
... at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, ... need to account for wind speeds and solar radiation, while agricultural climate projects should measure soil ... Division, said that GCF readiness funding is available to help developing countries plan climate projects around ...
Article > News update WMO 