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Strengthening Adaptation Planning and Coordination in Namibia
... characteristics make it one of the most vulnerable developing countries to the impacts of climate change. ... ecotourism, coastal zone management, and human settlements as well as trade and industry are vulnerable to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a Non-Annex I Party in 1995 and the Paris Agreement ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... of South Africa’s emissions in 2017. South Africa’s electricity mix remains dominated by coal-fired power ... to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural ... 21 million affected and totaling roughly US$4.5 billion monetary loss. There is a notable need to support South Africa ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
According to the revised NDC (2021)1, Angola sets the unconditional target of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies ... the establishment of institutional (Climate Change Secretariat and Climate Change Ministry) and policy (National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... resilience of Armenian forest to climate-induced events coupled with lack of sustainable management practices and rural population’s dependence on illegal fuelwood logging to meet their energy needs are increasing deforestation. This, in ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Armenia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... studies will be undertaken: Feasibility Assessments and Detailed Project Design (to include Baseline Study & ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
Call for Public Inputs: Annex III | Water Security Sectoral Guide
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations ... health and environmental sustainability. It provides a detailed framework for building the climate rationale for ...
Document > Call for input
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... by Saint Kitts and Nevis, the four-day dialogue brought together over 200 stakeholders, comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... and fiscal constraints hinder the Government from meeting its water and sanitation targets. There is a strong need to build technical knowledge, develop innovative and simple solutions, exchange knowledge to address issues in remote ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... central, regional, and local levels—to create a variety of essential instruments, including national adaptation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... Indigenous Peoples, the private sector, and civil society; iv) Lack of consolidation and availability of key, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Impact-Based Early Warning Systems in Uruguay
... The project seeks to reduce the impact of extreme hydrometeorological events by enhancing climate information ... Warning Systems (EWS), with a particular focus on vulnerable populations affected by hydrological impacts and the ... technical and consultative design process. As the Accredited Entity, CND assumes responsibility for implementing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Uruguay
Strengthen the Belize National Protected Area System (BNPAS) to provide Resilience, and Reduce Vulnerability of Community against Climate Change
... of climate change, especially in high-risk areas. Coupled with improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, improved management of PAs can be sustained ... Institutions or the private sectors, when there is harmony between people and the environment. Belize is ranked 9th in ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Belize
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by TNC and WWF, by applying a Project Finance for ... serve as ecological anchors and critical adaptation assets, are increasingly under pressure due to inadequate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and gender equality
In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, women are leading efforts in their communities to restore degraded ... and combat climate change. Ernestine Razafindravola, leader of the Soa Te Hivoatra Women’s Association, ... Evaluation Unit. Written by Jin Hee Dieu Madagascar FP026 Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Internship programme
Internship programme Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and ... academic, and cultural backgrounds. This program is meticulously crafted for talented and driven individuals ...
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Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... to regional efforts enhancing climate resilience. Recent meetings with GCF partners in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, ... Caribbean held in Belize in June. This regional proposal, led by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, is tapping GCF ... spoke to a broad range of Caribbean partners, including Accredited Entities , National Designated Authorities and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
Article > News update 
The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... sector investment.” To translate momentum into concrete action, research, role allocations, and treating water ...
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Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing ... receives only 5 per cent of all climate finance – with less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ... a plant-by-plant level day after day. This granular level detection allows different insights to be obtained such as ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
... decades. But this Latin American nation of rich and fertile land faces growing environmental and climate change ... we are producing food today, soil will become increasingly less fertile. Food will become progressively less ... to rise. We believe this could lead to widening gaps in society.” Mili Romano, Co-Founder and CEO of Vexxel There is a ...
Article > Story 
Turning down the heat
... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... already got heat rashes from sweating. I hope she does not get sick.” It’s the second year in a row that the ... in particular, face increased risk of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teenage pregnancy. This is the ...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... a community of practice that will increase engagement between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Pacific Island ... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this unprecedented community ...
Article > News update Niue 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 36th Board meeting (10-13 July 2023) , a record number for the Fund. Out ... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... and awareness about the impacts of climate change. SAP026: Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
Article > News update 
EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the ... follows the signing of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between GCF and EBRD today. FAAs mark the last phase of legal ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ... like Brazil to halt deforestation can, and should, be acknowledged," said Mr Chang. Brazil will reinvest the USD 96.5 ... GCF for REDD+ activities that come under its Nationally Determined Contribution ( NDC ) as a signatory to the Paris ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
“Without financing, ideas, however noble they may be, will remain on paper." These were impactful ... highlighted this vulnerability in his address to the meeting, stating: “Tajikistan is one of the most vulnerable ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the ... of Pacific Island representatives, led by President Waqa, met with GCF staff to learn more about climate finance ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
Uncertainty should not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is ... Instrument,” said Samoa’s Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, representing Small Island Developing States ... the SAP will be targeted at Direct Access Entities. Both Accredited Entities (AEs), and National Designated Authorities ...
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