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Forests get a boost from new GCF policy on REDD+ results-based payments
... for forest finance. The decision was made at the 40th meeting of the GCF Board . REDD+ (Reducing emissions from ... and forest degradation) is based on the principle that developing countries which reduce their emissions ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The policy also complements GCF’s newly revamped ...
Article > News update 
GCF welcomes Sweden’s SEK 8 billion pledge to the Fund
... Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK 8 billion (USD 763 million) for the Fund’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Sweden has been a long-term contributor ... climate leadership, and their substantial pledge to GCF is yet more proof that Sweden's commitment to developing ...
Article > Press release 
GCF to ramp up climate investment in South Sudan
... Duarte headed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) first-ever delegation to South Sudan and committed to significantly ... the country’s schools to close for two weeks, the GCF delegation met with H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Minister for ...
Article > News update South Sudan 
GCF and Asia-Pacific SIDS strengthen ties for climate action
... the climate crisis in the Asia-Pacific region have come together to identify programming opportunities that would ... – 13 from the Pacific region plus Maldives and Timor-Leste – convened in the Cook Islands this month for the ... focal points (National Designated Authorities), Accredited Entities (national and international), Civil ...
Article > News update Cook Islands 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities
We’re pleased to announce two upcoming Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... September 2025 These back-to-back gatherings will bring together key GCF partners from across Latin America to ... of the GCF can expect: Exchange of inspiring experiences, lessons, and ideas across countries and institutions ...
Event > Structured dialogue Dominican Republic (the) 
47 countries express interest in hosting a GCF regional presence
... it serves and deliver more financial support at scale, strengthen national institutions, and build more partnerships for impact. The GCF’s Secretariat will now review all proposals against the Terms of ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Proposed host cities must be classified as A or B per ...
Article > Press release 
Social protection: Investing in reform and resilience
... ground-up resilience and innovation: putting protecting people at the heart of climate action. Climate change is not ... like cash transfers, social insurance, and labour market interventions, protect people before, during, and after climate shocks. Social ...
Article > Insights 
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
As nations urgently seek to enhance climate ambition and implementation, country and regional platforms are emerging as ... adaptation, and economic development goals into actionable investment strategies, facilitating impactful, country-led climate initiatives. This high-level event co-organised ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
... climate solutions in developing countries and emerging markets. Just Climate, the investment business established by Generation Investment Management to scale solutions for the highest-emitting, most off-track ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is mandated to support low-emission, ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... moved from conceptual discussion to practical, actionable planning. “The climate reality in Thailand is shifting. ... in the South face severe flooding , our goal is to leave this workshop with concrete ideas that can become funded projects - projects that ...
Article > News update Thailand 
Closer ties and progress forged at GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
The Green Climate Fund’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group convened its seventh meeting (IPAG-7) from 16 to 19 December 2025. Held at the GCF ... Peoples. The discussions focused on several key areas for 2026, which included establishing GCF’s approach on direct ...
Article > News update 
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
About 15 per cent of the energy demand worldwide is met by classic biomass such as firewood, charcoal, and plant residues. Some 2.8 billion people cook their daily meals with such biomass. Kenya is no ... heating. The combustion of these materials during cooking releases greenhouse gases (GHG). Using improved cookstoves ...
Article > Story Kenya 
Policies and strategies
... and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also ... which guide the overall direction of Fund operations. Together, these strategies and policies establish the framework for implementation of the GCF’s Governing Instrument. The main ...
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Project safeguards
... social risks in relation to its activities, as well as implementing an Indigenous People’s Policy to reflect the importance of fully and ... mechanism to mainstream gender perspectives from the outset of its operations as an essential decision-making element ...
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Gender
... that of men. Compared to men, domestic burdens (e.g. collection of firewood and water) of women increase ... significantly contribute to combating climate change as knowledgeable small-scale farmers and leaders of climate change ...
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GCF funded India solar rooftop programme kicks off
... disbursement of USD 50 million marks the start of the implementation of the GCF solar rooftop programme in India. The ... investment will be channeled through NABARD, the Fund's Accredited Entity and India's largest rural development bank. ... from a developing country. The Government of India has set a target of 40 GW of rooftop solar power by 2022 which ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting brought together 27 potential contributors and 9 Board ... to discuss key issues on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) replenishment in the context of urgent global climate action. ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. Over the five years ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
... Incheon, Republic of Korea. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meetings, where the 24 Board members ... decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. At its twenty-first meeting, the GCF ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
The Government of Lao PDR is leading the way to ensure complementarity and coherence in ... change. “This ground-breaking collaboration between GCF and GEF shows how we are working together to ... Designated Authorities, GEF Operational Focal Points, and accredited entities and Agencies. Lao People's Democratic ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
GCF supports Indonesia's energy transition with de-risking geothermal development
... potential, the country relies heavily on fossil fuel to meet its electricity demand. A key barrier to geothermal development ... Telep Renewable Energy Senior Specialist +82 32 458 6326 Indonesia Songdo FP083 GCF supports Indonesia's energy ...
Article > Story Indonesia 
Agreement set to increase India's rooftop solar reach
... a further boost today with the signing of an agreement between the Green Climate Fund and India’s National Bank ... across Indian rooftops. It will be carried out by TATA Cleantech Capital Limited, following the initial transfer of ... finance body which is also a GCF Direct Access Accredited Entity . Attending the signing ceremony on the ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS
... State in the Asia-Pacific region, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Despite having a huge potential for ... fossil fuel-based energy generation and achieve its NDC targets of generating half of electricity from renewable sources ... Telep Renewable Energy Senior Specialist +82 32 458 6326 Tonga Songdo GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Climate finance drives down renewable price in Egypt by half
... investment has helped halve the cost of producing renewable energy in Egypt by using new ways to capture private ... and Development (EBRD) for the past few months to implement a USD 1 billion project aimed at creating a new ... private investors to kickstart a new renewable energy market. It is also supporting the Egyptian Government’s stated ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Climate costs will rise sharply if we miss 1.5 degree target, GCF conference hears
Climate finance is a moral obligation, while inadequate action leading to global temperatures over 1.5 degrees Celsius will ... ended today in Incheon, Republic of Korea. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed told GCF’s inaugural ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund pledges ambitious response to IPCC alarm bell
... IPCC Vice-Chair, warned of the dangers of a warmer world while outlining the findings of the 1.5C report to an audience ... of warming of 1ºC through more extreme weather, rising sea levels and many other changes. The reports shows us that ... he said. “It is hitting them hardest, and fastest - whether through rising sea levels threatening Pacific islands ...
Article > Press release 
Dialogue opens new opportunities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... Prime Minister Zokirzoda Mahmadtoir Zoir, will bring together representatives from 13 countries across the region to accelerate climate action. Participants include representatives ... to GCF, high-level officials, numerous international Accredited Entities, entities that have been nominated for ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF and GEF harmonise steps to follow developing country lead in climate finance
... take joint steps to improve climate finance flows to best meet the needs of developing countries in tackling the global climate challenge. The heads of the two organisations, GCF Executive ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “It is essential that we continue to strengthen the ...
Article > Press release 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... climate impacts are already emerging during a recent meeting with GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey designed to ... in Sri Lanka,” said President Sirisena. “Rice, as a staple food for the country, has always been produced in the ... will enhance the country’s ability to develop and implement GCF projects. In forming climate solutions, “it is ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector cooperation in tackling ... "Both the public and private sectors should work together towards developing sustainable solutions that are relevant to each region," said ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... Asia, the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund, the link between sports and sustainability has become clearer. The Republic of Korea's first hosting of the Winter ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with an initial pledge of over USD 10 billion. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 