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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) at its Board meeting this week provided further evidence that it is ... are expected to provide direct support to 115.5 million people and mitigate the equivalent of 45.3 million metric tonnes ... funding by assessing an entity’s capacity to meet GCF accreditation standards simultaneously with the project ...

... motors, air-conditioning, refrigeration and boilers, increasing energy efficiency and developing a new market in energy services. The project will develop a package of ... low levels of investment, and limited access to long-term credit. There are no Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) and ...

... in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial implications for targets enshrined in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable ... establishing a microfinance mechanism to provide accessible credit for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized ...

At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National Forestry Adviser, reviews data on his tablet. Not long ago, this area faced the threat of illegal ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site.  Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ...

Overcoming energy efficiency investment market barriers in Viet Nam. Viet Nam is one of the most energy ... and capacity building activities, combined with a dedicated credit line. It will build on ongoing efforts by the Vietnamese Government to promote the efficient use of electricity and reduce consumption and emissions. The project ...

Vanuatu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. The nation is ... to increase their resilience to climate change, through targeted community and local adaptation activities in the ... and restoring 11,600 hectares of agricultural and fisheries sites; and training smallholder farmers in climate-resilient ...

... adapt to climate change, as evidenced by the 33 million people affected by devasting floods in 2023. The primary ... to flood and water resource management in local watershed sites in the Indus Basin river system. This will be ... the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) supported the Accredited Entity in the development of this project's funding ...

... by climate proofing the underlying ecosystems in the Knuckles/Amban Ganga highlands and lowlands. The project covers the upper watershed and downstream areas of the Knuckles Mountain Range, which is a UNESCO heritage site that includes key biodiversity hotspots and forest ...

To get back on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees ... climate change. …But this is easier said than done. Multiple barriers exist to scaling up investments in climate ... Initiative for the Great Green Wall is promoting access to credit and technical assistance to local farmers and banks ...

... prevent threats to Bhutan’s forests, preserving their role as a carbon sink. Bhutan for Life will also support ... in the protected areas. “It is in this protected areas network, and the wildlife corridors that connect them, that ... be found on the Bhutan for Life project page on GCF’s website . Bhutan Bhutan GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for ...

... Ecuador Peru FP001 FP019 FP100 FP134 Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest’s future ...

... (GCF) Board has today appointed two new Co-Chairs at its nineteenth meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. Paul Oquist has been elected as the developing country Co-Chair, whilst Lennart ... developing countries on the Executive Committee of the UNFCCC Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Dr. ...

... entrepreneurship of businesses in tackling the climate challenge, and comes on the heels of a seminal UN report ... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will set the scene in the morning by quantifying the urgency of ... that climate action could yield an economic gain of USD 26 trillion through to 2030 compared with business-as-usual. ...

... change into planning at the national, district and village levels throughout the Gambia," said Minister Dibba. ... regions is being implemented by UN Environment, a GCF Accredited Entity. Pa Ousman Jarju, GCF's Director of Country ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. The geographic nature of this ...

... Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. AFC was accredited to GCF in ...

... with the Pacific Community (SPC). GCF today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with this Pacific-based regional body to provide the legal framework for funding climate projects. GCF Deputy ... opportunity for the Green Climate Fund and SPC to work together, to respond to the needs that are expressed by PICs, ...

... take place virtually from 18 to 21 August 2020. GCF acknowledges the extraordinary circumstances and fast-changing ... Board decides on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. Kindly note that funding proposals ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) in the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...