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United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
... France. After the announcement, UK Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom commented: “The Green Climate Fund has supported ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
The twenty-fourth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held in ... 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)
#GCFB27 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work ... 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 
Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
... to provide developing countries that have successfully implemented projects with CREWS funds, a faster access to ... potentially have accelerated access to SAP, through GCF Accredited Entities, if certain parameters and procedures are met. The Scaling-up Framework will ...
Article > News update 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... specialists and representatives from UN agencies, civil society organizations, research institutes and the private ... “Developing countries – already the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – are being hardest ... Asia and the Commonwealth. “The UK is the host of COP26 in Glasgow next year and is committed to a sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... needed to create bold solutions to deal with the twin challenges of climate change and COVID-19. Bringing together leading private and public sector actors - including ... climate targets: Matter of time? Speakers: WRI and GCF Accreditation Moderator: Jacob Waslander, Senior Associate, ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
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 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
... the four new projects targeting support to the most vulnerable countries including Least Developed Countries, Small ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board also approved the Integrated Results ... virtual Board meeting also approved entities for accreditation and re-accreditation, reviewed the performance ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board concluded its 34th meeting, the fourth and last Board meeting of the year. The ... to increase access to its resources, the Board adopted an accreditation strategy, renewed its accreditation partnerships ... discussions. Germany expressed its interest in hosting the pledging conference next year for GCF’s second ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... the burden of public debt. Barbados has successfully completed an unprecedented debt-for-climate operation to finance ... growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . About the EIB The European ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
The Government of Jamaica together with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Green ... fiscal framework, and incentives for investments in renewables and the greening of the financial system, aimed towards ... Green Facility, domiciled in Jamaica. The GCF will provide credit and capacity development to finance local climate ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Address at Global Korea Convention 2020
... The average global temperature for 2016–2020 is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, with an ... period 125,000 years ago. During this period, sea level was 7 to 12 meters above today and the world was ... climate action commitments before next year’s pivotal COP26 in the UK. The private sector must play a key role in ...
Article > Speech
GCF at COP30
... 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets News update GCF’s approach to Locally Led Climate ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... were given the green light during the GCF Board’s first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, providing a natural asset of enormous significance to protect our planet, preserve ... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to 800 ...
Document > Thematic brief
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. Although there have been past and on-going ... across national and sub- national actors, civil society and private sector stakeholders; ii) Lack of private ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... inviting me to this key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ... of GCF funding and co-financing. With its over 200 accredited and delivery partner agencies, GCF help developing ...
Article > Speech
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... had a water deficit of 20 per cent despite 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, ... from GCF to leverage investment, and grant capital to set up a Technical Assistance Facility. Rwanda has 70% of its ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large cabbages, arranged ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ...
Article > Story Namibia 
Addressing accelerating climate change-induced urban-to-rural migration through Low Emissions Climate Resilient Agro-Spatial Development in Togo [Togo LECR – ASD Programme]
... climatic events such as floods and droughts, which have led to major displacements in the past years. Climate change ... manage adequately a growing flow of people in search for a better life. Direct consequences of harsher climatic ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ...
Document > Concept note Togo
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... of climate change actions into line ministry budgeting and planning processes; and lack of capacity to ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan ... onto one of this landlocked East African nation’s vital wetlands to farm. But their drainage of the wetlands to graze ... Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... When farmers have the tools to produce more, they are better equipped to adapt to climate change while reducing ... the United Nations warned that Madagascar could be the site of the world’s first climate change-caused famine. ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
Baku, Azerbaijan— The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
FP280 - Uganda REDD+ RBP for results period 2016 - 2017
... land for agriculture, smallholder farming, and unsustainable logging of round wood, fuelwood, and charcoal. Uganda has ... 2016 to 31 December 2017 were confirmed as credible and transparent. With this verification, Uganda became eligible ... gender inclusion and community empowerment through targeted training, participatory planning, and inclusive ...
Project > Public sector Uganda 
FP282 - Lao People’s Democratic Republic: REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period [2015 – 2018] – “Governance, Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods – Southern Laos Project (GFLL-SL)”
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has one of Southeast ... 2015 to 31 December 2018 were confirmed as credible and transparent. With this verification, the country became ... sustainable green growth of rural communities. GFLL-SL targets four critical forest landscapes across five southern ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
FP130 - Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... total volume of 27 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq) submitted to GCF for results-based payments ... to invest in activities that support the implementation of the country’s national REDD+ action ... with key agencies at the national, provincial, and local levels to strengthen the development, coordination, and ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia 
FP136 - Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project
Land degradation in Ethiopia has proceeded at an alarming rate and will be ... resilience, land productivity and carbon storage, while also increasing access to diversified livelihood activities in selected vulnerable rural watersheds of Ethiopia. While ...
Project > Public sector Ethiopia 
Careers
Overview Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and ... communicate ideas effectively, build strong operational networks and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment. ...
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