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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. ... resilient infrastructure sector guidance. Tonga has been selected as a strategy mission country after the successful ...
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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 ... partner in February last year. GCF signing enhances renewables uptake in Nepal ...
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Wetlands give life: Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet
... wetlands reduce floods, relieve droughts, minimise storm surges, and protect coastlines. Uganda FP034 Wetlands give life: Preserving Uganda's wetlands secures a brighter future for country and planet ...
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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 ... Urban Forum is the foremost global gathering for sustainable urbanisation. Scaling up finance for transformative ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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. ...
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Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is community ownership for ... workshops and national validation workshops, to ensure that its approach to community-based natural resources ...
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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. ... components: firstly, activities will focus on supporting future access to REDD+ results-based payments from both ...
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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 ... and New Delhi. Recognised as a consummate professional, fearless advocate for developing countries and friend, Daniel ...
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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 ... in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The granting of privileges and immunities will facilitate the implementation 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 ... his life fifty years ago, when he was a child with his future mapped out to be a farmer, following in the footsteps ... innovation by adopting this Ecosystem-based Adaptation measure (EbA) on their 1.67-hectare plot of land, located in ...
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Accreditation process
The accreditation process Under the revised Accreditation Framework (RAF), GCF follows a five-step ... transparency, predictability, and accountability, while supporting entities at different stages of readiness to ...
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Investment framework
Investment framework
The GCF investment framework guides how the Fund allocates resources to achieve its mission of supporting a paradigm shift toward low-carbon and climate-resilient development. The framework is...
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Resources
Resources for the SAP Dedicated templates and examples annexes for Concept Notes and full Funding Proposals have been developed for the SAP. These examples provide guidelines and may be used as a reference for ...
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Policies: Accreditation
Accreditation In deploying its resources, the Green Climate ... funding, these institutions go through a process of “accreditation,” designed to assess whether they are capable of strong financial management and of safeguarding GCF ...
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Locally Led Climate Action
Overview Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green ... (GCF) delivers on its mandate to support the most vulnerable. Climate change is profoundly local in its impacts. Yet ... GCF’s approach to LLCA builds on globally endorsed Principles for Locally Led Adaptation and GCF’s operational ...
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Executive Director Keynote Speech
... development, but I decided to target my work a little bit more in terms of development and climate because, at ... valuable to help us bring perspective to issues. It is reassuring to hear, for example, the International Energy Agency ... owning and taking that leadership role. Last year, GCF revisited our readiness strategy or programme that provides ...
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How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ... and climate resilience. The programme safeguards a future for Lao where both people and forests can thrive, ...
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Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... 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 ... delegates from 14 countries, representatives from 14 GCF Accredited Entities as well as several observer institutions. ...
Article > Press release Belize 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... 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 ...
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GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting ... from 14 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management metrics. Metrics are a crucial element of ... efficiency and effectiveness by establishing baseline measures, procedures for measuring, and expected outcomes. Led ...
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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 ... Fund (IMF) shared its exercise on taxonomy governance to ensure that knowledge management leaders are identified in key ... (IDB) presented its KM governance as strictly related with lessons learned from the portfolio and the sectors. The ...
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Join GCF at COP29
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... 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 ...
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