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Bhutan’s King optimistic about climate solutions
... delegation had during the scoping mission to Bhutan from 26 August to 1 September 2018. The mission was in Bhutan to ... visit, the delegation was very fortunate to receive an audience with His Majesty The King of Bhutan and Her Majesty ... its extensive forest cover. Bhutan has a constitutional mandate to maintain a minimum of 60 percent of its land as ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
Remarks by Héla Cheikhrouhou, GCF Executive Director, at the 13th meeting of the Board
... and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day ... that have kept me going over the past three years: It all seems impossible, until it is done. My sweat and my ...
Article > Press release 
Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
An expert dialogue will take place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support ... speakers and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
... the past year, the Co-Chairs to the GCF Board reported today to the 23rd Conference of the Parties of the United ... Fund will continue to respond to the guidance from the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in channelling climate ... is also available on video on demand on the UNFCCC website , under item 10 (c) of the agenda. Bonn GCF doubles ...
Article > Press release 
GCF begins funds transfer to Mongolia’s XacBank
... to enhance the bank’s ability to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) finance low-carbon ... access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Updating and operationalizing the Chad Country Programme through increased national capacity & a strong pipeline of projects
... capacity building for the National Designated Authority (NDA) / Point Focal, and (ii) the establishment of a strategic ... (iii) development a Country Programme, (iv) creation of a website ( www.fvc-tchad.org ) and finally (vi) development of a no-objection procedure. However, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
... meeting in Bonn, Germany. GCF partnered with two UN bodies, the Technology Executive Committee ( TEC ) of the UNFCCC and the Climate Technology Centre and Network ( CTCN ), ... dialogue, including through an event webcast, at the UNFCCC website . Germany Bonn GCF joins UN bodies to help ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF Board Strengthens Fund’s Operations
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by adopting a series of decisions that will strengthen ... Development Company Limited (IDCOL), based in Bangladesh, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), based in ... of the GCF Board meetings are available on GCF’s website . The 18th meeting of the GCF Board will be held ...
Article > Press release 
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... you for inviting me to this key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we ... to use those funds to catalyse the trillions needed annually for low-emission, climate-resilient development. GCF ... kind USD 750 million private equity fund to finance adaption and mitigation investment at the sub-national level. ...
Article > Speech
GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
... and impacts of GCF operations, the key climate finance challenges, and the ongoing process of the Fund’s ... from climate finance to energy transition, resilience and adaptation. The Summit will take place ahead of a pledging ... is closely working with its UN partners who are delivering 26 projects with the total value of USD 1.7 billion through ...
Article > Press release 
GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
... first tranche of climate funds to improve ecosystems-based adaptation in the Gambia. The first tranche of USD 6 million ... natural resource based economy by using Ecosystem Based Adaptation approaches. “UN Environment is pleased to see ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
Joint statement by GCF and GGGI
... halt government support for fossil fuel projects internationally. GCF co-hosted an international conference in ... COVID-19 pandemic that can be combined with ambitious nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement, ahead of COP26. Both GGGI and GCF are ready to support the ROK ...
Article > Statement 
GCF and UNIDO partnership agreement bolster climate-resilient industrial development
... Coordination. UNIDO became a GCF Accredited Entity at the 26th Meeting of the GCF Board in August 2020. GCF has 103 Accredited Entities to date who work directly with developing ...
Article > Press release 
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Tanzania’s Planning Processes
... more intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise make URT the 26th most vulnerable country to climate risks. Tanzania has ... change risks, and eventually lowers the capacity to adapt. Yields for critical crops, including maize, beans, ... and Zanzibar. Several climate change vulnerability studies have been undertaken in some parts of Tanzania and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania
Advancing a Regional Approach to the Green Hydrogen Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen ... integrating it into their national industries (especially in hard-to-abate sectors), and leveraging the regional ... the barriers regionally eases the experience, information, data, success and failure cases sharing among the countries, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for Vietnam Development Bank
... and financing for climate change projects, mitigation and adaptation projects. For those projects, VDB has to comply ... that VDB is complying with for existing projects, especially related to the environment and social and gender ... of the Vietnamese Prime Minister's commitment at COP26, which is “to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Pre-accreditation support to Dos-Credobank to build institutional ESS and Gender capacities
... within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has updated the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which was presented ... official delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic during the COP 26 (November 2021, Glasgow). Kyrgyzstan declared its ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
Jordan faces extreme water scarcity exacerbated by climate ... predict a 4°C temperature rise and 21 per cent less rainfall by the century’s end, further increasing demand 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 
Stepping up climate action in the Cook Islands
... country’s 15 islands met on the island of Rarotonga on 26 May to identify where climate mitigation and adaptation efforts should focus and where potential support ... efforts already underway including projects from the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility. The ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, providing household solar technologies. Aiming ... 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 
FP130 - Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... coordination, and implementation of Indonesia’s overall REDD+ architecture, as well as providing support to ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia 
FP136 - Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project
Land degradation in Ethiopia has proceeded at an alarming rate and ...
Project > Public sector Ethiopia 
Spanish and French SAP webinars held
A back-to-back series of webinars for GCF's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) was recently held in cooperation with UNITAR. The webinars, which were attended by National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities,...
Article > News update 
GCF/B.22/10/Rev.01 - Consideration of funding proposals
This document presents the funding proposals to the Board for consideration at its twentysecond meeting. It also presents an overview of the projected GCF portfolio and a brief guide to the funding proposal packages.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/01/Drf.01 - Provisional agenda
This document contains a proposed B.22 provisional agenda. GCF/B.22/01/Drf.01 Provisional agenda ...
Board document > Agenda
GCF/B.16/Inf.11 - Matters related to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents a Co-Chairs’ memo on matters related to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund.
Board document > Information
GCF/B.13/31 - Date and venue of the following meeting of the Board
... the Board of the Green Climate Fund in confirming the dates and venue for the fourteenth meeting of the Board. GCF/B.13/31 Date and venue of the following meeting of the Board ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.09/Inf.06 - Status Report on the Operations Manual and Appraisal Toolkit
Board document > Information
Board document > Information
GCF/B.12/09 - Project Preparation Facility
... application from Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda (MINIRENA) under the Project Preparation Facility of the ...
Board document > Action item