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Accredited Entities
... regional or international, as long as they meet the standards of the Fund. Accredited Entities carry out a range of activities that usually include the development of funding proposals and the ...
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Locally Led Climate Action
Overview Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivers on its mandate to support the most vulnerable. Climate change is ... builds on globally endorsed Principles for Locally Led Adaptation and GCF’s operational experience, including with ...
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Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope
... a critical role in preventing the whole planet heating to dangerous levels. This is because forests can act as both ... financial rewards, as the oil is used globally in food ingredients, hair and skin products. PROFONANPE has been ... Peru Uganda Viet Nam FP001 FP011 FP013 FP019 FP022 FP026 FP048 FP050 FP062 FP073 FP076 Forests: A cause of climate ...
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Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... approved 13 new projects. The 24th Board meeting closed today after allocating USD 407.8 million, raising GCF’s total ... Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) with FAO (FP118) USD 26.3 million for Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture ...
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Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) approved USD 3.5 million of project ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ... countries’ adaptation needs as expressed in their Nationally Determined Contributions. Yannick Glemarec, GCF ...
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Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... meeting , which took place on 4-7 March in Kigali, Rwanda. Eleven projects were approved at the first Board meeting ... year, totaling USD 489.8 million of GCF financing and USD 1.26 billion including co-financing. Among the 11, ... The Cook Islands project is also notable for being the fastest , taking less than a month from project approval to ...
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On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ... project (VCCRP) to help rural and coastal communities adapt to the climate crisis. “One of the biggest ...
Article > Story Vanuatu SCA 
FP040 - Tajikistan: Scaling Up Hydropower Sector Climate Resilience
... The infrastructure of Tajik hydropower facilities dates from the Soviet era and needs renewal to cope with the ... there is an urgent need to adapt older dams, especially their spillway capacities, to cope with the new climate ... 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 52 80 104 105 192 178 179 213 214 259 260 335 336 581 610 611 751 752 Tajikistan: Scaling Up ...
Project > Public sector Tajikistan EBRD 
GCF’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan sets out greater ambitions and results for critical global climate action
... of the growing magnitude and urgency of the climate challenge, the present and intensifying impacts on developing ... the Fund’s commitment to balanced programming for adaptation and mitigation, provision of Readiness support, ... their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Long-term Climate Strategies ...
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GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... well as the selection of a new Executive Director. Mafalda Duarte has been selected as the next Executive Director ... Resilient Fund (ICRF) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic ... of the meeting is available on the Board section of the GCF website. Funding Activity Agreements were signed for: FP199 ...
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GCF Board approves new strategic plan and USD 756 million in new climate projects
... Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ) based in Jamaica, DFCC Bank PLC (DFCC Bank) based in Sri Lanka, and ... thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board will be held on 23-26 October 2023 in Georgia. The twelve projects approved ... the meeting is available on the Board section of the GCF website. GCF Board approves new strategic plan and USD 756 ...
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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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Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the ... disasters such as heat waves and wildfires. We are facing adaptation challenges that we are only now beginning to grasp ...
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GCF support to the Amazon
... to sustained high rates of deforestation and forest degradation. More worryingly, scientists have alerted the world ... large proportion of carbon into the atmosphere and dramatically accelerating climate change globally. The COVID-19 ... casualties because of limited access to health care. Data on this page as of 9 August 2022 GCF support to the ...
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Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar supported by GCF at the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in our daily lives. Just look at the stock ...
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Germany, Incheon City raise awareness on climate conflict and cooperation at GCF Headquarters
... Office, alongside the city government of Incheon formally opened an exhibition on "Environment, Conflict and ... forests and minerals. Visitors learn how environmental degradation and resource scarcity lead to conflicts and new ... of the opening of the exhibition in Songdo, which coincided with the opening of the 23rd UN Climate Summit in ...
Article > Press release Germany Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF encourages more high-quality and ambitious proposals
... briefing held during the 44th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF Board Co-Chair, Mr. Zaheer Fakir (South Africa), and GCF Secretariat representatives gave an update on recent progress as the Fund faces the challenging ...
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IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
... Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture” (IGREENFIN), approved during the ... a regional approach to enable a market for investments on adaptation, mitigation practices and climate technologies by ... supporttheestablishmentofgreenlinesofcreditand the capacity building of both supply (banks) and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan for the Rwanda Development Bank
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) is a Public Company Limited by Shares, registered at the Officer of the Registrar General of Rwanda. For more than four decades, BRD has been the sole pro- ... on five priority sectors have been articulated. These will all be driven by embracing a set of five fundamental values: ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda PwC
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
... project aims to achieve this objective by strengthening adaptive capacity to reduce climate vulnerability of ... and implementation of AFS with cocoa and strengthening of all the cocoa value chain. PPF support from GCF is needed to conduct studies to strengthen the general direction of this funding ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil IICA
Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... photos, and assorted knickknacks hang on the living room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with ... an outpost of Ulaanbaatar,” says 55-year old Otgonkhuu. Today, Bayankhoshuu is one of the oldest peri-urban ger ... million project with ADB for the construction of green affordable housing in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar, Bayankhoshuu ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
Climate change hurting the poor, Mali President says in call for action
Republic of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta called for a united approach to tackle the inequalities of ... at GCF's Structured Dialogue with Africa, which concludes today. "We are all determined together to overcome climate ... to drive regional transformative action in mitigation and adaptation. "We must use our public resources to mobilise the ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Capacity enhancement of the National Designated Authority and other relevant stakeholders in Sri Lanka to re-evaluate technical needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation and assess climate finance priorities for agriculture by developing innovative climate smart investment mechanisms through increased partnerships between public and private sectors
... Risk Index. The consequences of climate change are critically affecting almost all economic sectors of the country, ... Climate Change Policy of 2012, National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2011-2016), National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change Impacts in Sri Lanka (2016 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka FAO
Forecasting hope: climate action for a more resilient Cook Islands
... rising sea levels, tropical cyclones, and changing rainfall patterns, putting coastal communities and the ... “We're able to put out our own stations, collect our own data, input that into the models and create our own ... “[This year, 2025], we will get our first weather radar for Rarotonga, which means we will be able to see all ...
Article > Story Cook Islands UNEP 
FP080 - Zambia Renewable Energy Financing Framework
... power, accounting for nearly 90 percent of its total installed generation capacity. While the country's ...
Project > Private sector Zambia AfDB 
FP081 - Line of Credit for Solar rooftop segment for commercial, industrial and residential housing sectors
Enabling access to long-term, affordable finance for solar rooftop installation projects in commercial, industrial and residential ... The programme will enable access to long-term and affordable financing for the construction of 250 MW of rooftop ...
Project > Private sector India NABARD 
FP093 - Yeleen Rural Electrification Project in Burkina Faso
... The government of Burkina Faso currently subsidises diesel generation in the remote areas, a situation which is ... will operate solar mini-grids. The project will include installing 100 mini-grids in Burkina Faso using result based ... users in the areas where solar mini-grids will be installed. The project has an estimated lifespan of nearly 7 ...
Project > Public sector Burkina Faso AfDB 