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Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
#GCFB27 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of the ... proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for 2020 – 2023 Review of ... Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Updated and integrated results management framework and ...
Event > Board meeting 
FP170 - Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture
... improve water management by integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) ‘green’ measures with ‘traditional’ ... Phitsanulok, Sukhothai and Uttaradit provinces and eventually benefit some 25,000,000 inhabitants of the Greater Chao ... and by improvements to integrated planning. In parallel, the project will boost household access to climate ...
Project > Public sector Thailand UNDP 
SAP024 - Pakistan Distributed Solar Project
... energy products such as solar photovoltaic (PV) installations challenging. The project will provide tailored financing ... by GCF will be deployed to finance 43 MW solar PV installations for households, agribusinesses and small and ...
Project > Private sector Pakistan JSBank 
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde ... challenges of climate change, by proposing mitigation and adaptation measures to successfully achieve targets made in ... targets, the country’s National Designated Authority (NDA) and the Ministry of Tourism and Transport requested the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde UNIDO
FP194 - Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) Cool
... sub-sectors with significant potential for climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas reduction such as large-scale ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AFD 
FP197 - Green Guarantee Company ("GGC")
... guarantees for climate bonds with significant climate adaptation and mitigation impacts. It will create an ... international private sector investments in mitigation and adaptation projects. GGC will be a powerful ally for developing countries by giving them access to ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries MUFG_Bank 
FP198 - CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action To Accelerate Local I.5° Technologies – Latin America and West Africa
... funding support for climate start-ups and other micro and small enterprises in Latin America and West Africa. ... and support networks, the lack of ‘industry standard’ tools and frameworks, and the mismatch between the ... environment and provide capacity building support to local NDAs and government stakeholders, pre-accelerators, ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries GIZ 
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... long-term readiness needs for climate change mitigation, updates Yemen’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and develops a good ... leadership in addressing climate change, the country’s updated international commitment, and the increased ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
FP219 - Staple Crops Processing Zone (SCPZ): Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains
... industry. The SCPZ project is designed to combat this challenge by focusing on the agricultural sector in Guinea, ... As a result, these zones are projected to curtail land degradation, boost overall soil fertility, and potentially lead to a remarkable 50 ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AfDB 
FP220 - Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) for East Africa region
... an increase in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events. This places significant pressure on the region's ... processes has been slow, as farmers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda lack access to the necessary funding for Climate Change ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries IFAD 
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
Climate change poses a severe threat to Angola’s economy and its population. About 80% of the most frequent disasters recorded in Angola are directly associated with hydro-climatic events: water scarcity or excess....
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
FP238 - Ecosystems-based Adaptation for resilient Watersheds and Communities in Malawi (EbAM)
Climate change is intensifying Malawi’s challenges in agricultural productivity and food security. ... Extreme weather events, soil erosion, and watershed degradation exacerbate droughts and floods, further compromising ... Over six years, the project will improve the management of 267,500 hectares of land. Additionally, it supports ...
Project > Public sector Malawi FAO 
FP240 - Collaborative R&DB Programme for Promoting the Innovation of Climate Technopreneurship
Many of the countries in Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to climate change. And yet, some of the countries in the region also have the most carbon-intensive growth. To achieve low emission, climate-...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries KDB 
FP244 - Climate Resilient Health and Well-Being for Rural Communities in southern Malawi (CHWBRC)
... world, exposed to increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events. These result in a ... highly vulnerable to climate impacts, compounded by low adaptive capacities and vulnerability resulting from high ... infrastructure. It will also develop and apply national standards and guidelines for climate-resilient facilities. ...
Project > Public sector Malawi SCA 
FP248 - Land-based Mitigation and Adaptation through a Jurisdictional Approach in West Kalimantan
... critical climate hazards such as deforestation, forest degradation, rising temperatures, floods, and droughts. These ... of carbon but are highly vulnerable to fire and degradation. Local communities, reliant on natural resources, lack resilience mechanisms, especially regarding forest management and agricultural practices. ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia GIZ 
FP263 - Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2
... sustainable land management (SLM) practices offer climate adaptation and mitigation benefits, they face adoption ... Land Fund 2 (MSLF2) aims to tackle the interconnected challenges of land degradation and climate change by investing ... finance for new partners, countries, and technologies. FP263 Costa Rica Ghana Malaysia Morocco Peru Philippines (the) ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Mirova 
FP257 - RE-GAIN: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges for agricultural transformation, driven by the ... to strengthen smallholder farmers' climate resilience and adaptive capacity by promoting the wide-scale adoption of ... (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), enhancing the supply and affordability of ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries AGRA 
FP275 - Scaling up the Deployment of Integrated Utility Services (IUS) to Support Energy Sector Transformation in the Caribbean (Phase 1) Programme
... approach to scaling distributed clean energy in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), supporting GCF’s goal of expanding access to sustainable, affordable, and resilient renewable energy, particularly in ... opportunities to decarbonise their energy sectors and adapt their systems to growing climate pressures without ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries CDB 
FP267 - Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate-intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa ("Eco-DRR")
South Africa faces significant climate change challenges threatening water resources, agriculture, ... in coordination and capacity to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) interventions at scale, sufficient ... (PPF) for detailed project design and feasibility work. FP267 South Africa 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 906 Scaling up ...
Project > Public sector South Africa SANBI 
SAP058 - Local Governments and Climate Change III (LGCC-3)
... project’s main objective is to integrate climate change adaptation into local development planning and finance, ... culmination of experience with Cambodia’s Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) approach and is built on the ... authorities and communities and grants to fund priority adaptation projects. In close consultation with communities, ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia NCDD 
FP295 - Establishing Climate Resilient, Regenerative Agricultural (CRRA) systems in Tonga, Vanuatu and Samoa
... local economies; however, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged heat, and increasingly intense ... and rural incomes. This programme aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers and the ecosystems ... agricultural systems, helping farming communities adapt to climate change while protecting food security and ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries SPC 
GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
... Private Investment for Climate Conference wound up today, following two days of discussions designed to harness the entrepreneurial ... in the transport sector needs to be replicated urgently in all areas of the economy where climate effects will be felt. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference makes business case to lower planet's climate costs
... Executive Director Yannick Glemarec articulated his call for enhanced business action to tackle the climate ... global gathering focusing on the private sector. The three-day Private Investment for Climate Conference wound up yesterday in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, with a clear message ...
Article > Press release 
The Green, Inclusive Innovation Imperative
Your Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen. On behalf of the Green Climate Fund, it ... climate damage. Climate impacts are materializing faster than expected. Since 2001, the Inter-Governmental ... global development trends is recognized in the SDGs, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. A single institutional ...
Article > Statement 
Regional Project for Leapfrogging to Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners in Cuba, El Salvador and Honduras
... $ 6 billion USD savings in electricity costs. This is especially the case for Central American and Caribbean countries, ... are already exploring Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and labels for room air conditioners. Still, it ... standardization and quality institutions and procurement bodies –as well as importers/manufactures from the private ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
The green innovation imperative
Your Excellencies, dear participants, ladies, and gentlemen. On behalf of the Green Climate Fund, it ... climate damage. Climate impacts are materializing faster than expected. Since 2001, the IPCC has published an ... global development trends is recognized in the SDGs, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. A single institutional ...
Article > Speech
High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... in this high-level dialogue. Deforestation and forest degradation are a cause and a consequence of climate change while ... of global GHG emissions. Deforestation and ecosystem degradation also erode resilience to climate change, threatening ... restoration and sustainable forest management are critically underfinanced. From 2010-2017, USD billion in finance ...
Article > Speech
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... the NAP process in 2014, establishing a strong foundation for the NAP process with its financing plan and ... vulnerabilities, particularly within Cambodia’s fast-growing cities. The last challenge observed is ... climate change into language accessible to different audiences; and limited effective communications efforts for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Enabling Activities for the Formulation and Implementation of a Multisectoral National Adaptation Plan for Belize
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. Article 7.9 of the latter requires Belize to, “as appropriate, engage in adaptation planning processes and the implementation of ... in country. At the national level, Belize’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize PACT
Mayan youth promoting nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Guatemalan highlands
... and indigenous knowledge to help the local community adapt to climate change. The changing climate is drastically ... Two of them were able to continue their primary level studies; six are in secondary school; fifteen in high school ... of Natural Resources and the Environment in Guatemala (FCG) and Rafael Landívar University. It is being ...
Article > Story Guatemala IUCN FP087 