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The Green Climate Fund welcomes Austria’s contribution for its second replenishment (GCF-2)
... significant financial support for GCF-2, laying the foundation for other nations to follow suit by contributing to ... cooperation and funding are needed to help countries adapt to global warming and keep warming to 1.5°C above ... and its disastrous effects are a major threat for humanity all over the world. This is especially true for developing ...
Article > Press release Austria 
Developing key legislation, regulation, policies and concept notes for climate action in Namibia
... African countries in the region. Namibia submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in July 2021 with an ambitious target of cutting ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
... improving the quality of the air they breathe every day. Transportation is India’s third-highest greenhouse ... Director, Henry Gonzalez said: “The platform launched today is a big moment for all involved. It has been designed to speed up the adoption ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening Carbon Capture Storage and Reporting Frameworks and Mechanisms
... and systemic transformation to limit GHG emission in accordance with the goals of the UNFCCC. This includes augmenting public systems for capturing, ... de Janeiro, in 1992. The principle balances the need for all states to take responsibility for global climate change, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... workshop in Bangkok to identify Thailand’s climate adaptation gaps and needs. The three-day workshop was organised under the GCF-funded Readiness ... may sound simple, but in practice, it is incredibly challenging. This workshop is our step in identifying gaps and ...
Article > News update Thailand 
FP024 - Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia
The project was the first enhanced direct access (EDA) project approved by GCF Board in October 2016 with USD ... jobs, establishment of 14 community enterprises, and installing 160 solar water pumps saving $180,000 annually in diesel costs. Critical lessons learned emphasize the ...
Project > Public sector Namibia 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... He also highlighted the opportunities to strategically use GCF’s readiness support for a country like Sri ... effects, coupled with human activities including the degradation of water quality, have enhanced food insecurity and ... – which, if left unattended - can lead to land degradation and water management problems. Sri Lanka has one ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... spirit of the Games to address planetary environmental challenges. Many of the dignitaries set to attend the opening ... ceremony of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang on Friday took part in these two important discussions. The ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with an initial pledge of over USD 10 billion. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ... and verifiable reduction of greenhouse gases. Tamaki Tsukada, also a GCF Board member who is a deputy assistant ... payments pilot, it now offers financial support for all phases of REDD, including through its Readiness and ...
Article > Press release 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... Taylor, with Argentina’s Unit for Rural Change. An adaptive response to infrastructure is also needed, which ... Taylor said a climate approach which avoids “putting all eggs in the same basket” is increasingly necessary in ... prominent rural sector. The Unit for Rural Change, or Unidad Para el Cambio Rural (UCAR) as the Argentinian agency is ...
Article > Press release Argentina 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the ... and increase contributions to climate financing for adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation measures in ... electricity access for nearly half a million people and small and medium sized enterprises in cooperation with local ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
... at the core of our development plans,” Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, told ... development, and I am excited to witness and be part of all the positive changes happening in the next few years,” said Senator Legarda, while highlighting potential benefits to the ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
... are making to support countries around the world in their adaptation and mitigation efforts.” “We are delighted to ... Agreements with the Fund. UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Adaptation Rationale Workshop
The GCF International Technical Workshop: Adaptation Rationale for Project Pipelines and other Climate ... on 14-16 November 2018 in Cebu, Philippines. This three-day workshop was co-hosted by the Climate Change Commission ... attended the workshop from developing countries in all regions and representing a range of organisations ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Philippines (the) 
Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project
... to the impacts of climate change, as well as supporting adaptation measures in the water sector, and reducing the ... We are the proud recipients of a mix of funding from GCF totalling USD 27 million. The project will provide a replicable ... single-country projects approved, the others being Grenada and Belize. GCF is providing USD 27.6 million in grant ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club signs a Statement of Partnership to join forces in fighting climate change
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... development banks in supporting the GCF mission. “Today, the International Development Finance Club, the biggest ... provider of public development and climate finance globally, and the GCF, the largest climate fund in the world, ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... assistance to developing countries came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development . As a founding member, ... members of the Alliance for Hydromet Development are the Adaptation Fund, African Development Bank, Asian Development ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
... to empowering countries to reduce GHG emissions and adapt to climate change, GCF drives climate finance to where ... vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. ... on developing countries and the need to provide resources faster.” Of GCF’s total approved funds of USD 5.6 ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... from private sector and other extractive groups that ironically facilitate the release of about 19.5 million tons of ... and low carbon growth, notably in the NDCs, the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change, the REDD+ National ... recruit high profile experts to elaborate feasibility studies (that also include climate change analysis and economic ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... of climate change are expected to further aggravate these challenges. There is general recognition and growing awareness ... based Solutions (NbS) are a cost-effective and promising adaptation approach in the urban context, increasing climate ... changes. The use of ecosystems for urban climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is a rapidly growing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Developing a climate resilient health system in The Bahamas
... engagement, 4) climate resilient health infrastructure, 5) data collection, information & technology, and 6) financing ... project is designed to build upon and strengthen national bodies, communities and human resources with new mechanisms ... include: To develop a ‘climate SMART health’1 in all policies systems framework with cross cutting national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Development of Guyana’s National Climate Finance Strategy, MRV System and Project Pipeline to Support NDC Implementation
... Strategy (LCDS) was launched in 2009 and later updated in 2013 as the document to guide Guyana’s economic ... project aims to increase the capacity of Guyana to strategically manage climate finance flows and achieve their revised ... Change (OECC) to improve the quality of Guyana’s UNFCCC reporting obligations. the improvement of National GHGs ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is ... (GoL) has consequently recognised the need to implement adaptation initiatives to manage the threat of climate change. In this context, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process was officially launched in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
National Adaptation Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management in Belize
... of Belize is charged with the responsibility of managing all of Belize’s freshwater resources. However, the office ... and knowledge to design, implement and maintain innovative adaptation technologies restricting their capacity to ... framework. These challenges are exacerbated by significant data and information gaps. Limited exploration of 1 of 7 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
... of water resources, increased desertification, land degradation and higher frequency of drought occurrence as well as ... shock events such as flash floods, mud flows, intense rainfall events and intense heat waves. This, in turn, is ... (MAEPT) in its role as the National Designated Authority (NDA) lacks adequate capacities to efficiently engage with the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Scaling up green finance practices: A blueprint to break- through into a climate resilient Cook Islands as a catalyst to mobilize private sector investment
... change impacts, in particular coastal erosion and inundation, droughts, flooding, cyclones, increasing ... cays, low-lying coral atolls, raised coral islands, and small volcanic islands, situated in the Pacific Ocean. Climate ... off on the Accreditation Master Agreement. The GCF modality of on-lending is an avenue not currently available in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands
Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
... organizations lack systematic coverage of observational data from regions and areas of the countries with high risks ... methods to provide health services. Recognizing these challenges, in consultation with stakeholders, this Readiness project was designed to increase the adaptive capacity of national health systems and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions
... vulnerable to climate change. To achieve Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets to reduce GHG ... climate finance and private sector investments. The NDA-led -Readiness Needs Assessment (RNA) identified the ... concept notes and no funding proposal submitted by DAEs. Limited engagement and investment from private sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia
Readiness Support for Building Community Resilience through Application of Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) System
... have the capacity to plan and implement climate change adaptation (CCA) actions by incorporating available ... surroundings and it informs decision-making about fundamental aspects of day-to-day life (including daily ... change. TLK systems at the local level are not systematically cataloged or utilized in climate change resilience ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal Pakistan
GCF Group of Friends welcomes new Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, garnering momentum for GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action
... welcomed GCF’s newly appointed Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, and received an update on the Fund’s activities. The Ambassador of Pakistan ... H.E. Ambassador Nabeel Munir, chair of the meeting, recalled the urgency to act collectively in the face of the ...
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