Search
Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
... carry out its role in supporting countries in making the fundamental and transformative changes needed to address ... Fund’s investment priorities, focused on significant adaptation and mitigation outcomes, reflect the IPCC’s ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ...
Article > Press release 
Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Sunday, 1 July to Wednesday, 4 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. #GCFB20 ... on Climate Change Report on the analysis of the challenges, barriers, gaps and recommendations to achieve an ...
Event > Board meeting 
Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
... the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 5 July to Thursday, 6 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. #GCFB17 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 4 April to Thursday, 6 April, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. #GCFB16 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 28 June to Thursday, 30 June, in Songdo, Incheon, ... Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change thematic bodies Complementarity and coherence with other Funds The ... status of the Fund’s pipeline Simplified procedure for small-scale activities and certain activities Project ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 8 March to Thursday, 10 March, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. #GCFB12 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of ...
Event > Board meeting 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... Egypt and GCF is bearing fruit with both mitigation and adaptation projects being implemented in the country, allowing the government to adopt more ambitious climate ... she stated: "but for GCF and its commitment to a floor of adaptation funding accessible by SIDS, we wouldn’t have the ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... tap the bank’s global reach to accelerate climate action. Dandan Chen, Acting Country Director, World Bank Bangladesh and ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh IDCOL 
FP151 - Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Technical Assistance (TA) Facility
... investment at the sub-national level for mitigation and adaptation solutions through a transformative financing ... 70% of known climate solutions are located within the boundaries of subnational authorities. Significant additional ... and adaptation projects at the sub-national level, specifically at the deal size of USD 5 million to 75 million. ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries IUCN 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they were approved by the GCF Board. The projects ... on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded Activity Agreements (FAAs) are necessary ... Matondo. Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing ...
Article > Press release 
FP180 - Global Fund for Coral Reefs Investment Window
... reefs, further decreasing their chance of survival. Studies have shown that local management of such threats can ... the programme will benefit from synergies with the GFCR Grant Window, which aims to mobilise USD 125 million of ... (the) Mexico Ecuador Seychelles Colombia Mozambique Jordan Jamaica Guatemala Panama Indonesia 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 410 ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries PCA 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... livelihoods of approximately 650 to 800 million people globally. Oceans absorb heat, generate over half of the ... stream of economic benefits including job creation, poverty alleviation and improved health. Coral reefs can generate ... need to protect the ocean’s natural mitigation and adaptation services, there is a widening financing gap to ...
Document > Thematic brief
Policies: Risk management framework
Risk management framework
GCF’s risk management framework defines GCF’s approach to managing risk at both the institutional and funding proposal investment level, covering funding, non-financial, investment and...
Basic page > Policy map
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
Rwanda is undergoing rapid urbanization as one of its main ... while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. Although there have been past and on-going ... and upcoming interventions; and vi) Lack of technical studies for effective storm water and landslide management in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
FP223 - Project GAIA ("GAIA")
... the heaviest burden related to these events. Yet climate adaptation investments in the most vulnerable, least prepared ... states are often too few and too far between to meet their adaptation needs. The estimated annual cost of adaptation in ... the immediate needs of developing countries, the platform allocates 70 per cent of its portfolio investments towards ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries MUFG_Bank 
FP259 - Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change
... climate change impacts due to threats from coral reef degradation and ocean warming. Higher sea temperatures are ... of tuna fisheries. It prioritises community-driven adaptation by deploying FADs, training fishers, and involving ... deployed to help develop the project. FP259 Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Nauru Niue ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries CI 
Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
... islands to recover. The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, declared the island of Barbuda“ barely ... climate effects also come in more slow-moving but equally destructive forms. Drought threatens billions of people ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Adaptation planning is part of the Cancun Agreements ...
Article > Press release 
Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement. To fulfil its ... of our Country Platform for Climate Finance. With the steadfast partnership of the Green Climate Fund, we are ... transparency, and partnership.” Panama Abdiel Ismael Douglas, Climate Finance Advisor, Government of ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
GCF begins first REDD+ transfer
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which supports countries' efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and foster conservation, sustainable management of ... of REDD+ negotiations. One of the most recent REDD+ studies indicates it has the potential to reduce global ...
Article > Press release Ecuador 
UNDP head welcomes flow of GCF funds to the Maldives
... will benefit from the current transfer of GCF funds to an adaptation project run by the UNDP. While surrounded by ... from recurring water supply emergencies. Variable rainfall patterns and increasing salinization caused by rising ... challenges fits well with his country’s long-term adaptation plan. This consists, he wrote, of introducing ...
Article > Press release Maldives UNDP 
GCF disburses finance to support Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
... indigenous communities in the northern Peruvian province of Datem del Marañón manage their wetland resources in ways ... their local, regional and national representatives. This allowed the project to fulfill conditions set by the GCF ... financial rewards, as the oil is used globally in food ingredients, hair and skin products and other commodities. “We ...
Article > Press release Peru Profonanpe 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr Velasco pointed to the key role REDD+ is now playing globally in the new landscape of climate cooperation under the ... emissions reductions from deforestation and forest degradation and to conserve and enhance carbon sinks.” The ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF and FMO partnership will boost the growth of renewable energy in developing countries
Today, the Green Climate Fund and Netherlands Development ... provide development loans and equity financing throughout all project phases - development, construction, and ... America and Asia in support of climate ambition.” Linda Broekhuizen, FMO’s Chief Investment Officer said ...
Article > Press release Netherlands (the) FMO 
Global Programming Conference drives stronger GCF climate support
... practical climate action across the planet. Held over five days near the GCF headquarters, the conference is generating ... priorities. This includes enhanced understanding how niche allocations of climate finance can realise their climate ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Paris Agreement. Discussions between a broad ...
Article > Press release 
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
... fund, a significant proportion of GCF’s USD 5.2 billion allocated so far to support climate action in developing ... happened in the past. These climate events are affecting all our farmers in my country.” While acknowledging ...
Article > Press release FAO 
GCF signs partner agreements hours after Board approval
... (FSM). Commenting on the Micronesia project, FSM President David Panuelo noted how the project will meet urgent climate ... the multiple threats of climate change impacts.” This adaptation initiative is being implemented by the Micronesia ... strategy. “With our partners, the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the French Development Agency (AFD), and ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Financing the future we want
As we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the global community grapples with a health ... Agreement on Climate Change, we could better face this challenge - with stronger health systems, fewer people living ... are also an opportunity to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and use scare public resources to support projects that ...
Article > Speech
GCF's support for coral reefs
... could become nonexistent. In turn coral reef loss and degradation will threaten the livelihoods and security of more ... to the destruction of coral reefs as they are disproportionally dependent on their ecosystem goods and services for ... essential to climate residence and stability. In terms of adaption to climate change, they protect people and property ...
Article > Speech
Address at Green Horizon Summit
... assembly of speakers for the Green Horizon Summit. Ladies and gentlemen, we are running out of time. Average ... finance work – particularly for LDCs and SIDS and for adaptation and ecosystems protection, where efforts to leverage private investment have so far fallen short of what is required. to enhance the capacity of ...
Article > Speech
Low Carbon Transport Dominica
... and heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. The Nationally Determined Contribution has as target to reduce ... transport strategy are related to (i) lack of a suitable database and transport / emission modelling (ii) lack of ... The readiness support shall close these gaps by collecting data and modelling the transport sector (road as well as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica