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GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement that will help expand the market for improved cookstoves in Bangladesh, bringing together a number of climate and health benefits.
The signing of...
Article > Press release Bangladesh IDCOL 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they were approved by the GCF Board.
The projects to strengthen climate action in Liberia,...
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Thematic brief: Oceans
Oceans and coastal ecosystems cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, providing a natural asset of enormous significance to protect our planet, preserve and enhance local economic growth, promote regional...
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...
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Adaptation planning support through GGGI
Rwanda is undergoing rapid urbanization as one of its main economic ... and upcoming interventions; and vi) Lack of technical studies for effective storm water and landslide management in ... concrete projects and impacts beyond assessments and studies. See Annex 1 for consultations and meetings conducted ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
Work with us
... of our operations. Innovative We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we ... Responsive We work in collaboration with all our stakeholders and each other, to understand what is needed, build and implement solutions, and ...
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Resources
... systems, and engagement opportunities to support stakeholders throughout the implementation process. Enhancements to our digital systems are underway to support the revised application submission and ...
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The positives of preparing for disaster
... of climate change, this translates into using a growing understanding of how rising global temperatures lead to ... information systems, which consist of data collection points that are mapped and analysed, to provide communities ... monitoring and information sharing. This is timely as studies indicate extreme weather events are expected to occur ...
Article > Story Multiple countries AFD 
GCF-1
... of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is ...
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Readiness: Delivery partners
Readiness delivery partners Under both the Country and the DAE support windows NDAs/focal points and DAEs may choose to implement readiness support ... multiple technical areas and sectors. Based on these considerations, the GCF has: Established a pre-qualified pool ...
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GCF side event asks ‘what makes a good project?’
... of putting together project proposals for GCF’s consideration. He called upon developing countries to “think ... funding of small-scale energy efficiency projects to a wider range of investors by pooling and securitizing them. Ato ... Hela Cheikhrouhou, GCF’s Executive Director, pointed out that the Fund stands ready to support the ...
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Structured Dialogue with the Pacific 2018
... with the Pacific, hosted by the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and supported by the ... the GCF Board in the future. Some of the key outcomes and points of shared learning from the Structured Dialogue ... through the SAP. Countries suggested it might be more expedient if the GCF Secretariat, rather than the GCF Board, was ...
Event > Structured dialogue Micronesia (Federated States of) 
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
... the need to make climate vulnerability estimates in order for countries to identify the scale of the need for ... and private sources of funding." Minister Sayed-Khaiyum pointed out that "GCF is in a unique position to bring the ... live within 2 km of the coast. Minister Clarke pinpointed the need for facilitating access to climate finance, ...
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GCF and Korean Government join forces to promote global Green New Deal
... need to take climate action, conference participants considered how the paths that countries take now in recovering ... UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team, pointed out that every continent is already experiencing ...
Article > Press release 
Regional Project for Leapfrogging to Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners in Cuba, El Salvador and Honduras
... It will follow a three-pronged approach: enhancing stakeholder capacity for pursuing strategic priorities, implementing ... standardization and quality institutions and procurement bodies –as well as importers/manufactures from the private ... Moreover, this project will serve as the starting point to implement similar programs to replicate the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Reflections by GCF experts on latest IPCC report – a glimmer of hope?
... affects the most vulnerable. Women, children and the elderly in low-income households, Indigenous Peoples, minority ... million climate-related deaths by the end of this century under a high emissions scenario. The new report places a ... and livelihoods – may face adaptation limits - the point at which adaptive actions are no longer effective - ...
Article > Insights 
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... This decentralization process presents an ideal entry point for improving subnational capacities for climate ... of climate change impacts among non-government stakeholders at subnational levels is low, and meaningful ... climate change into language accessible to different audiences; and limited effective communications efforts for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Water Sector Planning, Development and Operations in Saint Lucia
... continues to face human resource constraints. At this point WASCO has embarked on various institutional ... will build upon previous initiatives. Activities under this readiness initiative are designed to support the ... will be facilitated through initiation of background studies and knowledge tools which would support the development ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia CDB
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... was on the rise in developing countries. The use of such modern technology created new opportunities, but I was also ... which allows land to regenerate). Could it be possible to derive a correlation between remote sensing spectral ... of climate change impacts and the impending tipping point of the Amazon biome, show the need to better ...
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Climate Funds unite to enhance access to climate finance and increase impact
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commented on the critical role of multilateral climate ... align mobilisation and delivery of resources within the broader system of multilateral institutions.” Dr. Simon Zadek, ... workshop in Uganda as a tangible example. She also pointed out that philanthropy could play a role in building ...
Article > News update 
Farmerline: Empowering smallholder farmers and governments to create climate-resilient agribusinesses
... with up to 80 percent of farmland managed by smallholder farmers, who are highly vulnerable to the impacts of ... productivity, and enhancing the incomes of smallholder farmers. Farmerline, an investee company of ARAF, ... of the population, understanding their concerns and pain points, connecting it to real-time policy changes. This ...
Article > Story Multiple countries Acumen 
Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in Madagascar
... practices can help farmers break this cycle. “Smallholder farmers are one of the populations most at risk from ... in 2019. These locally adapted seeds became the starting point for a sustainable agricultural practice on her farm. ... International. Edited by: Zeenia Dastur, GCF Madagascar FP026 Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in ...
Article > Story Madagascar CI 
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... with CABEI and the Government of Costa Rica to build a modern and sustainable transport system for the people of San ... Rica and its government on their decision to promote a modern, sustainable, and cost-effective public transport ... lives of more than three million people and mark a turning point in the history of urban mobility. For his part, the ...
Article > News update Costa Rica CABEI 
Hope for the Amazon: Stories of resilience, empowerment, and conservation
... Sustainable Production, Ecuador pioneered a deforestation-free future by building sustainable value chains for coffee, ... private sector,” said Marc Dumas-Johansen, a REDD+ focal point and specialist on agriculture, food security and ... future for the Amazon and its people. Developed by Jin Hee Dieu and Carmen Bie, based on a UNDP story. To learn ...
Article > Story Ecuador UNDP 
25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... Agreement. GCF is part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and serves the Paris Agreement. The Fund reports its ... project partners), NDAs (our developing country contact points) and others. 03 December 2019 (Tuesday) Event title Time Advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in climate finance 1315 ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Spain 
Private sector financing
Overview
The climate crisis is too big, too serious and too urgent to rely on the resources of public institutions alone. Today, the private sector manages more than USD 210 trillion in assets but only a very minor part...
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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... respond to the twin challenges of climate and COVID-19. Ladies and gentlemen, the Paris Agreement aims to limit the ... full implementation of all the individual pledges made under the Paris Agreement through the Nationally Determined ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
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A milestone in climate action: GCF approves USD 1 billion of climate finance for developing countries
... to transition from approval to first disbursement in under 15 days, a new record for GCF. The Fund sharpened its ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... country National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points. Organisations nominated to become Direct Access ...
Article > Press release 
Agence Française de Developpement
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public international financial institution established several decades ago. The mandate of AFD is to contribute to social and economic development through sustainable and...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France
Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
... loss, expedites de-afforestation and forest degradation, undermines food security, and damages infrastructure, with ... specifically has been established through international studies. Nevertheless, Belize has not yet developed a high ... of knowledge (Outcome 5.2). This approach targets stakeholders representing each of government, research institutions, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize ISFMI Pty Ltd