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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... to a net- zero, climate resilient economy, based on the latest scientific findings and policy developments. While ... interventions. The report discusses past and on-going efforts to align finance with sustainable development. It ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
Article > Speech
Accreditation
... climate change projects or programmes to present to GCF for mitigation and/or adaptation. They must also meet GCF ... requirements. Accredited Entities develop funding proposals for consideration by GCF and are responsible for overseeing, supervising, managing and monitoring their ...
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Technical guidance and support to conduct a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo
... Assessment (TNA) to identify and prioritize technology transfer and diffusion for climate change mitigation and adaptation in key sectors ... a technology needs assessment and a technology action plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia with major outcomes for climate action. During the three-day meeting, the Board ... in Barbados with International Finance Corporation (IFC). SAP030: Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao ... Bank. See the GCF portfolio dashboard for the latest data. More information and Board documents can be ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.14/02 - Support for facilitating access to environmentally sound technologies and for collaborative research and development
This document outlines the potential support for technology development and transfer by the GCF, and possible linkages between the GCF ... GCF could follow in financing technology development and transfer. GCF/B.14/02 Support for facilitating access to ...
Board document > Action item
ED lecture
... its vital link to economic progress, laying the groundwork for modern environmental policies. A woman considered radical at the time, Because of ideas such as transferring wealth from developed to developing nations, ... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ...
Article > Speech
Scaling up climate finance in the context of Covid-19: Full report
... to a net-zero, climate resilient economy, based on the latest scientific findings and policy developments. It ...
Document > Joint publication
GCF/B.08/Inf.04 - Status of Execution of the Administrative Budget
... of the Green Climate Fund and its Readiness Programme for the period 1 January to 31 August 2014. It is prepared to provide the Board with information on the actual expenditures incurred as at the end of August 2014. The amounts shown are based on the latest accounts and estimates of the Secretariat and Interim ...
Board document > Information
GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
... The 18th meeting of the Board (B.18) approved funding for 11 climate finance initiatives during a three-day ... United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). FP050 – USD 26.56 million for the Bhutan for Life project in Bhutan with ... United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). FP052 – USD 26.91 million for the Sustainable and Climate Resilient ...
Article > Press release 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate change ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ...
Article > Statement 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate change ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ...
Article > Speech
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
... the year where we have programmed the most ever – USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. But impact is equally ... in terms of what have we learned and what do we take going forward,” continued Duarte. “We are very committed to ... approved 22 new projects, bringing the 2025 total to USD 3.26 billion of GCF funding, a new high surpassing the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul Oquist as new Co-Chairs
... agenda, the Board has decided to convert today's planned informal meeting into a formal Board session. The B.19 Board meeting will therefore take place from Monday 26 February until Thursday 1 March, and will be presided by ... developing countries on the Executive Committee of the UNFCCC Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Dr. ...
Article > Press release 
Great Green Wall in the Spotlight at COP
Attention and support for the Great Green Wall , an African-led initiative to restore land and ecosystems in Africa, were reinforced at COP26. As a funder of several projects in the Sahel region ...
Article > News update 
GCF targets private investment shift at inaugural climate conference
... the Republic of Korea. The two-day Private Investment for Climate Conference addresses the need to capture the ... zero' around 2050. GCF is hosting the Private Investment for Climate Conference to explore how businesses can help to ... that climate action could yield an economic gain of USD 26 trillion through to 2030 compared with business-as-usual. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
... agricultural landscapes and degraded ecosystems - including forests, mangroves and savannahs - using climate-resilient ... in a country like the Gambia, which relies on agriculture for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. The geographic nature of this ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ... wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa. The USD90 million, 26MW Cabeolica project provides over 20 percent of Cape ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening institutional capacities and coordination mechanisms for accelerating and scaling up the mobilization of climate finance in Mozambique
Mozambique submitted its updated NDC during COP26 in Glasgow. It has been estimated that the country will need at least USD 11 billion for the implementation of its NDC during the first ... 5-10% of the financial needs have been mobilized. Therefore, additional efforts are urgently required to accelerate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mozambique
GCF and Acumen sign agreement to promote resilient agriculture in East and West Africa
... projects in East and West Africa. GCF has committed USD 26 million to Acumen aimed at ensuring long-term sustainable ... increases in agriculture productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers. GCF Private Sector Facility Deputy ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
Article > Press release 
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
... comprise 51 percent of the country’s territory. Bhutan for Life is the Green Climate Fund’s first project with ... the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). GCF’s contribution of USD 26.6 million was approved by its Board last month to support ... will provide funding to prevent threats to Bhutan’s forests, preserving their role as a carbon sink. Bhutan for ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
The Structured Dialogue with Asia brought 26 countries from across the region to Da Nang in Viet Nam ... from May 17 to 20. The Dialogue provided an important platform for diverse stakeholders – including government ministers, ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
... the heart of Funafuti. GCF’s mandate is to support transformative climate action. On the ground in the middle of the ... a country whose total land mass across nine islands is only 26 square kilometres. The new land is the largest safe zone ... on the new seafront with Dr. Arthur Webb, the Pacific’s foremost authority on adaptation in atoll nations. He is ...
Article > Insights 
Ministry of Environment (formerly Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda)
... specifically a public sector ministry, which is responsible for environment, climate change and natural resources ... energy, infrastructure, land, water resources and forestry, in achieving national long-term sustainable ... measures. Accreditation to the GCF is an opportunity for MINIRENA to continue to drive sustainable development ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Rwanda
GCF/B.22/Inf.08 - Board decisions proposed between the twenty-first and twenty-second meetings of the Board
This document provides information on decisions proposed between the twenty-first and ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/Inf.08 - Report on the activities of the Secretariat
... provides an update on the activities of the Secretariat for the period 1 January to 30 April 2018. It summarizes ... 2018 work programme, as well as tracking key performance indicators identified in the work programme results ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/11 - Consolidated country and entity work programmes
... with GCF. The Board is requested to take note of the information provided in this document and to adopt the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/22/Rev.02 - Consideration of funding proposals
This document presents the funding proposals to the Board for consideration at its nineteenth meeting. It also ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/22/Add.28/Rev.02 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XXVIII: Secretariat's review
... the public sector funding proposals (FP059-FP077) submitted for the Board’s consideration at its nineteenth meeting. ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/02 - Guidance from the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties: Co-Chairs’ proposal
This document presents the proposed actions to be undertaken by the Board in 2018 in response to guidance received from the Parties during the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.16/Inf.15 - Update on progress in addressing guidance from the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its twenty-second session, in particular UNFCCC decision 10/CP.22 titled “Report of the Green Climate ...
Board document > Information