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FP019 - Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations
This Amazon conservation project was designed to co-finance ... deforestation, aligning land-use zoning with climate targets, and promoting sustainable production practices. In ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador UNDP 
Unlocking the Green Climate Fund: Learning from the Readiness Programme
An insight into the discussion that emerged at a COP 23 side event in Bonn; ... was regularly discussed at the GCF Board, but there was no official answer as of yet. However, what he clarified was ...
Article > Press release UNDP 
GCF discusses progress at Marrakech climate talks
... its first side-event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech to ... low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways in developing countries. The session focused on GCF’s ... sector investments, and USD 607 million for proposals targeted at leveraging the resources of the private sector. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF report highlights significant progress in climate impact
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has published the GCF-1 Progress Report, which highlights the ... climate finance during the 2020-2023 period (referred to as ‘GCF-1’), ahead of its replenishment for the next ... countries to meet and exceed ambitious climate targets in line with the Paris Agreement. Some key 2020-2023 ...
Article > Press release 
GCF workshop strengthens direct access to climate finance
The second GCF Empowering Direct Access workshop opens today to help developing countries progress innovative ... that makes a difference at the local and global levels. This is one of GCF’s most important events of the year, as ... Empowering Direct Access workshop is to help GCF explore ways it can strengthen the role of these key, country-driven ...
Article > Press release 
Strong partnerships between countries and entities central to delivering GCF mandate
... countries are key partners in working with communities to turn the Fund’s mandate into concrete actions on the ... Mr. Shasly. Mr. McDonald added that “country ownership is a central pillar of the GCF and this translates into ... value of the work programme exercise and offered ideas on ways to increase exchanges among the Fund’s 48 entities, ...
Article > Press release 
Kyrgyzstan sees GCF partnership as key to its future
... of its development, one of the mountainous country’s top diplomats told the Fund’s Executive Director Howard ... is exploring opportunities with the Fund to come up with ways to deal with the onset of climate change, which Mr ... Preparatory Support Programme to assist Kyrgyzstan put together its adaptation plans, with a funding limit of USD 3 ...
Article > Press release Kyrgyzstan 
Co-Chairs' expectations for the 15th meeting of the GCF Board
... Climate Fund (B.15) will be held in Apia, Samoa, from 13 to 15 December 2016. It will be the first time the Board has ... be to consider applications for accredited entity status, ways to enable easier and faster access to resources for certain activities, and the budget and Work Plan for 2017. The Co-Chairs are confident that ...
Article > Press release 
Growing water awareness in tackling climate challenge
Effective water management is playing an increasingly key role in responding to climate change, the acting head of the Green Climate Fund ... showed just how important water has become in considering ways to reduce emissions and prepare countries for the ...
Article > Press release Hungary 
Head of GCF addresses Asia-Pacific leaders: ‘Climate change action is an enabler of the SDGs’
The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today ... stated Ms. Cheikhrouhou. “We need to change the way we make our daily investment and consumption ... Countries (LDCs). “Work with us,” she urged. “Together we can start to turn the ambitious targets of the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF agreement with FAO helps climate proof agriculture in Latin America
Efforts to enhance Latin American farmers’ climate resilience has ... the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) on Saturday opens the way for the transfer of USD 25.1 million in GCF funds to the ... eastern Paraguay to make land use more climate sensitive. This includes providing credit to plant forests that provide ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
... region. The climate-change induced desertification process is taken place in a robust and not well-managed urbanisation context. Driven by a complex set of factors, this is expanding regional hubs, which are becoming ... that basis, substantive investment are made in a systemic way on the ground to increase resilience, including land ...
Document > Concept note Mauritania UNEP
GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
... states, government ministers and UN representatives called today for global solidarity to scale up action to address ... most important part of the human condition is to be able always to keep awareness that we can only survive as a species ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary. Ms Espinosa added that COVID-19 ...
Article > Press release 
International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 25 is the international day for the Elimination of Violence ... incidence of violence against women gone down, is the world today better than it was last year, yesterday? Unfortunately ... for us, even if we had been making some progress in some ways, COVID and its aftermath has drawn us back. As UNWOMEN ...
Article > Statement 
Update of the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) in Chile
Chile is considered by the UNFCCC criteria as a highly vulnerable country to climate change and is making an effort to tackle these circumstances in a systematic way, even in a context of limited financial and human ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FAO
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
The overall objective of the project is to Strengthen institutional and scientific capacity in ... the first phase only, although details and proposed budget for the second phase have been included for reference. ... adaptation. Overall, all Cambodians will benefit in some way from improved adaptation planning capabilities in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
GCF’s second replenishment continues with first consultation meeting
... convened representatives of potential and existing contributor countries, Board members, the GCF Trustee, and observers (GCF active observers and secretariats of the UNFCCC, Adaptation Fund and CIF) to discuss details of GCF’s ... in the second replenishment period is to explore new ways of programming for smaller scale projects so that we ...
Article > News update 
Capacity Building to prepare for the implementation of Carbon Markets and Article 6 in Latin America
According to the World Bank, carbon pricing is an effective way to reduce emissions and all ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Strategic Readiness to support the Updated NDC and its Climate Action for Georgia: Transforming Agriculture Sector through Low-Emissions and Climate-Resilient Pathways
Georgia and NDA need technical assistance, institutional capacity building and financial resources to implement their policies and plan future actions at all ... from national level to cities and municipalities, all the way to providing national vision and implementation support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Georgia FAO
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies indicate that The ... climate change adaptation in a more coherent and efficient way. This is what the National Adaptation Planning (NAP) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia UNEP
Concept note screening
... project proposal. They are an optional step, but provide a way for a project proposer to receive early feedback from GCF, indicating whether the ... be considered by the GCF Board. The Secretariat screening is based upon the GCF investment framework, including the ...
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Improving resilience in the Republic of North Macedonia by integrating adaptation into planning processes
The primary objective of this proposal is to increase the resilience of the Republic of North ... development. This advancement process will target key institutions from the national to the municipal ... the identification of three primary gaps standing in the way of achieving the project objective. The gaps are (i) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia UNDP
FP036 - Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Program
... most isolated economies. They are the Cook Islands, Tonga, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of ... diesel to often highly dispersed populations. All SIDS targeted in this programme recognize the benefits of shifting ... This will help spur private sector investment to pave the way towards Cook Islands’ national target of 100 percent ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries ADB 
SAP050 - Toward Risk-Aware and Climate-resilienT communities (TRACT) - Strengthening climate services and impact-based multi-hazard early warning in Maldives
... warning of climate events and supporting better preparation to reduce their impact. This project will contribute to ... on its work with UNDRR and WMO and helping reach the target of supporting at least 50 countries improve their early ... different stakeholders work together in a complementary way. The support for TRACT includes provisions to ensure ...
Project > Public sector Maldives UNEP 
GCF funding agreement with Namibia first under new simplified approach
... agreement opens up Green Climate Fund (GCF) finances to boost the climate resilience of Namibian farmers in ... its Simplified Approval Process (SAP). Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said during the signing of ... GCF Direct Access Entity, has been a trailblazer in the way it has empowered local communities to generate climate ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
Developing country entrepreneurs cause for hope, GCF deputy tells meeting
Innovation in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and India raises hopes for a ... of at least 3 degrees by 2100. This is above the target under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to ... a more ambitious goal of 1.5 degrees. Forging effective ways to deal with climate change must involve using the ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF triggers funding for Peruvian project, preventing Amazon emissions
The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a combined ... serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement provides a further fillip to ... of Datem del Marañón to manage their wetland resources in ways that do not release the large amount of greenhouse ...
Article > Press release Peru Profonanpe 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... climate fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to ... resilient recovery. Panelists also discussed innovative ways to reinforce public-private partnerships to catalyse ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
In response to major changes to the European Union Sugar Protocol and ... industry on St. Kitts, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GSKN) launched the National Adaptation Strategy ... National Development Plan must be developed to chart the way forward. It is envisioned by the GSKN that this new Plan ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis CDB
Building capacity towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia
This Readiness request aims to contribute to a shift towards sustainable human capital ... to comple- ment the ongoing readiness efforts by targeting human capital development through a sectoral approach. In this way, the identified gaps such as the lack of consistent and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia GIZ