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Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
... soybeans, cereal, and wheat. In 2021, the agriculture sector accounted for 15.7 per cent of gross domestic product ... and supply more difficult. “If we do not change the way we are producing food today, soil will become ... Vexxel's biodegradable capsules function like a targeted plant medicine. They release agricultural inputs when ...
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GCF appoints global facilitator for the replenishment process
To support the first GCF formal replenishment, the Fund appointed Johannes F. Linn, a renowned ... stakeholders will be exchanging views and discussing the way forward. The replenishment process will conclude with a ...
Article > Press release 
GCF affirms partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank
... Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a legal agreement to open doors for more climate finance projects in the ... meeting , taking place this week in Grenada, which brings together regional stakeholders to plan climate action across ... representatives from CDB, have been discussing the ways to improve regional cooperation on climate finance ...
Article > Press release CDB 
GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
A key agreement signed today between the Green Climate Fund and the International ... Development (IFAD) will help pioneer new land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ...
Article > Press release IFAD 
GCF brings climate focus to African development bank meeting
... boosting Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting which opens today. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is holding its ... is holding its annual meeting in the Republic of Korea to coincide with the 2018 Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation ( ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) AfDB 
Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
... dialogue will take place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in ... of paradigm-shifting technologies and changes in the way we live. However, small firms and new technologies often ... speakers and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
... will start funding its largest climate finance investment to date following an agreement signed with the European Bank ... investments to green finance by 2020. It is well on the way to meeting this objective. GCF was set up by 194 ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010 to deliver equal amounts of funding to ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries EBRD 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
The Green Climate Fund and the World Bank today signed a key agreement to support climate action in ... Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The signing of the AMA opens the way for GCF to transfer its resources to these three ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the “fantastic agreement” immediately unlocks ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
... Green Climate Fund expanded its impact in the Asian region today with an agreement strengthening its shared strategic ... Master Agreement between the GCF and ADB will open the way to deeper collaboration between our institutions," said ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver equal amounts of funding to mitigation and ...
Article > Press release ADB 
GCF workshop to consolidate finance for REDD+
... Green Climate Fund convenes a workshop in Bali, Indonesia, to discuss how the Fund can tap financial incentives to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... ratified at the end of 2016, on defining REDD+ as a way of using finance to protect forests to reduce global ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF direct access week puts countries’ climate actions in the fast lane
The Green Climate Fund concluded its first "Readiness Week" to assist direct access entities in developing their project ideas. The week-long event brought together the 13 organizations that have been accredited for ... of being able to "workshop" their projects in groups as a way to build upon and strengthen their own capacity, while ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.28
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has published the tentative timeline for its twenty-eighth Board ... on 16-19 March 2021 while a formal Board decision is yet to be taken on this matter. GCF acknowledges the ... peoples, and (iii) to the Board and active observers by way of a notification via the Secretariat. The deadline for ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and AfDB sign key agreement on transformative energy transition programme
... Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a critical agreement to advance the implementation of a transformative programme, ... of the Sahel region and bring cheaper, reliable, and low-emission electricity to end users. The Facility will address ... & Regulation at AfDB said, “This agreement paves the way for the provision of catalytic blended finance and ...
Article > News update AfDB 
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
... Asset Management. GCF and its partners are committed to redefining how we think about transport and sustainably transforming the way India moves. The future of transportation in India can ... quality of the air they breathe every day. Transportation is India’s third-highest greenhouse gas emitting sector, ...
Article > News update MAAML 
GCF and Asia-Pacific SIDS strengthen ties for climate action
... of the climate crisis in the Asia-Pacific region have come together to identify programming opportunities that would ... and lessons from partnering with (GCF) and explored ways to strengthen collaboration to support enhanced project ...
Article > News update Cook Islands 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
... Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting brought together 27 potential contributors and 9 Board members to ... the opening of the meeting reinforcing the commitment of Norway to double its contributions to the GCF. “Norway sees ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. Over the five years ...
Article > Press release 
Agreement set to increase India's rooftop solar reach
... of solar energy across India received a further boost today with the signing of an agreement between the Green ... The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement paves the way for funds to be transferred in a USD 250 million project ... to NABARD, India’s primary development finance body which is also a GCF Direct Access Accredited Entity . Attending ...
Article > Press release India NABARD 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... results-based payments is helping put the Paris Agreement into action, participants at an event during the global ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ... the side event that a key attraction of REDD+ lay in the way it drives mitigation and improves people’s livelihoods ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board Strengthens Fund’s Operations
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by adopting a series of decisions that will strengthen the operations of the Fund and ... initiatives. The decision taken on REDD+ also paves the way for a deeper engagement by the Fund with this vital ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands
... Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to implement the Tina River Hydropower Development Project to help the Solomon Islands transition from diesel-generated to clean, renewable ... island countries looking to develop in a sustainable way.” The Tina River project is the first utility-scale ...
Article > Press release Solomon Islands WorldBank 
GCF launches Green Champions Awards to recognise outstanding climate change efforts in developing countries
... Fund (GCF) has launched the GCF Green Champions Awards to recognise and promote the most noteworthy and successful efforts ... develop long-lasting low-emission or climate-resilient pathways Climate Impact / Result Potential: How has the champion ...
Article > Press release 
GCF joins initiative to help Africa expand its REDD+ roots
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping REDD+ gain a stronger foothold in Africa by joining the first initiative to promote a regional approach to using payments to keep ... in cooperating to promote action which establishes a way forward for REDD+. Among the challenges of strengthening ...
Article > Press release Côte d'Ivoire 
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
... renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s investment in wind and solar power in a partnership ... credit support to renewable energy projects – with a targeted capacity of 330 MW in solar and wind-generated power. ... investment opportunities as firms find innovative ways to forge low-carbon economies,” he explained. “This ...
Article > Press release South Africa DBSA 
Responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic: Interlinkages between people, planet and prosperity
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response required to stem it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our ... resilience to the COVID crisis and other future shocks in ways that foster low-emission, sustainable and inclusive ...
Article > Press release 
Project Preparation Facility
Overview of the Project Preparation Facility Note to the public Beware of scam emails or messages purporting ... offers. These fraudulent offers and emails are not in any way associated with GCF, nor with any of its personnel. These messages are scams and phishing emails. Click here to learn more. The Project ...
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GCF/B.21/10/Add.20 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XX Funding proposal package for FP098
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding ... authority(ies) or focal point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the ... is being circulated on a limited distribution basis only to Board Members and Alternate Board Members to ensure ...
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Unlocking capital for climate action
... Korea, with leading figures from the public and private sectors pledging to work in partnership to find innovative ways of unlocking capital for climate action. The two-day ... multinationals and the public sector can work together to drive investment for large scale climate action. ...
Article > Press release 
Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... projects all around the world, although I have leaned towards projects within the Asia-Pacific region. At GCF, I ... I make sure that the funds are spent in the most efficient way leveraging other finance so that we can create the most ... Advisors, GCF launched the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) , that is aimed at crowding in private sector ...
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The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF
... in Paris an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, ... support five times that lending amount. It will pave the way for other partners, including GCF, CAF and IDB, to ... the new Bank at its meeting next month.” Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director, said, “Barbados is redoubling ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project
GCF Executive Director a.i., Javier Manzanares and Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice ... to strengthen the climate partnership between the two organisations, welcoming an agreement that will allow projects ... forward to deepening our partnership with GCF by working together on a series of transformative climate projects.” ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 