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GCF Readiness resources boost Senegal’s climate capacities
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is helping Senegal build its ability to tackle climate change through Readiness funding. This is ... of financial solutions. These include concessional loans targeted at different scales of climate change solutions, ...
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Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
The world’s first climate-focused guarantee company is set to unlock billions in climate finance for developing ... Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its MOBILIST programme, the Green Climate Fund ... from the private sector as it scales its operations, targeting a guarantee capacity of USD 5 billion or more by ...
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Appeals
Overview Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An ... Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the Board to consider appeals from requesters. The IAP is composed of ... 16 Oct 2019 The following procedural guidelines applicable to the handling of information appeals was agreed to by the ...
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"GCF has a huge role to play"
Speech delivered by GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares at the 2018 Structured Dialogue with ... and I have taken note of what countries have suggested as ways to enhance coordination at the national level, the ... change. We at GCF are ready to play our role, and to join together with you to make the transformative changes we need ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
The Green Climate Fund needs to be strengthened by a replenishment of its funds from ... Yannick Glemarec thanked the governments of Germany and Norway for declaring they will double their contributions to ... idea that climate is only something that we can address together,” said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ...
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GCF publishes tentative timelines for B.31 and B.32
At its thirtieth meeting, the GCF Board decided to hold its thirty-first meeting of the Board (B.31) from 7 ... peoples, and (iii) to the Board and active observers by way of a notification via the Secretariat. The deadline for ... with Accredited Entities for updates, with a target date for the final version to be released in mid-January ...
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GCF publishes revised timeline for B.32 and tentative timeline for B.33
At its thirty-first meeting, the GCF Board decided to hold its thirty-second meeting (B.32) from 16 to 19 May ... peoples, and (iii) to the Board and active observers by way of a notification via the Secretariat. The deadline for ... period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and set new portfolio targets under the Fund’s investment framework . During this ...
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Green Climate Fund Board approves new climate funding, bringing assets under management to USD 40 billion
... GCF’s portfolio now stands at 200 projects with a total value of USD 10.8 billion in GCF resources, USD ... heartened to see the approval of four new projects that target Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing ... and operations. These developments will pave the way for a stronger GCF as it enters its second replenishment ...
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GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
GCF will host two major conferences next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and ... public and private sectors together to explore innovative ways of mobilising finance at scale to achieve this shift. ...
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Letter from the Executive Director: reflections and farewell
... As I reach the end of my four-year term as Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), I would like to thank ... report on the impacts of climate change. We have a long way still to go, but I am deeply proud of the contribution ... Fund. My proudest legacy is the team that we have built together, who are ready to continue the journey towards a ...
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GCF publishes timelines for B.36
At its thirty-fifth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-sixth meeting (B.36) from 10 to 13 July ... authority, GCF investment criteria, GCF-1 portfolio targets and the Secretariat’s annual work programme. In light ... peoples, and (iii) to the Board and active observers by way of a notification via the Secretariat. The deadline for ...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... created new opportunities, but I was also curious to know how such techniques might relate to traditional, ... knowledge with western technology; but closer to finding ways to incorporate local knowledge into land use planning ... of the GCF commencing in January 2024 will continue to target funds to support indigenous people’s adaptation and ...
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GCF publishes timelines for B.37
At its thirty-sixth meeting, the GCF Board confirmed to hold its thirty-seventh meeting (B.37) from 23 to 25 ... authority, GCF investment criteria, GCF-1 portfolio targets and the Secretariat’s annual work programme. In light ... peoples, and (iii) to the Board and active observers by way of a notification via the Secretariat. The deadline for ...
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Restoring vital ecosystems and water sources in the Dry Corridor Forest, El Salvador
... that spans six countries in Central America. It is home to 11.5 million rural people who depend on agriculture for ... Salvador. Due to the deforestation uphill, there’s no vegetation and roots to slow down and absorb the rainwater as ... more resilient to climate change in three significant ways: 1. Reintroducing native trees to fight water stress ...
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Executive Director’s remarks
Greetings. We all know by now that the climate crisis has infected every corner of the world, and every sector of operation. The health of people -not just of the ... There are several opportunities we have now to improve the way we finance climate and health initiatives. Recognising ...
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Cuba's coastal communities fight climate change
In the coastal neighbourhood of Litoral in Manzanillo, Cuba, the sea is both a lifeline and a ... and tainting freshwater wells. “The water almost always enters this area,” says Labrada, aged 65, who has led ... erosion, and saline intrusion, or even disappearing altogether. A national response aimed at restoring ...
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Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... ECUADOR — On the edge of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s ... Fund (GCF) is working to reverse this damage. With a budget of USD 45.9 million and a radically inclusive approach, ... mangrove forests are cleared—often illegally—to make way for shrimp farms. In some cases, she and others have ...
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Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... corridors with climate-smart agriculture techniques , distribution of seeds and equipment, forest patrols, ... Evaluation Unit said: “The findings inform in a credible way the sustained impact of the project. They also help ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
GCF hosts Global Conference with Indigenous Peoples
... leaders, climate practitioners, policymakers and partners together in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 8-10 April 2026 ... Today, we see indigenous knowledge increasingly shaping the way GCF designs and delivers its projects. Through our ...
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Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... Climate Fund has strengthened its country-driven approach to supporting global climate action with the conclusion ... as these are forms of financial support specifically targeting Direct Access Entities. There was a recognition by ... team to review our draft funding proposal, and chart the way forward.” The CCCCC project in Barbados is designed to ...
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Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green ... by making its first funding decisions ahead of the UNFCCC Paris climate conference. With climate finance being a ... Contribution (INDC) objectives. “We have come a long way to build the Green Climate Fund capacity completely from ...
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Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
... in collaboration with BBC Media Action, the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and the Global Green Growth ... Institute (GGGI), hosted Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world. As GCF’s first climate ... the concept, a technology that lives in the field that always gives insights to farmers. When we started ...
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Re-connecting with Mother Earth
... arteries, supporting an array of ecosystems integral to local livelihoods and culture. For more than 2,000 years, ... built by the Zenú. Their sophisticated engineering - altogether considered one of the largest hydraulic complexes in ... awareness around the importance of wetland ecosystems and ways of life which foster a harmonious relationship with the ...
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GCF-2
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s largest climate ... to support low emission, climate-resilient development pathways. As an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, GCF has become a vital part of the global climate ...
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GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... Fund’s increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... climate finance principals for us to meet our net-zero targets. This is the justice of the just-transition pathway that we follow as a development bank. Thank you to the ...
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The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
The Government of Jamaica together with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Green ... and as requested by the Government, discussions are underway with other development partners to scale up this ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
A milestone in climate action: GCF approves USD 1 billion of climate finance for developing countries
The landmark decision at the 39th Board Meeting clears the way for 17 new climate projects in developing countries, increasing GCF’s portfolio to 270 projects valued at nearly USD 15 billion across ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board is holding its first meeting of the year at the GCF ... the selection of Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director . It then reconvened on Tuesday morning to start consideration of other business, including new ...
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GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
GCF’s first Structured Dialogue with Asia, opening today in Indonesia, will seek common cause amid diversity in bringing together representatives from 24 nations. Participants will ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... (B.13) will be held in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 28 to 30 June 2016. B.13 shifts the focus from operational ... of entities to partner with the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and ... reach of its aspirational USD 2.5 billion approvals target this year,” said Fakir. “But, as GCF gains momentum, ...
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