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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Barbados through Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
The readiness support will assist the NDA in building the necessary capacity needed to handle large cross sectoral projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chile through the Chilean Development Cooperation Agency
The objective of this grant is to enhance country ownership and climate finance ... of the Green Climate Fund in Chile. In particular, it aims to develop the capacity of the National Designated Authority ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
... Green Climate Fund will be held from Monday, 2 November to Thursday, 5 November, in Livingstone, Zambia. #GCFB11 ... (progress report) Status of the initial resource mobilisation Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (progress ... of resources and the execution of the administrative budget Annual update of the structure and staffing of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
A ‘vaccine’ for tropical forests?
... earlier this year that he would be "donating $100 million towards a prize for best carbon capture technology”. Out of 600 thousand likes ... When we are nervous, we get heated and our bodies find the way to cool down: We sweat. Now imagine the tropical forests ...
Article > Insights 
Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
... the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 5 July to Thursday, 6 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. ... of the report of the sixteenth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed and approved between the sixteenth and ... guidelines Report on the execution of the administrative budget and 2016 audited financial statements Policy on ethics ...
Event > Board meeting 
Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 4 April to Thursday, 6 April, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of ... of the report of the fifteenth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed and approved between the fifteenth and ... Board-appointed officials Interim work plan and interim budget of the Independent Evaluation Unit Updated terms of ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 28 June to Thursday, 30 June, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of ... of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Board Decisions taken between the twelfth and thirteenth meetings of ... Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Budget Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Appointments ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF Structured Dialogue with Asia
... Dialogue with Asia will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 26 to 29 April 2017. The gathering will help increase the ... and entity programmes. One main objective of GCF dialogues is to determine which priorities identified by country strategies are the best match for GCF support (e.g. INDCs, LEDS, NAPAs, NAMAs, ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF/B.34/13 - Policy to minimize the effect of currency fluctuations on the commitment authority of GCF
As per decision B.BM-2021/03, the Board requested the Secretariat to develop and present a policy to minimize the effect of ... adoption in annex I and the policy proposal, in line with best practices among development financial institutions and ...
Board document > Action item
Mongolia’s XacBank signs accreditation agreement as GCF Partner
Mongolia’s XacBank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with ... new economically and environmentally sustainable ways of doing things,” said Mr. Amartuvshin Hanibal, ... prominent banks. The Banker magazine presented XacBank the best bank in Mongolia of 2016 award during a ceremony in ...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank 
Forecasting hope: climate action for a more resilient Cook Islands
Cook Islanders have a close connection to their land and feel a sense of stewardship to protect it ... island left to survive in silence, with no warning and no way to call for help. It taught us the cost of silence, of ... usage times—have been passed down through generations. “Getting communities engaged in these discussions, getting ...
Article > Story Cook Islands UNEP 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
The removal of barriers hindering global financial flows to developing countries could solve the climate finance ... of global heating meant it was in richer countries’ best interests, based on both “global solidarity” and ... COVID-19 pandemic has turned our societies, economies and way of life upside down,” he said in a recorded statement ...
Article > Press release 
Pre-screening
Pre-screening The pre-screening questionnaire is the starting point for organizations seeking to become GCF Accredited Entities (AEs). It allows ... with the contact info of relevant Secretariat teams. Get started with the pre-screening process Pre-screening ...
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Zambia shows leadership potential in milestone visit to GCF HQ
Zambia highlighted the major steps it is taking to deal with climate change as part of the largest ... with GCF. Senior Zambian officials detailed a number of ways their country is addressing climate change, including: ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
GCF and WMO agree to strengthen science in climate response
... and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an agreement to leverage WMO expertise in weather, climate and water to ... services. The agreement seeks to provide pragmatic ways to bring the best available science into climate finance at a time when ...
Article > Press release WMO 
Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
A Green Climate Fund forum which wound up today in Tonga has added another building block to the ... region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF partners to share climate ... “The Dialogue has been successful in identifying the way ahead for focusing climate finance in this vulnerable ...
Article > Press release 
Sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.06)
... Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 19 February to Friday, 21 February, in Bali, Indonesia. #GCFB06 Opening ... Secretariat Reports from committees, panels and groups Administrative Policies of the Fund Travel Policy Initial ... Country ownership, including: No‐objection procedure; Best practices for the establishment and composition of ...
Event > Board meeting
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) explored how to generate the private sector investments needed to create ... twin challenges of climate change and COVID-19. Bringing together leading private and public sector actors - including ... a timely opportunity to share experiences, innovations and best practices for scaling up public-private partnerships. ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF/B.16/04/Add.01 - Implementation of the initial Strategic Plan of the GCF – Addendum I: Update on country programmes and entity work programmes
This addendum provides an update on country programmes and ... entity work programmes as well as an Annex including the official country programme submission of Zambia. GCF/B.16/04/Add.01 Implementation of the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... its activities at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, prepared to ramp up its operations to help implement the new global ... efforts. The Framework aligns GCF and partners on LLCA best practices to increase investments that support devolved ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
Article > News update 
Postcard from Katowice: Saturday, December 8
... but negotiations continued throughout Saturday in Katowice. Progress is being made, but not quickly enough to ... the COP venue closed. But that doesn't mean the negotiators get a break: around 100 government Ministers are due to ... no side events, and no exhibitions, tonight is the best chance for most delegates to relax, review the week, ...
Article > Press release 
Stepping up climate action in the Cook Islands
Government, community, civil society and private sector representatives from the Cook Islands have come up with ... fuels, and build on climate action efforts already underway including projects from the Adaptation Fund and the ... some entities from the public and private sector to get accredited to the Fund to help implement the country’s ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Gender assessment for FP060: Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)
... the aim of identifying gender considerations and devising ways of streamlining gender equality in the project proposal. This analysis is intended to (i) provide an overview of existing national policies, ... gender considerations into the final project to align with best local, regional and international gender policies and ...
Document > Gender assessment Barbados CCCCC
REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Cuba
Cuba will use this GCF readiness grant to complete and consolidate REDD+ preparation activities in the following way: Developing a robust NFMS with institutional ... the forestry sector, and systematizing lessons learned and best practices for REDD+ in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cuba FAO
Call for Submissions on the GCF 3rd Updated Strategic Plan for 2028-2031
... focus, and institutional evolution, it is committed to ensuring that its future strategic direction is shaped by ... society organisations, the private sector, parties to the UNFCCC and other climate finance partners—to participate in ... are designed to capture perspectives on how the GCF can best adapt to evolving climate needs and optimise its ...
Document > Call for input
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance ... representatives of other developing countries and exploring ways to enhance lessons and best practice.” Direct Access builds country ownership in ...
Article > Press release United States AfDB 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... community will invigorate knowledge sharing and learning to build national capacity through programming with GCF and ... can foster problem-solving, promote the spread of best practices, and drive strategic planning. Knowledge ... launched its Strategic Framework and Country Programme (SFCP), Readiness Needs Assessment, and Standard Operating ...
Article > News update Niue SPREP 
GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the Caribbean island. The ... critical issues for Belize, so we are extremely grateful to get this readiness programme underway. By strengthening our National Designated Authority, and ...
Article > Press release Belize CCCCC 
GCF disburses finance to support Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
The Green Climate Fund has begun disbursing resources to the first project it approved in Peru’s Amazon, ... of Datem del Marañón manage their wetland resources in ways that avoid deforestation and the large-scale release of ... planet’s lungs.” Mr. Paniagua also pointed out that the best way to prevent deforestation and peatland degradation ...
Article > Press release Peru Profonanpe 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... help African countries ramp up their economic growth in ways that do not exacerbate climate change with the signing today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master ...
Article > Press release AFC 