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Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
This document presents funding proposal "FP250: Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central ... the Green Climate Fund at B.40. Viet Nam FP250 Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Viet Nam
Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in South West Angola (CREW Angola)
This document presents funding proposal "SAP044: Empowering ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Angola
Country platforms for climate finance
This brochure describes GCF’s approach to country platforms, ... to support the establishment of country or regional platforms, and gives case studies from two countries. Country ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and Banco de Desarrollo Productivo - Sociedad Anónima Mixta
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... - Sociedad Anónima Mixta sets out the terms and conditions for the use of GCF resources. It formalises Banco de Desarrollo Productivo - Sociedad ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Green Climate Fund and World Bank partnership unlocks USD 2.7 billion for climate action, Marshall Islands first to benefit with USD 44M project
... Javier Manzanares and Laura Tuck, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development, met on Friday in Washington ... to strengthen the climate partnership between the two organisations, welcoming an agreement that will allow projects ... to the impacts of climate change.” “This is the first official signing of a project-level agreement between the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF helps XacBank become first Mongolian bank to finance large-scale solar
... country’s transition to renewables. The new solar plant is located in the Sumber Soum area of Mongolia’s ... buoyed by GCF’s ability to plug the financial risk gap for initial renewable investment. GCF alleviated the ... on strong GCF support,” he said on Saturday during an official opening ceremony for the solar plant in the ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and ... during the “Successful Start, Ambitious Future” official Side Event charting GCF’s progress and future ... Georg Borsting, Policy Director from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Norway’s recent announcement ...
Article > Press release 
Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS
Five island countries in the Asia-Pacific region are teaming up ... that climate change is making more extreme, difficult to forecast and, for these and other Small Island Developing ... hazards.” Melchior Mataki, a high-level environmental official with the Solomon Islands, said his country supports ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
Panellists at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) high-level event at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York ... of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), with which GCF recently signed a partnership agreement, ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda 
GCF signs partnership agreement with BNP Paribas to accelerate climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is unlocking new climate investment opportunities by signing ... The Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a requirement for all GCF Accredited Entities, enables BNP Paribas ... global energy transition, BNP Paribas is proud to make official our partnership with the Green Climate Fund. We ...
Article > Press release 
GCF conference opens with calls from developing countries for increased finance for climate action
... Fund has convened more than 60 developing country Ministers and high-level officials alongside a broad range of partners in the Republic of Korea to discuss how to increase momentum for climate action in the face of mounting global economic ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America sets to further accelerate climate action in the region
... concluded in Montevideo, Uruguay. Running on 24-26 July, 2023, the event aimed to accelerate climate action ... in the region by bringing together key stakeholders and decision-makers to foster collaboration, peer learning and ... They welcomed participants and highlighted the urgent need for collaborative climate action at scale, as well as the ...
Article > News update 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... and partners gathered in Incheon, Republic of Korea, for GCF’s Regional Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific. GCF ... Mafalda Duarte (centre), with representatives of organisations and governments from Asia and the Pacific. With ... For more information and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for ...
Article > News update 
Ambition and coordination key to climate finance reform
... impacts on communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis. At the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) COP29 official side event, “Reform of the International Financial Architecture and the ... as if it does” Director of Means of Implementation at UNFCCC Sophie De Coninck said GCF is well positioned to be a ...
Article > News update 
GCF Readiness Programme marks milestone, hitting USD 10m in funds disbursed to 59 countries
More than USD 10 million to date has been disbursed through the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness ... portfolio currently consists of 119 approved proposals for capacity building activities in some 88 developing ... in Vanuatu , which was used to inform the design of a USD 26.6 million CIS project that the GCF Board approved for ...
Article > Press release 
An End of Year Message from GCF
Dear GCF partners, As we reach the end of this difficult year, I would like to send my heartfelt thanks to all our partners for your contributions in 2020. The Green Climate Fund is a ... pledges are already confirmed. 2021 will see the delayed COP26 meeting, which will be a crucial marker for climate ...
Article > Statement 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
This proposal seeks funding to support the Governments of ... change solutions (NBS) within Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests, and other key forest areas in the region. Central ... as well as increased NDC ambitions for announcement in COP26 in Glasgow and beyond. The direct beneficiaries of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Innovation and cooperation for global carbon neutrality
Excellencies, distinguished guests, I would like to congratulate the Korean Government on their efforts to accelerate global efforts towards a carbon-neutral ... the momentum for climate action in the build-up to the COP26 meeting last December. But the climate challenge remains ...
Article > Speech
Making blended finance work for adaptation
... private sectors have a critical role to play in closing this gap. This is at the heart of what GCF does as the ... at scale. First, we create an enabling environment for climate action by promoting integrated strategies, ... 56 million Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund, including USD 26 million in GCF financing. ARAF will benefit 10 million ...
Article > Speech
GCF explores how to strengthen private sector finance at World Forestry Congress
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will strive to narrow the forest finance gap by helping to strengthen public-private ... from private sector investment. The World Forestry Congress is the largest forest-focused symposium and is held every ... ways to support the USD 1.7 billion pledge made during COP26 and directed towards Indigenous Peoples and local ...
Article > News update 
GCF partners with Save the Children on major Vanuatu climate resilience project
... The Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project is the second GCF project approved in Vanuatu. The project, ... nearly USD 37 million, includes a GCF grant of over USD 26 million, with additional co-financing from the ... under the project will allow increased access to climate information and early warning data, support climate-resilient ...
Article > News update Vanuatu 
Strengthening the NDA’s climate change governance structure to increase the level of ambition of the climate change agenda and enhance access to climate finance
Although it maintains a minor greenhouse emission profile, Togo is considered among the most vulnerable ... national direct access entity. Furthermore, it is difficult for the country to (i) ensure high quality and consistent ... amounts of annual climate finance flow estimated at USD 26 million on average between 2013-2018. The situation has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
Project agreements were signed for 12 newly approved projects on the margins of the Green ... date. Three projects are expected to receive their first disbursement shortly after the agreements are signed. ... for 22 projects, bringing the year’s total to USD 3.26 billion. GCF’s portfolio currently comprises 336 ...
Article > News update 
Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
... activities boosting resilience against climate disasters to tapping the profit-seeking dynamics of ... Accredited Entities - to the Indonesian island of Bali on 26 to 29 April to explore climate finance priorities and ... technology, ranging from energy, waste, agriculture and forest activities,” he said. The Minister pointed to the ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Growing ambition: the role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action
On 18 May 2021, the Wilson Center organized a discussion focused on the role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action. Ambassador Mark Green, the President ... who announced USAID’s new strategy to be unveiled at COP26, which will be mainstreaming climate into all aspects of ...
Article > Press release 
Green stimulus in the post COVID-19 era and beyond
... Ladies and Gentlemen, With H.E Hong Nam-Ki, Deputy Prime Minister of Korea and Minister of Economy and Finance, it is a ... path to carbon neutrality and its contribution to global efforts to maintain climate ambition in the era of COVID-19. ... most important problem of our generation". Next year’s UNFCCC Conference of Parties will be critical for climate ...
Article > Speech
25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... from 2-13 December 2019 at Madrid, Spain. The conference is designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate ... Agreement. GCF is part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and serves the Paris Agreement. The Fund reports its ... Lessons learnt from the GCF project implementation: Moving forward 1315 - 1445 Scaling up climate change adaptation ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Spain 
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 ... point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ... proprietary, legally privileged or commercially sensitive information of the entity. The funding proposal package for ...
Board document > Action item
Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
The UN Permanent missions of Fiji, Jamaica and Rwanda co-hosted a virtual ... the last number of years has emphasized climate finance for developing countries”, she said. She highlighted the ... Action reiterated the UN Secretary General’s call for COP26 to deliver breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience - ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
... could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030. This was one of Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director ... key messages during GCF’s annual Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) now taking place virtually ...
Article > Press release 