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Initial Resource Mobilisation
... start-up phase, the GCF’s Initial Resource Mobilisation (IRM) in 2014 quickly raised USD 9.3 billion in pledges. Of this, USD 9.3 ... meeting in October 2018, the GCF Board launched the process for the Fund's first replenishment (GCF-1). Initial Resource ...
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Annual Results Report 2020
... worth USD 1.4 billion of GCF funding 0 GCF funding disbursed for projects under implementation 6 Accredited Entities ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the goal of keeping an average global ...
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ED opening remarks
Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen, Please allow me ... and to express my deepest thanks to Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok for hosting this event in Incheon, Korea, the home of GCF. ... for around 2-3% of global climate finance flows under the UNFCCC; 0.5% of total climate finance flows; and less than ...
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Resources
Resources The revised Accreditation Framework (RAF) introduces a more ... application submission and review process. The updated platform aims for a more user-friendly and predictable experience, ...
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Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
Overview The Green Climate Fund’s Strategic Plan is a living document, that sets out the Board’s long-term strategic vision for the Fund, as well as its strategic objectives and ... active observers, observer organizations, parties to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, members of GCF panels and ...
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Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
Efforts are needed now to turn Pacific Island concerns over climate change as an existential threat ... and impacts like coral reef bleaching is unfolding before our eyes,” said Simon Wilson, with the Secretariat of ...
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Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
During a visit to the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), ... at the required scale, remains underdeveloped. Bringing forward greater investments in low-emission technologies is ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ...
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Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... the report of the nineteenth meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed and approved between the nineteenth and ... Units beyond the probationary period Updated Board workplan for 2018 Reports from Board committees, panels and groups ... the selection of the permanent Trustee Terms of reference for the review of the committees and panel established by ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... of work Adoption of the report of eleventh Board meeting Decisions taken between the eleventh and twelfth meeting of the ... previous Board meetings: Proposal from the Co-Chairs Performance Review of the Executive Director Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Strategic Plan for the Green ...
Event > Board meeting 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2017
... Structured Dialogue with Asia aimed to develop a roadmap for priorities of the Fund in this region. The consultations took place in the context of ... Plan and recent Board decisions that provide support for the development of paradigm shifting funding proposals. ...
Event > Structured dialogue Indonesia 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... side event during the current Bonn climate talks has emphasised the link between NDC implementation and replenishment. ... do not cross the 2C threshold and to make every possible effort not to cross the 1.5C threshold." Glemarec stressed the ... Nasr, who is Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, also described how the partnership ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... have signed an agreement that will help expand the market for improved cookstoves in Bangladesh, bringing together a ... of approved GCF projects, marks a key milestone for the Global Clean Cooking Programme – ... Bangladesh initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, while also lessening health risks ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only ... of implementation, reporting, disbursement and budgeting for each individual GCF climate initiative. As GCF ... end up having to negotiate financial transfer agreements for six months or 12 months after our projects’ ...
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Thematic brief: Oceans
... regional stability and conserve global biodiversity. This generates vital ecosystem goods and services that support ... can sequester more carbon per unit area than terrestrial forests. At the same time, these coastal ecosystems ... global impacts on marine ecosystems. Coral reefs for instance are facing unprecedented pressure from sea ...
Document > Thematic brief
Policies: Risk management framework
Risk management framework GCF’s risk management framework defines GCF’s approach to managing risk at both the institutional and funding proposal ... covering funding, non-financial, investment and compliance risks. It also contains GCF’s risk appetite, approach to ...
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Adaptation planning support through GGGI
Rwanda is undergoing rapid urbanization as one of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues ... This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness project therefore aims to enhance Rwanda’s capacity to respond to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
This week’s P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build ... interventions. The report discusses past and on-going efforts to align finance with sustainable development. It ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
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Indigenous Peoples
Overview Indigenous Peoples are unique and a distinct stakeholder of GCF. The rights of Indigenous Peoples ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including in the Cancun Agreement. The preamble of ... the need to strengthen practices and efforts of local communities and Indigenous Peoples related to ...
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GCF-1
GCF's first replenishment GCF’s first replenishment (2020-2023) is an ... of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is part of a long-term vision for the Fund, building it up to become a major global ...
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Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... At the onset, I would like to thank the organizers for the opportunity to address this prestigious forum. Today my remarks will focus on the ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ...
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Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... panels and groups Guiding framework and procedures for accrediting national, regional and international ... and environmental and social safeguards Guidelines for the operationalization of the fit-for-purpose ... accreditation approach Assessment, including gap analysis, of institutions accredited by other relevant funds ...
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Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve Belize, through national commitments ... Change in Belize (2014), Belize identified AFOLU (including forest fires) as an important threat that would be ... the conservation, utilization and sustainable use of forest resources” by properly managing forest fires. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. ... its vital link to economic progress, laying the groundwork for modern environmental policies. A woman considered ... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ...
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Agence Française de Developpement
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public international financial institution established ... livelihoods and well-being, adaptive agriculture and forestry. AFD sought accreditation with the GCF to utilize ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France
European Investment Bank
... European Investment Bank (EIB) headquartered in Luxembourg, is an international financial entity whose main objective in developing countries is to provide finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects, in both the ... country. Climate action is one of the top policy priorities for EIB, which integrates climate considerations across all ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Luxembourg
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
As of 5 November 2022 Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) is no longer a GCF Accredited Entity. For historical purposes, the documents and/or projects associated ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Germany
Ministry of Finance of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (MOFEC), formerly known as the Ministry of Finance and Economic ... of sectors, particularly agriculture, water, energy, forestry, buildings, industries and transport. Some of its ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Ethiopia
Ministry of Environment (formerly Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda)
The Ministry of National Resources of Rwanda (MINIRENA) is a ... specifically a public sector ministry, which is responsible for environment, climate change and natural resources ... energy, infrastructure, land, water resources and forestry, in achieving national long-term sustainable ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Rwanda
Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas
The Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (Profonanpe) is a national entity and an environmental fund located in ... as well as to develop and implement innovative strategies for conservation and management of protected areas. Its ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Peru
Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (West African Development Bank)
... de Développement (West African Development Bank, BOAD), is a regional financial institution with a mandate to ... resources in its member state countries, outsourcing foreign capital through loans as well as providing funding ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Togo