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Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
... said: “The platform launched today is a big moment for all involved. It has been designed to speed up the adoption ... Climate Fund is supporting ten climate projects in India totalling USD 566.8 million in GCF financing. FP186 Newly ...
Article > News update MAAML 
Strengthening Carbon Capture Storage and Reporting Frameworks and Mechanisms
... to limit GHG emission in accordance with the goals of the UNFCCC. This includes augmenting public systems for capturing, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992. The principle balances the need for all states to take responsibility for global climate change, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... He also highlighted the opportunities to strategically use GCF’s readiness support for a country like Sri ... in Sri Lanka show that while the volume of seasonal rainfall will remain the same in the coming decade, changes to ... he said. “We hope to share our experience on this in the upcoming GCF Asian Regional Structured Dialogue in Viet ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... spirit of the Games to address planetary environmental challenges. Many of the dignitaries set to attend the opening ... share a common denominator, with both reminding us we are all global citizens. "While the winter athletes will test ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with an initial pledge of over USD 10 billion. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the Paris Agreement encourages countries under the UNFCCC to implement and support REDD+, including through ... payments pilot, it now offers financial support for all phases of REDD, including through its Readiness and ...
Article > Press release 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... Taylor said a climate approach which avoids “putting all eggs in the same basket” is increasingly necessary in ... plots remaining underwater after unseasonably heavy rainfall during the first months of 2017. “While these extreme ... about the need to do something,” she said. UCAR’s call to action represented a small snapshot of the varied ...
Article > Press release Argentina UCAR 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
... electricity access for nearly half a million people and small and medium sized enterprises in cooperation with local ... Africa. The GCF’s anchor investment of USD 78.4 million allows Sustainable Investments, the group within Deutsche ... and Tanzania, which is where the programme will initially focus investments in the first three years. The signing ...
Article > Press release DeutscheBank 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
... development, and I am excited to witness and be part of all the positive changes happening in the next few years,” ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
... Agreements with the Fund. UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
Article > Press release UNDP 
GCF Adaptation Rationale Workshop
... attended the workshop from developing countries in all regions and representing a range of organisations ... potential project ideas and share in-country progress and challenges in implementing adaptation planning processes and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Philippines (the) 
Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project
... We are the proud recipients of a mix of funding from GCF totalling USD 27 million. The project will provide a replicable ... framework for countries of the Eastern Caribbean, all of which experience similar issues." On behalf of GCF, ... Patrick Van Laake said, "GCF is keenly aware of the challenges which the Caribbean faces, not the least of which ...
Article > Press release Barbados CCCCC 
Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club signs a Statement of Partnership to join forces in fighting climate change
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... the Paris Agreement objectives. On the occasion of the IDFC 2019 Steering Group Meeting, hosted by its Moroccan ... provider of public development and climate finance globally, and the GCF, the largest climate fund in the world, ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... countries came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development . As a founding member, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) joined the Alliance to unite efforts to close the capacity gap on early ... climate information by 2030. GCF and other members of the Alliance have committed collectively to ramp up action that ...
Article > Press release AfDB 
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
... vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. ... is not a choice but a mandate for this generation. As such, all governments, from both developed and developing ... resilient development.” The GCF Board, consisting equally of developing and developed country representatives, is ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... from private sector and other extractive groups that ironically facilitate the release of about 19.5 million tons of ... recruit high profile experts to elaborate feasibility studies (that also include climate change analysis and economic ... to address the above gap. The outcome of the various studies will facilitate the elaboration of a full project ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon IUCN
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... of climate change are expected to further aggravate these challenges. There is general recognition and growing awareness ... area, and one with immense potential and significant challenges. According to the baseline of the Sustainable ... (vi) lack of political and financial support; (vii) the challenges for monitoring NbS; and, (viii) the difficulties in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
Developing a climate resilient health system in The Bahamas
... project is designed to build upon and strengthen national bodies, communities and human resources with new mechanisms ... include: To develop a ‘climate SMART health’1 in all policies systems framework with cross cutting national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas CCCCC
Development of Guyana’s National Climate Finance Strategy, MRV System and Project Pipeline to Support NDC Implementation
... project aims to increase the capacity of Guyana to strategically manage climate finance flows and achieve their revised ... Change (OECC) to improve the quality of Guyana’s UNFCCC reporting obligations. the improvement of National GHGs ... focused on the Energy and Agriculture sectors in line with IPCC 2006 Guidelines; the development of a project pipeline ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana GGGI
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is ... million inhabitants and has experienced major development challenges such as extreme poverty, high unemployment and a high prevalence of HIV and AIDS. These challenges are exacerbated by the increasingly severe impacts ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNEP
National Adaptation Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management in Belize
... of Belize is charged with the responsibility of managing all of Belize’s freshwater resources. However, the office ... their capacity to implement their IWRM framework. These challenges are exacerbated by significant data and information ... water supplier, Belize Water Services Limited. Additionally, the demands for water and its varied impact on men and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CCCCC
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
... shock events such as flash floods, mud flows, intense rainfall events and intense heat waves. This, in turn, is ... action and finance and to engage with the GCF systematically and effectively (Outcome 1) and develop a Country ... key foundational measures including Turkmenistan’s Nationally Determined Contribution, the Third National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan CAREC
Scaling up green finance practices: A blueprint to break- through into a climate resilient Cook Islands as a catalyst to mobilize private sector investment
... cays, low-lying coral atolls, raised coral islands, and small volcanic islands, situated in the Pacific Ocean. Climate change impacts are intensified for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) because of their small geographical area, isolation and exposure. As well as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands
Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
... methods to provide health services. Recognizing these challenges, in consultation with stakeholders, this Readiness ... manage long-term climate-sensitive health risks, specifically by strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Health ... sectors The direct beneficiaries of this project include all involved governmental staff, particularly CCH technical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) WHO
Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions
... vulnerable to climate change. To achieve Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets to reduce GHG ... per year are needed from 2018 to 2030. The state budget allocated to climate change mitigation is ca. USD 5.7 ... Needs Assessment (RNA) identified the following challenges and gaps: Imbalanced distribution of funding across ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia GGGI
Readiness Support for Building Community Resilience through Application of Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) System
... responses to climate change (based on definitions by IPCC (2018)1 and UNESCO2). Although TLK systems can be ... change. TLK systems at the local level are not systematically cataloged or utilized in climate change resilience ... environment for TLK systems to be regularly and systematically considered by the National Designated Authorities ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal Pakistan
GCF Group of Friends welcomes new Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, garnering momentum for GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action
... H.E. Ambassador Nabeel Munir, chair of the meeting, recalled the urgency to act collectively in the face of the ... from the impact of the climate crisis. She thanked all contributors for their support, especially those who made frontrunner pledges for GCF-2, and she ...
Article > News update 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Climate Fund and the investments we need for a future we all deserve. Our record USD 12.8 billion replenishment ... including the private sector, have an even stronger ally for ambitious climate action that mobilises innovative ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
National Framework for Leapfrogging to Energy- Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners and Refrigerators in The Gambia
... scheme for air conditioners and refrigerators. Additionally, the proposal includes capacity building for the ... as the participants from the Policy Working Group (PWG). All stakeholders will receive a capacity building training ... trade barriers. A close attention will be given especially to Senegal as The Gambia is landlocked into the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia UNEP
Re-Gain: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
... by the low productivity rates per unit of land, and low overall productivity could have negative impacts on food ... use changes and deforestation. According to the FAO 2023, small-scale farming is linked to most agriculture-driven deforestation in all regions of the world. To varying degrees across regions, ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
As a landlocked country, Chad is grappling with security challenges associated with the impacts of climate change, in ... shocks. Access to financial resources remains one of the challenges to Chad. There are limited public funds to support ... beneficiaries of this project are the NDA's constituent bodies and other stakeholders to be identified by the incoming ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad IFDD