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Strengthening Adaptation Planning processes and capacity for successful implementation of adaptation actions in the Agricultural and Water sectors of Trinidad and Tobago
Like many other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, the ... including increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, rising sea levels and more intense tropical ... of adaptation-based ventures. These issues complicate all efforts to mobilize adequate financing from the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago FAO
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
... harvesting, and ice stupas for water conservation in the valleys of the north. The goal is twofold: to safeguard local communities and provide early warnings of potentially catastrophic flood events. A comprehensive plan of ... the area, ensuring that no one is left behind. By Jin Hee Dieu, in collaboration with UNDP Pakistan FP018 Climate ...
Article > Story Pakistan UNDP 
Green Climate Fund approves funding to Climate Asset Management to develop strategy for scaling regenerative practices at a landscape level in Sub-Saharan Africa
... at enhancing climate adaptation and food security for smallholder farmers across landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa ... and food security, whilst enhancing the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative will ... aim to meet the unique needs of each landscape, enhancing smallholder livelihoods and supporting resilient and ...
Article > Press release 
Caribbean countries launch landmark platform to scale up climate investment
... too long, the Caribbean has been sounding the alarm and calling for greater action to build the resilience of our ... but in game-changing, future-defining solutions to this challenge that confronts us all. As Prime Minister of Barbados and Chair of CARICOM, I ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Climate investments critical for post-COVID recovery: GCF conference highlights mobilisation of private capital to green developing economies
... Climate Conference have flagged the pandemic as a wake-up call for efforts to shift portfolios towards climate-friendly ... green economic stimulus measures in response to the challenges of COVID-19 and climate change. Christian ... and Markets, said: “The pandemic has been a wake up call for all these efforts. It has focused our attention, the ...
Article > Press release 
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
... Access project implemented by SANBI that is helping small-scale farmers adapt to climate change in the uMngeni ... builds country ownership in addressing climate change challenges by empowering developing countries to access ... Fund has 14 NIEs that are also accredited to the GCF and all six of its regional implementing entities (RIEs) have ...
Article > Press release United States AfDB 
IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering 11 countries from Senegal and ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “The GGW Up of the GCF and IFAD is a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release IFAD 
Financing climate ambition in the context of COVID-19
... of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC)] At the onset I would like to thank the governments of ... be taking in the coming months will have consequences for all the generations to come. And these consequences will be ... of Southern Africa, represented by Patrick, or such as IFC, represented by Alzbeta. We work with 95 accredited ...
Article > Speech
Investment decisions and the climate challenge
... This group now accounts for 13 per cent of consumers globally, including 20 per cent in Germany, 16 per cent in ... significantly increased amounts of investment. Indeed, the IPCC estimates that USD 1.6 to 3.8 trillion in new climate ... Wall initiative to reverse land degradation in Africa. Ladies and gentlemen, transitioning to low emission, ...
Article > Speech
GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
... Co-chair Leif Holmberg from Sweden said: “During these challenging times, GCF is showing how countries are able to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Fund serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting ... to climate change, with Conservation International FP260: Enhancing the resilience of Serbian forests to ensure ...
Article > Press release 
Project safeguards
Overview GCF ensures that the climate finance it allocates does not harm local communities or ecosystems. GCF ...
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Policies: Project approval
Project approval
The consideration and approval of funding proposals by the GCF is undertaken through a designated Project Approval Process. Policies under this category establish the key steps, requirements,...
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The positives of preparing for disaster
... monitoring and information sharing. This is timely as studies indicate extreme weather events are expected to occur ... manifest in a variety of forms – ranging from the abnormally powerful hurricanes that smashed into the Caribbean in ... systems represent good value for money. “Various studies show that early warning systems have a very high rate ...
Article > Story Multiple countries AFD 
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... at scale Working with local private entities, including small and medium-sized enterprises Initial resource ... Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change thematic bodies, such as the Adaptation Committee and the Technology ... as well as other climate finance entities and external bodies, including corporate and foundational partnerships ...
Event > Board meeting
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 ... local communities from conducting early dry season burning, allowing more destructive fires with higher emissions ... specifically has been established through international studies. Nevertheless, Belize has not yet developed a high ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize ISFMI Pty Ltd
Accreditation
... as sub-national, national, regional, or international bodies. Applicants should have clear, detailed and actionable ...
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Accreditation process
... to pre-screening, application, screening and review, and finally, Board approval. Each step is designed to strengthen ...
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GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
... building the global momentum needed to meet the climate challenge during the “Successful Start, Ambitious Future” ... actively care for the needs of developing countries, especially in light of the many disasters of extreme weather.” ... back on track to a safe course, highlighted by the recent IPCC report warning of the dangers of a world that is one and ...
Article > Press release 
"GCF has a huge role to play"
... in Pohnpei, and very happy that we have such a strong audience of representatives from the region as we chart a path ... climate fund helping developing countries respond to challenge of climate change. Our role is to support countries ... climate resilient development. We are already delivering. Ladies and gentlemen, being here in Pohnpei reminds me that ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
... meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement and called for an ambitious GCF replenishment. The event, titled ... of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC), with which GCF recently signed a partnership agreement, ... of its flexibility. It has capacity that is very unique. IDFC members are the strongest advocate for the Fund and we ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda Acumen 
GCF and Korean Government join forces to promote global Green New Deal
The head of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Thursday called for a global Green New Deal in which redirected ... action and COVID-19 recovery measures must be mutually supportive to be effective,” said GCF Executive ... foster “sustainable growth through triggering financially attractive investment in green, resilient ...
Article > Press release 
GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is heeding calls to help developing countries bolster their defences ... for adaptive measures to deal with climate change, especially for poor populations that are most at risk. Glemarec ... the most vulnerable countries: Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, and African states. GCF is ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs partnership agreement with BNP Paribas to accelerate climate action
... Master Agreement (AMA), a requirement for all GCF Accredited Entities, enables BNP Paribas ... world, the international commercial bank has allocated 17.8 billion euros to the renewable energy sector ... et durables dans un monde en constante évolution, a alloué 17,8 milliards d’euros au secteur des énergies ...
Article > Press release BNP_Paribas 
Food Security and Adaptation Priorities in the Agricultural Sector in Tunisia
The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Tunisia indicates ... integrating and aligning approaches to address CC challenges. Tunisia’s NDC (2015) identified six key sectors ... to CC. In doing so, it will contribute to the overall objective of the National Strategy on Climate Change to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia FAO
Empowering farmers and protecting forests in Eastern Madagascar
... change. Extended droughts, lesser incidences of rainfall, and aggressive cyclones devastate the population’s ... environmental conditions and low yields and incomes, smallholder farmers turn to alternative sources of revenue and ... Madagascar By Brylle James Galang Madagascar FP026 Empowering farmers and protecting forests in Eastern ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Green Climate Fund Board streamlines access to finance in major accreditation review USD 187.7 million also approved for new climate projects
... one-step process to fund climate projects. The Board also allocated USD 187.7 million of new GCF resources for climate ... to ensure the fund's performance. We also congratulate all the projects funded and the entities accredited or re-accredited at this board meeting, and especially the Development Bank from Southern Africa (DBSA), which ...
Article > Press release 
Readiness Support to Capacitate Rwanda’s Subnational Level Actors in Green Growth and Climate Resilience
... policies, strategies and projects on the ground. The overall results will lead to successful implementation of key ... Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy (GGCRS) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to stimulate green ... and the related thematic groups with the aim to coordinate all government plans, policies and strategies to ensure ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
Enhancing the resilience of health systems to climate change and emerging pandemics in the Republic of Marshall Islands
1. The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), a small island developing state, is highly vulnerable to the ... reduce the health impacts of climate change3. The RMI Nationally Determined Contributions (2018)4 states that it is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Marshall Islands WHO
GCF partners with FAO on two major climate-resilience projects in Benin and the Gambia
... and low emission agroforestry practices, improve overall land and water management in 95,000 hectares, and reduce over 330,000 small-scale farmers' vulnerability to increasing climate disturbances and extreme weather events. Additionally, the project will contribute to emission reductions of ...
Article > News update Benin Gambia FAO 
Enhancing Direct Access to Climate Finance in Fiji – Phase 2
Fiji, as a Small Island Developing State, faces extreme climate vulnerability. Climate change is affecting all areas of life, including reduced agricultural and ... of concept notes and completion of pre-feasibility studies and PPF applications for both MoE and FDB. This ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Fiji GGGI