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Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15)
... of the report of the fourteenth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed and approved between the fourteenth and ... including from the micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises pilot programme Staffing of the Secretariat Status of ... of the permanent Trustee Policies on the formal replenishment process Matters related to accreditation ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... Brief guideline on the application of the case-by-case provisions in the financial terms and conditions of the Fund’s ... and private sector entities (progress report) Initial risk management framework: Methodology to determine and define the Fund’s risk appetite Appointment of experts of the independent ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... helping Namibia’s Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) utilise the resilience of ecosystems to help communities ... GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s support for nature-based adaptation ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
... Climate Fund. The announcement was made by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 Summit currently taking place in ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... report of the twenty-third meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-third and twenty-fourth ... review of the GCF Matters related to the first formal replenishment of the GCF Report from the replenishment process Consideration and endorsement of the ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... report of the twenty-sixth meeting of the Board Board decisions proposed between the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh ... the GCF for 2020 – 2023 Review of the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Updated and ... tracking tool Work programme of the Secretariat and administrative budget for 2021 Initial analysis of options to ...
Event > Board meeting 
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... a Grand Strategic Plan Options for Sustainable Tourism Development for 2018-2030 (GOPEDS-Tourism 2018-2030), identifying sectors that are strongly interlinked with the tourism and hotel industry, such as the energy, water and food ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
... its Simplified Approval Process (SAP) and the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) convened 70 experts ... exposed to the impacts of climate change. The collaboration is expected to provide developing countries that have ... at UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), reminded participants that “the UN ...
Article > News update 
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen ... implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The project will achieve this goal based on ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
... economy and its population. About 80% of the most frequent disasters recorded in Angola are directly associated with ... hydro-climatic events: water scarcity or excess. Angola is facing the most severe drought of the last 38 years, aggravated by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
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 billion was confirmed. Amount announced ...
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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 ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the goal of keeping an average global ... and by doing so, to deliver on our mandate. The delayed COP26 climate conference at the end of 2021 will be a ...
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ED opening remarks
Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen, Please allow me ... to programme these resources as soon as transferred. At COP 26, we were able to confirm that GCF had committed all its ... for around 2-3% of global climate finance flows under the UNFCCC; 0.5% of total climate finance flows; and less than ...
Article > Speech
Resources
Resources The revised Accreditation Framework (RAF) introduces a more ... GCF in a clear, predictable, and fair way. As part of this transition, GCF is developing new resources, systems, and engagement ...
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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 Paris Agreement also acknowledges that Parties should, when ...
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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 into action, said a regional body ... during a Green Climate Fund workshop. “The slow burn crisis of sea level rises, ocean acidification and impacts ...
Article > Press release 
Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
During a visit to the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), ... a much sooner than expected reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and that the technology to enable this, at the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ...
Article > Press release 
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 ... of the Board: guidelines to determine in which cases decisions may be taken without a Board meeting Application of ... reference for the review of the committees and panel established by the Board Guidance from the Conference of the ...
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 ... committees, panels, and groups Ethics and Audit Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Ad Hoc Appointments Committee Accreditation ...
Event > Board meeting 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2017
... aimed to develop a roadmap for priorities of the Fund in this region. The consultations took place in the context of the GCF Strategic Plan and recent Board decisions that provide support for the development of paradigm ... are being led by direct access entities. Over time, this percentage is expected to increase as more direct access ...
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. Developing country representatives highlighted the role of GCF in realising the existing National Determined Contributions (NDCs), ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... Bangladesh initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, while also lessening health risks for Bangladesh people. About 66 percent of the ... offer a great opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve people’s health, while this project ...
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 ... The projects to strengthen climate action in Liberia, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Congo were given the green light during ... to set the parameters of implementation, reporting, disbursement and budgeting for each individual GCF climate ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... regional stability and conserve global biodiversity. This generates vital ecosystem goods and services that support ... climate and temperature regulation, absorption of carbon emissions, fisheries, food security, coastal protection, tourism ...
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 to pose a challenge. ... interventions related to urban and the built environment. This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness project ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
GCF-1
GCF's first replenishment GCF’s first replenishment (2020-2023) is an important element of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is ...
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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
This week’s P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build momentum to deliver global climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
Article > Speech
Agence Française de Developpement
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public international financial institution established several decades ago. The mandate of AFD is to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France
Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... to thank the organizers for the opportunity to address this prestigious forum. Today my remarks will focus on the ... climate innovation and investment to address the climate crisis. Here is my message in a nutshell: Climate change is ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ...
Article > Speech