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GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
This year’s COP ended on a dramatic note with an agreement ... all eyes will be on Azerbaijan, which was announced as the official host of COP29 from 11-22 November next year. ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ...
Article > News update 
The Green Climate Fund: A decade of impact supporting the Paris Agreement
On the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has released a ... the financial means for developing countries to realise their climate ambitions. The report, titled “A decade ... first projects and on the back of a record year of USD 3.26 billion of climate investment approvals in 2025. It ...
Article > News update 
GCF/B.11/19 - Updated administrative guidelines on human resources
The Board at its eighth meeting having considered the Administrative Guidelines on Human Resources, approved document GCF/B.08/26 titled “Administrative guideline on human resources” for a period to ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/22 - Trustee arrangements, including the review of the Interim Trustee and the initiation of a process to select the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents an update on the steps towards ... selecting a Permanent Trustee and proposes a draft decision for consideration by the Board on the terms of ... for the review of the Interim Trustee, following paragraph 26 of the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/18 - Trustee arrangements, including the Review of the Interim Trustee and the initiation of a process to select the Trustee of the Green Climate Fund
This document presents an update on the steps towards ... selecting a Permanent Trustee and proposes a draft decision for consideration by the Board on the terms of ... for the review of the Interim Trustee, following paragraph 26 of the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.27/10 - Guidelines to facilitate Board consideration of IRM reports on reconsideration requests, grievances or complaints
By Decision B.22/22 of 26 February 2019 the Board requested “the Head of the IRM, ... relating to requests for reconsideration of funding decisions and grievances or complaints by those adversely ...
Board document > Action item
Pacific Community
The Pacific Community (SPC) is a regional entity serving as the principal scientific and ... supporting development in the Pacific region. It was established by the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission in 1947 and is owned and governed by its 26 members, including all 22 Pacific island countries and ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional)
Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
On a visit to GCF Headquarters last week, the Government of ... readiness support from the Fund by October. Delegation officials said Pakistan will use the support to enhance the ... (INDC), which the Government of Pakistan will present at UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris later ...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
Call for Public Inputs: Annex III | Water Security Sectoral Guide
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and ... Guide as part of the GCF Water Project Design Guidelines. This document includes Part 3: Practical guidelines for ... Deadline: 30 October at 23:59 Korean Standard Time. Format: Official submissions should be in Microsoft Word format. ...
Document > Call for input
Green Climate Fund says help is coming for Tonga
Green Climate Fund says help is coming for Tonga ...
Article > Article about GCF 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
... and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's second official side event of this year’s COP focused on the Fund's achievements to date, ...
Article > Press release 
Summary of outcomes of the 24th meeting of the GCF Board
... over the meeting as Co-Chairs. Representatives of the UNFCCC secretariat, the World Bank (GCF Trustee), and the Board’s independent Technical Advisory Panel and its Accreditation Panel were present, as ... approved by the Board. This document does not represent the official report of the meeting. Summary of outcomes of the ...
Document > Summary of outcomes of the meeting of the GCF Board
GCF-1 Progress Report
... years, in the face of COVID-19, political and economic crises, the need for urgent climate action has become ever ... period (referred to as ‘GCF-1’), ahead of its replenishment for the next four years. The GCF-1 Progress Report ... who was appointed as the incoming Executive Director will officially start her term in July 2023. GCF-1 Progress ...
Document > Annual report
Luxembourg and GCF meet to discuss climate finance mobilization
During COP 22, Luxembourg’s Environment Minister, Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, and the Green Climate Fund ... Executive Director a.i., Mr. Javier Manzanares, met to discuss the Fund’s progress over the past year, as well as ... to international climate finance, which is additional to Official Development Assistance, amounting to USD 230 per ...
Article > Press release Luxembourg 
Building the engagement of Burkina Faso with the GCF: Establishing and strengthening national institutions to engage with GCF and formulate a country programme
... plans, and priorities are already formulated in several official documents, such as the NAPA, NAP, INDCs, NAMAs plan ... in line with PNDES*. Altogether they constitute the basis for a country programme, cornerstone for the preparation, ... Fund, and engagement of stakeholders, including from administration, private sector, civil society, with equal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso IUCN
GCF Global NDA Conference 2018
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to host the Global NDA Conference on 8-9 and 12 ... to exchange ideas, hear from technology investors, and discuss climate investment opportunities — all in an effort ... and development of project pipelines. Government officials will provide firsthand accounts of how GCF ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF’s PPMS Readiness Report Module Webinar
... funded activities and the Readiness Programme since its official launch in January 2021. In particular, the PPMS for ... Support Programme was soft-launched in July 2022 and the disbursement module was launched in October 2022. During this webinar, the GCF Secretariat will introduce the newly ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF's PPMS Webinar on APR submission for AEs for CY2022
Since its official launch in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat has ... to supporting AEs in submitting the CY2022 APRs as the submission deadlines are approaching. All the AEs and any other ... of the webinar will be held with interpretation to Spanish and French, as well as live captioning, allowing for ...
Event > Webinar 
Creating the enabling conditions for the implementation of the Loss & Damage (L&D) mechanism in Ecuador
... geographical location and socioeconomic conditions, Ecuador is highly vulnerable to external factors of various kinds, ... caused by these events in the past decades, there is no official economic quantification in Ecuador that enables the ... the national or international negotiations related to the UNFCCC Loss and Damage (L&D) mechanism. The main goal of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador CAF
De-risking low- carbon investment in public buildings in the Kyrgyz Republic
... Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as ARIS) has been nominated by the NDA (Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Engineering ... Kyrgyzstan who speak Kyrgyz or Russian and who can prepare official documentation in English for submission to the GCF. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Kyrgyzstan ARIS
Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
... identifying the way ahead for focusing climate finance in this vulnerable part of the world, particularly in building ... projects totalling more than USD 250 million in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, ... across the Pacific region, in addition to senior government officials, including representatives of GCF National ...
Article > Press release 
African countries propose ambitious GCF pipeline at Cape Town Dialogue
... Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with Africa concluded this week after three days of focused deliberations on helping ... climate-resilient projects that were discussed between 24-26 October. Project concepts covered mitigation and ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points, UNFCCC Focal Points, and officials from national ministries of ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Funds flow in GCF’s first direct access project with Pacific Islands
... Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) improving Pacific islands’ ability to deal with climate-induced disasters. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) ... the Fund’s contribution of nearly US 23 million to a USD 26.6 million adaptation project in Vanuatu , which topped ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu SPREP 
GCF Structured Dialogue with Asia
... Dialogue with Asia will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 26 to 29 April 2017. The gathering will help increase the ... and entity programmes. One main objective of GCF dialogues is to determine which priorities identified by country ... etc.). An important outcome of GCF’s Structured Dialogues is the articulation of regional programming roadmaps that ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF/B.10/12 - Template for the Bilateral Agreement on Privileges and Immunities
At its meeting in Songdo from 24 to 26 March 2015, the Board considered a proposed “Template ... and Immunities” prepared by the Secretariat. In this context, several members of the Board expressed concerns ... Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies (CPISA). In response to the concerns expressed by the Board, ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.34/Inf.16 - Diversification of financial instruments for addressing climate risk
... selection of financial instruments for addressing climate risk, including parametric insurance for climatic events” (decision 6/CP.26, para. 11). Through its decision B.32/08, the Board ...
Board document > Information
Invitation for the Thirty-first Round of Application for Accreditation as an Observer Organization to the Green Climate Fund
... the thirty-seventh meeting of the Board of the GCF, which is planned to take place from 23 October to 26 October 2023. Following the GCF’s Governing Instrument ... organizations (PSOs), and international entities (IEs), wishing to obtain observer status, to apply for ...
Document > Notification
GCF/B.39/Inf.02 - Report on the execution of the 2024 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2024 administrative budget from 1 January to 30 April 2024 and other ... million against the annual budget of USD 125.4 million (26 per cent of the approved budget); USD 0. 8 million ...
Board document > Information
FP107 - Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan
... enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers in eight districts of Bhutan through integrated climate-resilient ... landlocked and mountainous Least Developed Country, Bhutan is highly vulnerable to climate change – with ... executing entity. This project has an estimated lifespan of 26 years. FP107 Bhutan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 124 284 384 493 654 ...
Project > Public sector Bhutan UNDP 