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Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)
... as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Côte d'Ivoire SAP015 Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Côte d'Ivoire FAO
Nineteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.19)
... Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Monday, 26 February to Thursday, 1 March, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. ... plan Guidance from the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC Terms of reference for the review of committees, panels ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twenty-second meeting of the GCF Board (B.22)
... Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 26 February to Thursday, 28 February 2019, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic ... independent Secretariat Matters related to Board-appointed officials Performance evaluation and criteria of the Heads ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
... Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations ... during the “Successful Start, Ambitious Future” official Side Event charting GCF’s progress and future ... of Climate Analytics, said huge changes are necessary to get the world back on track to a safe course, highlighted by ...
Article > Press release 
Maya-K'iche' in Guatemalan highlands embrace nature-based solutions
Tomás Cuterez Lares grew up in the highlands of Guatemala, ... co-found Cooperativa Integral Agrícola Unión Chipaquense (COINACHI). Passionate about the organisation's mission, he ... their product is weighed, classified, and packed to ensure freshness and a longer shelf-life. With this shift ...
Article > Story Guatemala IUCN 
FP216 - Scaling up climate resilient flood risk management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... shifts in seasons and rainfall patterns. This has led to a rise in destructive floods, causing damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and livelihoods. Currently, 26 per cent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina is ... use of climate data to target its adaptive strategies and ensure the most effective response. The “Scaling up ...
Project > Public sector Bosnia and Herzegovina UNDP 
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... created new opportunities, but I was also curious to know how such techniques might relate to traditional, ... remote sensing spectral patterns and indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden ... and bridging indigenous knowledge is a valuable task that offers avenues for ecosystem conservation. Indicators based ...
Article > Insights 
FP115 - Espejo de Tarapacá
... of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage hydroelectric energy and a solar power plant Exposed ... issues where volatile pricing on the spot market can be a great disadvantage, particularly in solar power plants, ... comprises two commercially-integrated power plants: (1) a 300 MW pumped storage hydroelectric plant using the Pacific ...
Project > Private sector Chile MUFG_Bank 
ED opening remarks
... is very timely coming just two weeks before the start of COP26 in Glasgow. The role of the private sector in addressing ... August that global carbon emissions must fall by half by 2030 to keep global heating below 1.5C above pre- industrial ... 2019. Ultimately though, this climate finance under the UNFCC needs to be used in a highly catalytic way so that we ...
Article > Speech
GCF sets the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.22
... The 22nd GCF Board meeting will tentatively be held on 26-28 February 2019, and the key dates are as follows: B.22 timeline (tentative): Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A projects and I-1 ... for such disclosures shall be 120 days (A or I-1) or 30 days (B or I-2) in advance of the AE’s or GCF’s Board ...
Article > Press release 
GCF-1 Progress Report
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. From 2015 to 2019, during its ... climate finance, GCF works across several areas to ensure that funds for climate action reach those who need it ... The grant equivalent calculator tool, developed by the Office of Risk Management and Compliance of GCF, converts ...
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GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... 80% of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of ... to clean energy to 50 localities in Mali, reaching 28,300 new households and reducing 821,000 tCO2eq of emissions ... ability to pay is a major barrier to commercial off-grid rural electrification activities in Sub Sahara ...
Article > Story Mali BOAD 
Agreement signed at Africa Forward Summit to accelerate energy access
... project, approved by the GCF Board in March 2026, will provide USD 250 million in GCF financing as part of the overall Mission 300 initiative to connect 300 million people in ... economic growth. GCF worked closely with partners to ensure a strong regional approach with balanced ...
Article > News update WorldBank 
GCF and Korea Development Bank help climate innovators traverse “valley of death”
We need innovation to provide climate solutions. But too many great new ideas die in the so-called ‘valley of death’ ... to further these goals through its collaboration with the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate ...
Article > Press release KDB 
Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
... GCF and Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 30 October, marking the most project agreements signed at a ... for 22 projects, bringing the year’s total to USD 3.26 billion. GCF’s portfolio currently comprises 336 ...
Article > News update 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
GCF’s first Structured Dialogue with Asia, opening today in Indonesia, will seek common cause amid diversity in bringing together representatives from 24 nations. Participants will ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
FP062 - Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change Project (PROEZA)
... sequestering carbon and supporting local households to diversity their agricultural production to enhance their resilience to the impacts of climate ... law enforcement. The project has an estimated lifespan of 30 years. FP062 Paraguay 1 2 3 4 1 2 142 450 650 923 1051 ...
Project > Public sector Paraguay FAO 
SAP026 - Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought (ECCCP-Drought)
... that have been steadily increasing over the past 30 years. The objective of the ECCCP-Drought project is to make the NWR region of Bangladesh less vulnerable to ... purposes to reduce the burden of women in the region. SAP026 Bangladesh 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 600 942 Extended Community ...
Project > Public sector Bangladesh PKSF 
Grenada PM calls for decisive climate action at GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean
... Mitchell of Grenada called on participants from the region to work together to address the risks of climate change and ... vanguard of this important institution,” he said while offering Grenada’s commitment to champion the ... six projects in the region valued at USD 449 million and 26 readiness grants valued at USD 18 million covering 14 of ...
Article > Press release 
A ‘vaccine’ for tropical forests?
... earlier this year that he would be "donating $100 million towards a prize for best carbon capture technology”. Out ... central to the concepts of innovations announced in his offer. Ultra-large scale. Is 1.8 billion hectares large ... nervous system. When we are nervous, we get heated and our bodies find the way to cool down: We ...
Article > Insights 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ... resilient development. As leaders consider stimulus measures, we have a rare opportunity to leverage such measures ...
Article > Statement 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ... resilient development. As leaders consider stimulus measures, we have a rare opportunity to leverage such measures ...
Article > Speech
Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
Walking into the house of Otgonkhuu on a particularly windy winter ... population. “There weren’t that many people living here 30 years ago. This ger district was also not as big,” he ... communities have been going on for many years in order to ensure their acceptance of the project which will be ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
FP044 - Tina River Hydropower Development Project
A hydropower facility to transit power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy. Universal grid-connected ... for supply to the capital. The Solomon Islands seeks to greatly increase access to reliable electricity supply, ...
Project > Public sector Solomon Islands WorldBank 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two organizations signed an Accreditation Master ... wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa. The USD90 million, 26MW Cabeolica project provides over 20 percent of Cape Verde's power needs. Oliver Andrews, Chief Investment Officer of AFC, said during the AMA signing the consequences ...
Article > Press release AFC 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
The Structured Dialogue with Asia brought 26 countries from across the region to Da Nang in Viet Nam from May 17 to 20. The Dialogue ... these considerations in climate change investment plans ensures that actions will do no harm, and act to improve the ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde’s growing vulnerability towards environmental instabilities as well as its high ... climate change, by proposing mitigation and adaptation measures to successfully achieve targets made in its Nationally ... Plan Options for Sustainable Tourism Development for 2018-2030 (GOPEDS-Tourism 2018-2030), identifying sectors that are ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde UNIDO
Strengthening sectoral expertise and strategic framework to support the implementation of Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity (CAPTD) for productive and resilient landscapes and livelihoods in AFOLU across Burkina Faso (acronym R-CAPTD )
The specific readiness challenge is to build sectoral expertise, strategic framework, programme ... Contribution (NDC) and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets by 2030, as well as associated targets of the National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso ICRAF
FP130 - Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... REDD+ results for 2014-2016, with a total volume of 27 million tonnes of carbon dioxide ... of the country’s social forestry programme. FP130 Indonesia 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 301 463 592 739 Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia UNDP 