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The Green Climate Fund Board selects Yannick Glemarec as new Executive Director
... action in developing countries. Yannick Glemarec brings 30 years of international experience in climate change, ... Executive Coordinator of the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office in New York from 2013 to 2015. Previously, he served ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive ...
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SAP059 - Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... is experiencing climate change impacts intensifying pressures on its ecosystems and rural communities. Forests, ... logging, overgrazing and weak management, which is leading to declining carbon sequestration, increased soil erosion ... governance and enable future carbon market access. Together, these interventions will reduce climate risks, ...
Project > Public sector Armenia 
FP250 - Achieving emission reduction in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast of Viet Nam to support National REDD+ Action Programme goals (RECAF)
... Nam’s rapidly growing economy is placing increasing pressure on its natural resources, including forests. Despite a ... development in rural areas. Proactive interventions to sustainably enhance forest management and agricultural ... of deforestation-free value chains for commodities such as coffee and pepper, bamboo or fruits, as well as a variety of ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing intensity, geographic extent and frequency of ... the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), International ... actors across the climate information and early warnings value chain. GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
Mitigation
... challenge Global emissions must be cut by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2010 levels if we are to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC. However, the current energy generation and ...
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Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
... for past climates. Hence, farming and food systems need to be transformed across the globe to build resilience to ... food and nutritional security will be challenging, but it offers opportunities for enhancing climate resilience, ... loss; creating millions of new jobs by improving value chains in agriculture; improving nutrition; reducing ...
Document > Thematic brief
Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ... populations live in countries where wind and solar power offer the cheapest new electrical generating capacity. Over ... investment would have to exceed $4 trillion by 2030, which is three times its average over the past 5 years. ...
Article > Speech
Work programme of the Secretariat for 2022 and administrative budget
... the programme as adopted by the Board in decision B.30/07, paragraph (b). The programme was sent to the Board for consideration at B.30 in document ... programme of the Secretariat and annual administrative budget of the GCF Secretariat, Board and Trustee”. All ...
Document > Work programme and budget
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
... Fund (GCF) continues empowering developing countries to take climate action in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic ... its allocation of USD 878.8 million in new financing at its 26th Board meeting, which wound up today. The 26th Board ... Based Payments for Results Period 2014-2016 with UNDP (FP130) USD 27.4 million for Improving Climate Resilience of ...
Article > Press release 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
A GCF event at COP26 brought together a panel of international and national ... Island Developing States – Bridging the Capacity Gap by 2030” that GCF has become the largest financier of early ... rainfall in 24 hours than London receives in a year. The UNFCCC established GCF in 2010 to provide financial support ...
Article > News update 
International Union for Conservation of Nature
... and small island developing States through its regional offices. Its overall programme of work focuses on valuing ... Currently, IUCN has a project portfolio amounting to USD 330 million in grants. It is estimated that half of this ... but also to contribute to enhancing their capacity to ensure that they have direct access to multilateral funding. ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
Invitation for 18th Round of Application for Accreditation as Observer Organization
... with the Board, invite accredited observer organizations to the twenty-second meeting of the Board of the GCF, to be held from 26 to 28 February 2019. GCF/NOTIF/2018/06 Invitation for ...
Document > Notification
Readiness agreement with Tajikistan (TJK-RS-001)
... grant agreement was signed between GCF and Tajikistan on 26 January 2017. Tajikistan Readiness agreement with ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Afghanistan Rural Energy Market Transformation Initiative – Strengthening Resilience of Livelihoods Through Sustainable Energy Access
... as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Afghanistan FP129 Afghanistan Rural Energy Market ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Afghanistan
Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation
... funding proposal "Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Georgia FP132 Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Georgia
Building resilience in the face of climate change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan
... change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Sudan FP139 Building resilience in the face of climate ... change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Sudan
Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (West African Development Bank)
... BOAD), is a regional financial institution with a mandate to promote development in West Africa and foster economic ... The entity delivers on its mandate by contributing towards the mobilization of domestic resources in its member ... The entity uses the financial resources that it mobilizes to invest in public and private sector projects and ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Togo
FP058 - Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building gender-responsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities
... for year-round drinking water and small-scale irrigation to address risks of drought and other climate impacts. ... worsened by climate change, and the country’s exposure to drought and floods is heavily influenced by the El ... capacity. Over 50% of the beneficiaries will be women, with 30% of households being female-headed. The project has an ...
Project > Public sector Ethiopia 
Direct financing for communities and businesses to respond to climate change in the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands are expected to incur, on average, about USD 5 million per year (2% of ... The project will be driven by the new 2019 building code standard with mainstreamed resilience measures against cyclones, storm surge, floods and drought. ...
Document > Concept note Cook Islands
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.29
... Milestones for B.29 (Tentative) Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A and I-1 projects/programmes 26 February 2021* Submission to the independent Technical ... 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 publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.27
... It is also noted that the twenty-sixth Board meeting (B.26) will take place virtually from 18 to 21 August 2020. GCF ... Milestones for B.27 (Tentative) Dates Deadline for disclosure of ESS reports for category A 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 
FP284 - Amazonia Viva Program
The Amazon biome is a vital global climate regulator. It is home to 47 million people, including 2.2 million ... aims to reduce over 8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over 30 years and enhance climate resilience for three million ... windows for sustainable value chains, including measures to overcome gender-specific obstacles in access to ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP286 - Mandala Capital SSEA Food Programme ("MCSSEAFP")
South-East Asia remains one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, partly because of its long coastal areas ... in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. It employs 30 to 40 per cent of the labour force and produces vital ... at the upstream and midstream stages of the agriculture value chain, thus improving the resilience of the farmers ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP252 - Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund II
Smallholder farmers in Africa are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Rising temperatures, droughts, and ... in venture, early and early-growth stage companies that offer bundled adaptation solutions tailored for smallholder ... micro, small, medium-sized enterprises (MSME). GCF’s USD 30 million equity contribution will be matched by USD 90 ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
Strong partnerships between countries and entities central to delivering GCF mandate
... countries are key partners in working with communities to turn the Fund’s mandate into concrete actions on the ... of the Board at GCF Headquarters. Representatives from 30 of the Fund’s 48 Accredited Entities attended the ... shared the value of the work programme exercise and offered ideas on ways to increase exchanges among the ...
Article > Press release 
The International Development Finance Club and the Green Climate Fund join forces to support Public Development Banks in financing the green transition
... 2020 – The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and ... achieve the Paris Agreement goals. GCF’s partnership with 30 Public Development Banks, including the 13 members of ... ambition and building momentum in the lead up to COP 26. The IDFC, a group of 26 national and regional PDBs ...
Article > Press release 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
Creating a new investment fund, KawiSafi, to drive off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
... of Fiji, Jamaica and Rwanda co-hosted a virtual briefing to over 100 representatives of governments and other ... Action reiterated the UN Secretary General’s call for COP26 to deliver breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience - ... countries and countries to integrate climate risk across budgetary and decision-making landscape. “These commitments ...
Article > Press release 
Early warning systems
... inhabitants of small island states are 15 times more likely to die from climate disasters. These disasters displace ... three times more people than war – and the situation is getting worse. Early Warning Systems save lives and ... 3.6 billion people live in conditions highly susceptible to climate change. Half the world's countries are ...
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