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Investing in climate action with GCF
... climate change. …But this is easier said than done. Multiple barriers exist to scaling up investments in climate ... policy landscape for climate action GCF supports the designing of integrated climate policies and strategies to ... Initiative for the Great Green Wall is promoting access to credit and technical assistance to local farmers and banks ...
Article > Insights 
Enhancing climate finance and investment in LAC banking sector
The Financial Sector plays a fundamental role in mobilizing the resources necessary to finance a low ... (operational risk) and indirectly, through their portfolio (credit and market risk), depending on the location of their ... climate finance and work collaboratively with the national designated authorities (NDAs) to the GCF. In response to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
GCF approves Project Preparation Facility grant to establish Barbados green bank
... step in the development of this initiative. The PPF provides financial and technical assistance to GCF Accredited Entities for the preparation of high potential ... conceptualised by the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to help Caribbean countries to meet their targets for ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Support for accreditation gap assessment and action plan for the Rwanda Development Bank
... of the Registrar General of Rwanda. For more than four decades, BRD has been the sole pro- vider of long-term finance and has significantly ... Rwanda is requesting a gap assessment support for accreditation for BRD. The support will help BRD better ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
... driving the Asian economic powerhouse can be funnelled to complement public sector-funded climate action, ... - including 23 governments, corporations, NGOs and GCF Accredited Entities - to the Indonesian island of Bali on 26 ... to tackle climate change. These proposals included a strong desire to tap GCF support, totalling USD 2.6 billion to fund ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
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 regional development banks, and the ... Banks, including the 13 members of IDFC that are GCF accredited project partners, can play a critical role in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.20 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XX Funding proposal package for FP098
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “DBSA Climate Finance Facility” submitted by the ... Africa; No-objection letters issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; and Environmental ... These documents are presented as submitted by the accredited entity and the national designated authority(ies) ...
Board document > Action item
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... and public sectors to work together in developing sustainable solutions to address climate change. A number of formal ... at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) , a GCF Accredited Entity with seven projects approved by the GCF ... held Latin America, which opened in Colombia on Monday, was designed to alleviate what many see as a current lag in ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Saint Kitts and Nevis commits to lead on scaled-up climate action
The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis today committed to lead regional efforts to accelerate climate ambitions in the Caribbean with a focus on ... swaps, green hydrogen, performance-based grants, resilience credits and resilience bonds. The Caribbean region’s ...
Article > News update Saint Kitts and Nevis 
A milestone in climate action: GCF approves USD 1 billion of climate finance for developing countries
The landmark decision at the 39th Board Meeting clears the way for 17 new climate projects in developing ... Among the 17 projects, three projects involve first-time Accredited Entities (AEs), including a Direct Access Entity ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
... funding to support the Governments of Central America to leverage regional and international cooperation in support ... of Switzerland, hold more than 500,000 Indigenous, afro-descendant, and mestizo people, and provide critical ... as well as increased NDC ambitions for announcement in COP26 in Glasgow and beyond. The direct beneficiaries of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Strengthening the NDA’s climate change governance structure to increase the level of ambition of the climate change agenda and enhance access to climate finance
Although it maintains a minor greenhouse emission profile, Togo is considered among the most vulnerable to climatic ... proposal has been approved, nor can the country select an accredited national direct access entity. Furthermore, it is ... on external and short-term expertise over time; (v) design effective investment frameworks to support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... such techniques might relate to traditional, indigenous knowledge, particularly with regards to the practice of swidden ... remote sensing spectral patterns and indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden agriculture? While this research question ...
Article > Insights 
GCF/B.22/Inf.09 - Report on the execution of the 2018 administrative budget of the GCF
... 31 December 2018 and on estimated costs for the Trustee. Please note that these numbers are unaudited. For the year ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.21/10/Add.33 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XXXIII Funding proposal package for SAP002
... contains the following seven parts: A funding proposal titled “Climate services and diversification of climate ... Republic”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); Environmental ... assessment of the funding proposal; Response of the accredited entity to the independent Technical Advisory ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.13 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XIII Funding proposal package for FP094
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Ensuring climate resilient water supplies in the Comoros Islands”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.12 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XII Funding proposal package for FP093
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Yeleen Rural Electrification Project in Burkina Faso”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.11 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XI Funding proposal package for FP092
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Programme for integrated development and adaptation ... change in the Niger Basin (PIDACC/NB)"; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.10 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum X Funding proposal package for FP091
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “South Tarawa Water Supply Project”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.09 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum IX Funding proposal package for FP090
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Tonga Renewable Energy Project under the Pacific Islands Renewable Energy ... Program”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.08 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum VIII Funding proposal package for FP089
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Upscaling climate resilience measures in the dry ... agroecosystems of EI Salvador (RECLIMA)”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.06 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum VI Funding proposal package for FP087
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Building livelihood resilience to climate change in ... upper basins of Guatemala’s highlands”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.05 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum V Funding proposal package for FP086
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Green Cities Facility”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.04 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum IV Funding proposal package for FP085
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Green BRT Karachi”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.03 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum III Funding proposal package for FP084
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Enhancing climate resilience of India’s coastal communities”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.01 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum I Funding proposal package for FP082
... the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Catalyzing Climate Finance (Shandong Green Development Fund)”; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); Environmental ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/11/Add.03 - Status of the GCF portfolio and pipeline – Addendum: Information on facilitating an increase in proposals from direct access entities
... Board requested the Secretariat to include the information described in annex II (“Information on proposals by direct ... pipeline and approved projects. This document provides information on the actions undertaken by the Secretariat ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.15/Inf.13 - Report on the execution of the administrative budget for 2016
... of areas with a relatively low rate of spending and provides an assessment of anticipated progress against each by ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.11/04/ADD.05/REV.01 - Funding proposal package for FP005
... the following two parts: A funding proposal summary entitled “KawiSafi Ventures Fund” submitted by Acumen ... and No-objection letter(s) issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s). These documents are presented as submitted by the accredited entity and the national designated authority(is) or ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.05/10 - Initial Structure and Staffing of the Secretariat
... focus, internal coherence and linkages, and the flexibility to evolve over time; Requested the Executive ... September 2013 meeting, an initial structure that can be scaled up, organizational diagrams and a staffing table covering the core, operating and other relevant functions ...
Board document > Action item