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GCF kicks off its first Board meeting of 2026
... a slate of new climate projects for approval, alongside accreditation proposals for new GCF implementing partners. Other items on the agenda include a ... The four-day meeting is live-streamed on the GCF website. For more information and to follow the proceedings, ...
Article > News update 
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
... variations. In developing countries, and particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing ... (SIDS), climate and weather information is often unreliable or unavailable. Not enough countries have comprehensive ... impacts upon the ability of developing countries to design climate mitigation and adaptation interventions - ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will allow the two ... the vital need to finance innovative infrastructure and clean technologies in developing countries to build a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the “fantastic agreement” immediately unlocks ...
Article > Press release 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to its accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, the Agence ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past ... finance proposals, particularly from direct access Accredited Entities . Representing the 24-member GCF Board , ... Fund will continue to respond to the guidance from the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in channelling climate ...
Article > Press release 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ... member and former co-chair Zaheer Fakir, from South Africa, described how both projects can provide on-the-ground ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change ... GCF’s Private Sector Facility, a team within the Fund designed to specifically mobilize private sector resources, ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ... projects to GCF, including a USD 1.4 billion programme designed to help the private sector promote sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to the GCF Board at its first meeting to supplement the procedural rules contained in the Governing ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
... Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ... strategic plan for the GCF for consideration and possible approval by the Board at its twelfth meeting. The ad hoc ... The ad hoc group based its deliberations on the elements of convergence noted by the Board. The group ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
... on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ... - PAG) which outlines Benin's vision for a sustainable economic and social development. However, this awareness is not reflected in the priority actions of the PAG, thus ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of Environment (Accredited Entity) will work with Executing Entities: Ministry ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2014. Since income earned and expenses ... of the secretariat's internal control system and designed appropriate audit procedures to achieve their ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2015. Since income earned and expenses ... of the secretariat's internal control system and designed appropriate audit procedures to achieve their ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2016. Since income earned and expenses ... of the secretariat's internal control system and designed appropriate audit procedures to achieve their ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2017. Since income earned and expenses ... of the secretariat's internal control system and designed appropriate audit procedures to achieve their ...
Document > Financial statement
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
... Division and the Debt Management Unit that will be responsible for coordinating with other ministries on the Green ... providers will assist the NDA in the following tasks: Design and establish a Knowledge Management System to ... implementation of elements including development of a website page, news articles and short posts for social media. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ... of communities and individuals into project and subproject design and implementation is an essential component of ...
Document > Guides
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
... against climate change, finance must be used to invest in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and ... adaptation in the developing world. And it means a full replenishment and an effective functioning of the Green Climate ... increase access to finance for developing countries to scale up their climate ambitions," said GCF Executive Director ...
Article > Press release Austria 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in ... debt burdens. Working with our partners, GCF also provides innovations to catalyse and align private financial ... CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
... change adaptation initiatives that often focus on single issue, hard infrastructure adaptation responses, towards ... and adaptive capacity of Melanesian Pacific Island people to climate change by protecting, restoring and managing ... provide resource, technical and capacity support to enable holistic, long- term, effective and efficient climate ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... 50% of Nigeria’s forests has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed ... forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) and established a sub-national approach to ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and ... floods (GLOFs), flash floods, riverine floods, landslides, landslide dam outburst floods, forest fires, droughts, ...
Document > Concept note Bhutan
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall coupled with soil erosion on deforested lands. On the other ... Nyagatare district where the baseline storage project is implemented, warming temperatures and longer dry spells will ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
... on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher ... continue to provide their many services, ensuring sustainable livelihoods, and avoiding mounting terrorist and ... Sahelian countries on the GGW especially the Action Against Desertification (AAD) project implemented by FAO and funded ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
... socio-economic transformation of the economy. Since its implementation in 2006, a number of priority actions outlined ... of the global financial and economic downturn, the implementation and completion of activities were delayed. Therefore, the GSKN in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
State of Palestine Country Programme
... this planet. In an effort to respond to climate change challenges, the international community created the Green ... to climate finance. Like all countries, the State of Palestine will be hit hard by climate change. Indeed, signs of the impact are already evident, well defined, and clearly observed. In an attempt to respond to the ...
Document > Country programme State of Palestine
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
... between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project “Water Supply ...
Document > Concept note Mozambique
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
... in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on water ... contamination. Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to such impacts. With GCF support, this project will ... creating an enabling environment at provincial and national level to better address climate risks associated with water ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In fulfilling ... of the GCF, to address the requirements placed on accredited entities to integrate the obligations set out in ... institutions and the business model of the GCF. This includes integrating SEAH provisions into the Environmental and ...
Document > Call for input