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Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... resilience of Armenian forest to climate-induced events coupled with lack of sustainable management practices and rural population’s dependence ... and resource security and ultimately their livelihood. As described in the Concept Note, under business-as-usual ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Armenia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... be undertaken: Feasibility Assessments and Detailed Project Design (to include Baseline Study & Vulnerability ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
Call for Public Inputs: Annex III | Water Security Sectoral Guide
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities ... Security Sectoral Guide as part of the GCF Water Project Design Guidelines. This document includes Part 3: Practical ... health and environmental sustainability. It provides a detailed framework for building the climate rationale for ...
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SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... over 200 stakeholders, comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... targets. There is a strong need to build technical knowledge, develop innovative and simple solutions, exchange knowledge to address issues in remote ... of this Readiness project will be the National Designated Authority (NDA) office, the Water and Sanitation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... national, subnational and local government, officials to design and assess public NbS investment projects for climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADES): i) Insufficient integration of climate change ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Impact-Based Early Warning Systems in Uruguay
... Warning Systems (EWS), with a particular focus on vulnerable populations affected by hydrological impacts and the ... to conduct technical studies essential for project design, validate the project proposal with key stakeholders, ... technical and consultative design process. As the Accredited Entity, CND assumes responsibility for implementing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Uruguay
Strengthen the Belize National Protected Area System (BNPAS) to provide Resilience, and Reduce Vulnerability of Community against Climate Change
... of natural disasters has been increasing over the last decades. Improving the management of natural resources is ... of climate change, especially in high-risk areas. Coupled with improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, improved management of PAs can be sustained ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Belize
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by TNC and WWF, by applying a Project Finance for ... droughts, and flooding. These climate impacts are accelerating biodiversity loss, weakening ecosystem services ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and gender equality
In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, women are leading efforts in their communities to restore degraded ... and combat climate change. Ernestine Razafindravola, leader of the Soa Te Hivoatra Women’s Association, ... Evaluation Unit. Written by Jin Hee Dieu Madagascar FP026 Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Cirkula: the innovative app tackling food waste in Peru
Peru is celebrated worldwide for its rich gastronomy, yet it faces ... environmental impact of food waste is enormous.” Michelle Gomberoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Cirkula Cirkula, an ... solving one of the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Michelle Gomberoff, Cirkula Co-Founder and CEO, ...
Article > Story Peru 
Internship programme
Internship programme Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and streamline ...
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Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... consultations in the Caribbean have found a recent spate of destructive hurricanes is adding urgency to regional efforts ... Caribbean held in Belize in June. This regional proposal, led by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, is tapping GCF ... spoke to a broad range of Caribbean partners, including Accredited Entities , National Designated Authorities and ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
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The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... in creating an enabling investment environment to identify, design, and implement public and privately funded ...
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Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing ... receives only 5 per cent of all climate finance – with less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ... of insects and pests. The technology protects crops, provides ideal conditions to grow the highest yields possible, ...
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Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
... overall land devoted to agriculture over the past few decades. But this Latin American nation of rich and fertile land faces growing environmental and climate change ... we are producing food today, soil will become increasingly less fertile. Food will become progressively less ...
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Turning down the heat
In Bangladesh, over 33 million children are forced to stay home for ... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... in particular, face increased risk of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teenage pregnancy. This is the ...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this unprecedented community ... launched its Strategic Framework and Country Programme (SFCP), Readiness Needs Assessment, and Standard Operating ...
Article > News update Niue 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s mangrove forests stand as ... most efficient carbon sinks. But over the past two decades, these vital ecosystems have been depleted and decimated, largely due to urbanisation and ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... three states in Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and Bangladesh. Four of the projects were approved through the ... and awareness about the impacts of climate change. SAP026: Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
Article > News update 
Country commitments and ambitions
... ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ... to be determined by each country. GCF has built this principle of country ownership into all its activities to ensure that climate solutions are implemented according to priorities set by the countries ...
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EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 ... the southern and eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Egypt, since 2012. Its financial support is primarily ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... payments are the final phase in REDD+ that provides financial incentives to developing countries that have ... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ... like Brazil to halt deforestation can, and should, be acknowledged," said Mr Chang. Brazil will reinvest the USD 96.5 ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
“Without financing, ideas, however noble they may be, will remain on paper." These were impactful ... host country of the event, is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Deputy Prime Minister ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the Pacific Islands Forum , during a high-level visit by Pacific Island state representatives to the ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... data are also fundamental to identifying opportunities and designing action for societies to adapt to the reality of a ...
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GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is ... he said at ‘ Direct Access Day ’ held at the 23rd UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Bonn where the ... the SAP will be targeted at Direct Access Entities. Both Accredited Entities (AEs), and National Designated Authorities ...
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GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that ... meeting focused on advancing the Initiative for Renewable Island Energy (IRIE), which was announced at the 22nd ... 39 members of AOSIS in transitioning to low emission renewable energy as part of their Nationally Determined ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 