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The Green Climate Fund welcomes Austria’s contribution for its second replenishment (GCF-2)
... EUR 160 million to GCF for the Fund’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Austria’s pledge is a 23 per cent increase on the amount pledged during ... meeting of the GCF Board in July 2022. The process includes consultation meetings with potential contributors, Board ...
Article > Press release Austria 
GCF Second Consultation Meeting drives momentum for the second replenishment
The Second Consultation Meeting (CM-2) for GCF’s second replenishment (GCF-2) was held on 27-28 April. Hosted by GCF and moderated by Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin , the replenishment facilitator, the two-day virtual meeting convened ... of GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group (IPAG), and Accredited Entities - Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen, Jyotsna ...
Article > News update 
Leveraging Readiness Support for Mobilizing Private Sector For Climate Action
... Determined Contributions (NDCs), is crucial. National Designated Authorities' involvement in transforming the ... the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is organizing a webinar titled 'Leveraging Readiness Support for Mobilizing the Private ... representatives from National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities of the GCF, and Delivery Partners from ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities in Latin America and the Caribbean
The GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America is scheduled to be held from 24-26 July. This will be followed by ... be held in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Regional Dialogue includes a series of technical discussions and workshops ... Readiness proposals for climate investment planning, accreditation, programming a strong pipeline of projects and ...
Event > Structured dialogue Uruguay 
Green Climate Fund welcomes Denmark’s increase in support for climate action
... welcomes Denmark’s announcement of a USD 232 million pledge for GCF’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Denmark has contributed to GCF since the ... future are worth the investment. This decision also provides crucial momentum toward the GCF's second replenishment, ...
Article > Press release 
The Republic of Korea commits significant increase in support to GCF
... Republic of Korea’s announcement of a USD 300 million pledge for its second replenishment (GCF-2). The announcement was made by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 9 September 2023. South ...
Article > Press release 
UK pledges record $2 billion climate action funding for GCF at G20
... announcement of a USD 2 billion (£1.62 billion) pledge for its second replenishment (GCF-2). The announcement was made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 9 September 2023. The UK ...
Article > Press release 
Executive Director unveils “50 by 30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
... the tenets of her vision and reform programme to enable the Fund to efficiently manage USD 50 billion by 2030. Revealed at the UN Climate Ambition Summit in New York, the “50 ... investments Reinvent the partnership model including the accreditation process Expedite project review and approvals ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director's opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
Excellencies, colleagues, and friends, Welcome to GCF’s second replenishment Pledging Conference. Let me begin by ... that we are consciously aware that there is only one common destiny for us all – independently of where we are from ...
Article > Speech 
Annual performance reporting on GCF funded activities through the updated PPMS
... (PPMS) as an integral hub. This platform facilitates seamless interactions between GCF Secretariat and its partners such as Accredited Entities (AEs), Delivery Partners (DPs), and National Designated Authorities (NDAs), centralizing submissions of ...
Event > Webinar 
Guardians of the shore: GCF and UNEP partner to protect mangroves and coastal ecosystems in Dominica and Mozambique
... Coastal communities in Dominica and Mozambique are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly intense ... often overlooked and underappreciated, can play a crucial role as ‘green infrastructure’ and in integrated ... protect 15 million hectares of mangroves and halt mangrove destruction by 2030. “GCF recognises the importance of ...
Article > News update Dominica Mozambique 
Update on FP146: Bio-CLIMA Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
... address the instances on non-compliance, which constituted legal breaches to the relevant legal agreements between GCF and the Accredited Entity. No funds were disbursed by GCF to the ... lack of proper consultation with Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities and non-compliance of the Accredited ...
Article > Statement 
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
A new electric vehicle company focused on boosting large-scale use of electric vehicles, across India, launched on 22 ... today is a big moment for all involved. It has been designed to speed up the adoption of electric vehicles - ...
Article > News update 
GCF rolls out new and improved Readiness Programme
... enhance sub-national, national and regional organisations accredited to GCF (Direct Access Entities). The revised ... on the new 2024-2027 Readiness Strategy , successes, and lessons learned over the past years and reflects feedback ... support More coordination support to countries when designing, requesting, and implementing Readiness support. ...
Article > News update 
USD 1 billion of climate investments to be considered at the last GCF Board meeting of the year
... projects will reach the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, with first-time single-country projects in ... Approach (PSAA) . The Board will also review the accreditation of five new proposed organisations, three of ... civil society and private sector organisations, National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities and other ...
Article > News update 
Forests get a boost from new GCF policy on REDD+ results-based payments
... and forest degradation) is based on the principle that developing countries which reduce their emissions ... payments into GCF’s regular project activity cycle. This will significantly enhance the predictability ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The policy also complements GCF’s newly revamped ...
Article > News update 
GCF welcomes Sweden’s SEK 8 billion pledge to the Fund
... Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK 8 billion (USD 763 million) for the Fund’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Sweden has been a long-term contributor ... the Fund for its initial resource mobilisation and first replenishment (GCF-1). GCF gladly welcomes the SEK 8 billion ...
Article > Press release 
GCF to ramp up climate investment in South Sudan
... Duarte headed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) first-ever delegation to South Sudan and committed to significantly ... the country’s schools to close for two weeks, the GCF delegation met with H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the ... investment, giving this young nation the head start it deserves.” The Fund confirmed it has a preliminary ...
Article > News update South Sudan 
GCF and Asia-Pacific SIDS strengthen ties for climate action
... – 13 from the Pacific region plus Maldives and Timor-Leste – convened in the Cook Islands this month for the ... from conversation to action. It is an opportunity to co-design solutions that preserve national and regional ... focal points (National Designated Authorities), Accredited Entities (national and international), Civil ...
Article > News update Cook Islands 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities
We’re pleased to announce two upcoming Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... At the GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America, National Designated Authorities, International and Direct Access ... of the GCF can expect: Exchange of inspiring experiences, lessons, and ideas across countries and institutions ...
Event > Structured dialogue Dominican Republic (the) 
47 countries express interest in hosting a GCF regional presence
... it serves and deliver more financial support at scale, strengthen national institutions, and build more ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Proposed host cities must be classified as A or B per ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With a portfolio of USD 18 billion, GCF works through ...
Article > Press release 
Social protection: Investing in reform and resilience
What do Brazil, Zimbabwe and Vanuatu have in common? Despite the obvious differences in geographies, ecosystems, ... ground-up resilience and innovation: putting protecting people at the heart of climate action. Climate change is not ... insurance, and labour market interventions, protect people before, during, and after climate shocks. Social ...
Article > Insights 
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
As nations urgently seek to enhance climate ambition and implementation, country and regional platforms are emerging as ... adaptation, and economic development goals into actionable investment strategies, facilitating impactful, country-led climate initiatives. This high-level event co-organised ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
... established by Generation Investment Management to scale solutions for the highest-emitting, most off-track ... projects. These opportunities range from renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure to nature-based ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is mandated to support low-emission, ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... Anticipatory Actions to Flood and Drought , which was designed to strengthen Thailand’s ability to anticipate ... moved from conceptual discussion to practical, actionable planning. “The climate reality in Thailand is shifting. ... in the South face severe flooding , our goal is to leave this workshop with concrete ideas that can become ...
Article > News update Thailand 
Closer ties and progress forged at GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
The Green Climate Fund’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group convened its seventh meeting (IPAG-7) ... together IPAG members and the GCF Secretariat to review implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Policy and set ... Peoples. The discussions focused on several key areas for 2026, which included establishing GCF’s approach on direct ...
Article > News update 
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... charcoal, and plant residues. Some 2.8 billion people cook their daily meals with such biomass. Kenya is no ... heating. The combustion of these materials during cooking releases greenhouse gases (GHG). Using improved cookstoves ... (ICS) instead of open hearths could save emissions equivalent to 0.6–2.4 gigatonnes of CO₂ each year. To combat ...
Article > Story Kenya 
Policies and strategies
... and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also ... strategies and policies establish the framework for implementation of the GCF’s Governing Instrument. The main ...
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Project safeguards
... social risks in relation to its activities, as well as implementing an Indigenous People’s Policy to reflect the importance of fully and effectively engaging with indigenous peoples in the design, development and implementation of the strategies and ...
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Gender
... change affect women and men differently. Women are the hardest hit by dramatic shifts in climatic conditions. ... that of men. Compared to men, domestic burdens (e.g. collection of firewood and water) of women increase ... significantly contribute to combating climate change as knowledgeable small-scale farmers and leaders of climate change ...
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