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... will launch a guide on Tuesday strengthening the central role of gender consideration in its allocation of climate ... girls, men and boys from socially excluded and vulnerable communities at all stages of the climate finance project ... sector project, implemented by Mongolia’s XacBank, is designed to overcome the current reluctance by investors to ...

... strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank ( ADB ). The two organizations have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver equal amounts of funding to mitigation and ...

... Dialogue with the Pacific, a region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF ... officials, including representatives of GCF National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points, which act as ... projects. Other key GCF partners attending included accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, and ...

... its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ... GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF ... in coordination with the countries’ respective National Designated Authority (NDA) . GCF’s adaptation planning ...

... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... strengthened ties between GCF and the region’s National Designated Authorities and focal points, as well as ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...

Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ... proposals. For instance, she called on direct access Accredited Entities to take advantage of the Fund’s Project ...

The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a ... of effective climate finance during a three-day workshop designed to strengthen GCF’s partnerships with its direct ...

The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ... for further guidance on how to support efforts by National Designated Authorities and focal points in developing ...

... Protected Areas (Profonanpe) serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement provides a further fillip to GCF’s 15th Board meeting, which ... a Peru-based environmental fund, is one of GCF’s Accredited Entities. These approved organizations partner with ...

... by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last ... event featured representatives of partner countries and accredited entities to the Green Climate Fund. Zaheer Fakir, ... as the quality of its partners and the investments we design together,” he stated. McDonald urged partners to ...

Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the ... readiness programme underway. By strengthening our National Designated Authority, and by building the strategic ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...

... equally across diverse sectors. This included access to clean energy; adaptation planning and climate information ... GCF portfolios.” The dialogue provided GCF and Accredited Entities an opportunity to hear firsthand which ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points, UNFCCC Focal Points, and officials from national ministries of ...

... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... two weeks ahead of the opening of the 22nd session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 22), in Morocco, the ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ...

... over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ... part of the Fund’s efforts to work with countries and accredited entities to attract high quality, ambitious and ...

... organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day of reflection and inner peace. I would therefore like to share ... the number of innocent lives that will be lost in the decades to come. To Board members and partners, I appeal to you ...

... investment fund, has become the first GCF private sector accredited entity to formalise its relationship with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Acumen Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with GCF, becoming the ... from GCF. The Acumen Fund was founded in 2001 as a charitable venture capital fund, with the aim on the idea of ...

... brought together the 13 organizations that have been accredited for direct access to the Fund, as well as 27 developing countries, represented by a National Designated Authority or Focal Point (NDA/FP). Nearly 100 people took part in the sessions, including representatives from ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015, and since the Fund approved ... in Zambia in November 2015. So soon after these two milestone meetings, the global community has high hopes that ... operational matters that require action by the Board, and accredit new entities to grow the Fund’s partnership ...

... State (SIDS) to receive such funding. Readiness grants are designed to help countries prepare to work with the Fund and ... to fast-track the islands’ access to GCF funding while ensuring country ownership. “The Cook Islands are extremely pleased to be the first country in the Pacific region to ...

... supporters of the Green Climate Fund, so it was with great pleasure that Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today ... and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) including, for instance, to enhance renewable energy ... renewable energy." Earlier this month, the Minister visited Tonga to participate in a meeting of Pacific Small ...

... of trust received in the form of the USD 10 billion equivalent of pledges, over 60% of which are already converted ... our network of partners, including 136 country National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or Focal Points and 20 Accredited Entities (AEs) at the national, regional, and ...

... increase understanding of GCF processes among the National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points in the ... is a focus on developing readiness requests that will enable countries to apply for financial support from the Fund. ... Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou highlighted the particular challenges faced by Caribbean small island developing states ...

The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to ... and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and ...

... Green Climate Fund is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s ... Support Programme to all nine entities that the Board has accredited for direct access. The purpose of the training is ... of these entities to ensure their performance in project implementation is consistent with the Fund’s ...

Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage ... adaptation by providing stable water supply from its own desalination plant to vulnerable local communities. GCF’s ...

... and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities, readiness delivery partners, private ... society groups. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on progress and lessons learned, to build partnerships, ...

... parts of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of inequality and vulnerability are further ... partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Accredited Entities (AEs), nominated entities, delivery ...

... of Pacific island countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes ... and low-emission energy. The dialogue was also timed to coincide with a half-day workshop for Pacific National Designed Entities for the Climate Technology Centre and ...

... (DAEs) – national and regional entities nominated for accreditation to the GCF by National Designated Authorities – to develop strong project ... The aim of the workshop was to enhance peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, strengthen the capacity of entities and ...