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GCF grant to enable design of a blended finance and technical assistance facility aimed at ... Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia; with Laudes Foundation providing additional grant funding to build ...

... project aims to reduce climate risk for half a million people from highly vulnerable rural communities and 250,000 urban residents by creating ... other studies to support a robust innovative water project design, ensuring that the project addresses critical water ...

In Madagascar — one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries — a devastating drought , punctuated by intense cyclones , has pushed more than a million people into hunger. As extreme weather exacerbates poverty and ... International. Edited by: Zeenia Dastur, GCF Madagascar FP026 Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in ...

... Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate action and simultaneously avoid increasing the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...

The creation of a platform to accelerate the mobilisation of finance for the boosting of ... country-focused game-changing investment opportunities while enhancing a regional approach to resilience building in ... of partner organisations. GCF’s Readiness Programme provides grants of up to USD 7 million per developing country ...

... Direct Access Entities (DAEs), international Accredited Entities (AEs), civil society, and private sector ... Dialogue (15–17 September), where participants tackled some of Latin America’s most pressing climate finance ... collaborative. Participants joined a mini competition to design concessional finance structures for hypothetical ...

... hurricane season across the Caribbean was one of the most destructive on record , according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Extreme weather killed several hundred people, impacted the lives of millions, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Adaptation planning is part of the Cancun Agreements ...

... countries, and formally launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment ... Board meeting also approved the applications of 16 new Accredited Entities, the partner organisations that implement ... Ambiental y la Niñez (Fondo Acción) based in Colombia IDFC Bank Limited (IDFC Bank) based in India Ministry of ...

... have met at GCF HQ in Songdo, the Republic of Korea, to learn more about how the Fund works and to articulate the ... require. Direct Access Entities are special types of Accredited Entity – organisations which the Fund nominates ... knowledge to ensure the type of climate finance GCF provides is most impactful, and provides the benefits for those ...

Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board ... include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private ... by making its first funding decisions ahead of the UNFCCC Paris climate conference. With climate finance being a ...

In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for ... joining forces to facilitate a meeting of more than 30 accredited implementing entities from both AF and GCF in ... together and establish robust mechanisms to share project design and implementation learnings. As part of the meeting ...

... of the first GCF Green Champion Awards have been selected from a total pool of 280 nominees, and the final ... processes that span across the CBD, UNCCD, and UNFCCC, where she supported the development of the Ghana's ... Claudia Dobles has more than 14 years of experience in design, project management and urban planning, dedicated to ...

... UN climate change process. Following agreement on the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement at COP24, a ... Agreement. GCF is part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and serves the Paris Agreement. The Fund reports its ... of climate action and will feature speakers from our Accredited Entities (our project partners), NDAs (our ...

... hope today because of their governments’ support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering ... Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).   “The GGW Up of the GCF and IFAD is a ...

... spread across 15 islands. The country is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, ... and meet its climate adaptation needs, including the accreditation of the country’s Ministry of Finance and ... and Prepatory Support programme by visiting our website, including learning more about what support is ...

... (GPIC) has wrapped up in Incheon, Republic of Korea, with leading figures from the public and private sectors pledging ... The conference tackled a wide range of issues, each designed to advance knowledge and forge partnerships to ... GPIC, GPC convened representatives from countries, accredited entities, the public and private sectors and ...

... Barbados, and Guinea-Bissau and GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the water sector.   FP192 The R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados ... million in GCF financing aims to make more water accessible and sustainable through investment in the circular ...

... its climate investments are working for both vulnerable communities and ecosystems. In short, how do we make sure ... climate adaptation meant for humans does not further the destruction of wildlife habitats, I think it would be useful ... Advisors, GCF launched the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) , that is aimed at crowding in private sector ...

... climate finance for developing nations, as well as the selection of a new Executive Director.  Mafalda Duarte has ... including co-financing.   The Board also approved the accreditation of The Nature Conservancy based in the United ... Resilient Fund (ICRF) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic ...

... an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, ... the new Bank at its meeting next month.” Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director, said, “Barbados is redoubling ... its climate resilience and become a low-carbon leader. IFC will continue to work closely with the country and ...

... in the developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. With the new ... projects on the ground. The Board also approved the accreditation of four new organisations, three of which are ... Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ) based in Jamaica, DFCC Bank PLC (DFCC Bank) based in Sri Lanka, and ...

... Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) gathered global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... Chief Economist, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Sagarika Chatterjee, Department Director, Climate ... Fund Side event: Introduction to GCF’s project-specific accreditation Speaker: Timothy Breitbarth, Investment ...

... sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for ... investors, Chief Executives, business owners, GCF Accredited Entities, and project partners from across the ... promoting catalytic instruments ringing solutions to the hardest climate finance problems, focusing and reaching the ...

... Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early ... Cambodia, Chad, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, and Somalia. Designed by UNDP, the World Meteorological Organization ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...

... and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding Principles”), announced at the World Climate Action Summit during the 28th session of Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai. The Guiding Principles establish a ...

... the impact of its adaptation investments in support of new pledges, marking Food, Water, and Agriculture Day at COP29. ... with a huge network of organisations, including 138 Accredited Entities, two-thirds of which are regional or ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...

... year. With increased focus on the need to align the multiple sources of climate finance for maximum impact and ... change and implement the global goal on adaptation. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has called this a ... and are responding to the calls for greater alignment of accreditation and access requirements, and flexibility in the ...