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FP107 - Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan
... Agriculture Sector in Bhutan Addressing climate change challenges and enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers ... reduce the risk and impact of climate change-induced landslides during extreme events that disrupt market access. The ... executing entity. This project has an estimated lifespan of 26 years. FP107 Bhutan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 124 284 384 493 654 ...
Project > Public sector Bhutan UNDP 
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... is ranked as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. ... It also highlights that weak institutional capacity includes issues related to data collection and analysis tools; ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti IFDD
Strengthening Côte d’Ivoire’s Capacity and Ownership to Access Climate Finance for GCF Country Programme Implementation
... projects including a NAP proposal. However, many challenges remained and have been highlighted by the ... been approved so far, and national entities are yet to be accredited. The country has started the process to become a ... of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and needs to design and implement an action plan under Helsinki’s six ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
As a landlocked country, Chad is grappling with security challenges associated with the impacts of climate change, in particular accelerated desertification and the drying up of lake Chad. The ... the undertaken initiatives, including the proposal for accreditation of Agence de Développement Economique et Social ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad IFDD
Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the ... ground vegetation that prevents flooding and landslides while storing carbon in the ground. Protecting ... instruments are aligned with the Plan by orienting public credit lines towards sustainable farming practices in ...
Article > Story Ecuador UNDP 
GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
... the increasingly damaging effects of climate change, while overcoming COVID-19 fiscal constraints. That was the message GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec brought to the recently concluded Climate Adaptation ... measures. A number of developing country leaders credited GCF support for current inroads their countries are ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and business leaders and a range ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list of ...
Article > News update 
GCF to scale up access, impact, and private sector investment through “50by30” roadmap
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) undergoes its second replenishment and prepares for its next four-year programming ... of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom; and Samaila Zubairu, President and ... Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), of which AFC is a GCF accredited entity and implementing partner for ICRF. "The ...
Article > News update 
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... Equipment, and Start-up of Lines 1 and 2 of the Costa Rica Electric Train System' for USD 800 million. GCF is ... 250 million from the European Investment Bank. Thanks to a credit scheme with highly competitive interest rates and ... The project will prioritise the integration of multiple modes of transportation, with stations designed to provide ...
Article > News update Costa Rica CABEI 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says ... rain, we experience flooding in many places, the floods destroy our crops and food supply.” Tavet Varao, a Village ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ...
Article > Story Vanuatu SCA 
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Uganda. GCF’s grant contribution of USD 1.1 million complements the co-financing from the partners, with the ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ... the dairy sector in East Africa. This initiative provides a model that can now rapidly be scaled up and replicated ...
Article > Press release 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... meeting , which took place on 4-7 March in Kigali, Rwanda. Eleven projects were approved at the first Board meeting of ... were signed for five projects between GCF and its Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 6 March, ... (peatlands, wetlands, grasslands) in the Southern High Andes of Peru are negatively impacted by climate change and ...
Article > News update 
Cooperation for climate action
... GCF is committed to ensuring that our activities complement those of other funds, and that together we have a ... out in our Governing Instrument (para 33). GCF has a Complementarity Framework which sets out our approach. ... is available here . On 3 November 2021 - Finance Day at COP26, GCF adopted a joint statement with the Adaptation Fund, ...
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Executive Director Keynote Speech
... development, but I decided to target my work a little bit more in terms of development and climate because, at ... owning and taking that leadership role. Last year, GCF revisited our readiness strategy or programme that provides resources to countries so that they can develop ...
Article > Speech
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
... social and economic conditions make the country vulnerable to the risks associated with climate variability and ... and droughts. A National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) will be designed and implemented to facilitate the ... UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will serve as the Accredited Entity for the project. The AE will work with a ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador UNEP
Empowering resilience: Harnessing climate-smart practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
... brief and parched, and smallholder farmers face a formidable challenge. Prolonged winters and short, dry summers stunt ... challenges of the region, empowering farmers to thrive despite the harsh climate. "Through the PICSA training, our ... 658 support equipment at 13 agro-meteorological observation sites. These tools monitor critical agro-meteorological ...
Article > Story WFP 
GCF launches climate finance report during Seoul P4G summit
... report on how global finance can be aligned with sustainable development in order to achieve the goals of the Paris ... economic recovery. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec introduced the report, “Scaling up climate finance ... crucial role of climate finance during the P4G event, COP26 President Alok Sharma said the task ahead of “keeping ...
Article > Press release 
Support for National Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development in Myanmar
... the new planting season as well as progress on construction sites and factories around the country. A recent survey conducted by UN-Habitat in Yangon highlights that at least one person per household among urban-poor households ... the prices of natural resources are plummeting. These challenges highlight the need for the identification of green ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar GGGI
Zambia shows leadership potential in milestone visit to GCF HQ
... deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 ... of three Zambian organisations as potential GCF Accredited Entities; recent progress on six projects that ... to an unexpected drop in water levels at Kariba Dam, the site of one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams on ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... the elaboration of the full proposal of the project titled “Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change ... notably data on climate change analysis in the target sites of the Project and at the national level. One of the ... at 702,684 USD, with 555,684 USD requested from GCF. As Accredited Agency, IUCN is responsible and accountable for the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon IUCN
Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
... for REDD+, the submission of its Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) and Safeguards Information System (SIS) to UNFCCC. However, challenges still persist to effectively ... Land-Use assessment phase II https://prais.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2018-08/ILUA%20II_Final%20Re... [2] ...
Document > Concept note Zambia FAO
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Bolivia and Namibia (CREE-BN)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by WWF and ... priorities of the three participating countries. Potential sites have been identified with stakeholders in each ... to ensure equitable and effective implementation. WWF US (Accredited Entity and Executing Entity) will lead the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Namibia WWF
Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... adopted by the Cabinet on 5 March, was announced at a high-level donor round table on climate change, a first of its ... and Economic Management (MFEM) has been successfully accredited to GCF, and together with their country programme, ... The team also met high-level government officials and visited potential project sites in Rarotonga. "The Cook ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... GCF’s total portfolio to USD 5.6 billion. This includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, the ... The three-day Board meeting also approved seven new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... are listed below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated review procedure for ... actions of all countries as we approach the crucial COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow at the end of this year. This ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 325.2 million and policies for accelerated climate action
... projects are listed below and more details are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated Simplified Approval ... convening National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) to explore regional programming ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes timelines for B.34 and B.35
... periods for B.34 and B.35 are presented below. Key milestones for B.34 Dates or indicative # of days Days from ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ... of the Integrated Results Management Framework (IRMF) by accredited entities. Note: Priorities of the Updated Strategic ...
Article > News update 
FP023 - Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)
... Zambezi regions. The project targeted 3,000 direct small-scale farmers (SSF) over 5,000 hectares, focusing on ... for food security and farmer resilience. Proper site selection requires extensive community consultation and ... from the Project Completion Report (PCR) submitted by Accredited Entities at the end of a project’s implementation ...
Project > Public sector Namibia EIF 
FP025 - GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme
... Financing Facility (GEFF), formerly known as the Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (SEFF) ... climate finance to the private sector at scale through Partner Financial Institutions (PFIs) across 10 ... sectors. GEFF is an on-lending programme that will provide credit lines to PFIs to create self-sustaining markets in ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries EBRD 