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Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... GCF and other members of the Alliance have committed collectively to ramp up action that strengthens the capacity of ... (WMO). "Building on the success of the Fund's recent replenishment, we are stepping up our efforts to match the ... including by increasing the capacity of the most vulnerable countries and communities to cope, manage and respond to ...
Article > Press release AfDB 
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
... developing countries, including those particularly vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. The Government of Liberia is ... the three-day, informal Board meeting. H.E. the Honourable George Weah, President of the Republic, said: ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic: Interlinkages between people, planet and prosperity
... it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet. The far-reaching ... Project Preparation Facility grants – two GCF programmes designed to improve developing countries' ability to develop ...
Article > Press release 
Global leaders highlight need to invest for COVID-climate recovery
... recover from the COVID recession and meet the climate challenge. This was the key message from world leaders during ... of Global Optimism and ex-Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC compared COVID and climate to massive waves crashing on ... fund climate action in developing countries. The forum is designed to tap the entrepreneurial energies of businesses ...
Article > Press release 
GCF speeds up funding flow with 4 partner agreements signed hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with its partners to implement four new ... GCF, which allocates the funds, and its partnering Accredited Entities, which propose and implement GCF-approved ... up of climate finance implementation reflected FAO’s desire to enhance its collaboration with GCF to drive ...
Article > Press release 
GCF investments reducing climate risk to feature at Climate Adaptation Summit
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec will highlight the Fund’s key role in helping bridge the climate finance gap at the Climate ... Climate Adaptation Summit. The GCF Executive Director will describe how GCF’s USD 2.7 billion adaptation funding is ...
Article > Press release 
GCF signs public-private partnership agreements to launch Global Subnational Climate Fund
... initiative by the GCF Board just three months ago. This reflects GCF’s increasingly rapid ability to progress funding approval to implementation. SnCF Global is designed to mobilise finance at scale to make blended ...
Article > Press release IUCN FP151 
GCF signs partner agreements hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for two new climate finance projects ... margins of last week’s B.28 Board meeting lays the detailed groundwork to roll out a multi-country, USD 1.6 billion ... The other agreement, signed with the World Bank, provides an innovative mix of large-scale financing that uses ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
GCF publishes the priorities of the Updated Strategic Plan of the GCF, updated independent TAP modality, and B.30 tentative timeline
... the Updated Strategic Plan (USP) for the first replenishment period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and set new portfolio ... balance between adaptation and mitigation funding; with at least half of adaptation funding allocated to particularly ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
... in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 ... have crippled the energy access industry, which provides renewable energy solutions such as solar lanterns, ... the founder and CEO of impact investor Acumen, a GCF Accredited Entity . “The launch of the EARF illustrates the ...
Article > Press release Acumen FP148 
GCF continues rapid implementation with project agreements at Board meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for three new initiatives to tackle climate change, only hours after they were approved by ... of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Timor-Leste and Kenya. FSM President David W. Panuelo welcomed the ...
Article > Press release FP169 
Critical GCF Micronesia adaptation project gets underway in record time
... approval, making this the fastest GCF project to be implemented so far. The Funding Proposal was submitted to GCF ... Direct Access (EDA) pilot project, under a programme designed to enhance country ownership of projects. It is the ... proposals to first disbursement of funds has fallen from 26-28 months in 2018 to an average of 12-17 months for ...
Article > News update 
Agreement bolstering Africa’s climate vulnerable sign of rapid GCF implementation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13 African countries soon after ... with the United Nations to Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Global Environment Facility ...
Article > News update IFAD FP183 
GCF launches the Digital Accreditation Platform
... the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched the new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP). GCF is a country-driven ... as they work directly with countries through their National Designated Authorities to develop project ideas and submit ... directions. Upon project approval, AEs are responsible for project oversight, management, monitoring and ...
Article > News update 
Access funding
Overview GCF funds climate action. This section provides information and resources guiding you through the ... funding. It is designed to help developing countries and Accredited Entities design climate project proposals for GCF ... as well as to describe how GCF reviews, approves, and implements climate projects. The section includes pages ...
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GCF and IDCOL sign key agreement on ambitious energy project
... and the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Bangladesh) or IDCOL, have signed a critical agreement to implement a large-scale energy saving project for Bangladesh’s textile and ...
Article > News update Bangladesh IDCOL FP150 
FP190 - Climate Investor Two
The water cycle is one of the most important parts of the global climate ... wastewater can be a source of carbon emissions; while coastal ecosystems can act as powerful ‘carbon ... Namibia Nigeria Uganda Indonesia Philippines (the) Bangladesh India Maldives South Africa Botswana Madagascar Morocco ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries FMO 
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
... GCF’s strategy around the Fund’s upcoming second replenishment and strategic programming priorities for the ... convened Ministers and high-level dignitaries, GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to Incheon, Republic ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund names Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has selected Mafalda Duarte as its new Executive Director. ... experience of working in more than 30 developing countries, designing and implementing programmes to support low ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive Director ...
Article > Press release 
FP200 - Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
... Determined Contribution. The ‘Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme (Project 2)’ aims to address decades of forest loss. Building on and coordinating with ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GIZ 
GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
... Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) for a USD 79.3 million ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Article > News update GIZ FP200 
GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
... the development of an investment programme that aims to leverage at least USD 117 million, which is expected to benefit 140 million people in the SADC region. GCF will provide an initial project ...
Article > News update 
The GCF Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean Direct Access Entities: enhancing partnerships for climate action through greater access to innovative, inclusive climate financing
... remarks from the GCF Executive Director a.i., Henry Gonzalez, who expressed appreciation to the Government of Uruguay ... other experts on the administrative and technical pre-requisites to successfully access GCF financial instruments. The ... four years. It was followed by an explanation of GCF's accreditation process and the benefits of accreditation such ...
Article > News update 
GCF Executive Director highlights role in climate adaptation at global dialogue
... Week 2023 (KGAW 2023) in Songdo, South Korea. The high-level dialogue aimed to showcase actions to address climate ... and former United Nations Secretary-General, and His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General of CoP28. Mafalda ... GCF, the world's largest climate fund, played a vital role in helping developing nations mitigate and adapt to ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director unveils “50by30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
Excellencies, thank you for the confidence and trust as I step ... of the Green Climate Fund, you had the vision and designed a very unique financial mechanism full of ... the partnership model with the Fund, including the accreditation process, significantly accelerate the time it ...
Article > Speech 
GCF at COP28
... to 12 December in Dubai, UAE. We’ve created a microsite: https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where you will find links to relevant GCF events, stories, and publications. Please ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ...
Article > News update 
Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
Despite the challenges posed by the climate crisis, Africa ... that have been underserved by the existing GCF Accredited Entity network. “GCF is proud to partner with ... expands access to funding for organisations that are not accredited to GCF,” said Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive ...
Article > News update 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) received a boost to its second replenishment (GCF-2) with the announcement of six new pledges. ... Fund and the investments we need for a future we all deserve. Our record USD 12.8 billion replenishment means ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and Global Fund join forces to tackle impact of climate crisis on health
... at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of ... and pandemic preparedness in more than 100 of the hardest hit countries. We unite world leaders, communities, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > News update 
Greening India’s transportation
... through the congested streets of Delhi, it’s impossible to ignore the diverse number of crawling vehicles, each of them bargaining for the next empty space of ... also straddles the entire value chain, and that includes critical infrastructure, which is required to support a ...
Article > Story India MAAML FP186 