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Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
... the four new projects targeting support to the most vulnerable countries including Least Developed Countries, Small ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board also approved the Integrated Results ... virtual Board meeting also approved entities for accreditation and re-accreditation, reviewed the performance ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... to increase access to its resources, the Board adopted an accreditation strategy, renewed its accreditation partnerships ... discussions. Germany expressed its interest in hosting the pledging conference next year for GCF’s second ... billion in GCF resources. I’m also pleased to see strides were made in many fronts, with several policies and ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . About the EIB The European ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... Brazil, prepared to ramp up its operations to help implement the new global goal for adaptation finance. Among the ... markets. The Fund also signed project agreements with the Accredited Entities, the Asian Development Bank, and the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
Article > News update 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
... fiscal framework, and incentives for investments in renewables and the greening of the financial system, aimed towards ... Green Facility, domiciled in Jamaica. The GCF will provide credit and capacity development to finance local climate ... period can be considered, as well as a package that includes capacity-building and non-reimbursable grants at ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Address at Global Korea Convention 2020
... could cross the 1.5°C threshold within the next two decades and 2°C threshold early during the second half of the ... period 125,000 years ago. During this period, sea level was 7 to 12 meters above today and the world was ... climate action commitments before next year’s pivotal COP26 in the UK. The private sector must play a key role in ...
Article > Speech
GCF at COP30
... 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... impact. The 10th anniversary of GCF’s operations coincides with the 10th anniversary of adopting the Paris ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded ... which will initially address floods, mudflows, landslides, avalanches and drought in the country’s most populous ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to 800 ... on ecosystem services and the people dependent upon them. Despite the urgent need to protect the ocean’s natural ...
Document > Thematic brief
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. Although there have been past and on-going ... will be done by 1) developing the capacity of the National Designated Authority (NDA) and related institutions and, 2) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Management
... by the Executive Director, who is appointed by and accountable to the Board. The Secretariat’s senior management team leads the various Offices and Departments of the ... make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as possible. Management ...
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Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ... of GCF funding and co-financing. With its over 200 accredited and delivery partner agencies, GCF help developing ... policy environment for climate investment. This includes using grants to strengthen the capacity of countries to ...
Article > Speech
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... In 2022, the country had a water deficit of 20 per cent despite 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, ... Aiming to drive a low-carbon paradigm shift and leapfrog fossil fuel grids to clean energy, using equity ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ... methods that promote minimum tillage, reducing soil destruction and evaporation. It’s at this centre that you ...
Article > Story Namibia 
Addressing accelerating climate change-induced urban-to-rural migration through Low Emissions Climate Resilient Agro-Spatial Development in Togo [Togo LECR – ASD Programme]
... are slow in the making. These include rising temperatures, desertification, biodiversity loss, land and forest ... climatic events such as floods and droughts, which have led to major displacements in the past years. Climate change ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ...
Document > Concept note Togo
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... The last challenge observed is communications issues, described comprehensively in Cambodia’s National ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan ... world since 1700. “I now know that I am not supposed to destroy the wetlands, because when I destroy them it will ... Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... climate finance is used more efficiently, informing the design and delivery of future sustainable landscapes ... the United Nations warned that Madagascar could be the site of the world’s first climate change-caused famine. ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... Project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is pioneering the use of battery storage and green ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
Investment decisions and the climate challenge
... pour cette invitation et pour l'organisation du Sustainable Leaders Forum. The need for urgent climate action is more ... In essence it would create a new asset class, a prerequisite to move finance at scale. And our final workstream is ... proven new climate solutions, through dedicated credit lines or support to access capital markets. Here, our ...
Article > Speech
FP130 - Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... total volume of 27 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq) submitted to GCF for results-based payments ... to invest in activities that support the implementation of the country’s national REDD+ action ... current efforts addressing forest governance. This includes working with key agencies at the national, provincial, ...
Project > Public sector Indonesia 
FP136 - Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project
... Ethiopia by 5 to 10 percent by 2030. This project is designed to improve climate resilience, land productivity and carbon storage, while also increasing access to diversified livelihood activities in selected vulnerable rural watersheds of Ethiopia. While ...
Project > Public sector Ethiopia 
Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
... Green Climate Fund workshop. “The slow burn crisis of sea level rises, ocean acidification and impacts like coral reef ... SPREP and 21 of GCF’s other direct access Accredited Entities wound up the three-day Empowering Direct ... GCF is continuing to evolve as an organisation. This includes an enhanced ability of independent monitors to ensure ...
Article > Press release 
Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mr. Hoesung Lee, underscored the urgency in strengthening the connection ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ... literature on climate change coming from countries hardest hit by climate change. To help address this, GCF’s ...
Article > Press release 
Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... meetings of the Board Application of paragraph 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board: guidelines to determine in ... status of national adaptation plans Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals Accreditation framework review, ...
Event > Board meeting 
Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
... of the Parties, including the biannual report on privileges and immunities Complementarity and coherence Matters ... for Board-appointed officials Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ... results-based payments Further guidance for national designated authorities and focal points on how to engage ...
Event > Board meeting 
Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... Secretariat Reports from committees, panels and groups Implementation of the initial strategic plan for the GCF Work ... on the GCF risk management framework Matters related to accreditation Status of accreditation matters Update on matters related to ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... on the activities of the Secretariat Update on the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund ... Private Sector Advisory Group Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Accreditation Committee Independent Technical Advisory Panel ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of eleventh Board meeting Decisions taken between the eleventh ... Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Ad Hoc Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Independent Technical Advisory Panel 2016 ...
Event > Board meeting 