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Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the ... climate change are more evident. Increasing numbers of people worldwide are being affected by the higher frequency and ... LDCs, SIDS and African States. This factsheet provides an overview of how GCF supports adaptation planning in ...
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Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... The Board meeting marked the last one of GCF’s first replenishment period (2020-2023) having programmed a total of ... paves the way for important partnerships with new Accredited Entities from developing countries, some of which ... in Barbados with International Finance Corporation (IFC). SAP030: Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao ...
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The positives of preparing for disaster
... support for climate change early warning systems Knowledge is power. In terms of climate change, this translates ... Pacific Regional Environment Programme ( SPREP ), a GCF Accredited Entity , is carrying out this five-year, USD 21.8 ... which can then be replicated across a variety of different sites. Joseph Intsiful, a GCF senior climate information and ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Appeals
... disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by ... 16 Oct 2019 The following procedural guidelines applicable to the handling of information appeals was agreed to by ...
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FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... proof Samoa’s capital. Samoa’s economy and its people’s livelihoods have been heavily impacted by ... at 40 percent of the country’s GDP at the time. This reflected the undoing of years of economic gains in ... Projected climate change scenarios indicate Samoa is destined to endure further severe climate impacts, including ...
Project > Public sector Samoa 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. The project targets eleven counties in two major climate zones which have ... Building capacity and institutions for the improved implementation of devolution is seen as necessary to enhance ...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater variability in the water cycle, ... and a concessional finance component that provides eligible projects with concessional co-investments. GCF ... d'Ivoire Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing ... with climate change. Hazards like heatwaves, floods, landslides and droughts cause devastating loss of lives and assets, ... Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS). It will accelerate access to global and regional technical and ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) in the center-west part of Cambodia is ... farmers produce mainly cashew, mango, rice, and vegetables. The area is also severely threatened by climate change ... 0.8C° since 1950. At the same time, rainfall is becoming less frequent and more turbulent during rainy seasons, which ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
Belize is highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly due to its low-lying islands facing challenges such as storms, hurricanes, droughts, floods, and the threat of sea-level rise. The agriculture sector, especially the sugar ...
Project > Public sector Belize 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... about 70 percent of population’s livelihoods, and provides about 80 percent of export income to the economy. This ... change. The project objective is to halt the negative cycle of climate change, agricultural yield depletion and natural resource degradation in central and ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
Enhancing Direct Access
... project oversight take place at the national or regional level. This can be achieved by, for example, establishing a dedicated facility to fund small-scale community projects. The EDA pilot has been designed to provide DAEs with opportunities to move beyond ...
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Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
His Excellency, President of Colombia, Ivan Duque Marquez; Her ... Dear colleague and friend, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Patricia Espinosa; Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of ... pandemic is creating a humanitarian tragedy and the broadest economic collapse since the second world war. In ...
Article > Speech
Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
His Excellency, President of Senegal, Macky SalI; Her Excellency, Ms. ... Christina Figueres, Founder of Global Optimism and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary; Dear Participants and colleagues. ... and finance based on global solidarity stimulus measures designed to revive economies battered by the pandemic. Now ...
Article > Speech
Project cycle
GCF Project Activity Cycle Strategy, origination and structuring Stage 1. Country ... analyse financial needs and gaps, and identify Accredited Entities (AEs) or partners to design and implement ... approval, the Secretariat publishes the RFP on the GCF website and other communication channels. The Secretariat then ...
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Initial Resource Mobilisation
... (IRM) in 2014 quickly raised USD 9.3 billion in pledges. Of this, USD 9.3 billion was confirmed. Amount ... the GCF Board launched the process for the Fund's first replenishment (GCF-1). Initial Resource Mobilisation ...
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ED opening remarks
Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen, Please ... Point and GCF has established a network of 113 Accredited Entities and over 200 delivery partners. Thanks to ... for around 2-3% of global climate finance flows under the UNFCCC; 0.5% of total climate finance flows; and less than ...
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Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
... policy gaps and programming GCF resources for the first replenishment period. Progress in implementation has been ... and alternate members, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, active observers, observer organizations, parties to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, members of GCF panels and ...
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Policies: Risk management framework
... at both the institutional and funding proposal investment level, covering funding, non-financial, investment and ... reporting on risk matters. This policy category also includes the GCF’s internal control framework. Policies: Risk ...
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Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... panels and groups Guiding framework and procedures for accrediting national, regional and international implementing entities and intermediaries, including the ... practices for the establishment and composition of National Designated Authorities and focal points Best-practice ...
Event > Board meeting
Keeping the heart of a town alive in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... the Cultural Centre serves as the hub that brings people together. However, poor insulation has threatened its ... of how climate action can keep a small town alive. Learn more about how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is working ...
Article > Story Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Green Climate Fund statement on the proposal to establish GCF regional office
Document > Notification
Document > Notification
INFORMAL NOTE B.21-01 - Message from the Co-Chairs: Preparations for B.21
Board document > Co-Chairs note
Board document > Co-Chairs note
GCF/B.24/18 - Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Board, 12 – 14 November 2019
Board document > Meeting report
Board document > Meeting report
GCF/B.22/25 - Report of the twenty-second meeting of the Board, 25 – 28 February 2019
Board document > Meeting report
Board document > Meeting report