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FP140 - High Impact Programme for the Corporate Sector
Emissions from industry account for about 30 percent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) ... extraction of primary materials and materials processing for manufacturing and construction, including for chemicals and fertilizers, pulp and paper, non-ferrous ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries EBRD 
FP103 - Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
Traditional biomass represents approximately 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people.
The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires with...
Project > Public sector Kenya Senegal GIZ 
FP110 - Ecuador REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014
... dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions reductions - for GCF results-based payments (RBP) These results have been ... United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and have undergone technical assessment. They are now fully UNFCCC ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador UNDP 
SAP016 - Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of annual rainfall in recent years, along with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a...
Project > Private sector Fiji FDB 
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... budget of GCF Appointment of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds ... units Secretariat work programme and administrative budget for 2024 Work programmes and budgets of the independent ...
Event > Board meeting 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an ... equity investments and guarantees. The areas of investment for mitigation activities are energy efficiency, ... and carbon market development. The areas of investment for adaptation activities are water supplies, water ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International United Kingdom
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
... Facility (RSF) arrangement approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board in March 2023. The RSF arrangement supports reforms to strengthen Jamaica’s physical and fiscal ... impact. For more information on Team Europe, please visit ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) headquartered in ... Mauverney, 28, Gland, 1196, Switzerland International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... total portfolio to USD 5.6 billion. This includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic ... rising ambitions, however, shows that much more can be done.” Co-Chair Josceline Wheatley said: “The expansion ... Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) with FAO (FP118) USD 26.3 million for Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... in GCF funding and USD 6.3 billion in co-financing, for low-emission, climate resilient development. The new ... actions of all countries as we approach the crucial COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow at the end of this year. This ... (ACGF): Green Recovery Program with ADB in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, ...
Article > Press release 
Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution
... carbon sinks, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Forests, right? Although their role is hugely significant, ... store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Peatlands, which cover about three per cent of the ... restore, and promote their wise use. To date, GCF has 26 climate action projects in wetlands across three ...
Article > Story 
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Fund (GCF) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ... also develop mechanisms for certifying, aggregating, and monetising emissions reductions, particularly for smallholder ...
Article > Press release 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... Frequent climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, ... rural businesses – for example through beekeeping and honey production. Partnership with nature Bees feast on ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP FP013 
Rapid climate action: Eight newly approved projects set for implementation
... meeting of the year, B.40, USD 1 billion in GCF funding for 16 projects was approved. GCF’s portfolio now ... Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 24 October, one day after Board approval. These include a project in ... Board approval to project signing to first disbursement in one day, marking another record for GCF for rapid ...
Article > News update 
Results-based management
... management (RBM) approach to continuously monitor the performance of its projects/programmes and portfolio. RBM is a ... monitoring data and evaluations to assess and improve performance and the achievement of desired results. This ... (or are not) occurring and, in turn, how the design and performance of current and future projects/programmes can be ...
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How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
Efforts to protect ecosystems must also take into account ... 18, moved with her family when she was a girl onto one of this landlocked East African nation’s vital ... easy. The need to avoid taking hard choices emphasising one or the other has become more apparent as concerns over ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda UNDP FP034 
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... the NAP process in 2014, establishing a strong foundation for the NAP process with its financing plan and ... forestry, and fisheries; infrastructure; health; coastal zones; energy; and tourism). The NAP process has also been ... for reference. Phase 2 intends to build on phase one through three tentative outcomes. The first of these ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
GCF conference opens with calls from developing countries for increased finance for climate action
... the Republic of Korea to discuss how to increase momentum for climate action in the face of mounting global economic ... approval, implementation, and disbursement. Today, we are one of the fastest financial institutions for full scale ... action, “The Paris Agreement is a collective treaty, one in which we all are engaged together for the benefit of ...
Article > Press release 
ED remarks, Interactive Dialogue 4: The Future Starts Now: enhancing the global system for current and future generations
... taken since 2015, we would have already warmed by more than one degree Celsius compared to the present. We know clean ... face the truth that the Prime Minister of Jamaica also mentioned: institutions built on 20th-century frameworks have not ... respond to 21st-century challenges. We must embrace reform of the entire climate finance ecosystem, from ...
Article > Speech
Green Climate Fund to Support Development of Conservation International Initiative to Transform Water Security in Bogotá
... and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced support for the development of a project to transform water ... financial structure for payment for ecosystem (PES) using one per cent of unrestricted budget from Bogotá and other ... Bogotá will also introduce a new component in the water tariff to finance environmental ...
Article > Press release 
Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... out GCF-approved climate projects. Direct Access Entities form the essence of GCF’s country-driven approach as they ... not reach the funding needs climate change will demand. One of the main advantages of the Empowering Direct Access ... in July 2015, currently has two projects approved by GCF. One is focusing on enhancing the climate resilience of ...
Article > Press release CCCCC 
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
... the San Jorge, the Cauca and the Magdalena. The junction forms part of one of the world’s largest wetlands, a beating heart ... on track to complete the 5-year programme with UAIIN by 2026. The project has also been working with the Alexander Von ...
Article > Story Colombia UNDP FP056 
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector cooperation in tackling ... or nationalities don't matter; we human beings are all one species. What happens to one, happens to all, and that's why we need to work ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
... region, this fertile plain is an important agricultural zone that employs about 30 000 farmers in a combination of ... and subsequently, its vast irrigated area; a lifeline for food production. With changing and unpredictable ... sector climate-resilient and sustainable. ADA is one of GCF’s 54 Accredited Entities, becoming a GCF ...
Article > Story Morocco ADA_Morocco 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
... Bank of Latin America (CAF) and focal point to GCF. “One of the biggest challenges in Latin America is keeping a ... Garcia, a Spaniard who worked in his country’s Institute for Foreign Trade before joining CAF as a climate finance ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). CAF has been a GCF instigator of change in Latin ...
Article > Story Peru CAF 
Strengthen the Process and Capacity of Implementation of National Adaptation Plan of Sri Lanka
... This involves preparing sector vulnerability profiles for key sectors which outline the status of the sectors and ... and synthesizing these sector-based analyses into one cohesive national adaptation strategy, which includes a ... and problems. Problems are rarely isolated clearly within one sector—cross sectoral linkages are common A ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka GGGI
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... Senator Braun, Senator Collins, Senate Caucus Members - for having me here today. There are so many reasons why we ... from $ 175 billion to $ 459 billion annually. According to one estimate, only $ 11 billion has been invested in ... largest climate fund. I would like to tell you about one GCF initiative which epitomizes GCF approach: the Global ...
Article > Speech
GCF discusses progress at Marrakech climate talks
... working to create a Fund that is innovative and truly transformational; one that has the backing of all countries, as much as by ... “At B.11, the Board approved USD 168m; at B.13 – USD 265m; and at B.14 – USD 745m.” The GCF Board will ...
Article > Press release 
Fostering Sustainable Urban Mobility with Efficient and Low Emission Transport in Tegucigalpa
... growth in the last decade. In the NDC presented to the UNFCCC, the Government of Honduras (GoH) has pointed out the ... the country's economy, so achieving its sustainability is one of the priorities at the national level. 2. The ... more than of 9,000 employees with an average of 1,795 visitors per day. The CCGT is located in Tegucigalpa in one ...
Document > Concept note Honduras CABEI
Forecasting hope: climate action for a more resilient Cook Islands
... are increasing, including rising sea levels, tropical cyclones, and changing rainfall patterns, putting coastal ... and the livelihoods that depend on them at risk. “Cyclone Martin didn't just show us what it means to be ... to survive in silence, with no warning and no way to call for help. It taught us the cost of silence, of systems that ...
Article > Story Cook Islands UNEP FP147 