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Updating and operationalizing the Chad Country Programme through increased national capacity & a strong pipeline of projects
... Partner (DP), had two objectives (i) capacity building for the National Designated Authority (NDA) / Point Focal, and (ii) the establishment of a strategic framework for engagement with the GCF, notably the development of a ... readiness request builds on the achievements of the first one, and aims to operationalize the Chad Country Programme ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
The Africa We Want: Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority of the United Nations System
Distinguished guests, I sincerely thank the organisers for this invitation to contribute to this roundtable ... four pathways: First, we create an enabling environment for climate action by promoting integrated strategies, ... a commercial track record for new climate solutions. One example is our support for the Great Green Wall ...
Article > Speech
Pre-recorded remarks for “COP of Cities”
... join you in person, I am delighted to provide this message for the “COP of Cities.” More than two-thirds of the ... approach. First, we create an enabling environment for climate action by promoting integrated strategies, ... approach can help a transition to more sustainable cities. One example of how GCF is investing in these areas is ...
Article > Speech
Support The Union of Comoros to increase access to Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund (GCF): enhancing decision-making process through better mainstreaming sciencebased Information
... its voluntary pledge and increasing its level of ambition. One of the main challenges is its low institutional capacity to generate scientific climate data and information to assess climate change impacts and use this data and information to develop strong climate change projects for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
Green Climate Fund joins the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest finance, has joined the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) in a move that will enhance global efforts to ...
Article > News update 
Institutional and technical support for REDD+ readiness in West Africa
All participating countries for this proposal are Least Developed Countries where ... Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector is one of themain emitting sectors in participating countries ... are still at an early stage in participating countries. None of the four pillars are at this time completed (see ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Enhancing The Capacity of The Bahamas for Direct Access to Climate Finance
The Bahamas is ranked as one of the top 10 most vulnerable countries in the world ... through capacity building, and establishing the foundation for improved access to climate finance which will support ... and access to climate finance continue to be an urgent need for the country. This readiness proposal provides a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Social protection: Investing in reform and resilience
... and labour market interventions, protect people before, during, and after climate shocks. Social protection is ... used as a core development strategy and policy initiative for decades. Social protection in the climate context simply ... social protection mechanisms into our investment design is one of the most promising, scalable, and underutilised ...
Article > Insights 
Investing in results to revive Southeast Asia’s Forests
... verified emission reductions into sustained investment in forest protection. With more than USD 130 million approved ... results possible,” Mandal said. “Protecting forests is one of the most effective climate solutions. By rewarding ... Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) REDD+ process, which supports countries in reducing ...
Article > News update Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) Viet Nam 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
... in his address to the meeting, stating: “Tajikistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in ... fully implement the Paris Agreement, to increase ambition for climate change not to put in danger the future of our ... to access GCF resources. While GCF readiness funding for the region (support to build capacity for climate ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... said President Sirisena. “Rice, as a staple food for the country, has always been produced in the country. ... Fund. Mr Bamsey added that in GCF, “the use of public money can be used to encourage and de-risk private ... degradation and water management problems. Sri Lanka has one GCF-approved project , while GCF readiness, including ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
The Green Climate Fund joined efforts to harness the driving spirit of technological ... bodies, the Technology Executive Committee ( TEC ) of the UNFCCC and the Climate Technology Centre and Network ( CTCN ), ... provides projects driving high-tech innovation, including one in Rwanda and Kenya assisting off-grid solar power ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, is accompanied by two key fora harnessing the global spirit of the Games to address ... the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal pledge to leave no one behind . "A number of innovative projects in the GCF ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with an initial pledge of over USD 10 billion. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
One of the best ways to deal with recurring droughts and ... we need to move away from monocultures to a varied form of land use that includes a variety of different crops and livestock management, along with forest cultivation,” said Camila Rodriguez Taylor, with ...
Article > Press release Argentina 
Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
... ‘what and how’ of engaging with GCF was the focus of a one-day workshop held on 29 November in Papua New Guinea ... the types of proposals in the pipeline and potential areas for further exploration. On readiness, Mr. Ruel Yamuna from ... action and minimize the effects of climate change — one of the first countries in the Pacific Region to do so. ...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea 
UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
... sets out the basic terms and conditions to work together for the use of GCF resources. In March 2015, UNDP was one of the first entities accredited to the GCF and is a key ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
Article > Press release 
Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project
... has marked the start of the Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados) project, ... addition to multi-country regional programmes, Barbados is one of three Caribbean Countries with single-country ... to the island’s water sector. The first activity component targets improving resilience to storm events and ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF joins initiative to help Africa expand its REDD+ roots
... to promote a regional approach to using payments to keep forests standing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. GCF ... in cooperating to promote action which establishes a way forward for REDD+. Among the challenges of strengthening ... of most of population in rural areas and also constitute one of the largest carbon reservoirs in the world,” he ...
Article > Press release Côte d'Ivoire 
Responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic: Interlinkages between people, planet and prosperity
... ensuring that the world that emerges from the pandemic is one that is more aligned on a climate smart path. We will ... not been spared from the pandemic. We are deeply concerned for a few staff and their families who have contracted the virus. Our primary concern is for their recovery and return to good health and wellbeing. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leadership dialogue in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assembly
Tipping point or turning point: Global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery As the ... catalyse a paradigm shift towards sustainable development for all. As the world’s largest dedicated climate fund ... point, a unique threat or a unique opportunity. On the one hand, a high carbon recovery would widen ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... disasters (e.g. extreme events, coasts, hillsides, flood prone areas), that affect the quality of life and impact ... and contributing to flexible planning in line with transformations and changes. The use of ecosystems for urban ... is a rapidly growing research and action area, and one with immense potential and significant challenges. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Increasing the ambition of the Nationally Determined Contributions and climate financing in the Central America
... if a 1.5oC scenario is desired1. Central America is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate ... to multiple climate-related hazards, such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, and heatwaves impacting on the local ... need to take into account the regional integration efforts and align their mechanisms and instruments (e.g., MRV ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Improving technical and operational capacities of the NDA and its network to provide strategic support to stakeholders of the Green Climate Fund's activities in Burkina Faso
... in putting in place required structures and mechanisms for coordinating Green Climate Funds activities. These ... No Objection procedures and the nomination of two entities for Direct Access Accreditation. It was also possible to ... responsibilities. Indeed, within the Executive Secretariat, one out of the four technical staff has received initial ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
Developing a pipeline of climate smart and resilient projects involving the private sector, and further strengthening the NDA
... investments is quite clear. However, a lot remains to be done, especially to translate the country programme into high ... of the country to implement its national priorities for climate change, through support to accreditation of ... have moved in the accreditation process, and at least one of them has prepared a concept note to be submitted to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
Scaling up green finance practices: A blueprint to break- through into a climate resilient Cook Islands as a catalyst to mobilize private sector investment
... coastal erosion and inundation, droughts, flooding, cyclones, increasing temperatures, changing ocean currents and ... the Pacific Ocean. Climate change impacts are intensified for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) because of their ... Readiness Four included activities for BCI to achieve Stage One of the accreditation process. This Readiness Proposal is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands
Strengthening capacity to accelerate green finance and development of country-driven project formulation in Viet Nam
The project is highly strategic for Viet Nam as it will contribute to address the ... problem of reducing the climate funding gap, therefore creating the conditions to achieve national and ... and preparation of two concept notes, with a least one with high potential for PPP; improve the capacities and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
... to adverse shocks. Access to financial resources remains one of the challenges to Chad. There are limited public ... health, education, and energy, with nothing left over for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Therefore, as indicated in its Nationally Determined ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming (Phase 3)
... In 2018, Tonga developed its first Country Programme for engaging with the GCF in alignment with achieving the ... Change & Disaster Risk Management (JNAP2, 2018-2028) for building ‘A Resilient Tonga by 2035’, which is ... change project concepts (ideas) and advance priority ones to funding proposal stage; mainstream GESI concerns ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
Enhancing access to climate finance for small island developing states
... heterogeneous group of countries. But they all have one thing in common: they are highly vulnerable to the ... the context of climate finance, SIDS have repeatedly called for prioritized international support for adaptation and ... in establishing the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the UNFCCC’s finance mechanism. Since becoming operational in ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
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