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Driving rapid climate action: 10 new projects ready for delivery
... backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are on track for implementation, with two projects setting record times for rapid delivery. Steps were accelerated by the Fund to ... Board approval to FAA signing to first disbursement in just one day and a project in Malawi in seven days. The FAA is an ...
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Iraq unveils plans for ambitious climate project pipeline
The Republic of Iraq has formally announced its intention to develop a substantial ... within key sectors aligned with national priorities in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. ... Furthermore, this programme will serve as a framework for GCF in assessing funding applications and determining ...
Article > News update Iraq 
Dialogue prioritises increased climate investment to address fragility and conflict
... climate finance for fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). In 2025, GCF committed almost half a billion dollars ... is a key pillar of Oman’s National Vision 2040 and is “one of the most important strategic objectives of our ... GCF’s Chief Investment Officer, said the Dialogue coincided with the 10th anniversaries of the Paris Agreement ...
Article > News update Oman 
Accelerating climate action: Seven new climate projects ready for delivery
Seven new projects are ready for implementation after their project agreements were ... immediately signed Funded Activity Agreements (FAA) for seven projects at a signing ceremony on 28 March. Of the seven, two projects became effective, and one is expected to receive its first disbursement in a ...
Article > News update 
The role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action and resilience
Thank you, Ambassador Mark Green, for your inspiring opening remarks, and Lauren for the kind ... of hundreds of millions of people. Ambassador Green mentioned the huge cost of adaptation – expected to rise to up to $500 billion per year by 2050. Yet globally, only one fifth of the funds mobilised for climate finance is ...
Article > Speech
Supporting women’s local businesses and climate-friendly cookstoves in Kenya
... more than 80 per cent of Kenya’s population uses biomass for cooking and heating. The combustion of these materials ... we were using so much firewood we were cutting a tree every one to two weeks. Now we are using one tree for a month to two and a half months.” Charity ...
Article > Story Kenya 
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
... gentle humour, generosity, and kindness. He deeply cared for the environment, and also about people - those he knew ... and memories recalled. The affection and respect for Leo shone through the tributes. Leo was a quiet man, dedicated to ... by the Board in 2019. The process of moving beyond the IFC’s Performance Standards and developing GCF’s own ESS ...
Article > Story 
Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership and GCF funding. To ... would help reduce the cost of power and pave the way for sustainable access to renewable energy. In line with ... assessment and provide recommendations as well as for innovative financing to leverage private sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23)
... report, including the updated workplan of the Board for 2019 Co-Chairs consultations: decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted Co-Chairs ... policies Standards for the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
... Reports from the Independent Units Workplan of the Board for 2018 Guidance from the Conference of the Parties Actions ... from direct access entities in the pipeline Options for GCF support for collaborative research and development ... Programme Policies related to prohibited practices, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ...
Event > Board meeting 
Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15)
... consultations Implementation of the Work Plan of the Board for 2016 Report on the activities of the Secretariat Reports ... of the Strategic Plan Draft Work Plan of the Board for 2017 Guidance from the twenty-second session of the ... (COP 22): CoChairs’ proposal Progress report on support for REDD-plus Country programming and readiness Progress ...
Event > Board meeting 
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
... Monday, 2 November to Thursday, 5 November, in Livingstone, Zambia. #GCFB11 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the ... Status of the initial resource mobilisation Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (progress report) Arrangements ... other prohibited practices, and policies addressing anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ...
Event > Board meeting 
Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10)
... Resource Mobilization process Level of concessional terms for the public sector Brief guideline on the application of ... that further enhance direct access: Terms of reference for a pilot phase Selection process and terms of reference for the heads of the accountability units: Recommendations ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which ... said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s support for nature-based adaptation initiatives. It takes a holistic ... Approval Process, developed to ease access to GCF resources for smaller climate projects,” he added. ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
United Kingdom pledges to double contribution to Green Climate Fund
... a global solution. Britain cannot solve such problems alone. Doubling the UK’s contribution to the world’s ... It is also a sign of trust in the GCF to deliver transformative climate outcomes that help developing countries ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release United Kingdom 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
... consensus regarding the outcome of a confidential ballot Performance review of the GCF Matters related to the first formal replenishment of the GCF Report from the ... Consideration and endorsement of the outcomes of the first formal replenishment process Strategic planning for 2020 – ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
... Status of GCF resources, pipeline and portfolio performance, including the annual portfolio performance report Ninth report of the Green Climate Fund to ... of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for 2020 – 2023 Review of the Multilateral ...
Event > Board meeting 
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... Contribution (NDC). Cabo Verde’s Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development 2017-2021 (PEDS), identifies key ... Cabo Verde has developed a Grand Strategic Plan Options for Sustainable Tourism Development for 2018-2030 (GOPEDS-Tourism 2018-2030), identifying ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
... access to financing to develop early warning systems, for countries that are most exposed to the impacts of ... at UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), reminded participants that “the UN ... due to extreme events and to adapt to climate change, yet, one-third of the world’s people, mainly in least ...
Article > News update 
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions in line with the Paris ... The project will achieve this goal based on its transformational logic as follows: IF the project clarifies roles ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
The Green, Inclusive Innovation Imperative
... and the planet. However, many commentators have questioned how realistic this ambitious 2030 agenda was, with its ... global development trends is recognized in the SDGs, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. A single institutional ... and interactive community engagement process; face to face visits were organized to every house in concerned ...
Article > Statement 
The green innovation imperative
... and the planet. However, many commentators have questioned how realistic this ambitious 2030 agenda was, with its ... global development trends is recognized in the SDGs, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. A single institutional ... and interactive community engagement process; face to face visits were organized to every house in concerned ...
Article > Speech
Policies: Investment
... guidelines, establishing the definitions of and metrics for applying GCF’s 6 investment criteria: Impact ... a Policy on Co-financing which sets out the parameters for tracking, measuring, and reporting on GCF co-financing. ... was updated with the adoption of the Strategic Plan for 2020-2023 to reflect new portfolio targets for GCF-1. ...
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Private sector financing
... urgent to rely on the resources of public institutions alone. Today, the private sector manages more than USD 210 ... needed to spur innovation and create thriving markets for climate, spanning across clean energy, sustainable ...
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GCF support to the Amazon
... carbon) into a source due to sustained high rates of deforestation and forest degradation. More worryingly, scientists have alerted ... scenario, the Amazon would flip into a landscape of non-forest ecosystems, suddenly releasing a large proportion of ...
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GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... Fund's recent decision to pay Brazil USD 96.5 million for keeping Amazon forests standing in 2014 and 2015 shows ... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ... join Brazil in applying for REDD+ results-based payments. One of the requirements to be eligible for results-based ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Germany, Incheon City raise awareness on climate conflict and cooperation at GCF Headquarters
... the subjects of water, climate, land, forests and minerals. Visitors learn how environmental degradation and resource ... of the opening of the exhibition in Songdo, which coincided with the opening of the 23rd UN Climate Summit in ... is a gigantic task,” the German official cautioned. “Mitigation of global warming and adaptation to ...
Article > Press release Germany Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF begins first REDD+ transfer
... Ecuador reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests. The current transfer of USD 7.9 million to the ... (UNDP), a GCF Accredited Entity, marks a key milestone for the Fund. It is the first time GCF is distributing ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which supports countries' efforts to reduce emissions ...
Article > Press release Ecuador 