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Freeing Zambian women from a climate-charged poverty spiral
GCF is the first climate fund to mainstream gender perspectives. What does this mean in practice? To find out, read this article about how GCF funds are helping Zambian women transform ...
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Simplified Approval Process (SAP) Technical Guidance Compendium out now
The SAP Technical Guidance Compendium provides a comprehensive but easier-to-read ... SAP concept notes and proposals. Designed to assist GCF Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities/Focal ... the Compendium covers a range of areas that are applicable for GCF financing across both mitigation and adaptation ...
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Cambodia's climate action game-changer: Resilient agricultural value chains
GCF’s climate finance is improving the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers by reducing the carbon footprint ... each stage of the agricultural value chain. Through investments in climate-resilient agricultural production and post-harvest infrastructure, ...
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Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
The Green Climate Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement with Conservation ... Entity, is helping to protect nature and encourage sustainable development in over 30 countries across six continents. ... finance projects GCF approves. They are also a prerequisite for the disbursement of project funds. Conservation ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ...
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Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... REDD+ Strategy; (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national approach to safeguards. ...
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GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities with the Government of the Republic of ... agriculture project in Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment ...
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Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the Guatemalan ... the heart of the rich Mayan culture, is one of the most densely populated regions in Central America. 83.5% of its mostly indigenous population struggles from poverty and 33% suffer from extreme poverty. This ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still lacks some of the ... and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My other three children have moved out. I have ...
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How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... this area faced the threat of illegal logging. Today, strengthened community agreements and targeted patrols, guided ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ...
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Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
Participants who attended the Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with the ... understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities. The four-day ... through intensive interactions with GCF, the Fund’s Accredited Entities and other partners. A catchphrase of the ...
Article > Press release Belize CCCCC 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
At its twenty-third meeting in July (B.23), the Board of the Green ... Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural communities and their ... to achieve this, we need the support of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanisms such as the Global Environment ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste UNDP 
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
The International Financial Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting that was ...
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Join GCF at COP29
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... programming priorities, and eligibility criteria. The GCF delegation will be observing the official negotiations, and ... part in various events. Stay up to date A GCF COP29 microsite has been created, https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where ...
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Headquarters
Headquarters The Green Climate Fund is headquartered in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of ... where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
The updated Funding Proposal template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for ... while also simplifying financing information and investment criteria information required. It has also been ... many portions of the template that will help GCF Accredited Entities prepare high-quality funding proposals. ...
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GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, stressed the importance of a system-based ... up projects, encouraging direct access, and developing country programmes. The need for cooperation was emphasised by ...
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Not just buildings! Climate resilient infrastructure debate stresses need for broad approach
Climate-resilient infrastructure is not just about concrete buildings, but ... this was one of the key messages of a climate-resilient integrated infrastructure event hosted by GCF at COP24 ... will increasingly face climate impacts such as in her country, which was hit by a category 5 hurricane last year ...
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Science provides rationale for rational climate action
Strong science lies at the cornerstone of all effective climate ... at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, ... of climate disasters. Energy investments need to account for wind speeds and solar radiation, while agricultural ...
Article > News update WMO 
Norway announces doubling of support as GCF outlines contribution to global stocktake
Norway announced today that will double its contribution to GCF as part of the Fund’s replenishment. At the same Ministerial session on global ...
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The role of the banking sector in the fight against climate change
GCF hosted an event on green banking and the overall role that the banking ... at the sidelines of COP24 in Katowice. Speakers from EBRD, IFC, UNFCCC, RMI and the Green Investment Group agreed that ...
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Evaluation of the GCF Result Management Framework
A discussion on the evaluation of GCF's Result Management Framework (RMF) was held today in the sidelines of COP24. Jo Puri, Head of GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU), provided a review of mechanisms and tools to ... of GCF's climate activities, focusing on how the Fund can learn and strengthen its frameworks. GCF Senior Monitoring ...
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First GCF side event at COP24
In GCF's first COP24 side event "GCF Operations update and lessons emerging from ongoing evaluations" today, GCF Director of Country Programming Pa Ousman Jarju provided an update of GCF ...
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Getting ready for Katowice
GCF will be attending COP24 in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December. We look ... 'GCF 101' briefings. GCF was created by the parties to the UNFCCC, and reports on our progress each year at the annual ...
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GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries kicks off this week
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will take place this week ... Designated Authorities (NDAs), Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) as well as other stakeholders. The ... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC. GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries ...
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Second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean kicks off today in Grenada
... with the Caribbean will take place in St. George’s, Grenada on 6-9 November 2018. It will bring together ministers ... from National Designated Authorities and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, civil society and private sector. ... to share insights on climate finance, project implementation and investment opportunities. Second GCF ...
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Pilot Programmes
Overview There are many gaps in the current climate finance landscape, and some areas that have ... by the GCF Board. National Designated Authorities (NDA), Accredited Entities (AE) and their partners are encouraged to submit concept notes and funding proposals in any of the active RFPs within the ...
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The sustainable landscapes project in Eastern Madagascar
A vital Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between Conservation International (CI) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the Sustainable Landscapes Project in Eastern Madagascar. CI is ... two key landscapes of eastern Madagascar. This effort will mobilise both the public and private sector and prepare ...
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