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National Adaptation Planning in the Commonwealth of Dominica
... Climate Risk Index – an Index that analyses to what extent the request countries and regions have been affected by impacts of ... within just 18 hours, before making landfall on Dominica, leaving as estimated 70% of buildings destroyed, and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Strengthening participatory and evidence-based adaptation planning and small-scale private sector engagement in Saint Lucia’s forestry sector (AdaptFOR-StLucia)
... forest resources from the impacts of climate change, while harnessing terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience, are currently hindered by a number of critical ... include (i) insufficient data and information systems for understanding climate impacts and vulnerabilities in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia FAO
Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economic Development, University of Belize, National Climate Change Office, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management, and the Belize Social Investment Fund
Belize has three national entities that are in the process of seeking GCF accreditation. This readiness will assist the MED and BSIF ... capacity of key offices and entities in Belize who play a role in advancing Belize’s climate agenda and increasing the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Mobilising climate finance for oceanic and coastal resilience
... developed with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), aims to support Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entities (AEs) in preparing impactful proposals and ... and ecosystem services to support project planning. Mobilising climate finance for oceanic and coastal resilience ...
Document > Working paper
Financing agreed on pioneering investment in industrial decarbonisation in Paraguay
A pioneering Green Climate Fund-financed project to establish one of the world’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen-based fertilizer plants has taken a big ... the region.” GCF’s USD 50 million junior loan is set to mobilise more than USD 500 million in additional finance, ...
Article > News update 
Restoring vital ecosystems and water sources in the Dry Corridor Forest, El Salvador
... is a vast expanse of tropical, dry forest that spans six countries in Central America. It is home to 11.5 million rural people who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. ...
Article > Story El Salvador FAO 
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
In the majestic landscapes of Northern Pakistan, a silent catastrophe is unfolding. Rising temperatures have taken a toll on the ...
Article > Story Pakistan UNDP 
Pacific Islander voices: living on the frontlines of the climate crisis
The water is rising in the Pacific - and so are community voices. Mary, a passionate mother of five, lives in a ... change have already arrived on her island, and she’s driven to have her voice heard. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is ... a reduction in food crop harvest in my garden. The vegetables grow well when we plant them, but then insects and rain ...
Article > Story 
Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
Mexico is experiencing more frequent droughts, unpredictable rainfall, and increasing temperatures, which ...
Article > Story Mexico GIZ 
Cuba's coastal communities fight climate change
... sea is both a lifeline and a threat. Every time a storm darkens the sky, families like Martha Labrada’s brace for evacuation. And even on calm days, saltwater seeps silently into the land, corroding house foundations and ... for adaptation that blends nature, science, and social mobilisation. Though the Mi Costa project will formally run ...
Article > Story Cuba UNDP 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
“TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies” is a GCF-backed project that tackles drought and extreme weather events in Kenya. Katarzyna ... visit, during which she spoke with local partners and communities and witnessed the results firsthand. It was my first ...
Article > Insights Kenya IUCN 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
On 13 November at COP29, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in collaboration with BBC Media Action, the ... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ...
Article > News update 
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important ... rivers meet: the San Jorge, the Cauca and the Magdalena. The junction forms part of one of the world’s ... 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 
Accelerating climate action to communities: seven new projects set for implementation
... five projects were immediately signed between GCF and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners at a signing ceremony on 20 ... and the Accredited Entity (AE) for the project to begin implementation. The projects set for implementation include ... adaptive capacities in coastal and marine landscapes, mobilising financing to scale up community-level activities, ...
Article > News update 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... GCF Board member. “I think this decision of the GCF is a clear application and entry into action of article 5.2 of the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ... we have to think seriously about how we are going to mobilise private finance to create the opportunities, the ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior Philippine environment officials told a visiting GCF ... on 15 to 17 February. “The GCF presents great opportunities for economic and social development, and I am ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
... Island Developing State (SIDS) is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change and faces many unique challenges. Rising sea levels and increasingly erratic rainfall ...
Article > Story Maldives UNDP 
Driving rapid climate action: 10 new projects ready for delivery
Ten new projects backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are on track for implementation, with two projects setting record times for ... that contains conditions to be fulfilled by the GCF Accredited Entity (AE) and must be negotiated and signed by ...
Article > News update 
GCF Readiness support for the Development Bank of Nigeria
... only institutional and systems strengthening but also knowledge sharing within countries and across regions. ... not an end in itself; it is a milestone that enables our accredited partners to access broader climate finance to ... policies; Develop and adopt a Climate Strategy and Resource Mobilisation Framework; Integrate climate risk into ...
Article > News update Nigeria DBN_Nigeria 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from developing countries, and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Tuesday, December 11
... another busy day inside and outside the GCF pavilion with events on climate resilience, and climate rationale as well as negotiations, signings and lots of meetings. ... more general tensions at this year's climate conference around the IPCC 1.5C report, and the provision of climate ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Monday, December 10
It’s all about the finance! That was the plea from NGOs this morning at COP24, ahead of the high level ... GCF offered its vision of leveraging climate finance for country-driven transformation and catalytic investment during the ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Friday, December 7
GCF has a strong focus on the role of the private sector today in Katowice. Colleagues from GCF's Private Sector Facility led an event on Green Banking, before signing a private sector ... One of the goals for GCF is to use its resources to mobilise private funding - and today provided some great ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 6
As we approach the end of the first week of the COP, negotiating texts are ... text on future climate finance flows being particularly relevant to GCF in light of its current replenishment process. ... an operating entity of the financial mechanism to the UNFCCC, GCF will certainly play a key role - whichever way the ...
Article > Press release 
Selection process of GCF Board for 2019-2021 membership underway
... Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the current three-year ... Board, consisting of 24 members representing developed countries and developing countries equally, is charged with ...
Article > Press release 
IIU signs MoU with SANBI to strengthen cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) and the ... activities in relation to prohibited practices. The MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with SANBI, which ...
Article > Press release 
Douglas Leys takes over as GCF's new top legal advisor
Prominent Jamaican legal practitioner Douglas Leys is the Green Climate Fund's new General Counsel. Mr Leys has taken up this post ...
Article > Press release 
GCF begins REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The five-year pilot marks a major milestone for the Fund’s support of REDD+. This is a UNFCCC ... of forest carbon stocks (known in shorthand as REDD+). Accredited Entities are invited to submit concept notes and ...
Article > Press release 
IIU, CABEI sign agreement to enhance cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) is ... to Prohibited Practices . The recently signed MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with CABEI, which ...
Article > Press release CABEI 
GCF signs agreement with Micronesia Conservation Trust to bolster Pacific resilience
The strengthening of a partnership with the Green Climate Fund will ... planet,” said Mr Kostka during the signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA). MCT is one of GCF’s ... keen to support societies that are highly vulnerable, such as the Pacific islands where MCT is focusing its ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) MCT 