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Climate impact potential: Challenges, lessons learnt and way forward
Accredited entities have expressed concerns and difficulties in ... in response to these concerns and is designed to (1) understand the main challenges that direct access entities (DAEs) face when writing ...
Event > Webinar 
Soft launch of the operational modalities for the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) held the virtual soft launch of the operational ... Programme. The session provided an overview of the implementation details of the readiness strategy for 2024-2027, ... of initiating and piloting approaches that facilitate learning and refinement in the first year. The soft launch ...
Event > Webinar 
Building climate resilient economies: water solutions in Grenada’s agriculture and tourism sectors
Grenada, an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea has a ... on surface water and rainwater harvesting for its potable water needs. However, climate change is causing higher than average temperatures, unpredictable rainfall patterns droughts, and ...
Article > Story Grenada 
Farmerline: Empowering smallholder farmers and governments to create climate-resilient agribusinesses
... all sectors, with agriculture being particularly vulnerable, and a significant contributor to its exacerbation at the ... agricultural sector alone is indeed responsible for 19 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, totalling 9.9 billion tons ... supply chain impacts. The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) — funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Information session 1: Overview of operational modalities (2024–2027 strategy) for NDAs
On June 7, the GCF held an information session on the new ... readiness support throughout 2024. To accommodate different time zones, the session was held at two different times: Session 1 Friday, 7 June 2024 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 2: Overview of operational modalities (2024–2027 strategy) for DAEs
On June 25, the GCF held an information session on the new ... Support Programme. During this session, more detailed information was provided and questions were addressed ... of the DAE support window. To accommodate different time zones, the session was held at two different times: ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 3: Placement scheme and access modalities for NDAs and DAEs (2024–2027 strategy)
... Authorities (NDAs), Focal Points, and Direct Access Entities (DAEs) were invited to this session, where ... the hybrid approach, was provided. To accommodate different time zones, the session was held at two different times: Session 1 Tuesday, 13 August 2024 8:00 AM – ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF Investor Forum
Accelerating climate action through private sector investment In collaboration with partners, the Green Climate Fund ... with GCF and identify and support initiatives to mobilise private sector investment for climate impact. It ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Meet iTAP event: Water and climate change
... competition for water resources, and may induce additional energy-intensive water pumping, transfers and treatment and contribute ... worked internationally for over thirty years with sustainable development, water resources management and water & ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund will be ready to meet the challenge of central role in new climate finance goal says Executive Director
... it must be backed by finance that continues to grow in scale and quality. Developing countries are counting on it. Our shared future depends on it,” stated Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive ...
Article > News update 
Sacred plant helps forge a climate-friendly future in Paraguay
Using ancestral knowledge and yerba mate trees to accelerate climate action For generations, the Ava Guaraní, one of the Indigenous Peoples ... Guarani, is working to change that. He and his fellow community members in Ka'atymiri San Francisco, about 230 ...
Article > Story Paraguay 
Consultation to inform the review and update of GCF’s Monitoring and Accountability Framework
... through decision B.40/15, requested the Secretariat to present updates to the GCF’s monitoring and accountability ... framework at the forty-second Board meeting (B.42), scheduled for June 2025. The GCF’s monitoring and accountability ... framework is designed to ensure the alignment of accredited entities (AEs) with GCF standards and policies, and ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 6: Operational modalities (2024–2027 Strategy) for Readiness Framework Agreement holders
... shaped by stakeholder feedback, and clarified the role of the Readiness Framework Agreement (FWA) holders in the updated readiness strategy, with an emphasis on how these mechanisms can enhance country ownership. The information session was structured to ...
Event > Webinar 
Launch of the Revised GCF Concept Note Submission Process
This session will launch a new digital template for GCF concept notes (CNs), which will enable faster screening and appraisal by streamlining the ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 7: PPF and Readiness operational modalities (2024–2027 Strategy) for DAEs
... of the new operational modalities and strategic priorities under the 2024–2027 strategy for the Readiness and ... Programme. It included guidance on how Direct Access Entities (DAEs) could access readiness support, the delivery mechanisms in place, and complementary support opportunities available through the ...
Event > Webinar 
Consultation on the GCF’s accreditation reforms
... through decision B.40/15, requested the Secretariat to present the revised accreditation framework and its related components for the ... meeting. As part of the consultation process, we are pleased to invite GCF's Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and ...
Event > Webinar 
Information session 9: Country platforms
The information session introduced the key principles that guided GCF’s support for Country Platforms, shared examples of how such platforms could be developed or enhanced through the Readiness Programme, and offered ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF convenes its 42nd Board meeting in Papua New Guinea
... projects under consideration include GCF’s first-ever single-country projects in Oman, Mauritania, Saint Lucia, and Papua New Guinea. The Board will also consider the accreditation of eight new organisations as GCF project ... in Port Moresby and will be live-streamed on the GCF website. GCF Board members and their alternates are drawn ...
Article > News update 
COP30 Multilateral Climate Funds Joint Results Report Launch
The Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) are essential in combating climate change and ... that shows how their finance delivers real outcomes for people, economies, and ecosystems. It’s an essential step ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Multilateral climate funds publishes first joint results report
... time, the world’s four largest multilateral climate funds (MCFs) are presenting a unified picture of our collective impact. The Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment ...
Article > News update 
Consultation Webinar on GCF Accreditation for African Ministries of Finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is inviting National Designated ... to the ongoing registration for a consultation webinar on accreditation to the GCF under the revised Accreditation ... for accreditation of Ministries of Finance and aims to clearly articulate the value proposition for African ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF new accreditation framework: First window opens for accreditation applications
Following the adoption of a new accreditation framework in 2025, GCF is now implementing a strengthened and more fit-for-purpose system for ...
Article > News update 
GCF Regional Dialogue with East and South Asia
The Regional Dialogue will convene National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities (AEs), Delivery Partners (DPs), and other ... partners of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to deepen and accelerate country-driven engagement and climate action with the ...
Event > Structured dialogue Sri Lanka 
GCF kicks off its first Board meeting of 2026
... a slate of new climate projects for approval, alongside accreditation proposals for new GCF implementing partners. Other items on the agenda include a ... The four-day meeting is live-streamed on the GCF website. For more information and to follow the proceedings, ...
Article > News update 
Early warning systems move onto the climate finance radar
Developing countries urgently need hydro-meteorological climate services ... variations. In developing countries, and particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will allow the two ... the vital need to finance innovative infrastructure and clean technologies in developing countries to build a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the “fantastic agreement” immediately unlocks ...
Article > Press release 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to its accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, the Agence ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to ...
Article > Press release France 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
Namibia has begun work on two Green Climate Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has become the first multilateral development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to the GCF Board at its first meeting to supplement ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item