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GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
... land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in the margins of the ... GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural people in developing countries. AMAs act as legal frameworks ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes Pacific nations for Structured Dialogue meeting in Pohnpei
The Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue for the Pacific begins ... representatives of National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners, civil society ... of countries in the region to respond to the climate challenge. Projects in the region range from ensuring ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
The 20th meeting of the GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The ... of its investment criteria, or to add new partners as Accredited Entities. The Chair expressed his regret to the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
The Green Climate Fund, the African Development Bank and Africa50 investment ... resources about opportunities to make solar power available throughout the Sahel region, transforming African deserts ...
Article > Press release 
GCF brings climate focus to African development bank meeting
... Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting ... adaptation. AfDB is a key GCF partner. Approved as a GCF Accredited Entity in March 2016, AfDB is working on a series ... is holding its annual meeting in the Republic of Korea to coincide with the 2018 Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation ( ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... of multi-country markets in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The Dialogue in Mali’s capital Bamako will ... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) will also host side events during the Dialogue ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
... place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who ... speakers and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Colombian President set to open GCF’s first Latin American Dialogue
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón will open the Green Climate ... four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's resources. They ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, Readiness delivery partners, private ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF to showcase transformational potential of climate finance at One Planet Summit
... Fund (GCF) was created as an operating entity of the UNFCCC with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ... portfolio is managed by its Private Sector Facility, which mobilises significant amounts of private capital for ... that GCF funded activities are country-owned, and the Accredited Entities that carry out projects on the ground. The ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
... strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank ( ADB ). The two organizations have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver equal amounts of funding to mitigation and ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
A Green Climate Fund forum which wound up today in Tonga has ... Dialogue with the Pacific, a region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF ... projects. Other key GCF partners attending included accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, and ...
Article > Press release 
Liberia receives first instalment of USD 2.2m GCF grant for climate adaptation
The Government of Liberia has recently received USD 805,000 as part of a USD 2.2 million Green Climate Fund grant to support its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
GCF workshop builds climate adaptation ties in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Green Climate Fund’s first workshop for Eastern Europe and ... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF workshop nurtures cross-border ideas
Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small businesses on the climate action ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ...
Article > Press release Indonesia Mongolia 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a Green ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
GCF begins funds transfer to Mongolia’s XacBank
The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF workshop to consolidate finance for REDD+
The Green Climate Fund convenes a workshop in Bali, Indonesia, to ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...
Article > Press release Belize 
African countries propose ambitious GCF pipeline at Cape Town Dialogue
... equally across diverse sectors. This included access to clean energy; adaptation planning and climate information ... GCF portfolios.” The dialogue provided GCF and Accredited Entities an opportunity to hear firsthand which ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points, UNFCCC Focal Points, and officials from national ministries of ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
First GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa kicks off in Cape Town
... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... two weeks ahead of the opening of the 22nd session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 22), in Morocco, the ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Regional workshop accelerates Pacific Island engagement with GCF
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) this week welcomed over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Remarks by Héla Cheikhrouhou, GCF Executive Director, at the 13th meeting of the Board
... civil society organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day of reflection and inner ...
Article > Press release 
Acumen Fund formalises relationship with GCF, its partner for East African distributed solar power
Acumen Fund, Inc., the not-for-profit global investment fund, has become the first GCF private sector accredited entity to formalise its relationship with the Green ... from GCF. The Acumen Fund was founded in 2001 as a charitable venture capital fund, with the aim on the idea of ...
Article > Press release 
Co-Chairs' expectations for the twelfth meeting of the Board
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015, and since the Fund approved ... in Zambia in November 2015. So soon after these two milestone meetings, the global community has high hopes that ... operational matters that require action by the Board, and accredit new entities to grow the Fund’s partnership ...
Article > Press release 
Cook Islands become first Pacific state to receive GCF readiness funding
... Cook Islands have received financial resources from the Green Climate Fund to strengthen their capacity to access finance through ... to fast-track the islands’ access to GCF funding while ensuring country ownership. “The Cook Islands are ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Mali NDA signs grant agreement during visit to GCF headquarters
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to ... and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Workshop: GCF supporting direct access entities
The Green Climate Fund is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s ... of these entities to ensure their performance in project implementation is consistent with the Fund’s ...
Article > Press release 
FP115 - Espejo de Tarapacá
Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy ... Exposed to spot market price, the Chilean energy market is unique in that it has volatile pricing throughout the day. ...
Project > Private sector Chile 
Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2018
... held on 6-9 November, brought together Ministers and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities, ... society groups. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on progress and lessons learned, to build partnerships, ...
Event > Structured dialogue Grenada 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 11-14 ... parts of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of ... partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Accredited Entities (AEs), nominated entities, delivery ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tajikistan 