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GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
This document presents funding proposal "FP254: GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water ... Morocco Pakistan Peru Tunisia Uzbekistan FP254 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries IFC
GCF/B.44/16/Add.01 - Review of committees: Co-Chairs’ proposal for an updated structure for Board committees – Addendum I: Response matrix for comments received on the draft document
This document contains the response matrix for Board comments received on the draft document titled “Review of committees: Co-Chairs’ proposal for an ...
Board document > Information
Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has the great ambition to integrate the consideration of ... necessary anchor investment for the ICRF, allowing APC to mobilize concessional financing and co-invest with AFC in ... barriers and risks, facilitating the financing and implementation of infrastructure projects, and improving the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries AFC
Enhancing the capacities of Banco de Desarrollo de Ecuador B.P. (BDE) to support its accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
Ecuador's financial sector can play an important role in mobilizing climate finance resources through financial ... finance. However, at present, there are no GCF-accredited Direct Access Entities (DAE) in Ecuador. This has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador IICA
Strengthen WAEMU sub-national governments’ capacities to access climate finance and develop a pipeline of projects to support their countries’ climate goals.
... Union) 1 Regional Forum was held in June 2021 by the Covenant of Mayors for Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA), and United ... the BOAD bank, UNDP, and Expertise France, under the title “Strengthening the Resilience and Increasing the ... scale and called for a regional readiness grant proposal to mobilize resources for local governments, to enable them to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UCLG Africa
Strengthening the NDA and Key Stakeholders in Angola on GCF Mechanisms
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... the State to create an enabling environment for resource mobilization to encourage private sector investment, leading ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... the State to create an enabling environment for resource mobilization to encourage private sector investment, leading ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) headquartered in ... range of members and partners, including States and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), ... solutions to environment conservation and sustainable development challenges. It has a strong presence in ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
Oyun Sanjaasuren appointed as GCF Director of External Affairs
Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren has been appointed by the Green Climate Fund ... Environment and Green Development in Mongolia. In her new role, Dr Oyun will lead GCF’s external relations, supporting Executive ...
Article > Press release 
Independent Integrity Unit Statement on the Commemoration of International Anti-corruption Day
... of December every year is designated by the United Nations General Assembly as International Anti-Corruption Day in ... support of the mandate of the GCF. By ensuring the accountable use of its resources GCF partners will help to guarantee ... integrity standards among GCF’s stakeholders, including accredited entities and executing entities. IIU is also a ...
Article > Press release 
Kyrgyzstan sees GCF partnership as key to its future
Kyrgyzstan views cooperation with the Green Climate Fund as a central plank of its development, one of the ... Executive Director Howard Bamsey today. “My country is implementing solutions to deal with this international problem, ...
Article > Press release Kyrgyzstan 
GCF signs off on project to improve climate-resilient agriculture in Namibia
Green Climate Fund resources will now start flowing to help poor farmers in northern Namibia tackle climate change following the signing today of a Funded ... Namibian Environmental Investment Fund, one of GCF’s Accredited Entities, signed a readiness grant during the UN ...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF 
GCF hosts first regional workshop for Latin America
The Green Climate Fund hosted its first regional workshop for Latin ... American countries to advance the region’s push to be a leader in promoting low-emission and climate-resilient ... including representatives of 17 countries, 10 accredited entities, 6 civil society organizations and other ...
Article > Press release Honduras 
GCF readiness week to focus on accelerating countries’ direct access to the Fund’s resources
... its headquarters in the Republic of Korea. The five-day event will facilitate knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning, to develop ... 13 national and regional entities that the GCF Board has accredited for direct access and National Designated ...
Article > Press release 
Advancing climate finance
... the risks of climate change, the availability and effectiveness of climate finance have become key indicators of ... as investments globally are going up, it is increasingly clear that governments and the private sector are behind on ... USAID, and Christelle van Vuuren, Operations Officer, IFC, will then join Gracelin Baskaran, Research Director and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund announces ambitious plans for next Board meeting
... development. Whilst the last Board meeting proved challenging, we are hopeful that the next meeting in Bahrain ... of new project proposals, the Board will also discuss the accreditation of new project partners, as well as proposals to ... The Board meeting comes at a key juncture in efforts to mobilise global action on climate change, considering ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
... its allocation of USD 878.8 million in new financing at its 26th Board meeting, which wound up today. The 26th Board ... held virtually for the first time, also approved two new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate projects funded by GCF. The approved ...
Article > Press release 
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (India)
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is a national financial institution in India ... US$ 40 billion. It has the mandate of promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development through innovative, ... adaptation and mitigation activities. NABARD sought accreditation to the GCF in order to continue implementing its ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) India
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
... and Development (EBRD). The GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities programme spans three regions ... Energy Financing Facilities project will provide credit lines to open up new financing paths and new markets ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010 to deliver equal amounts of funding to ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries EBRD 
Belize Development Finance Corporation Capacity Strengthening for Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
... made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges, guided by policy documents such as the National ... (GOBZ) has nominated the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize for accreditation to the GCF as a Direct Access Entity (DAE). In ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CDB
Coral Reef Resiliency Program
The project’s goal is to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) within Fiji’s Great ... EbA focus depends on evidence-based identification of sites where these interventions would be most effective. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Fiji WWF
GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... agreements (Funding Activity Agreements) were signed with Accredited Entities to launch new projects recently approved ... launched a joint Climate Investment Planning and Mobilization Framework . This tool aligns with GCF’s aim ...
Article > News update 
Latest IPCC report is a wake-up call for immediate climate action
... action to halt climate change and deal with its unstoppable effects. The report , released on 9 August 2021, warns ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is mandated to ... leaders from 196 countries will meet in Glasgow for the COP26 summit with the aim of agreeing upon action to limit ...
Article > Statement 
Spanish and French SAP webinars held
... webinars for GCF's Simplified Approval Process (SAP) was recently held in cooperation with UNITAR. The webinars, which were attended by National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities, are designed to help guide potential ...
Article > News update 
GCF signs integrity agreement with Attijariwafa Bank
... to cooperate and consult on integrity matters, the Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) of GCF signed a Memorandum of ... support with the Bank's Compliance Office. The MoU will complement Attijariwafa Bank's Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), which is currently under ...
Article > News update 
Information disclosure policy
... Sets out the policy regarding the information that the Fund makes available to the public either as a routine matter or upon request. ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot intends to boost access ... (DAEs), National Designated Authorities and all the relevant stakeholders to prepare EDA concept notes and funding ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Tanzania’s Planning Processes
... of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. There are numerous smaller islands both in the Mainland and Zanzibar. Rising temperatures, longer dry spells, more intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise make URT the 26th most vulnerable country to climate risks. Tanzania has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania UNDP
Advancing a Regional Approach to the Green Hydrogen Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The use of green hydrogen as an energy vector to support countries' ... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen ... million tons by 20501. Based on LAC countries' relatively clean energy matrix, the region could play a leading role due ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries UNEP
GCF and IDB agreements to help SMEs in Latin America invest in energy efficiency
The Green Climate Fund and the Inter-American Development Bank ... (IDB) recently signed funding agreements which will enable GCF to channel climate finance to 4 projects in Latin ... Development Bank of El Salvador, which will help open a credit line to fund SMEs' energy efficiency projects in the ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries IDB 