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Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
... change and implement the global goal on adaptation. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has called this a ... and environmental action since our funds were established, mobilizing a further $250 billion in co-financing from ... and are responding to the calls for greater alignment of accreditation and access requirements, and flexibility in the ...
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Internship programme
Internship programme Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate ...
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ED remarks for International Women’s Day 2023
Gender equality is one of the most powerful, yet under-utilised solutions to avert catastrophic climate change. On this International Women's Day, we celebrate the achievements of women and renew our commitment ...
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Policies and strategies
... and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also approves strategies, which guide the overall direction of Fund operations. Together, these strategies and policies ...
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Turning down the heat
In Bangladesh, over 33 million children are forced to stay home for days as the sweltering heat ... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... of the world’s first cooling-focused facilities which has mobilize funds to provide cooling solutions in nine ...
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FP231 - Accelerating Solar Action Program (ASAP)
The Accelerating Solar Action Programme (ASAP) supports Ghana’s ... Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) priorities. Current mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) ... and the Energy Commission of Ghana. Better access to credit, robust demand from borrowers, decreased cost of ...
Project > Private sector Ghana 
FP271 - India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)
... significant progress and achieved rapid growth in renewable energy capacity. The country risks remaining locked into ... will accelerate India’s clean energy transition by mobilising climate finance for emerging clean energy ... Key activities include providing DFIs with concessional credit lines for on-lending to public and private sector ...
Project > Public sector India 
FP284 - Amazonia Viva Program
... global climate regulator. It is home to 47 million people, including 2.2 million Indigenous Peoples. The region is threatened by rising ... measures to overcome gender-specific obstacles in access to credit. FP284 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP292 - Scaling climate-smart solutions for hardest-to-reach MSMEs and farmers in Kenya (CST Facility)
Kenya ranks 150th on the ND-GAIN Climate Vulnerability Index, ... need. The project aims to establish and demonstrate a scalable, de-risked local currency lending facility enabling Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), serving as both Accredited Entity and Executing Entity, to sustainably expand ...
Project > Private sector Kenya 
FP293 - Food Securities Fund Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche (FSF ACCT)
Cocoa and coffee are climate-sensitive commodities cultivated by smallholder farmers ... finance remains structurally underprovided, as commercial lenders rarely extend unsecured credit in rural emerging markets, while cooperatives and ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP301 - Responsible Commodities Facility - Deforestation and Conversion Free: Finance for soy production in the Cerrado, Brazil (RCF-DCF Project)
... half of the Cerrado’s native vegetation has already been cleared, leading to loss of biodiversity, degraded water ... alongside additional co-investment vehicles designed to mobilise larger pools of capital. Through customised credit lines, farmers will be enabled to forgo converting ...
Project > Private sector Brazil 
Work with us
... action We are committed to working together to make a difference on climate change, both through our funded activities and the sustainability of our operations. Innovative We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we ...
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Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23)
#GCFB23 Republic of Korea (the) Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization ... review of the GCF Matters related to the first formal replenishment of the GCF Report from the replenishment process ... observers Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan Updated accreditation framework Review of the initial investment ...
Event > Board meeting Republic of Korea (the) 
Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
The eighteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be ... development in developing countries Matters related to accreditation Matters related to the accreditation framework ... proposals Simplified approvals process for certain small scale activities Request for proposals for REDD-plus ...
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Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
The eleventh meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will ... (progress report) Status of the initial resource mobilisation Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund ... Initial monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities Report on implementation of legal and ...
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GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
The Green Climate Fund has come a step closer to helping Namibia’s ... Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the ... adaptation approach. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24)
The twenty-fourth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund ... that a Board member expresses the view that they are unable to join consensus regarding the outcome of a confidential ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Gender Policy and Action Plan ...
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Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27)
#GCFB27 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Updated Strategic Plan for the GCF for ... of the interim Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit Selection process and committee Evaluations conducted by the ...
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Readiness Support for the Development of Vanuatu National Energy Efficiency Strategy and Action Plan
In its NDC, Vanuatu’s planned mitigation intervention includes energy efficiency (EE) measures to be pursued across the board to enable 15% savings in the energy sector. This proposal seeks a ... EE focus and activities. Therefore, this proposal aims to mobilize attention and action to upscale EE at the national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Vanuatu
The Green Climate Fund, the Global Partnership for Education and Save the Children launch the world’s largest investment for green schools at COP28
... at COP28 to build climate-resilient schools in vulnerable countries. Climate change is threatening every child’s ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ... commitment to ending the world’s learning crisis. GPE mobilizes partners and funds to support nearly 90 ...
Article > Press release 
AAN Associates Consortium
AAN Associates leads this readiness support initiative as a development consulting firm registered in both Pakistan and Florida, ... ensuring comprehensive coverage across all GCF member countries through strategic partnerships and associate ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... ambitious direction for GCF during its first replenishment period. A total of 16 projects were given the ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The 27th Board meeting is the final Board meeting of ... The five-day Board meeting also resulted in the accreditation of four new project partners. GCF now has over ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... to increase access to its resources, the Board adopted an accreditation strategy, renewed its accreditation partnerships ... discussions. Germany expressed its interest in hosting the pledging conference next year for GCF’s second ... (FP194); USD 76.6 million for E-Motion: E-Mobility and Low Carbon Transportation with Development Bank ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... finance by 2035 and the confirmation of the broader goal to mobilise USD 1.3 trillion in climate finance per year by the ... markets. The Fund also signed project agreements with the Accredited Entities, the Asian Development Bank, and the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
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Publications
Publications The Green Climate Fund issues a range of publications for our ... with the issues that speak to you. Featured publications Mobilising climate finance for oceanic and coastal ... resilience, transforming lives Read more GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance This document ...
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SAP019 - Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall
Sudan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change impacts such as ... together with annual food crops to increase crop yields by enhancing soil fertility, improving water infiltration and ... farming arrangements with small scale farmers and will mobilize private sector financing for the GAPAs. The project ...
Project > Public sector Sudan 
Green Climate Fund and Meridiam unveil ambition and opportunities for impactful climate investments
... in Paris in early October to identify opportunities to mobilise and scale up capital for more ambitious climate action in ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Private sector financing
... The climate crisis is too big, too serious and too urgent to rely on the resources of public institutions alone. ... and green growth ambitions, the private sector has an unparalleled opportunity to deliver the investment needed to spur ...
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Early warning systems
Overview People in Africa, South Asia, South and Central America, and the inhabitants of small island states ... highly susceptible to climate change. Half the world's countries are unprotected by multi-hazard early warning ...
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Thematic brief: Oceans
Oceans and coastal ecosystems cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, providing a natural asset of ... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to ... marshes and sea grasses can sequester more carbon per unit area than terrestrial forests. At the same time, these ...
Document > Thematic brief