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SAP014 - Forest resilience of Armenia, enhancing adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation
... change in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Its forests are highly sensitive to climate change, while ... fuelwood to meet their energy demands. By focusing on the forest-energy nexus, the project will target adaptation and ... and Syunik. This GCF project is the country’s first forestry-oriented funding proposal. It will increase the ...
Project > Public sector Armenia 
SAP015 - Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)
... has experienced one of the world’s fastest rates of deforestation and forest degradation. Agriculture contributes to 62 percent of ... selected villages. SAP015 Côte d'Ivoire 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 268 472 706 893 Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa ...
Project > Public sector Côte d'Ivoire 
SAP016 - Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of annual rainfall in recent years, along with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a...
Project > Private sector Fiji 
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... budget of GCF Appointment of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds ... units Secretariat work programme and administrative budget for 2024 Work programmes and budgets of the independent ...
Event > Board meeting 
Areas of work
... with partners in the public and private sectors in efforts to mitigate the effects of the changing climate, and ...
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GCF webinar on the Readiness Results Management Framework (RRMF)
... Readiness Results Management Framework (RRMF) introduces for the first time the newly adopted RRMF which is planned to be used in all new GCF Readiness Proposals and for reporting against existing grants. The RRMF focuses on ... sharing and Learning. The RRMF is designed to provide a forward-looking system to monitor and track in a ...
Event > Webinar 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
... Board in March 2023. The RSF arrangement supports reforms to strengthen Jamaica’s physical and fiscal ... of the economy, and manage transition risks. Reforms include the adoption of a disaster risk financing ... impact. For more information on Team Europe, please visit ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Annual progress report 2024
... action. Download report Credit: GCF / Little Big Films Transforming for impact The urgency and severity of the climate ... Work will be undertaken in 2025 to realise this commitment. Visit Access funding for more information on Efficient GCF. ... Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its MOBILIST programme, the Nigeria Sovereign ...
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) headquartered in ... Mauverney, 28, Gland, 1196, Switzerland International Union for Conservation of Nature ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Switzerland
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
... decades of socio-economic gains. The Caribbean is at the forefront of the fight against climate change,” stated ... Glemarec. “I commend the Caribbean region’s vision for economic revitalisation in the CARICOM Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan for its pioneer work to foster such a ...
Article > Press release 
GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
... solar power available throughout the Sahel region, transforming African deserts into new sources of renewable ... power zone. “The Desert to Power programme will transform countries in the Sahel region by accelerating their ... realize this ambition, strong collaboration is needed. Therefore the partnership with the Green Climate Fund and ...
Article > Press release 
Enhance capacities of Cabo Verde in addressing the effects of climate change in key sectors of the Blue Economy
... weak. While the key documents of the Blue Economy do make reference to climate change and its possible impacts on the ... priorities, as well as opportunities of financing for these priorities are yet to be identified. This proposal ... advantage (Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Agriculture, Forestry and Forest Ecosystems, Food and Water Security, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Support The Union of Comoros to increase access to Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund (GCF): enhancing decision-making process through better mainstreaming sciencebased Information
... capacity to generate scientific climate data and information to assess climate change impacts and use this data and information to develop strong climate change projects for financing from GCF and other financing partners in order ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Pursuing Climate Resilient Development by Enhancing the National Adaptation Planning Process [SVG-NAP]
... change into the sector and national planning process and for effective planning, budgeting and implementation of ... Among the major barriers that have hindered SVG’s efforts to realize its national adaptation planning thus far include: Absence of a properly constituted, formalized institutional and decision- making framework ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
Hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting brought together 27 potential ... also discussed updates to policies for contributions and reference exchange rates for the replenishment, as well as ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. Over the five years ...
Article > Press release 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... said President Sirisena. “Rice, as a staple food for the country, has always been produced in the country. ... Sri Lanka’s development of a strategic country programme for GCF, which will enhance the country’s ability to develop and implement GCF projects. In forming climate solutions, “it is important to leverage ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
Deforestation and forest degradation are major concerns in ... a National Strategy for REDD+, the submission of its Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) and Safeguards Information System (SIS) to UNFCCC. However, challenges still persist to effectively ...
Document > Concept note Zambia
Readiness Support for Building Community Resilience through Application of Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) System
... of interaction with their natural surroundings and it informs decision-making about fundamental aspects of ... and UNESCO2). Although TLK systems can be instrumental for CCA, including as nature-based solutions, they are often overlooked and not sufficiently explored during the formulation of programs, projects and actions to address ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal Pakistan
GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
... the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) for a USD 79.3 million project (USD 35.2 million in GCF ... together and for the quality of this project.” In reference to both GCF projects being implemented by GIZ, Mr. ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... total portfolio to USD 5.6 billion. This includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic ... It also reviewed GCF’s updated Strategic Plan for the 2020-2023 programming period, which aims to deliver ... Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN) with FAO (FP118) USD 26.3 million for Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... in GCF funding and USD 6.3 billion in co-financing, for low-emission, climate resilient development. The new ... website . The Board adopted an updated review procedure for the independent Technical Advisory Panel, strengthening ... actions of all countries as we approach the crucial COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow at the end of this year. This ...
Article > Press release 
Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution
... carbon sinks, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Forests, right? Although their role is hugely significant, ... store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Peatlands, which cover about three per cent of the ... restore, and promote their wise use. To date, GCF has 26 climate action projects in wetlands across three ...
Article > Story 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 325.2 million and policies for accelerated climate action
... the approval of tranche two funding for an approved project, USD 325.2 million of GCF funding was approved for climate action. The new projects raise GCF’s total ... 32nd GCF Board meeting approved the following projects: USD 26.2 million for Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience ...
Article > Press release 
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Fund (GCF) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) approved USD 3.5 million of project preparation ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ...
Article > Press release 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... Frequent climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, ... in Viet Nam by implementing tried and tested solutions. For example, through the rehabilitation of 4,000 hectares of ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ...
Article > Story Viet Nam 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... year, totaling USD 489.8 million of GCF financing and USD 1.26 billion including co-financing. Among the 11, agreements were signed for five projects between GCF and its Accredited Entity ... AE that must be negotiated and signed by GCF and the AEs before the project can launch. The short turnaround between ...
Article > News update 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller ... Chief in Santo Island The ‘NextGen’ Projections for Western and Tropical Pacific: Current and Future Climate ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ...
Article > Story Vanuatu 
Rural women rising
... land, training in climate-resilient farming, and a platform to sell their produce, women farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is ... finance, including from private sources of capital. At COP 26 in Glasgow, our four funds jointly committed to work ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
Themes & result areas
... shifts in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation efforts. GCF aims for a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation ...
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