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Project Preparation Funding for Securing Permanent Forests to Combat Climate Change and Enhance Sustainable National and Local Economies in Cameroon
... from private sector and other extractive groups that ironically facilitate the release of about 19.5 million tons of ... recruit high profile experts to elaborate feasibility studies (that also include climate change analysis and economic ... or a Consultancy Firm in collaboration with MINFOF, supervise work of the consultant, provide technical and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cameroon
Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)
... of climate change are expected to further aggravate these challenges. There is general recognition and growing awareness ... area, and one with immense potential and significant challenges. According to the baseline of the Sustainable ... (vi) lack of political and financial support; (vii) the challenges for monitoring NbS; and, (viii) the difficulties in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Developing a climate resilient health system in The Bahamas
... project is designed to build upon and strengthen national bodies, communities and human resources with new mechanisms ... include: To develop a ‘climate SMART health’1 in all policies systems framework with cross cutting national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Development of Guyana’s National Climate Finance Strategy, MRV System and Project Pipeline to Support NDC Implementation
... project aims to increase the capacity of Guyana to strategically manage climate finance flows and achieve their revised ... access climate finance. Indirectly the project will benefit all Guyanese citizens by facilitating the implementation of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Strengthening Lesotho’s capacity to advance the National Adaptation Planning process
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, land-locked country in southern Africa that is ... million inhabitants and has experienced major development challenges such as extreme poverty, high unemployment and a high prevalence of HIV and AIDS. These challenges are exacerbated by the increasingly severe impacts ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
National Adaptation Planning for Integrated Water Resources Management in Belize
... of Belize is charged with the responsibility of managing all of Belize’s freshwater resources. However, the office ... their capacity to implement their IWRM framework. These challenges are exacerbated by significant data and information ... water supplier, Belize Water Services Limited. Additionally, the demands for water and its varied impact on men and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Turkmenistan and initiating a Regional Approach to Climate Action
... shock events such as flash floods, mud flows, intense rainfall events and intense heat waves. This, in turn, is ... action and finance and to engage with the GCF systematically and effectively (Outcome 1) and develop a Country ... key foundational measures including Turkmenistan’s Nationally Determined Contribution, the Third National ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Turkmenistan
Scaling up green finance practices: A blueprint to break- through into a climate resilient Cook Islands as a catalyst to mobilize private sector investment
... cays, low-lying coral atolls, raised coral islands, and small volcanic islands, situated in the Pacific Ocean. Climate change impacts are intensified for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) because of their small geographical area, isolation and exposure. As well as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands
Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
... methods to provide health services. Recognizing these challenges, in consultation with stakeholders, this Readiness ... manage long-term climate-sensitive health risks, specifically by strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Health ... sectors The direct beneficiaries of this project include all involved governmental staff, particularly CCH technical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions
... vulnerable to climate change. To achieve Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets to reduce GHG ... per year are needed from 2018 to 2030. The state budget allocated to climate change mitigation is ca. USD 5.7 ... Needs Assessment (RNA) identified the following challenges and gaps: Imbalanced distribution of funding across ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia
Readiness Support for Building Community Resilience through Application of Traditional and Local Knowledge (TLK) System
... change. TLK systems at the local level are not systematically cataloged or utilized in climate change resilience ... environment for TLK systems to be regularly and systematically considered by the National Designated Authorities ... project to design climate finance proposals that involve all relevant stakeholders and systematically incorporate TLK ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nepal Pakistan
GCF Group of Friends welcomes new Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, garnering momentum for GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action
... H.E. Ambassador Nabeel Munir, chair of the meeting, recalled the urgency to act collectively in the face of the ... from the impact of the climate crisis. She thanked all contributors for their support, especially those who made frontrunner pledges for GCF-2, and she ...
Article > News update 
COP28: Green Climate Fund reaches record funding level
... Climate Fund and the investments we need for a future we all deserve. Our record USD 12.8 billion replenishment ... including the private sector, have an even stronger ally for ambitious climate action that mobilises innovative ...
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National Framework for Leapfrogging to Energy- Efficient and Climate Friendly Air Conditioners and Refrigerators in The Gambia
... scheme for air conditioners and refrigerators. Additionally, the proposal includes capacity building for the ... as the participants from the Policy Working Group (PWG). All stakeholders will receive a capacity building training ... trade barriers. A close attention will be given especially to Senegal as The Gambia is landlocked into the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Re-Gain: Scaling solutions for food loss in Africa
... by the low productivity rates per unit of land, and low overall productivity could have negative impacts on food ... use changes and deforestation. According to the FAO 2023, small-scale farming is linked to most agriculture-driven deforestation in all regions of the world. To varying degrees across regions, ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Chadian private sector support for low carbon and climate-resilient development
As a landlocked country, Chad is grappling with security challenges associated with the impacts of climate change, in ... shocks. Access to financial resources remains one of the challenges to Chad. There are limited public funds to support ... beneficiaries of this project are the NDA's constituent bodies and other stakeholders to be identified by the incoming ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
Enhancing access to climate finance for small island developing states
Small island developing states (SIDS) are an exceptionally heterogeneous group of countries. But they all have one thing in common: they are highly vulnerable to ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Dialogue prioritises increased climate investment to address fragility and conflict
... stability and support sustainable recovery in such challenging contexts. Government representatives from Iraq, ... to climate finance, which is the most critical challenge facing all of us.” Henry Gonzalez, GCF’s Chief Investment ...
Article > News update Oman 
FP024 - Enpower to Adapt: Creating Climate-Change Resilient Livelihoods through Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia
... jobs, establishment of 14 community enterprises, and installing 160 solar water pumps saving $180,000 annually in diesel costs. Critical lessons learned emphasize the ...
Project > Public sector Namibia 
Structured Dialogue with Latin America
... Latin America's climate commitments, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation ... of the private sector strengthened knowledge about the challenges and opportunities of engaging the sector in action ... Direct Access Entities. Working with national level bodies can help to ensure GCF projects are responsive to a ...
Event > Structured dialogue Colombia 
Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
... period. Progress in implementation has been reported annually, and can be found in documents GCF/B.28/Inf.10/Add.03 ... the GCF’s second replenishment period, 2024-2027. The overall timeline is set out below: Date Milestone B.32 May ... of the Strategic Plan and GCF-2 planning 10 June 2022 Open call for submissions B.33 July 2022 Informal discussions on ...
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Ministerial forum on forest finance
... and achieve the SDGs are estimated at USD 200 billion annually. The previous section has highlighted the importance of ... development and climate polices could reduce the overall infrastructure financing needs by 40%. Through its ... as they tend to be context specific and do not apply to all jurisdiction alike. However, for the most part they can ...
Article > Speech
Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
... statement urging a multilateral response to the climate challenge and pledging to act together to increase access to ... in Azerbaijan for COP29 this month, one issue stands above all others: How the world is going to foot the bill for the ... round of climate action commitments – or Nationally Determined Contributions – due in 2025. It is also ...
Article > Statement 
PSAA overview
... assessment and proposal appraisal are conducted in parallel, reducing the overall time to access to GCF funding. Introduction to the ... of one innovative climate project, and can potentially build a track record to enable an entity to apply for ...
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Partners
Overview
GCF relies on its expanding network of partners to deliver results across the spectrum of climate action to promote low-carbon and climate-resilient paths. These partners span multilateral and national banks,...
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Themes & result areas
Themes
Our work aims to support paradigm shifts in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation efforts. GCF aims for a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation investments over time...
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Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean 2018
The second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, held on 6-9 November, brought together Ministers and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities,...
Event > Structured dialogue Grenada 
Policies: Investment
Investment
The GCF’s Investment Framework sets out the parameters which guide GCF’s investment decision-making and its assessment and consideration of Funding Proposals. The Investment Framework establishes the Fund’s...
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Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
... climate effects also come in more slow-moving but equally destructive forms. Drought threatens billions of people ... related to climate change are already rising, while nearly all members of the C40 group of megacities addressing ... change report extreme weather events that are “off all the scale of previous experience.” While the ...
Article > Press release 
Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
... climate impacts are accelerating and global finance is falling short, this represents a significant and coordinated ... GCF support marks our strategic response to the climate challenge. We are moving from fragmented initiatives to a ... transparency, and partnership.” Panama Abdiel Ismael Douglas, Climate Finance Advisor, Government of ...
Article > Press release Brazil 