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Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
... growth in crop production and an expansion in overall land devoted to agriculture over the past few decades. ... can sequester between 0.4 and 1.2 billion tons of CO2 annually. If a farm using 100 tons of synthetic fertiliser annually switches to Vexxel's biocapsules, it could save ...
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Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
... avoid increasing the burden of public debt is all set to begin implementation. The pioneering project, ... Water Reclamation Project. In December 2024, this support allowed the government of Barbados to successfully complete ...
Article > Press release Barbados FP251 
Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
... is experiencing more frequent droughts, unpredictable rainfall, and increasing temperatures, which in turn are reducing ... clean water while creating functional and nutritional ingredients for the plant-based food industry using regenerative ... from wastewater and transforms it into functional ingredients that help create zero-sugar and plant-based food ...
Article > Story Mexico GIZ FP198 
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
... USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. But impact is equally important,” stressed Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive ... forward,” continued Duarte. “We are very committed to really analysing the impact of our portfolio and drawing the ... by climate change to PNG and other Pacific islands, and called for a broad coalition to provide financial and ...
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Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... ” project. The project supported more than 24,000 smallholder farming households in and around the ... from 2018 to 2025, drawing on results from over 1,600 smallholder farmers interviewed in this assessment. The ... areas, before and after the project activities. This allowed researchers to track the programme’s direct ...
Article > Press release Madagascar FP026 
Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... in Direct Access Entities by highlighting how 80 percent of all entities accredited since last year are direct access. ... discussion as these are forms of financial support specifically targeting Direct Access Entities. There was a ... said even the global goal to raise USD 100 billion annually by 2020 would not reach the funding needs climate ...
Article > Press release CCCCC 
25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... to longer term paradigm shift to low-emission development. All side events will be livestreamed. During the COP we are ... share their perspectives 0900 - 1030 Launch of the GEF Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation 1100 - 1230 ...
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Rural women rising
... sustainable agriculture. Elizabeth Dube, a 73-year-old smallholder farmer from Matabeleland South, delicately waters ... and without financial independence, life was challenging. At an age when many may consider retirement, ... is three years old.” Elizabeth Today, Elizabeth owns a small piece of land and has access to a solar-powered ...
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Re-connecting with Mother Earth
In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important ... in turn informing the design of solutions to the challenges La Mojana faces today. Twenty Zenú students, ... Earth programme Zenú Life Plan: A plan for the future All this work has come together in the Zenú Life Plan. ...
Article > Story Colombia UNDP FP056 
About GCF
... developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards ... solutions, least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS). Mainstreaming climate ...
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Enhancing Direct Access
... for example, establishing a dedicated facility to fund small-scale community projects. The EDA pilot has been ...
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Policies: Administration
Administration
GCF’s administrative policies cover GCF’s key administrative processes including information disclosure, human resources, travel, procurement, accounting, communications, and management of conflict of...
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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... and its recommended solutions to respond to the twin challenges of climate and COVID-19. Ladies and gentlemen, the Paris Agreement aims to limit the ... not on track to achieve this. The full implementation of all the individual pledges made under the Paris Agreement ...
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Countries step up ambition: Landmark boost to coffers of the world’s largest climate fund
... are expected to submit updated plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are key to the ... economies greener and more resilient.” “I appeal to all participants to provide significant resources during ... countries is essential to face the climate crisis, especially for the benefit of the most vulnerable. That is why ...
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GCF leadership forum helps turn COVID-19 recovery into cause for climate hope
... of states, government ministers and UN representatives called today for global solidarity to scale up action to ... in developing countries amid the COVID-19 crisis. The call was made during an online Leadership Dialogue organised ... President, told the dialogue that COVID-19 has been a call from nature to humankind. “The most important part of ...
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Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
... loss equity investment into the SnCF that will substantially de-risk and crowd-in investments from private and ... to generate more resources. “The GCF is doing fantastically in leveraging and catalyzing finances that are on the ... the importance of blended finance models that work for all countries. He emphasized the importance of GCF as the ...
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US climate envoy supports “indispensable” GCF role during climate forum
... need people to take risks to spur innovation and the challenge, I think, is to give people comfort and knowledge about the new sectors,” he said. While calling for involvement with governments at all levels, he stressed the need for “changing the ...
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Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
... to USD 4.5 trillion in green investment opportunities annually over the next two decades. We have seen a steady ... required to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Equally concerning, we are not witnessing a repricing of assets ... risks in global financial markets. The top 33 banks alone allocated USD654 billion to fossil fuel financing in 2019. ...
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Prioritising climate finance for vulnerable SIDS during a global pandemic
... region. I would also like to acknowledge and thank our audience: GCF National Designated Authorities and ... climate planning, to enable countries translate their Nationally Determined Contributions into an investment pipeline ... climate action in the era of Covid-19. To date, the GCF has allocated USD 237M for 9 climate projects serving 11 ...
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The role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action and resilience
... the impacts of climate change. The two objectives are equally important. We must both scale up climate mitigation and ... to rise to up to $500 billion per year by 2050. Yet globally, only one fifth of the funds mobilised for climate ... first municipal bonds for recycled water in South Africa. Ladies and gentlemen, The climate crisis demands collective ...
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Global fund for coral reefs- reef-based climate resilience finance
... to USD 37 billion when accounting for co-financing, allows us to focus increasingly more on supporting ... climate solutions. Close to half of GCF funds (48%) is allocated for adaptation while 52% is for mitigation, reflecting GCF’s mandate for a balanced allocation of resources in adaptation and mitigation. But ...
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GCF-1 Progress Report
... Recognising that developing countries face multiple challenges to accessing climate finance, GCF works across ... (> USD 250 million). It is accelerating financing for small-scale projects with updates to its Simplified Approval ... while facilitating the delivery of high-quality proposals. All of this help to improve the quality of proposals ...
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Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... co-financing during these three years. GCF’s overall portfolio now stands at USD 13.5 billion in GCF funding, ... Co-chair, Nauman Bashir Bhatti said: “I am delighted that all 15 proposals submitted for our scrutiny were approved ... the most vulnerable – Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African States. ...
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Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... grade rating of BBB/Stable from Fitch Ratings. Initially, it will focus on private credit and the LSE green bond ... countries an attractive asset class deserving of larger allocations in global climate debt portfolios. Christopher ... USAID’s Chief Climate Officer, says: “We need to use all of the tools available to us to crowd in climate finance ...
Article > Press release MUFG_Bank FP197 
Bridging the climate-health gap
... water, 600 million suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, children under five bear 30% of foodborne ... because of poor air quality, climate change unequivocally affects human health, increasing global health ... funding and 0.5% of multilateral climate funding currently allocated to projects that protect or improve human health ...
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Rapid climate action: Eight newly approved projects set for implementation
... with a total GCF investment of USD 16 billion and an overall total of USD 61.5 billion with co-financing. Before a ... Scaling up Climate Resilience Solutions for Burundian Smallholders with One Acre Fund Burundi Burundi’s smallholder farmers face escalating climate vulnerability and ...
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The Green Climate Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025
... world, mainly targeting Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African States, ... project, one of the largest in the world, will eventually directly serve nearly half the population of Jordan, ... Entities’) with projects in 134 countries. This unrivalled global network includes 106 regional and national ...
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GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... is the largest source of climate finance for adaptation globally, with adaptation accounting for 59 per cent of its ... Papua New Guinea also praised GCF’s contributions and called for continued collaboration to meet urgent climate ... climate impacts are accelerating, and global finance is falling short, these announcements represent a significant ...
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Empowering climate-friendly cookstove producers and driving sustainable market growth in Kenya and Senegal
... to the climate targets in Kenya and Senegal’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Transforming and ... access to finance, and marketing strategies. Additionally, the project supports the enhancement of distribution ... County, Kenya, leveraging his background in ceramics and studies at a polytechnic university. Bruce began with a monthly ...
Article > Story Kenya Senegal GIZ FP103 