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Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... this damage. With a budget of USD 45.9 million and a radically inclusive approach, the “Mangroves for Climate” ... mangroves, improve local economies, and reduce emissions—all at once. Where past conservation efforts focused on ... than impose external solutions, the project champions locally led climate adaptation. It trains residents as forest ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... interest rates and grace periods, this initiative is a fiscally responsible project that saves Costa Rica resources and ... completely new terminals, and nine overpasses, which will allow for continuous, high-quality service, with buses ... paper. Today it is a concrete and viable decision, financially backed by three international entities that believe in ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
... projects include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and ... in Malawi, with UNDP (GCF funding: USD 12.3 million) Increasing the Resilience of Ecosystems and Communities through ... Bond in Latin America and the Caribbean, with IDB (GCF allocation: USD 217 million) Supporting Vulnerable ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... "The Cook Islands are extremely vulnerable to the increasing impacts of extreme events such as cyclones and storm ... with climate threats and the proposed solutions involving all development partners set a great example for other ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
GCF affirms partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank
... welcomed the agreement and stressed its importance for increasing financial flows to climate projects in the region. ... use of GCF resources. The agreement is a prerequisite for all Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Structured Dialogue focus turns to Asia
The challenge of maintaining solid economic growth in Asia through ... is exacerbating threats to food production from the increasing prevalence of droughts and floods. The Dialogue will ... of Indigenous Peoples and the safeguards that underpin all of the Fund's activities. Structured Dialogues, which ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
... an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ... countries and those that face structural developmental challenges. Equally, the GCF also prioritises societies that are highly ...
Article > Press release 
GCF strengthens partnership with Inter-American Development Bank
... Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ... important part of the world,” said Mr Herrera. “It is pleasing to note IDB already has an established track record ... for accelerating the implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ). “We look forward ...
Article > Press release 
New GCF manual puts gender at centre of climate response
... the central role of gender consideration in its allocation of climate finance. “Mainstreaming Gender in ... the inclusion of women, girls, men and boys from socially excluded and vulnerable communities at all stages of the climate finance project cycle. GCF is the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
... an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities in order to implement ... “The vital importance of Asia in meeting the climate challenge, along with GCF’s mandate to pursue transformative ... the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. The bank ...
Article > Press release 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
... head of GCF’s Country Programming Division, added that all GCF funding proposals must start with country strategies ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Sweden deepens ties with GCF as Parliamentarians visit the Fund
... investment opportunities offered by Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Isabella Lövin, ... climate change – by strengthening mutual confidence among all the parties involved and catalysing new capital that can ... visited Tonga to participate in a meeting of Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on climate change, ...
Article > Press release Sweden 
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Tonga
... In December 2015, Tonga submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, INDCs to the UNFCCC ... capacity, strengthen resilience and gender response in all climate financing programs, and reduce vulnerability to ... in the JNAP and Tonga GCF Country Programme. The overall goal of the proposed GCF NAP project is to strengthen ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
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
The Union of Comoros is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) severely affected by the ... the country from achieving its voluntary pledge and increasing its level of ambition. One of the main challenges is its low institutional capacity to generate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
Green Climate Fund joins the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
... Climate Fund. The CPF's vision is a world in which by 2030 all types of forests and forest landscapes are sustainably ...
Article > News update 
The Green Climate Fund welcomes Austria’s contribution for its second replenishment (GCF-2)
... and its disastrous effects are a major threat for humanity all over the world. This is especially true for developing countries in the Global South. We ... contribution to the Fund’s second replenishment. By increasing its contribution by 23 per cent, Austria is ...
Article > Press release Austria 
Developing key legislation, regulation, policies and concept notes for climate action in Namibia
... of adequate human resource with technical capacity, feasibility information, a supportive and aligned policy and ... in the region. Namibia submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in July ... for some sector targets related to Green Hydrogen. Specifically for the energy sector the country needs a detailed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Newly launched platform to expand electric vehicle use across India
... to increase due to high population growth rate and increasing levels of industrialisation and urbanisation. In line ... said: “The platform launched today is a big moment for all involved. It has been designed to speed up the adoption ... Climate Fund is supporting ten climate projects in India totalling USD 566.8 million in GCF financing. FP186 Newly ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening Carbon Capture Storage and Reporting Frameworks and Mechanisms
Despite the slowing rate of increasing GHG emissions in the past decade, average GHG ... de Janeiro, in 1992. The principle balances the need for all states to take responsibility for global climate change, ... barriers preventing these countries from meeting and increasing national GHG reduction targets. These barriers ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
Strengthening Thailand’s climate adaptation capacity with Readiness support from the Green Climate Fund
... may sound simple, but in practice, it is incredibly challenging. This workshop is our step in identifying gaps and strengthening national readiness at all stages.” The Green Climate Fund’s Readiness support ...
Article > News update Thailand 
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... He also highlighted the opportunities to strategically use GCF’s readiness support for a country like Sri ... in Sri Lanka show that while the volume of seasonal rainfall will remain the same in the coming decade, changes to ... transport sector. “We are now actively consulting with all of Government and with our development partners to come ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... spirit of the Games to address planetary environmental challenges. Many of the dignitaries set to attend the opening ... share a common denominator, with both reminding us we are all global citizens. "While the winter athletes will test ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... payments pilot, it now offers financial support for all phases of REDD, including through its Readiness and ...
Article > Press release 
European Investment Bank and Green Climate Fund sign partnership agreement
... Climate Fund have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, allowing them to work together to finance climate action in ... this initiative will enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers and reduce deforestation in one of the ... Entities. The signing of AMAs is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ...
Article > Press release 
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
... Taylor said a climate approach which avoids “putting all eggs in the same basket” is increasingly necessary in Argentina, following a prevalence of ... plots remaining underwater after unseasonably heavy rainfall during the first months of 2017. “While these extreme ...
Article > Press release Argentina 
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
... electricity access for nearly half a million people and small and medium sized enterprises in cooperation with local ... Africa. The GCF’s anchor investment of USD 78.4 million allows Sustainable Investments, the group within Deutsche ... and Tanzania, which is where the programme will initially focus investments in the first three years. The signing ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
... development, and I am excited to witness and be part of all the positive changes happening in the next few years,” ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
... Agreements with the Fund. UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can ...
Article > Press release 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2018
... and resilient societies will require concerted efforts from all parties – government, private sector and civil society ... finance – to align and prioritise climate change challenges together with other national priorities. Country ...
Event > Structured dialogue Viet Nam 
GCF Adaptation Rationale Workshop
... attended the workshop from developing countries in all regions and representing a range of organisations ... potential project ideas and share in-country progress and challenges in implementing adaptation planning processes and ... technical clinics being designed for 2019 with an increasingly sectoral focus, to support DAEs and country actors ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Philippines (the) 