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Liberia receives first instalment of USD 2.2m GCF grant for climate adaptation
... climate adaptation efforts, as well as to ensure all adaptation activities are gender-responsive. GCF’s ... planning support through the Fund’s Readiness Programme , all of which are currently being reviewed in coordination ... to particularly vulnerable countries, including LDCs, small island developing States and African States. Parties to ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... – by preparing for transformational impact in a small island state. Antigua and Barbuda’s ambition is to ... Technology needs assessments for five sectors, including feasibility analyses and risk assessment annexes, to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
... as the frequency and intensity of extreme events is increasing. Rising average temperatures, already recorded, and erratic rainfall exacerbate the risks from major hydrological hazards ... female. The livelihood systems of approximately 300,000 smallholder farmers are at increasing risk, 90% of whom are ...
Document > Concept note Bhutan
Building climate resilience into Trinidad and Tobago’s Healthcare System
... a result, the above mentioned activities will be strategically realized through the following outcome areas: ... The Project will mainly benefit the Ministry of Health and all its subsidiaries and as a result the wider National ... will also benefit from this as it is the lead Ministry of all matters Climate Change nationally and has to report to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda (SAP)
... is to strengthen the skills, awareness and knowledge of all levels of Government and to develop the evidence base ... budgets. The objective of the NAP process and specifically this proposal is to secure resources for adapta- tion ... for the country; iv) build widespread capacity among all Districts for the first time in Uganda and v) main- ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uganda
Enhancing Zambia’s Private Sector Access to Climate Finance and Participation in NDC Implementation
... from both the public and private sectors over a decade. All projections indicate that substantial contributions of ... sector and its capacity to leverage public financing. By all accounts, engaging the private sector in climate-smart ... MSMEs who contribute to at least 70% of the country’s overall GDP and 88% of employment4. It will develop and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
... vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies indicate that The Gambia is vulnerable to climate ... impacts and has a low adaptative capacity. Therefore, increasing the resilience of the country to climate change is a ... proper planning and implementation are still lacking. Challenges include: i) constrained institutional, technical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America and Workshop for Direct Access Entities
... and Direct Access Entities and other strategic allies of the GCF can expect: Exchange of inspiring ... put to use in support of the region’s climate goals and challenges Engage in bilateral meetings with the GCF to ... We look forward to welcoming you in Santo Domingo! See all Regional Dialogue photos 1 / 85 Previous Next See all ...
Event > Structured dialogue Dominican Republic (the) 
Closer ties and progress forged at GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
... to strengthen the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in all GCF processes, including Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) and REDD+ , and to advance ... organisations. At the same time, it emphasised that all activities of REDD+ and the Tropical Forest Forever ...
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Development Bank of Jamaica Limited
... company. With a mission to enhance the livelihood of all Jamaicans through development financing, ... pivotal role in improving the business environment and increasing access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The entity has ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Jamaica
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
... fields, which include: creating shared prosperity for all; advancing economic competitiveness; safeguarding the ... comprising 48 regional and country offices operating in all regions around the world. In addition, it has created ... low-emission and climate-resilient development, specifically by unlocking markets for climate technology innovation, ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Austria
Letter from the Executive Director: reflections and farewell
... of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), I would like to thank all of you for your support in helping GCF accelerate the ... world. Over the past four years, we have had to face the challenges of COVID-19 as well as those of political and ... to those most in need with codified, streamlined and increasingly automated processes. We have become more effective, ...
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GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
... for Building the Climate Resilience of Food Insecure Smallholder Farmers Through Integrated Management of Climate ... FP058 – USD 45 million for the Responding to the Increasing Risk of Drought: Building Gender-responsive ... recording of this Board meeting is available on the GCF website . The next GCF Board meeting, B.19, will take place ...
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GCF Board accelerates climate finance ahead of COP26 meeting, approving USD 1.2 billion for new adaptation and mitigation action
... 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action, allocating USD 1.2 billion in GCF resources for climate ... including co-financing. Recognising the importance of increasing support for developing countries to adapt to the ... below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The four-day virtual Board meeting made a number ...
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Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 325.2 million and policies for accelerated climate action
... are listed below and more details are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated Simplified Approval Process (SAP), increasing and simplifying climate finance access for small-scale projects in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... Initiatives, Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list ...
Article > News update 
GCF Regional Dialogue with Latin America sets to further accelerate climate action in the region
... alignment around climate investment planning for Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans and ... the region since closer, more regular contact is a key ingredient for successful engagement as clearly demonstrated by ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Latin America. ...
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GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (AEs) responsible for implementing projects. With an audience of both DAEs and IAEs, the Federated State of ... Project-specific Accreditation Approach (PSSA), which allows a partner to gain accreditation for the duration of a ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
Article > News update 
Policy for contributions to the Green Climate Fund for the first replenishment
Adopted by decision B.24/02 (f); applicable to GCF-1. Defines the resource mobilization approach for the first replenishment period including the sources of funds, types of contributions, conditions, commitment...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Updated policy for contributions to the Green Climate Fund for the second replenishment
Effective between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2027. Adopted by decision B.36/14; applicable to GCF-2. Defines the resource mobilization approach for the second replenishment period including the sources of funds,...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Resource Mobilisation
Overview Responding to the climate challenge requires collective action from all countries, cities, businesses, and private citizens. ... Among these concerted efforts, advanced economies have formally agreed to jointly mobilise USD 100 billion per year by ...
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Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector cooperation in ... or nationalities don't matter; we human beings are all one species. What happens to one, happens to all, and ... from rainforest, to coastal and mountainous areas, the increasing climate impacts of floods and droughts are ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Beyond Paris: GCF Looks Ahead
... to prove even more demanding on the Board, Secretariat, and all of the Fund’s partners and stakeholders if it is to develop according to the Board’s wishes. Mr. Harboe recalled that it was little more than a year since GCF’s ... those pledges were converted into usable commitments, signalling that the Board could declare the Fund open for ...
Article > Press release 
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
... our Ocean healthy. As well as being home to roughly 94% of all the Earth's living species, our Ocean provides food for ... for tens of millions. It also produces around half of all the oxygen we breathe and absorbs over half of all man-made carbon dioxide. We need our Ocean to survive. ...
Article > Speech
Executive Director’s remarks
... and many other International Finance Institutions, all of which have quite tailored requirements and policies ... basis in a number of areas. One of the things that we really want to do is to provide clarity to the broader system ... explorer platform which we are launching today is basically a tool that will be available for everyone to access, ...
Article > Speech
Financing
Financing
A defining feature of GCF in the world of climate finance is its unique ability to tap both public and private finance flows, seeking to engage across sectors to unlock high impact and paradigm shifting...
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Policies: Operations of the Board
Operations of the Board
The Governing Instrument sets out that the Fund will be governed and supervised by a Board that will have full responsibility for funding decisions. It also sets out the full range of roles and...
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Growing ambition: the role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action
... of the Wilson Center, opened the discussion with a call to action : “the climate crisis is already here, and ... finance : why does adaptation currently attract only 20% of all climate finance? The GCF’s Executive Director, ... countries and the GCF accounted for two thirds of all multilateral climate finance last year. Half of our ...
Article > Press release 
ED’s intervention at Plenary Session
... (GCF) at the SIDS4 conference and to engage in person with all the delegates from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and important partner ... for hosting this conference and their hospitality. Additionally, I join the international community in extending ...
Article > Speech
Simplified Approval Process
Overview of the SAP
Note to the public
Beware of scam emails or messages purporting to be from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) or any of its representatives that come with grant, funds, compensation, or partnership offers...
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