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Policies: Project approval
Project approval The consideration and approval of funding proposals by the GCF is undertaken ... establish the key steps, requirements, responsibilities, and tasks in GCF’s project and programme cycle, from submission through to approval and ...
Basic page > Policy map
Expanding GCF’s reach in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... Georgia, country representatives from Eastern Europe and Central Asia participated in a Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... points, to learn about the Fund. Discussion focused on assessing the region’s climate action priorities and identifying areas where readiness ...
Article > Press release Georgia 
FP028 - MSME Business Loan Program for GHG Emission Reduction
Supporting Mongolian enterprises embrace energy efficiency and renewable energy. Ninety percent of Mongolian businesses are run by Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs). The majority of these ... short-term loan periods. In accordance with GCF’s gender focus, at least half of the financial support will go ...
Project > Private sector Mongolia 
Co-Chairs' expectations for the twelfth meeting of the Board
Board members and alternates from 37 countries have arrived in Songdo, ... and enter into funding agreements. B.12 is the first formal Board meeting since the monumental 21st meeting of ... will focus on the priority operational matters that require action by the Board, and accredit new entities to grow the ...
Article > Press release 
Plenary Remarks at High-level Segment
Ecosystem degradation is a cause and a consequence of climate change, and ecosystem ... nature and ecosystems for effective and sustainable climate action. It also encourages Parties to consider nature-based ... its over 200 public and private partners, GCF drives transformative climate solutions for a just energy, ...
Article > Speech
Enhancing Zambia’s Private Sector Access to Climate Finance and Participation in NDC Implementation
... estimated at over US$50 billion from both the public and private sectors over a decade. All projections indicate ... in Zambia. However, private sector participation in climate action in Zambia is weak and needs to be strengthened to ... implementation of its NDC and climate finance goals. The formulation of this proposal has been led at the highest ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
Long-term vision on complementary, coherence and collaboration between GCF and GEF
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. Collaborating on climate ... countries to raise their ambitions and accelerate climate action. However, there is a lot left to be done to get back ... establishing and deploying collaborating financing platforms. Second, LTV will facilitate exchanges of information, ...
Article > Speech
Building project pipeline capacities: Development of GCF concept notes in the transport and health sectors in Thailand
... the development of priority climate change projects in Thailand, critical skills need to be built up in Thai ... are among the key sectors in Thailand that require urgent action in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation, ... transport sector and e- mobility in particular, the market assessment of scaling up and replicability potentials, the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Austrian Development Agency
... as the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation and finances and supports development projects internationally on behalf ... development; education; environment and climate protection; gender equality; peace, human security, human rights and ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Austria
GCF publishes the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.26
... with a view to accelerate the implementation of projects and programmes upon approval. To facilitate this, work ... 2020 B.26 23-25 June 2020 * Per paragraph 17 of GCF’s Information Disclosure Policy, the AE shall disclose the ESS ... submitted for B.26 should use the latest funding proposal template. The new revised template and relevant annexes can ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Paraguay’s capacity to access climate finance through DAEs nomination, Sub-national Climate Finance Roadmap development and pipeline strengthening
... (GHG) emissions in the Republic of Paraguay in 2015 was 75,099.89 Gg CO2eq1. According to the World Resources Institute ... accounts for 52.9% of the country’s total emissions. Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCFs) is the ... include expansion of agriculture and livestock, wood extraction, infrastructure extension, biomass burning and use of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Supporting Green Regional Development in Mongolia
Effective urban development and management are vital for the successful implementation ... of Mongolia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) action plan. The Government of Mongolia is actively working towards ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mongolia
Building capacity towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia
... change process will be achieved through building capacities and creating an evidence-based and enabling environ- ment in ... leading sectoral institutions having the capacity to plan and im- plement climate-related measures, including ... enhanced NDC, draft Long-term Strategy and Law on Climate Action, the UN Agenda 2030 and the SDGs, GCF national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia
Strengthening Tajikistan's capacity to access and deploy climate finance
The Republic of Tajikistan, as a small landlocked country, is the most climate vulnerable country in ... are less able to cope and less likely to have access to information and resources. This readiness project is a small ... plan into tangible investment through a costed AFOLU Action Plan to guide partners to invest in scalable climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Climate adaptation of agricultural value chains in the Norte Grande of Argentina: promoting the holistic management of agroecosystems
... family-based systems play essential economic, social, and environmental roles. National Law 27,118 (2014) assigns ... systems have been prioritized in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), given their high vulnerability to climate change ... adaptation strategic plans that identify potential lines of action to increase the resilience of their different stages ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
Enhance capacities of Cabo Verde in addressing the effects of climate change in key sectors of the Blue Economy
As a Small Island Developing State, Cabo Verde is particularly vulnerable ... building the enabling environment required to support the planning, programming and implementation of GCF-funded ... (2017) and the National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007). The support provided through this proposal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Support for National Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development in Myanmar
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a crisis in Myanmar’s rural and urban ... and launching its NUP (National Urban Policy), with the former highlighting key urban sectors such as industrial ... up investment. Insufficient understanding and shared policy actions between government departments working on low carbon ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar
GCF launches Green Champions Awards to recognise outstanding climate change efforts in developing countries
... has launched the GCF Green Champions Awards to recognise and promote the most noteworthy and successful efforts to ... individuals and organisations driving climate transformation. The GCF Green Champions Awards will promote ... The nominees must be aged 25 years or less. Climate Gender Champion - A person that has a track record in ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.24/14/Rev.01 - Workplan of the Board for 2020 – 2023: Co-Chairs proposal
This document presents a proposal to develop a workplan for the Board for the period 2020 – 2023. The ... Fund establishing a regular policy implementation, learning and review cycle aligned to replenishment and strategic planning cycles. The proposal aims to ...
Board document > Action item
Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... fund, GCF brings together players from across the public and private sectors to catalyse climate finance at scale and ... and liquidity. This includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, without which bond ...
Article > Speech
GCF rolls out new and improved Readiness Programme
... Climate Fund (GCF) recently launched its revised Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (the Readiness Programme). As the world’s largest climate action capacity-building programme, Readiness supports ... and planning and programming frameworks to achieve a transformational long-term climate action agenda. Readiness ...
Article > News update 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for the State of Palestine through UNDP
... processes including a ‘no objection procedures’ and ‘coordination mechanism’ and to create an enabling ... to mainstream climate change in the national and local planning process. These activities and capacities will ... sector. It will support the NDA in Palestine to prepare a gender and social inclusive country programme that focuses ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal State of Palestine
SAP062 - Dominica Community Resilience Enhancement Project (DOMCREP)
Dominica is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), highly vulnerable to ... The approach is highly inclusive, with a strong focus on gender and social equity: at least 40 per cent of farmers ... Development Strategy, the Climate Resilience and Recovery Plan and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). ...
Project > Public sector Dominica 
GCF/B.20/14 - GCF communications strategy
... summarized as engagement, implementation, impact and replenishment. The strategy identifies the Parties to ... to be used by GCF in its communications. An implementing plan is also provided for information. GCF/B.20/14 GCF communications strategy ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/13 - Work programme of the Secretariat for 2018 and administrative budget
... by paragraph 23(e) of the Governing Instrument for the GCF and consistent with the direction of the Board in its decisions and strategic plan. It includes in appendix IV a results framework that ...
Board document > Action item
Risk guidelines for funding proposals (Component IV)
... decision B.17/11 (a) (iv). Provides guidelines for the risk assessment of Funding Proposals and Concept Notes by GCF. Board Risk guidelines for funding ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Study for Port of Port Louis
This proposal aims to provide a technology needs assessment and identification of adaptive measures to improve the resilience and sustainability of Port Louis harbour. Mauritius Climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritius
Growing water awareness in tackling climate challenge
... in Hungary. “Water is cited as part of adaptation action in 93 per cent of countries’ Nationally Determined ... which different nations are charting their climate action plans under the Paris Agreement. Mr. Manzanares said the ... water has become in considering ways to reduce emissions and prepare countries for the future onset of climate ...
Article > Press release Hungary 
Executive Director's opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Conference for GCF's second replenishment (GCF-2)
Excellencies, colleagues, and friends, Welcome to GCF’s second replenishment ... climate finance - the more we raise ambition of climate action in developing countries and… the closer we get to ... the higher ambitions set out in the 2024-2027 strategic plan which the Board approved early July this year. *Non ...
Article > Speech 