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An End of Year Message from GCF
... 2020. The Green Climate Fund is a partnership organization, and without you we cannot achieve our ambitious mandate to support global action against climate change. 2020 has been a traumatic and ... help steer a turning point towards global financial transformation . I wish you all a peaceful holiday and a happy ...
Article > Statement 
Making blended finance work for adaptation
... adaptation finance flows. Working together, the public and private sectors have a critical role to play in closing ... First, we create an enabling environment for climate action by promoting integrated strategies, planning and policymaking with support from our grant-based ...
Article > Speech
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
... readiness proposal is the second of its kind. It builds on and consolidates the outcomes of the initial readiness ... Directorate for Meteorology to provide bespoke climate information services The low visibility and weak ... help enhance accountability and implementation of climate actions at local level. 3- Promote, operationalize, and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea
Improving technical and operational capacities of the NDA and its network to provide strategic support to stakeholders of the Green Climate Fund's activities in Burkina Faso
... recently succeeded in putting in place required structures and mechanisms for coordinating Green Climate Funds ... and nongovernmental agencies) through the organization of information sharing sessions and a first national dialogue on ... including the environmental and social safeguards, gender issues and the established No Objection procedure. It ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources Lamin Dibba said a GCF-funded ... integrate ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change into planning at the national, district and village levels ... and decision-making processes to take climate change action," she said. Gambia Banjul GCF, UN Environment launch ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African ... Green Climate Fund workshop . “If I go to a rural farmer and ask how climate change is affecting you, the rural ... funding proposals must start with country strategies and plans. Workshop participants highlighted the opportunities ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
The Africa We Want: Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority of the United Nations System
... gas emissions globally yet remains the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected by climate change. As the ... First, we create an enabling environment for climate action by promoting integrated strategies, planning and policymaking. GCF is supporting developing ...
Article > Speech
GCF appoints UN Climate Change high-level champion as facilitator for its second replenishment process
... is the UN Climate Change High-level Champion for Egypt and has been the UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 ... and partners. “Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan urged developed country Parties to provide resources ... accessible to developing countries and accelerating climate action to promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission ...
Article > News update 
GCF Second Consultation Meeting drives momentum for the second replenishment
... (GCF-2) was held on 27-28 April. Hosted by GCF and moderated by Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin , the replenishment ... (IEU) presented their final report of the GCF Second Performance Review (SPR) and updates were shared on progress of ... of supporting GCF to keep climate ambitions and climate action alive. Following the first pledges for GCF-2 by ...
Article > News update 
Executive Director’s pre-recorded statement
... not be with you in person today, I am joining you in spirit and purpose. I recognise the African Union Commission, the ... billion replenishment and guided by an updated strategic plan. As we begin this new programming cycle, I’m pleased ... faster, and we’ll double down on supporting climate action in the world’s most vulnerable places and ...
Article > Speech
New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
Just Climate and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced the signing of a ... mandate and resources to accelerate funding for transformative solutions in developing regions, including Latin ... with a focus on mobilising private capital for climate action where it is most needed.” New partnership to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Readiness Results - Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is one of the first ... and putting tools and systems in place for coordinated action. In the 12 months of implementation, the NDA has: ... standards; Hired a consultant specialized in Knowledge Information Management System (KIMS) development to boost ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
GCF launches Executive Director recruitment process
... to recruit a new Executive Director for the GCF Secretariat and invites applications for all interested individuals. ... a unique opportunity to play a key role in guiding global action on climate change. The Executive Director, operating ... the Fund’s Secretariat, to manage and optimise staff performance, and to foster an inclusive and healthy working ...
Article > Press release 
GCF leadership dialogue in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assembly
... the world grapples with the unprecedented humanitarian and economic crisis caused by COVID-19, developing countries ... and collaborate to set developing countries on transformative investment pathways by leveraging the catalytic ... H.E. Ms. Leonore Gewessler , Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Enhancing support for developing countries and realising the USD 100bn goal
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the UK COP Presidency for the ... first prong promotes an enabling environment for climate action. This involves removing barriers to novel climate ... sustainable development by promoting integrated strategies, planning and policymaking. The second prong accelerates ...
Article > Speech
Climate Technology Deployment Roadmap for E-mobility Ecosystem in Cambodia
... emission contributor in the energy sector, sharing 53.1% (5,094 GgCO2eq) of the total energy-related emissions in 2016 ... sector has increased drastically due to the growing economy and an increasing number of vehicles in the country. This ... setting out long-term policy and technology goals and actions in consideration of Cambodia’s NDC target in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Dialogue prioritises increased climate investment to address fragility and conflict
... Climate Fund’s (GCF) Sub-Regional Dialogue with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States in the Middle East has heard ... is not only possible but achievable through collective action in fragile and conflict-affected states,” he said. ... three-day Dialogue. The event focuses on in-depth country planning sessions and will explore how GCF Readiness and ...
Article > News update Oman 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
... countries meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement and called for an ambitious GCF replenishment. The event, ... procedures. He also provided examples of the transformational impact GCF-funded projects have in helping ... GCF Board meeting which gives a good impetus for climate action. “The implications of what [GCF has] managed to do ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda 
Barbados, Belize PMs hail ‘essential’ GCF role in Caribbean
... the region is facing the twin threats of climate change and COVID-19 during the Green Climate Fund’s ... revitalisation in the CARICOM Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan for its pioneer work to foster such a ... for… systematically planning and prioritizing climate actions, developing concrete projects and programmes that ...
Article > Press release 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... Fund (GCF) Board concluded its 34th meeting, the fourth and last Board meeting of the year. The in-person meeting, ... With the new projects, GCF’s portfolio now comprises 209 projects and programmes and stands at USD 11.3 billion in ... Unit on its summary findings of GCF’s Second Performance Review, which fed into the discussions. Germany ...
Article > Press release 
Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... you immediately feel the comfort of home. It’s warm and cozy. A pot of tea is boiling. Diplomas, trophies, ... house toasty was fueled by coal briquettes. Transforming Ger Districts An ongoing Asian Development Bank ... (ADB) project is supporting the Ulaanbaatar City Master Plan by laying priority infrastructure such as water and ...
Article > Story Mongolia 
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
... Fund will focus on pursuing high-quality climate projects and improving its approval processes, Executive Director ... out that in order to enhance the efficiency of project assessment, the GCF Board decided at its most recent meeting ... it supports match best-practice fiduciary standards and conform to environmental and social safeguards. GCF staff ...
Article > Press release 
PSAA guide on EE role and identification
... as a guidance tool for PSAA applicants, helping them understand how to identify the Executing Entities (EEs) for the proposed project/programme and the associated legal arrangements. Note: The PSAA ... the EEs based on the applicant’s due diligence and assessment of the proposed EEs. PSAA guide on EE role and ...
Document > Guides
Capacity building for Energy Auditing and Solarization Readiness in The Bahamas
... is designed to build a framework for energy auditing and solar assessment which will be required to scale a national ... Nationally Determined Commitment (NDC) by 2030 and transform its energy sector to mitigate the effects of climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
A consortium of multilateral development banks and funders, countries, and philanthropies today published ... of the Guiding Principles include: Accelerating transformative climate and health solutions to save and improve ... priorities,” said Bathylle Missika, Head of Division, Gender, Philanthropy & Partnerships, OECD Development ...
Article > Press release 
GCF can plug the adaptation finance gap say leaders at COP26 side lines dialogue
Small island nations with only a little over a decade to prepare for ... larger flows of finance must be catalysed to fund climate action. “We will need a dramatic increase in finance, a ... dialogue: “To achieve Rwanda’s ambitious climate plan, we continue to value GCF funding as a reliable partner ...
Article > Press release 
Letter from the Executive Director: reflections and farewell
... the challenges of COVID-19 as well as those of political and economic crises. In the face of these challenges, though, the need for urgent climate action has become ever clearer with each successive extreme ... countries. Those funds are accelerating green market transformations, catalysing the far greater flows of climate ...
Article > Speech 
The Green Climate Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025
... this week, greenlighting 22 new projects for climate action around the world. The USD 1.332 billion total is the largest amount approved at a GCF Board meeting and brings the year’s total to USD 3.26 billion, a new ... reflects how the Fund is delivering on its major reform agenda to increase access to finance and results for ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic frameworks support for Dominica and Jamaica through Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica
... bond listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It aims to assess the debt market and foster a conducive environment for a green bond market ... ecosystem through the following components: Component 1: Assessing the debt market (bonds) and infrastructure; ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica Jamaica