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GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
... resilience of rural communities in the Gambia at scale and to facilitate the development of a sustainable natural ... to use Ecosystem Based Adaptation – a cost effective and low risk approach, for building climate resilience of ... The project will integrate Ecosystem Based Adaptation into planning at national, district and village levels.” ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
Lao PDR connecting climate resilience and green growth
... to ensure its socio-economic development is sustainable and anchored in protecting the environment and increasing resilience to a changing climate. This is one ... main messages articulated today by Lao PDR Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, Dr. Kikeo Chanthaboury, during a ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
Viet Nam pledges $1 million to GCF at COP 21
... now pledged support to the Fund, including both developed and developing countries. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen ... should take the lead in delivering their commitments and at the same time provide assistance for capacity ... continue to implement the national strategy, programme, and plans in response to climate change in various areas with ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
COP 21: GCF Talk at Six
Dear Partners, please come and join ‘GCF Talk at Six’ at COP 21 to find out more ... and is represented by a high-level delegation. GCF has an information stand at COP 21, in the Blue Zone (Hall 3) of the ... out more about how to work with us and realize your country plans for the future. The Fund has already convened one side ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems and populations in four regional hubs in northern Mauritania
... pressure in the extremely fragile oases of the Sahara and moving the desert conditions further south, threatening the country’s very fragile and most fertile and populated lands in the Sahelian region. ... are strategically mainstreamed in participatory development planning and implementation at meso and micro levels and ...
Document > Concept note Mauritania
SA Water Reuse Programme (“WRP”)
SOUTH AFRICA IS CONSIDERED TO BE A WATER SCARCE COUNTRY and is projecting a 17% water deficit by 2030 (National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, 2018) (“NWSMP”). According to the NWSMP there is a ...
Document > Concept note South Africa
Enhancing Uruguay’s technical capacities and pipeline robustness to access GCF funding
... (GoU) continuously increased key stakeholders’ capacities and capabilities to engage with the GCF, with a Country Programme endorsed by the Secretariat in 2021, and advanced towards direct access, with Corporación ... Determined Contribution (NDC), National Adaptation Plan (NAPs) and Long Term lowemissions development and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uruguay
National framework for leapfrogging to Energy Efficient Appliances and Equipment in Zambia (Refrigerators and Distribution Transformers) through regulatory and financing mechanism
... will result in Zambia having a regulatory framework and an agreed MEPS and labelling scheme for Refrigerators and Distribution transformers. This would be legislated through a notification by ... reduce GHG emissions, since it is anticipated that the planned increase in grid connections and electrification ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
GCF Board meeting to be held next week
... Board’s new Co-Chairs Nauman Bashir Bhatti of Pakistan and Victoria Gunderson of the United States, as well as the ... updates on the development of GCF’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan and the final report of the Independent Evaluation Unit’s performance review of GCF. The selection of the Heads of the ...
Article > News update 
GCF Board convenes for its 36th meeting on 10-13 July
... of 12 funding proposals, as well as the strategic plan for GCF’s 2024-2027 period. The Board will consider ... third programming period (GCF-2) running from 2024 to 2027, and the revised strategy for the Readiness and Preparatory ... Director, is Executive Director ad interim. For more information, the provisional agenda and Board documents can ...
Article > News update 
The Road to Resilient (R2R) fisheries - adopting ecosystem-based adaptation in four CARICOM Member States
As island and coastal states, Caribbean countries depend heavily on ... for critical ecosystem provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services such as the provision of food, ... recognized the implications and through national policies, plans and commitments have prioritized safeguarding coastal ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... today between the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Green Climate Fund will help AFD achieve its goal of ... of France’s operations towards new geographical areas and sectors that are relatively unexplored,” he explained. ... in implementing joint projects. Mr Rioux added that AFD plans to significantly increase the volume and scope of the ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF hosts discussion on Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement
... role of the Fund, its role in the climate finance landscape, and how it can mobilize funds at scale. The event ... for the future of the Fund, stating, “GCF is about transformation, pushing the boundaries, doing ‘business ... approval of funding to support two National Adaptation Plans for Liberia and Nepal as evidence of the Fund’s ...
Article > Press release 
GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of ... agreement to approve readiness funding for the Caribbean island. The letters were signed by Omar Figueroa, Minister of ... priority for GCF, as articulated in the Fund’s Strategic Plan that the Board adopted in March 2016. Belize Marrakech ...
Article > Press release Belize 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. ... as well creating a framework and readiness for market transactions by adopting appropriate regulations, setting up a ... right-holders who will develop/strengthen forest investment plans and farmer groups for agricultural production. The ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the ... Water and Sanitation Department (DAS) and with the District Planning and Infrastructure Services (SDPI). [1] National ...
Document > Concept note Mozambique
Building institutional capacity for a renewable energy and energy efficiency investment programme for Sao Tome and Principe
The Directorate-General for Natural Resources and Energy (DGRNE)2 of the Ministry of Infrastructure, ... the National Designated Authority (NDA) at the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Blue Economy (MPFEA), are partnering ... (EE) sector. The Readiness support will result in the formulation of a paradigm-shifting investment program, which ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sao Tome and Principe
Develop a renewable energy investment framework to increase the share of renewable energy-based electricity generation to achieve Liberia’s NDC commitments
Liberia needs to attract national and international investments in renewable electricity to ... climate change strategies, the National Rural Energy Master Plan and the Liberian Agenda for Transformation 2030. The impacts of the readiness support will be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Liberia
Strengthening science-based and climate-informed decision- making processes in Mauritius climate-sensitive sectors for impactful and cost-effective climate change programming
Mauritius is among the most vulnerable small island states to the adverse impacts of climate change and most ... is requested to help equip Mauritius with robust climate information services across its critical sectors to strengthen ... is often overlooked or underestimated in development planning, and implementation as climatic impacts are not ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritius
Resilient Puna: Nature-based climate solutions for sustainable high Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru
... as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Resilient Puna: Ecosystem- based approaches for sustainable High Andean communities and ecosystems in Peru” project. A ... hydrological modelling; and watershed/landscape management planning and governance (2). A feasibility study an analysis ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Peru
New platform to boost environmental impact financing in Africa
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have announced their collaboration in the Green and Resilience Debt Platform, a vehicle that aims to boost climate finance in ... Nationally Determined Contribution and National Adaptation Plan. A green, inclusive, and resilient economic development ...
Article > News update 
Pipeline development to deploy clean energy technology solutions in municipal wastewater treatment works of South Africa
... in Africa, benefiting from high levels of industrialization and abundant natural resources such as large mineral ... services to previously disadvantaged areas, including informal settlements. Consequently, the volumes of waste water ... and other stakeholders’ lack the capacity to support the planning, programming and implementation of GCF-funded ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... power generation, which contributed to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural disasters in South ... has established a number of climate-responsive developing planning and launched the Hydrogen Society Roadmap (HSRM), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... power generation, which contributed to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural disasters in South ... has established a number of climate-responsive developing planning and launched the Hydrogen Society Roadmap (HSRM), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
On behalf of the Governments of Botswana and Guatemala, The Nature Conservancy and partners seek to ... on the Concept Note endorsed by the GCF, to create a transformational, flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, ... coordination, and weak integration of climate risk into PCA planning. The proposed project will strengthen the climate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, providing household solar technologies. Aiming to ... has 70% of its population living off-grid, and even a planned massive investment from the government will leave ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
FP200 - Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
... change impacts is exacerbated by its limited resources and capacity to invest in adaptive climate measures to ... at scale, Project 2 aims to first, scale-up climate-informed participatory land use planning, strengthen land tenure security, improve forest ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
Record-breaking Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves USD 1.225 billion for new projects, reforms accreditation model and invites bids to host regional presence
... countries, green-lighting 17 new projects for climate action around the world. The USD 1.225 billion total is the ... is scaling up its activities in response to the global demands for climate finance. GCF now has a portfolio of 314 ... non-profit sectors. The Board agreed on a comprehensive reform package for GCF’s accreditation model. The reforms to ...
Article > Press release 
How to apply
... to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our hiring process. All ... create a ‘Candidate Profile’ which holds the relevant information regarding your application. Once an account has ...
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Policies: Results, monitoring & evaluation
... The Governing Instrument sets out that the programmes and projects, as well as other activities, funded by the Fund will be regularly monitored for impact, efficiency and effectiveness in line with rules and procedures established by the Board. Policies under this ...
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