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Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only ... The projects to strengthen climate action in Liberia, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Congo were given the green light during ... to set the parameters of implementation, reporting, disbursement and budgeting for each individual GCF climate ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... regional stability and conserve global biodiversity. This generates vital ecosystem goods and services that support ... climate and temperature regulation, absorption of carbon emissions, fisheries, food security, coastal protection, tourism ...
Document > Thematic brief
Policies: Risk management framework
Risk management framework GCF’s risk management framework defines GCF’s approach to managing risk at both the institutional and funding proposal ... covering funding, non-financial, investment and compliance risks. It also contains GCF’s risk appetite, approach to ...
Basic page > Policy map
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
Rwanda is undergoing rapid urbanization as one of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. ... interventions related to urban and the built environment. This National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Readiness project ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
GCF-1
GCF's first replenishment GCF’s first replenishment (2020-2023) is an important element of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is ...
Basic page
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
... and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's second official side event of this year’s COP focused on the Fund's achievements to date, ...
Article > Press release 
Summary of outcomes of the 24th meeting of the GCF Board
... over the meeting as Co-Chairs. Representatives of the UNFCCC secretariat, the World Bank (GCF Trustee), and the Board’s independent Technical Advisory Panel and its Accreditation Panel were present, as ... approved by the Board. This document does not represent the official report of the meeting. Summary of outcomes of the ...
Document > Summary of outcomes of the meeting of the GCF Board
GCF-1 Progress Report
... years, in the face of COVID-19, political and economic crises, the need for urgent climate action has become ever ... period (referred to as ‘GCF-1’), ahead of its replenishment for the next four years. The GCF-1 Progress Report ... who was appointed as the incoming Executive Director will officially start her term in July 2023. GCF-1 Progress ...
Document > Annual report
Luxembourg and GCF meet to discuss climate finance mobilization
During COP 22, Luxembourg’s Environment Minister, Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, and the Green Climate Fund ... Executive Director a.i., Mr. Javier Manzanares, met to discuss the Fund’s progress over the past year, as well as ... to international climate finance, which is additional to Official Development Assistance, amounting to USD 230 per ...
Article > Press release Luxembourg 
Building the engagement of Burkina Faso with the GCF: Establishing and strengthening national institutions to engage with GCF and formulate a country programme
... plans, and priorities are already formulated in several official documents, such as the NAPA, NAP, INDCs, NAMAs plan ... in line with PNDES*. Altogether they constitute the basis for a country programme, cornerstone for the preparation, ... Fund, and engagement of stakeholders, including from administration, private sector, civil society, with equal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
GCF Global NDA Conference 2018
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to host the Global NDA Conference on 8-9 and 12 ... to exchange ideas, hear from technology investors, and discuss climate investment opportunities — all in an effort ... and development of project pipelines. Government officials will provide firsthand accounts of how GCF ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF’s PPMS Readiness Report Module Webinar
... funded activities and the Readiness Programme since its official launch in January 2021. In particular, the PPMS for ... Support Programme was soft-launched in July 2022 and the disbursement module was launched in October 2022. During this webinar, the GCF Secretariat will introduce the newly ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF's PPMS Webinar on APR submission for AEs for CY2022
Since its official launch in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat has ... to supporting AEs in submitting the CY2022 APRs as the submission deadlines are approaching. All the AEs and any other ... of the webinar will be held with interpretation to Spanish and French, as well as live captioning, allowing for ...
Event > Webinar 
Creating the enabling conditions for the implementation of the Loss & Damage (L&D) mechanism in Ecuador
... geographical location and socioeconomic conditions, Ecuador is highly vulnerable to external factors of various kinds, ... caused by these events in the past decades, there is no official economic quantification in Ecuador that enables the ... the national or international negotiations related to the UNFCCC Loss and Damage (L&D) mechanism. The main goal of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ecuador
De-risking low- carbon investment in public buildings in the Kyrgyz Republic
... Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as ARIS) has been nominated by the NDA (Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Engineering ... Kyrgyzstan who speak Kyrgyz or Russian and who can prepare official documentation in English for submission to the GCF. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Kyrgyzstan
Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
... identifying the way ahead for focusing climate finance in this vulnerable part of the world, particularly in building ... projects totalling more than USD 250 million in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, ... across the Pacific region, in addition to senior government officials, including representatives of GCF National ...
Article > Press release 
African countries propose ambitious GCF pipeline at Cape Town Dialogue
... Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with Africa concluded this week after three days of focused deliberations on helping ... climate-resilient projects that were discussed between 24-26 October. Project concepts covered mitigation and ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points, UNFCCC Focal Points, and officials from national ministries of ...
Article > Press release South Africa 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
This week’s P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build momentum to deliver global climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
Article > Speech
GCF Africa Regional Dialogue opens with a focus on regional climate solutions
... of the Dialogue, held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference Centre, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 29 September 2025, is ‘Towards a ... action pathways, with discussions on greening the Africa Free Trade Area and harnessing synergies across ...
Article > News update Ethiopia 
Agreement signed at Africa Forward Summit to accelerate energy access
... project, approved by the GCF Board in March 2026, will provide USD 250 million in GCF financing as part of the overall Mission 300 initiative to connect 300 million people in ... access, ASCENT‑GREEN supports the African Continental Free Trade Area by strengthening climate‑resilient supply ...
Article > News update 
Agence Française de Developpement
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is a public international financial institution established several decades ago. The mandate of AFD is to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International France
Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
... to thank the organizers for the opportunity to address this prestigious forum. Today my remarks will focus on the ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ... that could yield a direct economic gain of US$ 26 trillion through to 2030, capital in search of higher ...
Article > Speech
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... accreditation approach Assessment, including gap analysis, of institutions accredited by other relevant funds ... and social safeguards Application documents for submissions of applications for accreditation Initial results ... No-objection procedure Best practices for the establishment and composition of National Designated Authorities ...
Event > Board meeting
Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve Belize, through national commitments ... Nevertheless, despite these goals, the potential of emissions reductions Traditional Fire Management (ER TFM) to address land sector issues arising from frequent wildfires in this region ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an autonomous international organization headquartered in Bangkok that promotes disaster risk reduction and climate resilience across Asia ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Thailand
Asian Forest Cooperation Organization
The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is a treaty-based intergovernmental organization ... and mitigation priorities. The organization has established partnerships with numerous international organizations ... has mobilized funding through regional cooperation mechanisms and private sector engagement platforms. Guided by its ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Republic of Korea (the)
Bank of Bhutan Limited
Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoB) is the largest and oldest commercial bank in Bhutan, ... headquartered in Thimphu and operating since 1968. With a mission to deliver inclusive and reliable banking services ... mitigation and adaptation priorities, building on its existing climate-aligned financing portfolio. The bank intends ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Bhutan
Caribbean Export Development Agency
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CE) is a regional trade and investment promotion agency serving ... and green business development across Caribbean small island developing States and middle-income countries. CE ... to climate finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The agency also promotes inclusive and ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Barbados
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
... Relief Services – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS) is a humanitarian and development organization that supports ... programmes focused on poverty reduction, humanitarian assistance, and sustainable development. CRS intends to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International United States
Eldik Bank Open Joint-Stock Company
Eldik Bank Open Joint-Stock Company (Eldik Bank) is the national development bank of Kyrgyzstan, headquartered in Bishkek. The bank provides a broad range of banking services ... in rural and remote areas. Eldik Bank has established a dedicated Sustainability Department responsible for ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Kyrgyzstan