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Accelerating the deployment of climate financing for early warning systems
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) through its Simplified Approval Process ... the Scaling-up Framework, that will facilitate access to financing to develop early warning systems, for countries that ... at UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), reminded participants that “the UN ...
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Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure enabling conditions for the Government of Yemen ... project will achieve this goal based on its transformational logic as follows: IF the project clarifies roles and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
Climate change poses a severe threat to Angola’s economy and ... and direct health risks and affect economic potential and national food security. Angola plans to reduce greenhouse gas ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
Initial Resource Mobilisation
Overview Following a rapid institutional start-up phase, the GCF’s Initial ...
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Indigenous Peoples
Overview Indigenous Peoples are unique and a distinct stakeholder ... GCF. The rights of Indigenous Peoples are affirmed by international human rights instruments, including binding ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including in the Cancun Agreement. The preamble of ...
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Themes & result areas
Themes Our work aims to support paradigm shifts in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation ...
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Readiness: GCF placements
GCF Liaison Officer scheme We are excited to announce the launch of the GCF Liaison ...
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GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... results-based payment. Results-based payments are the final phase in REDD+ that provides financial incentives to ... Juan Chang said Brazil's project marks a major turning point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Climate costs will rise sharply if we miss 1.5 degree target, GCF conference hears
Climate finance is a moral obligation, while inadequate action leading to global temperatures over 1.5 ... and its National Designated Authorities, which act as focal points to communicate climate needs identified by developing ...
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Green Climate Fund pledges ambitious response to IPCC alarm bell
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is working with developing countries to ... we take today will be critical for a safe and sustainable world tomorrow.” Responding to the latest scientific ... low-emission and climate-resilient pathways. NDAs, or focal points, represent developing country governments in their ...
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Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
The importance of the private sector was a common theme among ... and public sectors to work together in developing sustainable solutions to address climate change. A number of ... formal and informal discussions during the four-day event pointed to a shared view of the need to draw in the private ...
Article > Press release Colombia CAF 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar supported by GCF at the global climate change conference ... uncertainties of climate change should serve as an entry point for the use of risk sharing mechanisms and other ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ...
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Germany, Incheon City raise awareness on climate conflict and cooperation at GCF Headquarters
... a Berlin-based think tank for applied research, policy analysis, and global change issues. Songdo is the 42nd venue ... complex issues of climate change and, more importantly, to point them at existing solutions to the response to global ... the subjects of water, climate, land, forests and minerals. Visitors learn how environmental degradation and resource ...
Article > Press release Germany Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF disburses finance to support Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
The Green Climate Fund has begun disbursing resources to the first ... of indigenous people. This USD 9.1 million climate finance initiative will help indigenous communities in the ... Amazon as it is the planet’s lungs.” Mr. Paniagua also pointed out that the best way to prevent deforestation and ...
Article > Press release Peru Profonanpe 
Results needed to tackle forest roots of climate challenge
Paying developing countries based on results they achieve in ... to meet the global climate challenge, according to Jonah Busch, a researcher with the US-based Centre for Global ... efforts by National Designated Authorities and focal points in developing countries to engage with GCF in these ...
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GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
The thirteenth meeting of the Board (B.13) of the Green Climate ... in GCF funding. “The close of B.13 marks the half-way point for the GCF in 2016,” said Board Co-Chair Ewen McDonald (Australia). “Looking at what we’ve achieved so far ...
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GCF speeds up funding process to help meet urgent need for climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed implementation agreements for three climate finance projects immediately after they were approved by the ... given the burgeoning demand for climate finance.” He pointed out the three agreements represent further progress ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries FAO 
Financing ambition and the future we want
Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good ... and millions more are at risk without public support. As national, global and financial leaders consider stimulus ... to revive economies, the world is at a major turning point, with either a rare opportunity for a global course ...
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Financing the future we want
As we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the global community grapples ... that, “Had we been further advanced in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate ... to revive economies, the world is at a major turning point, with either a rare opportunity for a global course ...
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National Adaptation Plan: Advancing risk-informed development and land-use planning in Tunisia
Situated in North Africa, Tunisia is in one of the world’s ... levels by 15 to 18 cm and escalating extreme weather phenomena (floods and droughts). These risks are likely to result ... implementation and produced a road map for the NAP. Entry points for integrating adaptation and which the project will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia UNDP
Strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders for climate finance and enhancing the Country Programming process in Guinea
This readiness proposal is the second of its kind. It builds ... with the goal to strengthening technical and institutional capacity of NDA and national stakeholders on climate ... outcomes as follow : Outcome 1.1: Country NDAs or focal points and the network/ systems that enable them to fulfil ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guinea ANAFIC
Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition
... sector makes up for 63% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Lesotho, and this is projected to rise if the ... of investments in clean energy solutions. Lesotho’s National Science and Technology Plan also stresses the need ... engagement strategy will provide recommendations and action points that can guide Lesotho’s private sector to be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho UNIDO
Nauru Readiness II - Strengthening NDA capacities and DAE access
The objective of this proposal is to strengthen Nauru’s climate ... is very limited in Nauru where the NDA and sector focal points identified difficulties and challenges in both ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru SPREP
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Global Programming Conference (GPC) ... convened Ministers and high-level dignitaries, GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to ...
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GCF hosts first Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group meeting
... Indigenous People’s Advisory Group (IPAG) meeting on 26-28 September 2022. Organised by the GCF Secretariat ... Bhadra Rai, Director of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), the meeting provided a direct avenue ... decision-making were major areas of discussion. Key meeting points also included aligning on investment priorities and ...
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PSAA questionnaire
Questionnaire Who should take the PSAA questionnaire? Any entity ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). GCF works directly with countries that are affected ... a country's National Designated Authority (NDA) or Focal Point (FP) , which are government agencies tasked to liaise ...
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Green Climate Fund and Global Fund join forces to tackle impact of climate crisis on health
... Fund, announced their intention today at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the ... push already inequitable health systems past the breaking point. Together with the Green Climate Fund, the Global Fund ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
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Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin
Benin has developed important national policies and strategies documents1 which ... Development (MCVDD) which plays the role of National Focal Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Implementing the activities envisaged under this NDC ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin ICRAF
Greening India’s transportation
Driving through the congested streets of Delhi, it’s ... a major source of air pollution across the most populated nation in the world. Transportation is India’s ... vehicles and conventional vehicles, so it brings it to a point of indifference when choosing between them. In ...
Article > Story India MAAML FP186 
From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
The Maldives, known as a luxury holiday destination with crystal ... on tap when they need it. The project represents a turning point in water security in the Maldives, marking a ...
Article > Story Maldives UNDP FP007 