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Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts
... Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate ... avoid increasing the burden of public debt is all set to begin implementation. The pioneering project, with ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Caribbean countries launch landmark platform to scale up climate investment
The creation of a platform to accelerate the mobilisation of finance for the boosting of ... invest in band-aids for the moment, but in game-changing, future-defining solutions to this challenge that confronts ... urgency. We will lead. We will innovate. And we will act together.” Seven governments have initially committed - ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF convenes Regional Dialogue and Direct Access Entities Workshop in Latin America to accelerate climate action
... Direct Access Entities (DAEs), international Accredited Entities (AEs), civil society, and private sector ... Dialogue (15–17 September), where participants tackled some of Latin America’s most pressing climate finance ... collaboration opportunities and prepare the ground for future funding proposals. Side events offered deep dives on ...
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Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
... of the most destructive on record , according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Extreme weather killed several hundred people, impacted the lives of millions, ... plan and attract larger scale finance for more resilient futures by strengthening their own adaptation planning ...
Article > Press release 
Private sector financing
... the private sector manages more than USD 210 trillion in assets but only a very minor part of it is dedicated to climate ... green growth ambitions, the private sector has an unparalleled opportunity to deliver the investment needed to spur ...
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Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment
The 21st meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today in ... countries, and formally launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment ... Board meeting also approved the applications of 16 new Accredited Entities, the partner organisations that implement ...
Article > Press release Bahrain 
Workshop forges direct links to country-led climate action
... a hundred participants from various corners of the planet have met at GCF HQ in Songdo, the Republic of Korea, to learn more about how the Fund works and to articulate the ... require. Direct Access Entities are special types of Accredited Entity – organisations which the Fund nominates ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board ... include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
First GCF Green Champions to be announced at COP25
... of the first GCF Green Champion Awards have been selected from a total pool of 280 nominees, and the final ... effectively; excelling in stakeholder consultation, etc. Climate Entrepreneur - A person or organisation making ... processes that span across the CBD, UNCCD, and UNFCCC, where she supported the development of the Ghana's ...
Article > Press release 
25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP25)
... UN climate change process. Following agreement on the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement at COP24, a ... of climate action and will feature speakers from our Accredited Entities (our project partners), NDAs (our ... Event title Time Global awareness for a sustainable future: Private sector behaviour within the UN framework ...
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IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
... hope today because of their governments’ support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering ... Sahelian Ministers in September 2020, IFAD and other GCF accredited entities will submit projects for funding ... millions of rural youth in the Sahel face an uncertain future due to falling agricultural yields, and a severe lack ...
Article > Press release 
Cook Islands get major boost in fight against climate change
... spread across 15 islands. The country is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, ... and improving the country’s ability to withstand future disasters. With support from The Pacific Community ... and meet its climate adaptation needs, including the accreditation of the country’s Ministry of Finance and ...
Article > Story Cook Islands 
Unlocking capital for climate action
... (GPIC) has wrapped up in Incheon, Republic of Korea, with leading figures from the public and private sectors pledging ... Nicolini told the audience, “The time to choose our future is now. It is a matter of both environmental urgency ... GPIC, GPC convened representatives from countries, accredited entities, the public and private sectors and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and partners sign project agreements for four transformative climate projects
... and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 34th Board meeting (17-20 October 2022) . They include climate resilience ... Barbados, and Guinea-Bissau and GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the water sector. FP192 ... projects in developing countries in the water, sanitation, and ocean sectors which usually do not attract ...
Article > News update 
Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... its climate investments are working for both vulnerable communities and ecosystems. In short, how do we make sure ... and is predicted to increase another 12 per cent in the future. In the US, the hurricane season that just passed had ... is on coral reefs, which we all know is a habitat of thousands and thousands of wildlife species. Together with ...
Article > Insights 
GCF Board approves nearly USD 600m in new climate projects after selecting Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... climate finance for developing nations, as well as the selection of a new Executive Director. Mafalda Duarte has ... including co-financing. The Board also approved the accreditation of The Nature Conservancy based in the United ... the meeting is available on the Board section of the GCF website. Funding Activity Agreements were signed for: FP199 : ...
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The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF
... an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, enfranchise workers, and draw in ... the European Union (EU) to support climate-resilient water, sanitation, and clean ocean projects across the Caribbean to ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF Board approves new strategic plan and USD 756 million in new climate projects
... for our replenishment and sets a clear path for the future.” The 2024-2027 Strategic Plan articulates GCF’s ... projects on the ground. The Board also approved the accreditation of four new organisations, three of which are ... thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board will be held on 23-26 October 2023 in Georgia. The twelve projects approved ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2023
... Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) gathered global leaders from the private and public sectors to accelerate ... Regional Director, GFANZ Africa Rita Babihuga-Nsanze, Chief Economist, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) ... Fund Side event: Introduction to GCF’s project-specific accreditation Speaker: Timothy Breitbarth, Investment ...
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At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027
... Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early ... countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Chad, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, and Somalia. Designed by UNDP, the World ... investment gaps that stand in the way of a more resilient future for vulnerable communities across the developing ...
Article > Press release 
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
... and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding ... health solutions to save and improve lives now and in the future; Creating equitable, inclusive, accessible, and ... to address environmental health threats," said Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund announces support for adaptation, endorsement of COP initiatives
... the impact of its adaptation investments in support of new pledges, marking Food, Water, and Agriculture Day at COP29. ... with a huge network of organisations, including 138 Accredited Entities, two-thirds of which are regional or ... a viable investment opportunity and setting a precedent for future global applications. Vanuatu Community-based Climate ...
Article > Press release 
Multilateralism must be at the core of our climate response
... year. With increased focus on the need to align the multiple sources of climate finance for maximum impact and ... zero greenhouse gas emissions and a more climate-resilient future. Talks in Baku have centered on reaching agreement ... and are responding to the calls for greater alignment of accreditation and access requirements, and flexibility in the ...
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GCF Board
Overview The Green Climate Fund embodies a new and equitable form of global governance to respond to the global ... structure that ensures consensus-based decisions between developed and developing countries. The GCF Board is ... party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Board is independent and guided by the Conference ...
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Terms and conditions
... and conditions for the use of the Green Climate Fund's Website The website of the Green Climate Fund (“the Website”), along with the information, content and documents ...
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GCF Board’s USD 1 billion for climate projects signals increased climate finance ahead of COP29
... co-financing, across 286 projects. The 40th Board meeting of the world’s largest multilateral climate fund ... countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change . This week, ... funding by assessing an entity’s capacity to meet GCF accreditation standards simultaneously with the project ...
Article > Press release 
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
... 1.225 billion total is the largest amount approved at a single Board meeting, during a year in which the Fund is scaling ... works through a network of over 150 partner agencies (‘Accredited Entities’), an unrivaled global network that ... Water Project with Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP265 : Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable ...
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Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
... Programme . At a moment when climate impacts are accelerating and global finance is falling short, this ... began with Brazil’s platform is now expanding into a network of nearly 20 GCF-supported platforms worldwide. And ... every dollar, becomes an investment in the sustainable future that our territories and our people deserve. Colombia ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Committees, panels and groups
... assist the Board in its decision-making, and exercise any delegated authority under the overall authority and direction ... all committees established ad hoc should have a clearly defined timeline and end date, related to the ...
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