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Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
... climate impacts are already emerging during a recent meeting with GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey designed to ... in Sri Lanka,” said President Sirisena. “Rice, as a staple food for the country, has always been produced in the ... National Adaptation Planning, is about to start. Anura Dissanayake, Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development ...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka 
GCF and ADB sign agreement to help Fiji address its water challenge
... Agreement (FAA) on Monday in Nadi, Fiji prepares the legal groundwork for GCF to begin transferring its USD 31 ... rain are putting Fiji’s existing urban water supply and sanitation under strain. This infrastructure-based ... Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.” The ADB, a GCF Accredited Entity , announced during the signing it expects to ...
Article > Press release Fiji ADB 
KCB Bank Kenya Limited
... focused on key areas such as customer experience, network spread, youth agenda, digital payments, new ... modern information technology architecture, enhanced credit and risk management, and a performance-driven ... culture. KCB is committed to integrating sustainable development into its business, particularly through ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Kenya
CARICOM Development Fund
... sectors, including agriculture, infrastructure, sustainable energy, tourism, and climate change. Having funded ... other regional DAEs, facilitating assistance in their accreditation processes and will continue to contribute to the ... its strategic financial and technical interventions. Together with GCF, CDF plans to expand its credit risk ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Barbados
Development Bank of Nigeria Plc
... global development partners, DBN addresses financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises ... (MSMEs) in Nigeria. DBN provides financing and partial credit guarantees to eligible financial intermediaries, ... change impacts, ensuring a resilient and sustainable future for Nigeria. DBN works closely with the GCF to ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Nigeria
Development Bank of Rwanda (B.R.D) Plc
... partners with microfinance institutions and savings and credit cooperatives to deliver tailored financial solutions to small-scale farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). BRD's mission is to drive the sustainable development of Rwanda by providing innovative, ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Rwanda
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank
... promote trade, regional economic integration, and sustainable development through a suite of financial instruments, ... trade and project finance, infrastructure funding, and asset management. TDB has its principal offices in Burundi ... With a long-standing market presence, an investment-grade credit rating, and trusted relationships with global ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (Regional) Mauritius
Project cycle
GCF Project Activity Cycle Strategy, origination and structuring Stage 1. Country ... analyse financial needs and gaps, and identify Accredited Entities (AEs) or partners to design and implement ... of results and impacts relative to projections, informing future decision-making, credibility approaches, and ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still ... central heating, hot water from tap, and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
... social and economic conditions make the country vulnerable to the risks associated with climate variability and ... the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) along with the opposite side of the fluctuation, i.e. La Nina. In addition, the ... UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will serve as the Accredited Entity for the project. The AE will work with a ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador UNEP
Empowering resilience: Harnessing climate-smart practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
... brief and parched, and smallholder farmers face a formidable challenge. Prolonged winters and short, dry summers stunt ... the harsh climate and make informed decisions for a better future. “Previously we had no data, we could not make any ... 658 support equipment at 13 agro-meteorological observation sites. These tools monitor critical agro-meteorological ...
Article > Story WFP 
Support for National Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development in Myanmar
... the new planting season as well as progress on construction sites and factories around the country. A recent survey conducted by UN-Habitat in Yangon highlights that at least one person per household among urban-poor households ... regional governments and cities. The potential derailing of future subnational low carbon and climate resilient growth ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Myanmar GGGI
Zambia shows leadership potential in milestone visit to GCF HQ
... deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 ... of three Zambian organisations as potential GCF Accredited Entities; recent progress on six projects that Zambia is presenting to GCF for possible future support The group included senior government ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing rural livelihoods in the Headwaters of the Zambezi river (Zambia’s North-Western province), in support to NDC implementation and RBPs
... for REDD+, the submission of its Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) and Safeguards Information System (SIS) to ... and access REDD+ Results-Based Payments (RBPs) in a near future. Among others, the FREL needs to be improved notably, ... Land-Use assessment phase II https://prais.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2018-08/ILUA%20II_Final%20Re... [2] ...
Document > Concept note Zambia FAO
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Bolivia and Namibia (CREE-BN)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by WWF and ... priorities of the three participating countries. Potential sites have been identified with stakeholders in each ... to ensure equitable and effective implementation. WWF US (Accredited Entity and Executing Entity) will lead the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Namibia WWF
Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... adopted by the Cabinet on 5 March, was announced at a high-level donor round table on climate change, a first of its ... and Economic Management (MFEM) has been successfully accredited to GCF, and together with their country programme, ... The team also met high-level government officials and visited potential project sites in Rarotonga. "The Cook ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
FP023 - Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)
... Zambezi regions. The project targeted 3,000 direct small-scale farmers (SSF) over 5,000 hectares, focusing on ... and various stakeholders has laid a strong foundation for future initiatives in climate-resilient agriculture. ... from the Project Completion Report (PCR) submitted by Accredited Entities at the end of a project’s implementation ...
Project > Public sector Namibia EIF 
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
The eighth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held ... panels and groups Guiding framework and procedures for accrediting national, regional and international implementing entities and intermediaries, including the ...
Event > Board meeting
Executive Director Keynote Speech
... working in international development, but I decided to target my work a little bit more in terms of development and climate because, at ... owning and taking that leadership role. Last year, GCF revisited our readiness strategy or programme that provides ...
Article > Speech
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
Three months ago the Green Climate Fund mourned the loss of Leonardo Paat, our dear friend and colleague. Leo died from ... (B.24) in 2019. Always humble and modest, Leo refused credit for himself, but preferred to keep in the background. ... , gender policy , and indigenous peoples policy on our website. A tribute to Leo Paat Jr. ...
Article > Story 
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector ... "Both the public and private sectors should work together towards developing sustainable solutions that are ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the electricity from diesel generators. The ...
Article > Story Mali BOAD 
GCF investment supports green energy transition in Chile
... equity investment in a solar power and pumped storage hydroelectric project will help decarbonise Chile’s energy mix and catalise private investments to the renewable energy market. At its 23rd meeting, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ...
Article > Press release Chile MUFG_Bank 
Structured Dialogue with Africa
... of African countries with GCF. It also helped to accelerate the design and implementation of ambitious projects ... paradigm shift towards a low-emission and climate-resilient future. They also highlighted measures necessary to deal ... meetings of Secretariat staff with NDAs/focal points and Accredited Entities. These led to concrete progress in the ...
Event > Structured dialogue Mali 
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ... and climate resilience. The programme safeguards a future for Lao where both people and forests can thrive, ...
Article > Story Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) GIZ 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ... featuring prominent women leaders from journalism, meteorology, entertainment, and climate finance. The panel ... Committee Member, shared interesting insights on the future of journalism: "I was talking to youth journalists, ...
Article > News update 
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous ... to a selected mountainous area, and then covering the site with mud, ash and charcoal before closing it off with ... adaptive measure against climate change by improving the future supplies of water to nearby Pakistani villages. A GCF ...
Article > Press release 
The Nature Conservancy
... working for educational, scientific and charitable purposes, TNC is now a wide-reaching environmental ... greenhouse gas emissions and implement their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) by implementing ambitious and ... mitigation and adaptation. TNC is developing a pilot rural credit model with a major bank and a major commodity broker ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International United States
Enhancing the resilience of health systems to climate change and emerging pandemics in the Republic of Marshall Islands
... (RMI), a small island developing state, is highly vulnerable to the health impacts of climate variability and change. ... communicable and non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and Tuberculosis. The under-five mortality ... sources (94.5%), the population using improved sanitation facilities is roughly 77%2. Vector-borne diseases ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Marshall Islands WHO
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan of the Maldives
... Small Island Developing State (SIDS) and is one of the smallest atoll island nations globally. The government of ... atoll islands — makes the Maldives extremely vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, particularly ... coastal erosion and sea-level rise. A 0.5 to 0.8 meter rise in sea level by 2100 — as predicted by global ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives UNEP