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The Green Climate Fund signed an Accreditation Master Agreement today with the Prime Minister ... for the country’s Department of Environment. The milestone unlocks opportunities for the continued ... the importance of climate finance in safeguarding for future disasters. “GCF is supporting the efforts of SIDS - ...

... land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in the margins of the ... GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural people in developing countries. AMAs act as legal frameworks ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ...

... representatives of National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners, civil society ... of countries in the region to respond to the climate challenge. Projects in the region range from ensuring ... fuels. The dialogue will provide an opportunity to harvest lessons learned towards: strengthening and streamlining ...

... GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The ... of its investment criteria, or to add new partners as Accredited Entities. The Chair expressed his regret to the ... Co-Chair Paul Oquist in 2018, and wish him well for the future." The board has now commenced the process for the ...

... resources about opportunities to make solar power available throughout the Sahel region, transforming African deserts into new sources of renewable energy. The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the ... with the Green Climate Fund and Africa50 is a great milestone and will help us deliver at scale.” Alain ...

... Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting ... AfDB annual meeting – which the bank says is aimed at accelerating industrialisation across the African continent. ... adaptation. AfDB is a key GCF partner. Approved as a GCF Accredited Entity in March 2016, AfDB is working on a series ...

The challenge of maintaining solid economic growth in Asia through ... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ... policies recognising the special place of Indigenous Peoples and the safeguards that underpin all of the Fund's ...

... of multi-country markets in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The Dialogue in Mali’s capital Bamako will ... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ... Results of the Bamako event will inform and shape GCF’s future collaboration with African countries on how best to ...

... place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who ... speakers and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology ...

... four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's resources. They ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, Readiness delivery partners, private ... Latin America to withstand such wide-ranging disasters in future. Common with all GCF Structured Dialogues, the Bogota ...

... number of Caribbean countries are now repairing the damage left in the wake of extreme weather which swept through the ... the GCF confabs, the Fund’s partners – including Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities or ... Skerrit told the UN General Assembly his nation “resembles a warzone” after its buffeting by back-to-back ...

... and of how public climate funds can successfully leverage private capital. The One Planet Summit takes place ... Fund (GCF) was created as an operating entity of the UNFCCC with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ... that GCF funded activities are country-owned, and the Accredited Entities that carry out projects on the ground. The ...

... in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and India raises hopes for a low-emissions future, according to Javier Manzanares, Green Climate Fund ... recent UN report indicating CO2 emissions have remained stable since 2014, thanks partly to renewable energy gains in ...

... the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The signing of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. IDB sought GCF accreditation, ...

The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set up the Fund in 2010. “The release of the manual ... Environment Assembly . “For example, women often have less access to water supply for irrigation, which in the ...

... will launch a guide on Tuesday strengthening the central role of gender consideration in its allocation of climate ... girls, men and boys from socially excluded and vulnerable communities at all stages of the climate finance project cycle. GCF is the first climate finance fund to mainstream ...

... strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank ( ADB ). The two organizations have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities in order to implement ...

... Dialogue with the Pacific, a region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF ... projects. Other key GCF partners attending included accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, and ... and civil society. Despite being some of the world’s smallest greenhouse gas emitters, Pacific Small Island ...

... its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ... GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF ... GCF’s support for adaptation planning reflects its role in assisting developing countries, including ...

... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... can rectify current gaps in climate adaptation. “While Montenegro has adopted numerous mitigation projects ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...

Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ... proposals. For instance, she called on direct access Accredited Entities to take advantage of the Fund’s Project ...

The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a ... between different organisations. Zeidy Rosimar Morales Quintero, El Salvadorian representative, and Miguel ...

The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ... workshop will be on sharing participants’ experiences and lessons learned in implementing REDD+ to ensure GCF’s ...

... Protected Areas (Profonanpe) serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement ... to manage their wetland resources in ways that do not release the large amount of greenhouse gases stored in the ... a Peru-based environmental fund, is one of GCF’s Accredited Entities. These approved organizations partner with ...

... by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last ... event featured representatives of partner countries and accredited entities to the Green Climate Fund. Zaheer Fakir, ... from South Africa, set out an ambitious vision for the future of the Fund, stating, “GCF is about transformation, ...

Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the ... Belize to enable it to access project funds from GCF in the future. Speaking at the signing, Minister Figueroa stated ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...

... climate-resilient projects that were discussed between 24-26 October. Project concepts covered mitigation and ... equally across diverse sectors. This included access to clean energy; adaptation planning and climate information ... GCF portfolios.” The dialogue provided GCF and Accredited Entities an opportunity to hear firsthand which ...

... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ... Beyond this week’s Structured Dialogue, an additional milestone for Africa was marked just before the Fund’s ...

... over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ... part of the Fund’s efforts to work with countries and accredited entities to attract high quality, ambitious and ...