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India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... Union Territories (UTs) to actively engage with the NDA for leveraging available resources from GCF. The GCF Country ... finance in the country and also allow India to apply for future multiple-year strategic readiness activities. Current ... Programme-update, Readiness Needs Assessment, Green Credits Framework etc.) at the national and state levels ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Water Sector Planning, Development and Operations in Saint Lucia
... climate resilient infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable water supply and sewerage services. Limited communication ... The private sector will include commercial banks and credit unions who can provide financing for water sector ... enhance WASCO’s ability to support the implementation of future GCF Water Sector Projects including the water sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia
Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... The Board meeting marked the last one of GCF’s first replenishment period (2020-2023) having programmed a total of ... paves the way for important partnerships with new Accredited Entities from developing countries, some of which ... Democratic Republic, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu with Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
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Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the livelihoods of people front and centre. This is especially true for the ... instruments are aligned with the Plan by orienting public credit lines towards sustainable farming practices in ...
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GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
... the increasingly damaging effects of climate change, while overcoming COVID-19 fiscal constraints. That was the message GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec brought to the recently concluded Climate Adaptation ... measures. A number of developing country leaders credited GCF support for current inroads their countries are ...
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GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and business leaders and a range ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list of ...
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GCF to scale up access, impact, and private sector investment through “50by30” roadmap
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) undergoes its second replenishment and prepares for its next four-year programming ... held Scaling Up Access and Impact on 4 December where the future direction for the Fund was presented. At GCF’s ... Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), of which AFC is a GCF accredited entity and implementing partner for ICRF. "The ...
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GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... Equipment, and Start-up of Lines 1 and 2 of the Costa Rica Electric Train System' for USD 800 million. GCF is ... 250 million from the European Investment Bank. Thanks to a credit scheme with highly competitive interest rates and ... of a project that builds a more just and sustainable future for all.” Together with our strategic allies, the ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
Developing a pipeline of climate smart and resilient projects involving the private sector, and further strengthening the NDA
... been prepared, and the programming of investments is quite clear. However, a lot remains to be done, especially to ... priorities for climate change, through support to accreditation of three national entities (FONSIS1, FONGIP2 and ... ; iii) three national entities have moved in the accreditation process, and at least one of them has prepared a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal
FP097 - Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation to Climate Change (CAMBio II)
Reducing obstacles for Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to access credit and supporting the best available adaptation measures ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP106 - Embedded Generation Investment Programme (EGIP)
... Investment Programme (“EGIP”) will support the implementation of renewable energy projects with a capacity of ... through two components. The first component will provide credit support to private sector solar and wind Independent ... Power Producers established as special purpose vehicles that are backed by non-sovereign off-takers in order to ...
Project > Private sector South Africa 
The positives of preparing for disaster
... support for climate change early warning systems Knowledge is power. In terms of climate change, this translates ... to provide communities with scientific estimations of future climate impacts. These systems are becoming ... Pacific Regional Environment Programme ( SPREP ), a GCF Accredited Entity , is carrying out this five-year, USD 21.8 ...
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Appeals
... disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by ... 16 Oct 2019 The following procedural guidelines applicable to the handling of information appeals was agreed to by ...
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GCF support to the Great Green Wall
... in the west to Sudan in the east is particularly vulnerable to climate change ( Figure 1 ). Temperatures rising 1.5 ... of the world are causing more intense droughts and floods, leading to increased desertification and degradation and ... the need for tackling the development and climate challenges at local, national and regional scale. Data on this ...
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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. ...
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FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... proof Samoa’s capital. Samoa’s economy and its people’s livelihoods have been heavily impacted by ... at 40 percent of the country’s GDP at the time. This reflected the undoing of years of economic gains in ... more frequent and extreme rainfall and wind events and sea level rise. This project will enable the Government of Samoa ...
Project > Public sector Samoa 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. The project targets eleven counties in two major climate zones which have ... Building capacity and institutions for the improved implementation of devolution is seen as necessary to enhance ...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater variability in the water cycle, diminished resources, and rising CO2 emissions from ... d'Ivoire Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing ... Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS). It will accelerate access to global and regional technical and ... capacities, and promote effective local action. Implemented through the national governments of the seven ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) in the center-west part of Cambodia is ... farmers produce mainly cashew, mango, rice, and vegetables. The area is also severely threatened by climate change ... farmers in this crucial region of Cambodia in the future. FP199 Cambodia 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 506 746 ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
Belize is highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly due to its low-lying islands facing challenges such as storms, hurricanes, droughts, floods, and the threat of sea-level rise. The agriculture sector, especially the sugar ...
Project > Public sector Belize 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... change. The project objective is to halt the negative cycle of climate change, agricultural yield depletion and natural resource degradation in central and ... ecosystems. Thus, the project will address current and future climate change impacts through three components ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
Green and climate resilience bonds – Scaling up access to affordable finance in developing countries, notably in LDCs
... and private sectors to catalyse climate finance at scale and create new, green markets. Markets that work for ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, without ... the issuance of GSSS bonds. Although there are around 260 public development banks operating in developing ...
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Annual Report 2023
... their highest aspirations so that we all secure a better future. Mafalda Duarte , GCF Executive Director Read the ... countries for climate action. By the end of 2023, GCF accredited 22 new Direct Access Entities (DAE), raising the ... 253.7 m Beneficiaries 194.5 m Increase local resilience SAP026 Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
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FP009 - Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... motors, air-conditioning, refrigeration and boilers, increasing energy efficiency and developing a new ... low levels of investment, and limited access to long-term credit. There are no Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) and ... projects at concessional rates, to be repaid through future energy savings. Loan repayments will finance ...
Project > Public sector El Salvador 
FP071 - Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam
... and capacity building activities, combined with a dedicated credit line. It will build on ongoing efforts by the Vietnamese Government to promote the efficient use of electricity and reduce consumption and emissions. The project ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
His Excellency, President of Colombia, Ivan Duque Marquez; Her ... Dear colleague and friend, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Patricia Espinosa; Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of ... of our financial systems. First, in preparation for COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their ...
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Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
His Excellency, President of Senegal, Macky SalI; Her Excellency, Ms. ... fight against climate change. In preparation for the COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their NDCs to ... partnerships to finance the low carbon, resilient future. GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020 ...
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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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Management
... by the Executive Director, who is appointed by and accountable to the Board. The Secretariat’s senior management team leads the various Offices and Departments of the ... make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as possible. Management ...
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