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Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economic Development, University of Belize, National Climate Change Office, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Disaster Risk Management, and the Belize Social Investment Fund
... national entities that are in the process of seeking GCF accreditation. This readiness will assist the MED and BSIF ... policies and strategic frameworks to better inform their future plans and initiatives. The main barriers to ... capacity of key offices and entities in Belize who play a role in advancing Belize’s climate agenda and increasing the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Mobilising climate finance for oceanic and coastal resilience
... developed with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), aims to support Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entities (AEs) in preparing impactful proposals and ... for the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of coastal and marine ecosystems. It is relevant to ...
Document > Working paper
Financing agreed on pioneering investment in industrial decarbonisation in Paraguay
... to establish one of the world’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen-based fertilizer plants has taken a big step towards implementation. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partner, ... Finance Corporation , signed financing documents for the Villeta Green Fertilizer Project in Paraguay, developed by ...
Article > News update 
Restoring vital ecosystems and water sources in the Dry Corridor Forest, El Salvador
... in Central America. It is home to 11.5 million rural people who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, the region is highly vulnerable to climate change due to erratic rainfall patterns, ... Corridor is one of the world’s most exposed and vulnerable regions to climate change. In El Salvador, freshwater ...
Article > Story El Salvador FAO 
Climate crisis in the Himalayas: addressing the threat of melting glaciers in Northern Pakistan
In the majestic landscapes of Northern Pakistan, a silent catastrophe is unfolding. Rising temperatures have ... saving time for evacuation and preparation. They will tirelessly monitor the glacial lakes and their surrounding ... Committee in the Valley of Ghulkin A vision for the future Set to conclude by 2025, the communities will be ...
Article > Story Pakistan UNDP 
Pacific Islander voices: living on the frontlines of the climate crisis
... a reduction in food crop harvest in my garden. The vegetables grow well when we plant them, but then insects and rain ... be avoided, and what help is needed to safeguard their futures. With financing from GCF and cofinancing from the ... small eco-businesses, preserving and selling the surplus produce from their gardens to help combat food and ...
Article > Story 
Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
Mexico is experiencing more frequent droughts, unpredictable rainfall, and increasing temperatures, which in turn are ... food and beverages. microTERRA's latest product, Mask, enables food and beverage companies to produce zero-sugar and ... FP198 Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food ...
Article > Story Mexico GIZ 
Cuba's coastal communities fight climate change
... for evacuation. And even on calm days, saltwater seeps silently into the land, corroding house foundations and ... always enters this area,” says Labrada, aged 65, who has led the community council here for more than a decade. ... For many, like Manzanillo fisherman Roberto David Rosales, the project’s arrival was timely. “Almost two ...
Article > Story Cuba UNDP 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
... Drought Emergencies” is a GCF-backed project that tackles drought and extreme weather events in Kenya. Katarzyna ... eyes, I could see the pride of someone shaping their own future. Another group member put it in these simple, ...
Article > Insights Kenya IUCN 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ... focused on how different communicators view their roles in the climate crisis, the impact they can make, the ... Committee Member, shared interesting insights on the future of journalism: "I was talking to youth journalists, ...
Article > News update 
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important ... the livelihoods, health, and economy of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the region. ‘Mojana: Climate ... of Mother Earth programme Zenú Life Plan: A plan for the future All this work has come together in the Zenú Life ...
Article > Story Colombia UNDP 
Accelerating climate action to communities: seven new projects set for implementation
... five projects were immediately signed between GCF and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners at a signing ceremony on 20 ... and the Accredited Entity (AE) for the project to begin implementation. The projects set for implementation include ... uncertainty in climate change-driven tuna redistribution. FP260: Enhancing the resilience of Serbian forests to ensure ...
Article > News update 
GCF REDD+ pilot pushes Paris momentum, according to COP23 side event
... GCF Board member. “I think this decision of the GCF is a clear application and entry into action of article 5.2 of the Paris Agreement.” Mr Mpanu-Mpanu made the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ...
Article > Press release 
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior ... benefits to the Philippines’ 15 million indigenous peoples. Mr Bamsey joined Senator Legarda and other high-level ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
Advancing the CAR Country Programme by supporting the NDA and country stakeholders in programme development for climate finance
... monitor and manage climate finance flows. Country-level stakeholders have limited knowledge of the GCF. ... engage in CAR’s GCF programming, including by identifying future methods of engagement amongst these stakeholders – ... environmental and social safeguards and indigenous peoples. The primary beneficiaries of the proposed Readiness ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Central African Republic (the) GWPO
GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa
Although the African continent is responsible for only three per cent of the world's human-induced ... effects of climate change. In Swahili, KawiSafi means “clean energy.” Created and developed by the impact investor ... KawiSafi Ventures Fund unlocks the potential of renewable off-grid energy as a faster, cheaper, and cleaner way to ...
Article > Story Kenya Rwanda Acumen 
From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
... Island Developing State (SIDS) is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change and faces many unique ... risk of waterborne disease, improved social security, and less outward migration from other islands, with flow on ... prompting them to act and build a more resilient future for its people. By Jin Hee Dieu (based on UNDP’s ...
Article > Story Maldives UNDP 
GCF Readiness support for the Development Bank of Nigeria
... only institutional and systems strengthening but also knowledge sharing within countries and across regions. ... “Readiness support is not an end in itself; it is a milestone that enables our accredited partners to access broader climate finance to ...
Article > News update Nigeria DBN_Nigeria 
SAP004 - Energy Efficient Consumption Loan Programme
... products, with heating appliances certified to achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in energy usage. SAP004 ...
Project > Private sector Mongolia XacBank 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 13
... announcements by Germany and Norway that they will double their commitment to the Fund, GCF’s COP24 side event ... , reviewing the achievements of the Fund, and the challenges ahead. A high-profile panel of speakers, including ministers from Germany, ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 12
The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from ... and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's ... the Fund's achievements to date, and its ambitions for replenishment. GCF Executive Director a.i. Javier Manzanares ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Tuesday, December 11
... with events on climate resilience, and climate rationale as well as negotiations, signings and lots of meetings. ... Midway through week two of the COP seems to be when delegates are really feeling the pace, and tiredness sets in. ... and also on the guidance to GCF for next year, which is reflecting some of the more general tensions at this year's ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Monday, December 10
It’s all about the finance! That was the plea from NGOs this morning at COP24, ahead of the high level Ministerial dialogue on climate finance. Many delegates here are focusing on this issue, and GCF offered its ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Friday, December 7
GCF has a strong focus on the role of the private sector today in Katowice. Colleagues from GCF's Private Sector Facility led an event on ... private funding - and today provided some great examples as to how that can be achieved, from green banking to ...
Article > Press release 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 6
... finance, there has been some progress, with the text on future climate finance flows being particularly relevant to GCF in light of its current replenishment process. ... an operating entity of the financial mechanism to the UNFCCC, GCF will certainly play a key role - whichever way the ...
Article > Press release 
Selection process of GCF Board for 2019-2021 membership underway
... Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the ... start on 1 January 2019 and end on 31 December 2021. The selection process takes place in the frame of the ... invited to notify the GCF Secretariat the names of the selected Board members and alternate Board members by 30 ...
Article > Press release 
IIU signs MoU with SANBI to strengthen cooperation
... activities in relation to prohibited practices. The MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with SANBI, which contains a clause requiring the Accredited Entity to provide IIU with reasonable assistance in ...
Article > Press release 
Douglas Leys takes over as GCF's new top legal advisor
Prominent Jamaican legal practitioner Douglas Leys is the Green Climate Fund's new General Counsel. Mr Leys has taken up this post after moving from his previous ...
Article > Press release 
GCF begins REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme
... Change (UNFCCC). The five-year pilot marks a major milestone for the Fund’s support of REDD+. This is a UNFCCC ... of forest carbon stocks (known in shorthand as REDD+). Accredited Entities are invited to submit concept notes and ...
Article > Press release 
IIU, CABEI sign agreement to enhance cooperation
... to Prohibited Practices . The recently signed MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with CABEI, which contains a clause requiring the Accredited Entity to provide the IIU with reasonable ...
Article > Press release CABEI 