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... 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 ...

... Awards will promote initiatives that stand as examples of environmental, social and business-led commitments to ... from September 2nd on the Green Champions Awards website . The awards jury will consider the following ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will incorporate lessons from its largest gathering of developing country ... enhancing access to GCF resources, streamlining GCF’s accreditation process and ensuring there is balanced support ...

... Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on 13 to 15 August to explore challenges and opportunities in boosting African REDD+ action at local, national and regional levels. Nassere Kaba, deputy chief of cabinet with Côte ... support of these efforts in close coordination with GCF Accredited Entities and other sources of finance supporting ...

... to international organisations to the private sector to scale-up climate action and translate ambitious national ... service line is dedicated to the global transition to clean energy. Other service lines, such as adaptation, land ... in developing countries. Progress will be presented at UNFCCC COP 25 in December 2019. The service offered by the CIP ...

... countries today for a meeting dedicated to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The event showed a huge level of support for GCF, with a number of developed ... including Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Andrew Holness ...

... food security by making agriculture more sustainable and climate resilient. These were the views of ... from the world’s business sector to achieve this aim, while singling out initial GCF funding as a way to redirect ... that unlock public and private financing flows to ensure future sources of sustenance through sustainable ...

... GCF and other members of the Alliance have committed collectively to ramp up action that strengthens the capacity of ... (WMO). "Building on the success of the Fund's recent replenishment, we are stepping up our efforts to match the ... including by increasing the capacity of the most vulnerable countries and communities to cope, manage and respond to ...

... developing countries, including those particularly vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. The Government of Liberia is ... the three-day, informal Board meeting. H.E. the Honourable George Weah, President of the Republic, said: ...

... it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet. The far-reaching ... strengthen their resilience to the COVID crisis and other future shocks in ways that foster low-emission, sustainable ...

... recover from the COVID recession and meet the climate challenge. This was the key message from world leaders during the opening of the three-day Green Climate ... of Global Optimism and ex-Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC compared COVID and climate to massive waves crashing on ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with its partners to implement four new projects, just hours after funding approval ... GCF, which allocates the funds, and its partnering Accredited Entities, which propose and implement GCF-approved ...

Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec will highlight the Fund’s key role in helping bridge the climate finance gap at the Climate ... The Fund is also scaling up its total climate finance, leveraging the USD 10 billion raised to date in its first ...

... initiative by the GCF Board just three months ago. This reflects GCF’s increasingly rapid ability to progress funding approval to implementation. SnCF Global is designed to mobilise finance at scale to make blended finance work for the most vulnerable. ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for two new climate finance projects ... margins of last week’s B.28 Board meeting lays the detailed groundwork to roll out a multi-country, USD 1.6 billion ... Infrastructure Pablo Fajnzylber said the Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative (SRMI) is a key component of ...

... the  Updated Strategic Plan (USP)  for the first replenishment period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and set new portfolio ... The report/s shall be disclosed (i) on the AE’s website, (ii) in locations convenient to affected peoples, and ... to the Secretariat as soon as possible for consideration at future Board meetings. GCF publishes the priorities of the ...

... in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 ... to EARF, providing a USD 30 million investment. While the relief fund covers Africa and Asia, GCF funding is ... the founder and CEO of impact investor Acumen, a GCF Accredited Entity . “The launch of the EARF illustrates the ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners have signed implementation agreements for three new initiatives to tackle climate change, only hours after they were approved by ... of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Timor-Leste and Kenya. FSM President David W. Panuelo welcomed the ...

... approval, making this the fastest GCF project to be implemented so far. The Funding Proposal was submitted to GCF ... on the ground and we cannot thank GCF enough.' Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director, stated, ‘Providing ... proposals to first disbursement of funds has fallen from 26-28 months in 2018 to an average of 12-17 months for ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13 African countries soon after ... programme was approved by the GCF Board. The programme, implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural ...

... the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched the new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP). GCF is a country-driven ... directions. Upon project approval, AEs are responsible for project oversight, management, monitoring and ... in responding to feedback on their applications seamlessly on the platform while enhancing transparency ...

... or IDCOL, have signed a critical agreement to implement a large-scale energy saving project for Bangladesh’s textile and garment industries.  The agreement was signed at the ...

The water cycle is one of the most important parts of the global climate ... wastewater can be a source of carbon emissions; while coastal ecosystems can act as powerful ‘carbon sinks’. The imbalance between the water cycle and the climate is threatening many livelihoods, as ...

... GCF’s strategy around the Fund’s upcoming second replenishment and strategic programming priorities for the ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to Incheon, Republic ... and leverage partnership strengths to shape ongoing and future work for climate action. In that regard, rich input ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has selected Mafalda Duarte as its new Executive Director. ... their climate aspirations in pursuit of a better climate future for all.’ The current Executive Director, Yannick ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive Director ...

... Determined Contribution. The ‘Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme ... development, integrated with adaptation principles. To support the transition to sustainable and ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...

... Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with ... development integrated with adaptation principles that eliminate financing barriers. The project will ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...

... the development of an investment programme that aims to leverage at least USD 117 million, which is expected to benefit 140 million people in the SADC region. GCF will provide an initial project ...

... remarks from the GCF Executive Director a.i., Henry Gonzalez, who expressed appreciation to the Government of Uruguay ... other experts on the administrative and technical pre-requisites to successfully access GCF financial instruments. The ... four years. It was followed by an explanation of GCF's accreditation process and the benefits of accreditation such ...