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Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
... for 12 projects were immediately signed between GCF and Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 30 ... marking the most project agreements signed at a single meeting to date. Three projects are expected to receive ... SAP057 : Y4SF - Adolescents and Youth for a Sustainable Future: strengthening climate change adaptation and ...
Article > News update 
Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future
... to achieve 2030 targets related to climate, sustainable development, and disaster risk reduction, we are falling ... flows (e.g., biodiversity, water management, carbon credits). Additionally, GCF promotes sustainable water ... Fund Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future ...
Article > Insights 
Ministerial forum on forest finance
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, where ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, and ... opportunities to build a green, healthy and resilient future with forests. World Forestry Congress Ministerial ...
Article > Speech
FP262 - Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
... barriers to adopting CSA practices. Agriculture receives less than three per cent of total bank credit in Senegal, leaving farmers lacking the necessary ...
Project > Private sector Senegal LBA 
Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Agriculture and Food Security
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ...
Event > Webinar 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... finance providers will demand a higher margin and offer less attractive terms to protect themselves from these ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Enabling Direct Access to GCF Climate Finance for Cabo Verde
... wishes to engage in a readiness process in order to enable a national entity to be approved as a direct access ... the country ownership by delivering the first national accreditation of a DAE. After a strong consultation process ... along with support for pipeline development for the future DAE’s staff, relevant government institutions, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde LuxDev
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 UNDP
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 CDB
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... progress over the last 12 months and stressed the crucial role that the Fund must play in supporting climate resilience ... Samoa facilitated a visit by GCF Board members to several sites on the island of Upolu affected by climate change and ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... and risk of these extreme events, especially for vulnerable rural communities. The objective of the project entitled ... at the local level: Selection of Candidate Implementation Sites Baseline Study and Vulnerability Assessment ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa SANBI
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... and scientific capacity in Cambodia to formulate and implement national, sectoral, and subnational climate change ... Indirect beneficiaries will include current and future students at domestic universities, the government ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
FP044 - Tina River Hydropower Development Project
... power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy. Universal grid-connected electricity supply is a ... to co-finance the construction of an access road to the site. The project has an estimated lifespan of 50 years. ...
Project > Public sector Solomon Islands WorldBank 
SAP053 - FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities
... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification (OA), increasing sea ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia FAO 
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 ...
Article > Story Ecuador UNDP 
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 ...
Article > Press release 
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 ...
Article > News update 
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 ...
Article > News update 
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 CABEI 
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds Report on the ... committees, panels and groups Working modalities of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of members of the independent ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Consideration and endorsement of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, UNDP, and ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ... doubled to 7 kilograms per colony, resulting in total sales revenue of VND 1.4 million (USD 60) or VND 200,000 (USD ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP 
Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
... to support developing countries who are playing an active role in trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ... finance towards adaptation and resilience (at the moment less than 20% is directed to this). He also noted the ... sectoral or regionally focused sub-national funds in the future. Comments and questions from the floor from ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
... countries could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030. ... we must ensure that the climate change targets on which our future generations depend are met.” Gabonese Republic’s ... electricity grid – comprising 99.5 percent renewables. Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz also ...
Article > Press release 
FP107 - Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan
... Agriculture Sector in Bhutan Addressing climate change challenges and enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers ... agriculture. As a landlocked and mountainous Least Developed Country, Bhutan is highly vulnerable to ... executing entity. This project has an estimated lifespan of 26 years. FP107 Bhutan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 124 284 384 493 654 ...
Project > Public sector Bhutan UNDP 
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 LBA
FP025 - GCF-EBRD SEFF Co-financing Programme
... Financing Facility (GEFF), formerly known as the Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities (SEFF) ... climate finance to the private sector at scale through Partner Financial Institutions (PFIs) across 10 ... sectors. GEFF is an on-lending programme that will provide credit lines to PFIs to create self-sustaining markets in ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries EBRD 
FP049 - Building the climate resilience of food insecure smallholder farmers through integrated management of climate risk (R4)
Increasing the resilience of vulnerable households in Senegal to climate-related risks through ... for greater sustainability, and facilitating the use of surplus production as collateral for loans to unlock credit for investment. The project has an estimated lifespan ...
Project > Public sector Senegal WFP 
FP149 - Green Climate Financing Facility for Local Financial Institutions in Latin-America
The energy and land use sectors are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in many ... growing energy needs imply that without the adoption of clean energy technologies, the sector will continue to ... will provide LFIs with access to a green finance credit line. It will also implement four grant-funded ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries CAF 
FP060 - Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)
Creating sustainable, resilient water supply for Barbados by implementing renewable energy solutions, increasing water ... implementing the renewable energy activities, will provide credit lines to implement water conservation actions, whilst ...
Project > Public sector Barbados CCCCC 
FP063 - Promoting private sector investments in energy efficiency in the industrial sector and in Paraguay
... their energy efficiency and shifting energy use to renewable hydropower. Paraguay has a high hydropower capacity, yet ... being increased as part of the country's long-term renewable energy goal. At the same time, zero deforestation laws in ... and monitoring and verification systems. Concessional credit lines will be provided to local financial ...
Project > Public sector Paraguay IDB 