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FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, ... Aiming to drive a low-carbon paradigm shift and leapfrog fossil fuel grids to clean energy, using equity ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large ... where they will plant the seeds of a sustainable future for generations to come. With 70 per cent of ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ...
Article > Story Namibia 
Addressing accelerating climate change-induced urban-to-rural migration through Low Emissions Climate Resilient Agro-Spatial Development in Togo [Togo LECR – ASD Programme]
... climatic events such as floods and droughts, which have led to major displacements in the past years. Climate change ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ... will build not only resilience but also adaptation to future climate change already underway. Its activities ...
Document > Concept note Togo
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... 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
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan ... because when I destroy them it will affect me in the future,” Nabimanya said during a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... used more efficiently, informing the design and delivery of future sustainable landscapes investments for greater impact ... the United Nations warned that Madagascar could be the site of the world’s first climate change-caused famine. ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... and reliably operate with higher shares of renewables. They also need to access innovations such as green ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
FP136 - Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project
... resilience, land productivity and carbon storage, while also increasing access to diversified livelihood activities in selected vulnerable rural watersheds of Ethiopia. While scaling up existing ...
Project > Public sector Ethiopia 
Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
... Green Climate Fund workshop. “The slow burn crisis of sea level rises, ocean acidification and impacts like coral reef ... SPREP and 21 of GCF’s other direct access Accredited Entities wound up the three-day Empowering Direct ... strong gender component of a GCF-funded project by the Accredited Entity Acumen Fund, Inc., an investment fund, in ...
Article > Press release 
Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mr. Hoesung Lee, underscored the urgency in strengthening the connection ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ... of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Mr. ...
Article > Press release 
Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... meetings of the Board Application of paragraph 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board: guidelines to determine in ... status of national adaptation plans Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ...
Event > Board meeting 
Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... Secretariat Reports from committees, panels and groups Implementation of the initial strategic plan for the GCF Work ... on the GCF risk management framework Matters related to accreditation Status of accreditation matters Update on matters related to ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... on the activities of the Secretariat Update on the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund ... Private Sector Advisory Group Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Accreditation Committee Independent Technical Advisory Panel ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of eleventh Board meeting Decisions taken between the eleventh ... Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Ad Hoc Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Independent Technical Advisory Panel 2016 ...
Event > Board meeting 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2017
... 9.6 billion. A quarter of the projects identified are being led by direct access entities. Over time, this percentage is ... as more direct access entities are going through the accreditation process. Approximately 40 percent of the ... needs related to accelerating national and provincial REDD-plus mechanisms and mangrove rehabilitation. #gcf2017bali ...
Event > Structured dialogue Indonesia 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... Bonn climate talks has emphasised the link between NDC implementation and replenishment. Developing country representatives highlighted the role of GCF in realising the existing National Determined ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA), which guide the implementation of approved GCF projects, marks a key milestone for the Global Clean Cooking Programme – ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
Where do we stand with NDCs? Enhancing action on climate change in 2020
I would like to congratulate UNFCCC for this timely event on enhancing action on climate ... raising NDC ambitions and was supposed to culminate at COP 26 this November. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is ... human lives and economies worldwide and has also led to postponement of COP 26 to November 2021. Developing ...
Article > Speech
FP019 - Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations
... commenced in May 2017 and was aimed at addressing challenges related to sustainable development in the Amazon ... embed sustainability. Finally, promoting and monitoring credit lines for sustainable production ensures responsible ... achieved through this project can serve as a model for future initiatives aimed at sustainable development and ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador 
ED’s remarks at Interactive Dialogue - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28
... that the upper income SIDS, high income or upper middle income SIDS, have in accessing concessional finance. ... that I'm talking to you about. Also, I can't take any credit for it, but I have observed this and this is what we ... Fund works directly in SIDS with more than 40. And examples here in this region, the Development Bank of Jamaica, ...
Article > Speech
Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve ... seeks Readiness support for a project to ready Belize for future development of an ER TFM sector, and use of ER TFM as ... the proposed readiness support, is that Belize has the requisite capacity and enabling environment for development of an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world
... province is home to a diverse ecosystem with more than 261 species of birds, unique marine life, and aguaje, one of ... in South America. For hundreds of years, the Amazonian people have understood that to live in kinship with nature, they ... branches so that animals can feed. For me the fruit is a blessing, and we are also protecting the environment.” ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF at COP28: A wrap up of outcomes at COP28
... fossil fuels after two weeks of intense negotiations. While stopping short of a ‘phaseout’ of coal, oil and gas, ... agreements (Funding Activity Agreements) were signed with Accredited Entities to launch new projects recently approved ... Look back on GCF events at COP28 Visit the GCF@COP28 microsite . Watch the GCF@COP28 video . Dubai GCF at COP28: A ...
Article > News update 
Innovation and cooperation for global carbon neutrality
Excellencies, distinguished guests, I would like to congratulate ... to accelerate global efforts towards a carbon-neutral future. The decision by South Korea in August last year to ... the momentum for climate action in the build-up to the COP26 meeting last December. But the climate challenge remains ...
Article > Speech
What we offer
... we give you the opportunity to pursue rewarding and challenging work with skilled and supportive colleagues, learning and development ... the plan. Paid leave and holidays All GCF staff receive 26 annual leave days, 15 sick leave days, 10 development ...
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Green stimulus in the post COVID-19 era and beyond
Excellencies, Honourable guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, With H.E ... most important problem of our generation". Next year’s UNFCCC Conference of Parties will be critical for climate ... countries alone are estimated at between $11 to US$ 26 trillion between now and 2030, but barriers to investment ...
Article > Speech
Climate finance for sustaining peace and security
Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, disease, global mass displacement. A harrowing future awaits according to the latest IPCC report if we ... prepared to take risks. Many fragile countries have a low credit rating and find it difficult to attract investment. ...
Article > Speech
High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... Service for the invitation to participate in this high-level dialogue. Deforestation and forest degradation are a ... with a GCF co-financing of USD 114 million will provide credit lines to local agricultural banks to support ... dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests ...
Article > Speech