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ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the ... 2019. Ultimately though, this climate finance under the UNFCC needs to be used in a highly catalytic way so that we ... to help us create a zero- carbon, climate-resilient future. GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2021 ...
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FP129 - Afghanistan Rural Energy Market Transformation Initiative – Strengthening Resilience of Livelihoods Through Sustainable Energy Access
... and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to the electricity grid, most rural communities depend on ... further building of similar mini-grids in the future. The project is targeted at encouraging private ... sector engagement, while ensuring that the future development of mini-grids incorporates social and ...
Project > Public sector Afghanistan 
FP131 - Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal
While water resources for ecosystems are becoming ... as landslides and floods threaten the livelihoods of people in Nepal’s Gandaki River Basin region, currently ... 3 4 5 6 1 2 344 912 Improving Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, ...
Project > Public sector Nepal 
FP132 - Enabling Implementation of Forest Sector Reform in Georgia to Reduce GHG Emissions from Forest Degradation
... heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon ... carbon sequestration through the introduction of sustainable forest management in three Georgian regions. This ... adapt to a new forest code and by developing sustainable livelihoods linked to forestry products. FP132 Georgia ...
Project > Public sector Georgia 
FP133 - Resilience to hurricanes in the building sector in Antigua and Barbuda
... to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to significant disruption of the country's power and ... adaptation is mainstreamed into the building sector and relevant financial mechanisms, as well as strengthening ...
Project > Public sector Antigua and Barbuda 
FP134 - Colombia REDD+ Results-based Payments for results period 2015-2016
... total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was presented to the GCF for results-based ... to invest in additional activities that support the implementation of its Integrated Strategy of Deforestation ... the territorial governance and capacities of indigenous peoples to manage and preserve forests. FP134 Colombia 1 2 3 4 ...
Project > Public sector Colombia 
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... ecosystems. This programme targets the most vulnerable populations of coastal and rural areas in four Indian ... and the services sector (as in Mauritius and Seychelles). It will develop and implement ecosystem-based ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP137 - Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project
The forest ecosystem of Ghana’s northern savanna zone is characterized by nearly 400 million shea and other trees growing naturally as part of traditional farming. Climate change, transitioning to more modern ...
Project > Public sector Ghana 
FP138 - ASER Solar Rural Electrification Project
While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do ... environmental hazards. This project supports the Senegalese government’s aim to achieve universal energy access ...
Project > Public sector Senegal 
FP139 - Building resilience in the face of climate change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan
Sudan is one of the most drought susceptible countries in Africa. Drylands are home to nearly ... failures, livestock deaths, and the deepening of poverty levels. The project supports climate change adaptation ... traditional livelihoods, with more resilient and sustainable practices. It is targeted at benefiting at least ...
Project > Public sector Sudan 
FP140 - High Impact Programme for the Corporate Sector
... and paper, non-ferrous metals, food processing, and textiles. This programme is GCF's first at-scale investment to promote the uptake of low-carbon ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP103 - Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
... meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people. The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires ... mitigation potential between 0.6 and 2.4 Gt CO2eq/year, while delivering a wide range of sustainable development ... increase the level and quality of ICS production and sales, particularly in remote rural areas. The intended ...
Project > Public sector Kenya Senegal 
SAP016 - Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of ... with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a stable electricity supply. This project aims to overcome ...
Project > Private sector Fiji 
SAP014 - Forest resilience of Armenia, enhancing adaptation and rural green growth via mitigation
Armenia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the Eastern Europe and ... Its forests are highly sensitive to climate change, while its rural population is dependent on fuelwood to meet ... in two of the country's administrative areas most vulnerable to climate change in Lori and Syunik. This GCF ...
Project > Public sector Armenia 
SAP015 - Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa production for reducing emissions in Côte d’Ivoire (PROMIRE)
... which is driven by cocoa production. This project will implement zero-deforestation agroforestry models in three ... schemes, PROMIRE will build institutional capacities to implement REDD+ at national and sub-national levels. Under ... selected villages. SAP015 Côte d'Ivoire 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 268 472 706 893 Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa ...
Project > Public sector Côte d'Ivoire 
Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the ... climate change are more evident. Increasing numbers of people worldwide are being affected by the higher frequency and ... Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future 09 Apr 2019 This working paper contributes to ...
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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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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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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 
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. ... half of the century. Climate change will rewrite business rules, either because we would have succeeded in orderly ... partnerships to finance the low carbon, resilient future. GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020 ...
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