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Simplified Approval Process (SAP) Technical Guidance Compendium out now
... SAP concept notes and proposals. Designed to assist GCF Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities/Focal ... the Compendium covers a range of areas that are applicable for GCF financing across both mitigation and adaptation ... including the French and Spanish versions, are available on the GCF Publications webpage . Simplified Approval ...
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Cambodia's climate action game-changer: Resilient agricultural value chains
GCF’s climate finance is improving the climate resilience of Cambodian farmers by reducing the carbon footprint of each stage of the agricultural value chain. Through investments in climate-resilient agricultural...
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Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
The Green Climate Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement with Conservation ... Entity, is helping to protect nature and encourage sustainable development in over 30 countries across six continents. ... finance projects GCF approves. They are also a prerequisite for the disbursement of project funds. Conservation ...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ... arm of the Ministry of Environmental Protection as an Accredited Entity. FECO Director General Chen Liang said the ...
Article > Press release China 
Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is community ownership for ... stated Benedict Libanda. “GCF is committed to the principle of country ownership, and our readiness programme ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national approach to safeguards. ... components: firstly, activities will focus on supporting future access to REDD+ results-based payments from both ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
... a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague. Daniel recently joined the GCF Board as the Head of ... his heart, he helped organise the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, while working at the Ministry’s General-Coordination for ...
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GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
... Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities with the Government of the Republic of ... in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The granting of privileges and immunities will facilitate the implementation of ... agriculture project in Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment ...
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Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the ... America. 83.5% of its mostly indigenous population struggles from poverty and 33% suffer from extreme poverty. This ... his life fifty years ago, when he was a child with his future mapped out to be a farmer, following in the footsteps ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still ... central heating, hot water from tap, and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My ... networks. As a result, residents burn coal to keep their homes warm particularly during harsh winter nights. The open ...
Article > Story Mongolia 
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ... and climate resilience. The programme safeguards a future for Lao where both people and forests can thrive, ...
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Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities. The four-day ... through intensive interactions with GCF, the Fund’s Accredited Entities and other partners. A catchphrase of the ... the foundation for greater regional cooperation and programmes to address the challenges of climate change in the ...
Article > Press release Belize 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural communities and their ... Programme (UNDP), the project will climate-proof small-scale infrastructure in six municipalities and help strengthen ... to achieve this, we need the support of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanisms such as the Global Environment ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste 
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting ... from 14 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management metrics. Metrics are a crucial element of ... measures, procedures for measuring, and expected outcomes. Led by the facilitators, George Zedginidze, GCF Head of ...
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GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management (KM) converged for their 2022 Summer ... from 17 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management governance and functions. This is an ... case study. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) presented its client-oriented approach and effort in making knowledge ...
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Join GCF at COP29
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... programming priorities, and eligibility criteria. The GCF delegation will be observing the official negotiations, and ... part in various events. Stay up to date A GCF COP29 microsite has been created, https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where ...
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... where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
The updated Funding Proposal template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for baseline, context and theory of change, while also simplifying financing information and investment ... many portions of the template that will help GCF Accredited Entities prepare high-quality funding proposals. ...
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GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
... encouraging direct access, and developing country programmes. The need for cooperation was emphasised by Carlos ...
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Not just buildings! Climate resilient infrastructure debate stresses need for broad approach
... infrastructure of social welfare: this was one of the key messages of a climate-resilient integrated infrastructure ... considering social stresses, such as differences in incomes and who owns climate-impacted land. Lia Nicholson, a ...
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Science provides rationale for rational climate action
... at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, ... need to account for wind speeds and solar radiation, while agricultural climate projects should measure soil ... Division, said that GCF readiness funding is available to help developing countries plan climate projects around ...
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Norway announces doubling of support as GCF outlines contribution to global stocktake
Norway announced today that will double its contribution to GCF as part of the Fund’s replenishment. At the same Ministerial session on global ... other SIDS, and commended Germany and Norway for showing leadership in supporting the early stages of GCF’s current ...
Article > News update Norway 
The role of the banking sector in the fight against climate change
GCF hosted an event on green banking and the overall role that the banking sector can play in addressing climate ... at the sidelines of COP24 in Katowice. Speakers from EBRD, IFC, UNFCCC, RMI and the Green Investment Group agreed that the ...
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Evaluation of the GCF Result Management Framework
... of GCF's climate activities, focusing on how the Fund can learn and strengthen its frameworks. GCF Senior Monitoring ...
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First GCF side event at COP24
In GCF's first COP24 side event "GCF Operations update and lessons emerging from ongoing evaluations" today, GCF ...
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Getting ready for Katowice
... 101' briefings. GCF was created by the parties to the UNFCCC, and reports on our progress each year at the annual ...
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GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries kicks off this week
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will take place this week ... Designated Authorities (NDAs), Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) as well as other stakeholders. The ... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC. GCF Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries ...
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Second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean kicks off today in Grenada
... from National Designated Authorities and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, civil society and private sector. ... to share insights on climate finance, project implementation and investment opportunities. Second GCF ...
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