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Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. The total estimated cost for ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable ... intervals and mainstream adaptation into existing and future policies, programmes and activities across levels and sectors. The proposed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
... resilience of Armenian forest to climate-induced events coupled with lack of sustainable management practices and rural population’s dependence on illegal fuelwood logging to meet their energy needs are ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Armenia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... typhoons. This has caused alteration to the ecosystems coupled with malpractices from the community thus resulted to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
Call for Public Inputs: Annex III | Water Security Sectoral Guide
The GCF Secretariat is pleased to invite all interested organizations and entities ... health and environmental sustainability. It provides a detailed framework for building the climate rationale for sanitation projects, focusing on both adaptation to ...
Document > Call for input
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ... of renewable energy generation in the region for domestic use as well as for export. He underscored the ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening the water sector for enhanced planning, programming and implementation of climate finance in the Republic of Maldives
... targets. There is a strong need to build technical knowledge, develop innovative and simple solutions, exchange knowledge to address issues in remote and often sparsely ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... of the Framework Law on Climate Change (LMCC). This legislation mandates the government—across central, regional, and local levels—to create a variety of essential instruments, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... identified by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADES): i) Insufficient integration of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Impact-Based Early Warning Systems in Uruguay
... Warning Systems (EWS), with a particular focus on vulnerable populations affected by hydrological impacts and the ... technical and consultative design process. As the Accredited Entity, CND assumes responsibility for implementing all activities under ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Uruguay
Strengthen the Belize National Protected Area System (BNPAS) to provide Resilience, and Reduce Vulnerability of Community against Climate Change
... of climate change, especially in high-risk areas. Coupled with improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, improved management of PAs can be sustained ... or the private sectors, when there is harmony between people and the environment. Belize is ranked 9th in the list of ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Belize
Climate Resilient Enduring Earth for Botswana and Guatemala (CREE-BG)
... flagship climate-biodiversity nexus program, entitled Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) led by TNC and WWF, by applying a Project Finance for ... droughts, and flooding. These climate impacts are accelerating biodiversity loss, weakening ecosystem services ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Botswana Guatemala
Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and gender equality
In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, women are leading efforts in their communities to restore degraded ... and combat climate change. Ernestine Razafindravola, leader of the Soa Te Hivoatra Women’s Association, ... Evaluation Unit. Written by Jin Hee Dieu Madagascar FP026 Recognising women’s leadership in climate action and ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Cirkula: the innovative app tackling food waste in Peru
Peru is celebrated worldwide for its rich gastronomy, yet it faces ... and West Africa. The initiative offers various programmes to help start-ups, particularly women-led start-ups, ... and tech Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food Peru FP198 Cirkula: the innovative app ...
Article > Story Peru 
Internship programme
Internship programme Important We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and ... diverse academic disciplines. Our application process welcomes individuals of all nationalities, with a special ...
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Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... Caribbean held in Belize in June. This regional proposal, led by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, is tapping GCF ... spoke to a broad range of Caribbean partners, including Accredited Entities , National Designated Authorities and ... and exacerbated fears among many Caribbean citizens of future climate-induced storms and encroaching seas. In ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
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The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... private sector investment and ensure providing water for domestic, municipal, and industrial purposes. Donors, ...
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Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing population. This growth comes with an increase of climate risks and stressors that can ... technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future ...
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Turning down the heat
... I was tense,” said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka. “The heat is too much, ... in particular, face increased risk of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teenage pregnancy. This is the ... infectious diseases. Hand in hand with its health effects comes climate change’s potentially devastating economic ...
Article > Story Bangladesh 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this ... launched its Strategic Framework and Country Programme (SFCP), Readiness Needs Assessment, and Standard Operating ... and we are trying our best to ensure our survival in the future.” GCF’s Readiness Programme: helping countries ...
Article > News update Niue 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s mangrove forests stand as ... often hailed as "blue carbon" champions, store up to four times more carbon than terrestrial forests. They also serve as ... the Mangroves for Climate Project, she is now able to see a future where the Mangroves thrive and the crabs return, and ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... increasing speed in moving projects from approval to implementation on the ground. The projects will increase ... By engaging local communities, this project is protecting future generations.” Mat Tinkler, Save the Children ... and awareness about the impacts of climate change. SAP026: Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought ...
Article > News update 
Country commitments and ambitions
... ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of GCF. One of our operational priorities is to ... to be determined by each country. GCF has built this principle of country ownership into all its activities to ensure that climate solutions are implemented according to priorities set by the countries ...
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EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt. The funding supports the ... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 ... in 2010 to finance climate change projects and programmes that help developing countries adapt to climate impacts ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... point in helping turn REDD+ from a topic of years of UNFCCC negotiations into payments for achievement of past ... like Brazil to halt deforestation can, and should, be acknowledged," said Mr Chang. Brazil will reinvest the USD 96.5 ... to prevent illegal deforestation. REDD+ refers to the UNFCCC-based accounting and funding mechanism that supports ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia connects climate ambition to climate finance
“Without financing, ideas, however noble they may be, will remain on paper." These were impactful ... ambition for climate change not to put in danger the future of our planet." As highlighted in an OECD study ... The Dialogue was successful in clarifying the process for accreditation, as well as highlighting the different options ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Nauru President praises GCF move to streamlined approval
... Pacific Island states. “This will solve a lot of our problems,” said President Waqa, the incoming chair of the ... countries have submitted to the Fund to be considered for future funding approval. Emphasising the urgency of climate ... Nationally Determined Contributions . The delegation visited GCF as part of its participation in the Korea Pacific ...
Article > Press release Nauru 
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
... not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “We are dealing with uncertainty all the time in ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a technical seminar about strengthening the quality ...
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GCF launches Simplified Approvals Process for faster, simpler approval of small-scale projects
... and simplifies applications for certain small-scale projects of up to USD 10 million in GCF funding, and is ... he said at ‘ Direct Access Day ’ held at the 23rd UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Bonn where the ... the SAP will be targeted at Direct Access Entities. Both Accredited Entities (AEs), and National Designated Authorities ...
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