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Korea Global Adaptation Week
GCF joined the UNFCCC in the Korea Global Adaptation Week to build momentum ... conference from 8-12 April 2019 was convened by the UNFCCC secretariat, co-hosted by the Ministry of Environment ... Center for Climate Change (KACCC). GCF played an active role in a series of events throughout the Korea Global ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Glemarec highlights role of GCF in boosting adaptation action at Korea Global Adaptation Week
New Executive Director Yannick Glemarec has committed the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to ... the vulnerabilities of affected populations," said Yannick Glemarec to over 300 event participants. "We are not there ... by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Korea Environment Institute (KEI), the Korea ...
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Indigenous Peoples regional dialogue reaffirms GCF commitment to vulnerable local communities
The Regional dialogue of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean took place on 18-20 ... organisations, delegates from NDAs of LAC Governments and Accredited Entities. The meeting focused on engaging key ... network of indigenous specialists in climate finance (REIFC). The network, comprised of 17 indigenous leaders from ...
Article > Press release Nicaragua 
The Green Climate Fund Board selects Yannick Glemarec as new Executive Director
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has selected Yannick Glemarec to be its new Executive Director. The Board made the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and serves the Paris Agreement. The Executive ...
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GCF appoints global facilitator for the replenishment process
To support the first GCF formal replenishment, the Fund appointed Johannes F. Linn, a renowned ... a global facilitator to help oversee and streamline the replenishment process. Mr. Linn is currently serving as a ... Director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development. In his role as a global facilitator, Mr Linn will work closely with ...
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GCF joins German development bank to make Tanzania more climate resilient
... (FAA) with KfW, Germany’s development bank and a GCF Accredited Entity, allows GCF to begin transferring grant ... Simiyu region, where rainfall has become more unpredictable, while droughts and floods have become more frequent. ... of these impacts is a lack of clean and safe water for domestic and agricultural uses. Therefore, adaptation measures ...
Article > Press release Tanzania 
GCF Brings Clean Energy to Off-Grid Areas of Burkina Faso
... on fossil fuels, the country has one of the highest electricity tariff rates in West Africa. Moreover, only 3 ... Electrification Project is one such investment that welcomes private sector participation. Aptly named Yeleen – it ... Telep Senior Specialist, Renewable Energy +82 32 458 6326 Burkina Faso GCF Brings Clean Energy to Off-Grid Areas of ...
Article > Press release Burkina Faso 
GCF and WMO agree to strengthen science in climate response
... the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an agreement to leverage WMO expertise in weather, climate and water to ... of Understanding signed on Monday, WMO will help GCF Accredited Entities maximise the benefits of their investments ... Poland. “We are already having a foretaste of the future, with the past four years being the warmest on record ...
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GCF funding agreement with Namibia first under new simplified approach
A recently signed implementation agreement opens up Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... the project will improve the resilience of vulnerable communities living in the driest area of sub-Saharan ... has approved four SAP projects, amid a strong pipeline of future SAPs. “It is great to see the hard work with local ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Postcard from Katowice: Wednesday, December 5
... Katowice will try to give an overview of what the GCF delegation is up to on any given day. The Fund takes its ... level, the gathering of all the parties to the UNFCCC in one place for two weeks gives a great opportunity to ... operations. Bilateral meetings with developing countries, Accredited Entities, and other partners are being held to ...
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GCF affirms its commitment to Least Developed Countries
... and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, held the Structured Dialogue with Least Developed ... that we will continue to work hard to become in a near future, a financing partner for all 47 countries in the ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points (FPs), Accredited Entities (AEs) and other stakeholders. They had an ...
Article > Press release Ethiopia 
GCF support for adaptation planning helps developing countries build the case for increased action and investment
The first GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop took place in Cebu, Philippines on 14-16 ... adaptation project pipelines with compelling climate rationale, drawing from adaptation planning processes. "This ... Entities and National Designated Authorities to share and learn from each other about adaptation and how we access the ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
GCF affirms partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank
... Fund and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a legal agreement to open doors for more climate finance ... projects in the Caribbean region. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) took place on the margins ... for the use of GCF resources. The agreement is a prerequisite for all Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved ...
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GCF signs off funding for Barbados water sector resilience project
... S-Barbados). The project aims to make the provision of potable water in Barbados less vulnerable to the impacts of ... Authority from the investment in the PV systems will be deposited into a locally managed adaptation fund. Consumers will ... GCF in the Caribbean region to be signed. The project’s Accredited Entity (AE) is the Caribbean Community Climate ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Green Climate Fund announces ambitious plans for next Board meeting
... development. Whilst the last Board meeting proved challenging, we are hopeful that the next meeting in Bahrain ... of new project proposals, the Board will also discuss the accreditation of new project partners, as well as proposals to ... the new low-carbon and climate-resilient markets of the future. As a “country driven” organisation, attuned to ...
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Agreement bolsters Caribbean ability to weather climate disaster
The Green Climate Fund signed an Accreditation Master Agreement today with the Prime Minister ... for the country’s Department of Environment. The milestone unlocks opportunities for the continued ... the importance of climate finance in safeguarding for future disasters. “GCF is supporting the efforts of SIDS - ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
GCF-IFAD agreement will help agricultural communities adapt to climate change
... land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in the margins of the ... GCF to finance IFAD climate projects that empower rural people in developing countries. AMAs act as legal frameworks ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes Pacific nations for Structured Dialogue meeting in Pohnpei
... representatives of National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, Delivery Partners, civil society ... of countries in the region to respond to the climate challenge. Projects in the region range from ensuring ... will also be offered on how to create strong country programmes and how to submit high quality funding proposals to GCF, ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
... GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The ... of its investment criteria, or to add new partners as Accredited Entities. The Chair expressed his regret to the ... Co-Chair Paul Oquist in 2018, and wish him well for the future." The board has now commenced the process for the ...
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GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
... resources about opportunities to make solar power available throughout the Sahel region, transforming African deserts into new sources of renewable energy. The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the ... Sahel region. It is intended to provide solar generated electricity to 250 million people, including 90 million ...
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GCF brings climate focus to African development bank meeting
... Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting ... continent. Climate change features as one of the major themes of the discussions - designed to boost African economic ... adaptation. AfDB is a key GCF partner. Approved as a GCF Accredited Entity in March 2016, AfDB is working on a series ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF Structured Dialogue focus turns to Asia
The challenge of maintaining solid economic growth in Asia through ... region will take part in the four-day Dialogue in the Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang. Ministers and other high-level ... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... Designated Authorities ( NDAs ) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) will also host side events during the Dialogue ... Results of the Bamako event will inform and shape GCF’s future collaboration with African countries on how best to ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
... place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who ... speakers and more information about the event at the UNFCCC website . Germany Songdo Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology ...
Article > Press release Germany 
Colombian President set to open GCF’s first Latin American Dialogue
... four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn more about how to access the Fund's resources. They ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, Accredited Entities, Readiness delivery partners, private ... Latin America to withstand such wide-ranging disasters in future. Common with all GCF Structured Dialogues, the Bogota ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF Caribbean consultations chart paths to greater resilience
... number of Caribbean countries are now repairing the damage left in the wake of extreme weather which swept through the ... in regional reconstruction now underway. An international pledging conference last month soliciting public and private ... the GCF confabs, the Fund’s partners – including Accredited Entities and National Designated Authorities or ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF to showcase transformational potential of climate finance at One Planet Summit
... and of how public climate funds can successfully leverage private capital. The One Planet Summit takes place ... Fund (GCF) was created as an operating entity of the UNFCCC with the goal of supporting global efforts to respond ... that GCF funded activities are country-owned, and the Accredited Entities that carry out projects on the ground. The ...
Article > Press release France 
Developing country entrepreneurs cause for hope, GCF deputy tells meeting
... in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and India raises hopes for a low-emissions future, according to Javier Manzanares, Green Climate Fund ... recent UN report indicating CO2 emissions have remained stable since 2014, thanks partly to renewable energy gains in ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF strengthens partnership with Inter-American Development Bank
... the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The signing of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMA) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities to implement GCF-approved projects. IDB sought GCF accreditation, ...
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GCF launches its first climate gender manual
The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set up the Fund in 2010. “The release of the manual comes at a key juncture as GCF ramps up its implementation of ...
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