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... will launch a guide on Tuesday strengthening the central role of gender consideration in its allocation of climate ... girls, men and boys from socially excluded and vulnerable communities at all stages of the climate finance project cycle. GCF is the first climate finance fund to mainstream ...

... strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank ( ADB ). The two organizations have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA), a prerequisite for all ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver equal amounts of funding to mitigation and ...

... Dialogue with the Pacific, a region particularly vulnerable to climate change, brought together a range of key GCF ... the way ahead for focusing climate finance in this vulnerable part of the world, particularly in building climate ... projects. Other key GCF partners attending included accredited entities, readiness delivery partners, and ...

... its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ... GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF ... planning aims to enable policies, strategies, programmes and investment that reduces a country’s vulnerability ...

... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... can rectify current gaps in climate adaptation. “While Montenegro has adopted numerous mitigation projects ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...

Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small ... half of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) targeted in this GCF-funded climate finance programme ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ...

The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a ... to expand its current portfolio of 43 projects and programmes, amounting to USD 2.2 billion. “We are here to work ...

The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ... finance. The discussions will converge around previous UNFCCC decisions, mainly the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ and ...

... Protected Areas (Profonanpe) serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement ... gases stored in the region’s peatlands. “This project comes with real global mitigation benefits as the swamps of ... a Peru-based environmental fund, is one of GCF’s Accredited Entities. These approved organizations partner with ...

... by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last ... event featured representatives of partner countries and accredited entities to the Green Climate Fund. Zaheer Fakir, ... from South Africa, set out an ambitious vision for the future of the Fund, stating, “GCF is about transformation, ...

Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the ... Belize to enable it to access project funds from GCF in the future. Speaking at the signing, Minister Figueroa stated ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...

... climate-resilient projects that were discussed between 24-26 October. Project concepts covered mitigation and ... GCF portfolios.” The dialogue provided GCF and Accredited Entities an opportunity to hear firsthand which ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points, UNFCCC Focal Points, and officials from national ministries of ...

... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... two weeks ahead of the opening of the 22nd session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 22), in Morocco, the ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ...

... over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ... the GCF, with a range of potential proposal ideas across themes such as water, energy, strengthening resilience, and ...

... organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day of reflection and inner peace. I would therefore like to share ... me going over the past three years: It all seems impossible, until it is done. My sweat and my tears throughout these ...

... investment fund, has become the first GCF private sector accredited entity to formalise its relationship with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Acumen Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with GCF, becoming the ... from GCF. The Acumen Fund was founded in 2001 as a charitable venture capital fund, with the aim on the idea of ...

... brought together the 13 organizations that have been accredited for direct access to the Fund, as well as 27 ... Authority or Focal Point (NDA/FP). Nearly 100 people took part in the sessions, including representatives from ... institutions share project experiences across four themes—climate compatible cities, climate-resilient ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015, and since the Fund approved ... in Zambia in November 2015. So soon after these two milestone meetings, the global community has high hopes that ... operational matters that require action by the Board, and accredit new entities to grow the Fund’s partnership ...

... to fast-track the islands’ access to GCF funding while ensuring country ownership. “The Cook Islands are extremely pleased to be the first country in the Pacific region to ... advocated for. As a nation that is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, we stand ready to build ...

... supporters of the Green Climate Fund, so it was with great pleasure that Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today ... why it will provide resources to this organization in the future.” The ties between Sweden and GCF date from the ... and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) including, for instance, to enhance renewable energy ...

... of trust received in the form of the USD 10 billion equivalent of pledges, over 60% of which are already converted ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) or Focal Points and 20 Accredited Entities (AEs) at the national, regional, and ... year. The Board also decided to launch three pilot programmes with a total value of up to USD 900 million. These focus ...

... is a focus on developing readiness requests that will enable countries to apply for financial support from the Fund. ... Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou highlighted the particular challenges faced by Caribbean small island developing states ... is “an important partner poised to provide sustainable financing to support your efforts to tackle climate ...

... Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to ... and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and ... will monitor Mali’s readiness initiatives and their outcomes throughout the period of the grant agreement, which will ...

... Green Climate Fund is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s ... Support Programme to all nine entities that the Board has accredited for direct access. The purpose of the training is ... of these entities to ensure their performance in project implementation is consistent with the Fund’s ...

Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage hydroelectric energy and a solar power plant Exposed to spot ...

... and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities, ... society groups. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on progress and lessons learned, to build partnerships, ... an impetus for the design of ambitious projects and programmes demonstrating the aspirations to reduce the Caribbean ...

... parts of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of ... in accessing GCF through its diverse support programmes and funding modalities. It also provided clarity on the ... partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Accredited Entities (AEs), nominated entities, delivery ...

... of Pacific island countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes approved in the Pacific. The Structured Dialogue for the ...

... (DAEs) – national and regional entities nominated for accreditation to the GCF by National Designated Authorities ... The aim of the workshop was to enhance peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, strengthen the capacity of entities and ... partners. The event offered the opportunity for the accredited DAEs to engage on how to finalize seven funding ...