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Cook Islands launches its first GCF country programme
... adopted by the Cabinet on 5 March, was announced at a high-level donor round table on climate change, a first of its ... and Economic Management (MFEM) has been successfully accredited to GCF, and together with their country programme, ... The team also met high-level government officials and visited potential project sites in Rarotonga. "The Cook ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
FP023 - Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)
... Zambezi regions. The project targeted 3,000 direct small-scale farmers (SSF) over 5,000 hectares, focusing on ... and various stakeholders has laid a strong foundation for future initiatives in climate-resilient agriculture. ... from the Project Completion Report (PCR) submitted by Accredited Entities at the end of a project’s implementation ...
Project > Public sector Namibia EIF 
Developing a pipeline of climate smart and resilient projects involving the private sector, and further strengthening the NDA
... been prepared, and the programming of investments is quite clear. However, a lot remains to be done, especially to ... priorities for climate change, through support to accreditation of three national entities (FONSIS1, FONGIP2 and ... ; iii) three national entities have moved in the accreditation process, and at least one of them has prepared a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Senegal LBA
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
Three months ago the Green Climate Fund mourned the loss of Leonardo Paat, our dear friend and colleague. Leo died from ... (B.24) in 2019. Always humble and modest, Leo refused credit for himself, but preferred to keep in the background. ... by the Board in 2019. The process of moving beyond the IFC’s Performance Standards and developing GCF’s own ESS ...
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ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. Barbara was a woman ahead of her time, a ... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ... for bold action is NOW. We must work together to forge a future where economic justice and environmental ...
Article > Speech
Annual Report 2023
... their highest aspirations so that we all secure a better future. Mafalda Duarte , GCF Executive Director Read the ... countries for climate action. By the end of 2023, GCF accredited 22 new Direct Access Entities (DAE), raising the ... in response to the intensifying climate crisis. Besides UNFCCC and UNDP, GCF is part of an interim secretariat for the ...
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GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous ... to a selected mountainous area, and then covering the site with mud, ash and charcoal before closing it off with ... adaptive measure against climate change by improving the future supplies of water to nearby Pakistani villages. A GCF ...
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Accreditation
Overview Access to GCF resources is through entities accredited by the GCF Board (Accredited Entities or AEs). To ... designed to assess whether they are capable of strong financial management and of safeguarding funded projects and programmes. Accreditation is the initial part of the entire suite ...
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FP271 - India Green Finance Facility (IGFF)
... significant progress and achieved rapid growth in renewable energy capacity. The country risks remaining locked into ... Key activities include providing DFIs with concessional credit lines for on-lending to public and private sector ... India’s clean energy transition goals and national programmes; and building the capacity of financial institutions in ...
Project > Public sector India ADB 
FP284 - Amazonia Viva Program
... global climate regulator. It is home to 47 million people, including 2.2 million Indigenous Peoples. The region is threatened by rising temperatures, ... measures to overcome gender-specific obstacles in access to credit. FP284 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries WorldBank 
FP292 - Scaling climate-smart solutions for hardest-to-reach MSMEs and farmers in Kenya (CST Facility)
... Index, with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers particularly exposed to intensifying ... need. The project aims to establish and demonstrate a scalable, de-risked local currency lending facility enabling Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), serving as both Accredited Entity and Executing Entity, to sustainably expand ...
Project > Private sector Kenya KCB 
FP293 - Food Securities Fund Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche (FSF ACCT)
... finance remains structurally underprovided, as commercial lenders rarely extend unsecured credit in rural emerging markets, while cooperatives and ... has typically prioritised large infrastructure programmes rather than value chain operations, leaving a persistent ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Clarmondial 
FP231 - Accelerating Solar Action Program (ASAP)
The Accelerating Solar Action Programme (ASAP) supports Ghana’s ... PV systems among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and households. This initiative not only has the ... and the Energy Commission of Ghana. Better access to credit, robust demand from borrowers, decreased cost of ...
Project > Private sector Ghana Ecobank 
FP301 - Responsible Commodities Facility - Deforestation and Conversion Free: Finance for soy production in the Cerrado, Brazil (RCF-DCF Project)
... half of the Cerrado’s native vegetation has already been cleared, leading to loss of biodiversity, degraded water ... to mobilise larger pools of capital. Through customised credit lines, farmers will be enabled to forgo converting ... linking agricultural finance to conservation outcomes, the programme aims to protect native vegetation, reduce ...
Project > Private sector Brazil SIM 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
... fiscal framework, and incentives for investments in renewables and the greening of the financial system, aimed towards ... development partners to scale up this initiative in the future. In addition, the GCF will support for the ... Green Facility, domiciled in Jamaica. The GCF will provide credit and capacity development to finance local climate ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large ... where they will plant the seeds of a sustainable future for generations to come. With 70 per cent of ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ...
Article > Story Namibia EIF FP023 
Addressing accelerating climate change-induced urban-to-rural migration through Low Emissions Climate Resilient Agro-Spatial Development in Togo [Togo LECR – ASD Programme]
... climatic events such as floods and droughts, which have led to major displacements in the past years. Climate change ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ... will build not only resilience but also adaptation to future climate change already underway. Its activities ...
Document > Concept note Togo BOAD
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... Indirect beneficiaries will include current and future students at domestic universities, the government ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan ... because when I destroy them it will affect me in the future,” Nabimanya said during a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda UNDP FP034 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... used more efficiently, informing the design and delivery of future sustainable landscapes investments for greater impact ... local enabling environment, the report said. Madagascar FP026 Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and ...
Article > Press release Madagascar FP026 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... Project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is pioneering the use of battery storage and green ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
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Management
... by the Executive Director, who is appointed by and accountable to the Board. The Secretariat’s senior management team leads the various Offices and Departments of the ... make the Fund more fit for purpose to deliver impact at scale as efficiently as possible. Management ...
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FP019 - Priming Financial and Land Use Planning Instruments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestations
... commenced in May 2017 and was aimed at addressing challenges related to sustainable development in the Amazon ... embed sustainability. Finally, promoting and monitoring credit lines for sustainable production ensures responsible ... achieved through this project can serve as a model for future initiatives aimed at sustainable development and ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador UNDP 
ED’s remarks at Interactive Dialogue - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28
... that the upper income SIDS, high income or upper middle income SIDS, have in accessing concessional finance. ... that I'm talking to you about. Also, I can't take any credit for it, but I have observed this and this is what we ... - Access to Climate Finance: Building on the Outcomes of UNFCCC COP 28 ...
Article > Speech
Climate finance for sustaining peace and security
Your excellencies, distinguished guests, Floods, fire, famine, disease, global mass displacement. A harrowing future awaits according to the latest IPCC report if we ... prepared to take risks. Many fragile countries have a low credit rating and find it difficult to attract investment. ...
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High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... Service for the invitation to participate in this high-level dialogue. Deforestation and forest degradation are a ... with a GCF co-financing of USD 114 million will provide credit lines to local agricultural banks to support ... dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests ...
Article > Speech
Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the ... at risk. Ever larger numbers of people are losing their homes in climate-related disasters or are forced to take the ... Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future 09 Apr 2019 This working paper contributes to ...
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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 ...
Article > Story Multiple countries AFD FP002 