Search
Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot intends to boost access by sub-national, national and regional, public, and private entities to GCF climate finance.
EDA promotes country ownership of...
Document > Publication, Guides
Country programme guidance
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Country Programmes are the cornerstone of each country’s pipeline development with GCF. It is the first stage of the updated GCF project and programme cycle, and forms the basis for prioritising...
Document > Publication, Guides
Building resilient and healthy Cook islands communities
An initial funding proposal (FP) “Building Resilient and Healthy Cook Islands Communities” has previously been submitted to the GCF for review. The FP was based upon an SAP Concept Note submitted to the GCF in January...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cook Islands MFEM_COK
Strengthening on-ground community resilience and sustainability to climate change in the Kingdom of Tonga
Tonga is ranked as the second or third most vulnerable country to climate change impacts in the world, whilst contributing a negligible amount to global greenhouse gas emissions. In Tonga, the multiple and cumulative...
Document > Concept note Tonga SPREP
Developing a GHG and SLCP monitoring network for enhanced compliance & enforcement of emission standards and improved climate change reporting
Enforcement of emissions regulation in Kenya is greatly hindered by the limited capacity to continuously monitor ambient air pollution, which limits the development of appropriate policy and legal instruments to...
Document > Concept note Kenya NEMA
Strengthening resilience of ecosystems and communities to climate change effects in the North Rift Valley Region of Kenya
The North rift region counties are susceptible to climate change effects making communities and their livelihoods vulnerable to climate change effects. The region faces threats in food security, water stress and...
Document > Concept note Kenya
Climate-Resilient Aggregation, Storage, Warehousing Receipts, and Trading Facility for Dry Grains in Nakuru County, Kenya
In Kenya, smallholder farmers face several challenges among them, poor post harvest management of their produce. For grain farmers, losses during post harvest management is estimated to cause a loss of between 20 and 30...
Document > Concept note Kenya NEMA
Enhancing resilience of communities, smallholders and ecosystems to climate change impacts through adapting and scaling up land/resources used systems in the Marajo archipelago in Brazil
The project entitled, “Enhancing resilience of smallholders and ecosystems to climate change impacts through adapting and scaling up land/resources used systems in the Marajo Archipelago in Brazil” seeks to increase...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil FundacionAvina
2021 P4G Seoul Summit, Green New Deal: Clean transition to the green economy
This session “Green New Deal: Clean Transition to Green Economy” is jointly organised by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The session aims to provide a forum to highlight countries’...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Thematic brief: Ecosystems & ecosystem services
Ecosystems consist of plants, animal and microorganism communities (including for example, rainforests, coral reefs, agricultural land and managed forests), while ecosystem goods and services are the benefits to human...
Document > Thematic brief
Collaborative R&DB Programme for Promoting the Innovation of Climate Technopreneurship
The Korea Development Bank (KDB), a direct access entity (DAE), requests the PPF support to carry out necessary preliminary studies that will help develop a full funding proposal package consistent with climate...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries KDB
Call for Public Inputs for the continuation of the GCF REDD+ Results-Based Payments Programme
As requested by the Board at its 28th Session, the GCF Secretariat is currently undertaking a further analysis of alternatives for the continuation of the implementation of REDD+ results-based payments (RBPs). The...
Document > Call for input
Thematic brief: Climate resilient infrastructure
Infrastructure is key to many sectors including transportation, telecommunications, water, and energy, and it plays an important role within agriculture and health. Strong interdependencies mean that damages to a single...
Document > Thematic brief
Enhancing adaptation planning and increasing climate resilience in the coastal zone and fisheries sector of Belize
Belize, a small island developing state, is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change owing to its low coastal region (below high tide mark), the rapid economic development in the coastal region and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize FAO
Establishment and operationalization of National Financing Vehicle in Dominica
The proposed readiness delivers the framework, for the establishment, operationalization and capitalization of a National Financing Vehicle (NFV) in Dominica and delivers demand-led capacity building training to state...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica GGGI
Ghana Industrial Energy Efficiency Readiness
This GCF Readiness proposal aims to support the implementation of Ghana industry related NDC targets through: (i) Detailed policy formulation for government on industrial energy efficiency; (ii) Developing an initial...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ghana UNIDO
EmpoweringMunicipalities in Haiti to plan for, manage and respond to the impacts of climate change
This proposal aims to strengthen the capacities of beneficiaries which includes technical officers, managers, and other representatives of local government, non- governmental institutions, private sector and community...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti CCCCC
2020 Annual Performance Report for FP061: Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including performance against GCF investment criteria, financial information, project logic framework targets indicators, and...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries DOE_ATG
Supporting the Productive Development Bank in Bolivia to meet GCF accreditation standards
Bolivia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change according to the Latin American Development Bank-CAF, and it has been classified as extremely risky in South America.
In this context, Bolivia has a...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of) PDB
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
Farmers are facing unprecedented interlinked global shocks and challenges that threaten the gains in global food security and poverty reduction in recent years. Since most agriculture is rainfed in developing countries...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
Coral reefs are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems by climate change impacts. And drivers such as overfishing, agricultural run-off, sewage discharge and unsustainable tourism degrade the coral reefs, further...
Document > Case study Multiple countries PCA
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased temperatures and human-induced deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback...
Document > Case study Multiple countries IDB
Multi-Year Strategic Readiness for Antigua and Barbuda: Supporting Antigua and Barbuda’s NDCs implementation towards a transformation to Climate Resilient and Low-Emission Development Pathway by 2030
Antigua and Barbuda’s 2021 National Determined Contribution (‘NDC’) targets outlines the Government of Antigua and Barbuda’s (‘GOAB’) envisioned climate targets to accomplish its catalytic role gender-responsive...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Accelerating and scaling up climate innovation: How the Green Climate Fund’s approach can deliver new climate solutions for developing countries
Climate innovation is critical to avert catastrophic climate change, but investment in new climate solutions is hampered by a range of barriers. This Working Paper first identifies the main barriers to climate...
Document > Working paper
Increasing the Resilience of the Cook Islands through Enhancing a National Adaptation Programme
The Cook Islands has been implementing a multi-sector approach to adaptation and resilience building. The Cook Islands Climate Change Policy 2018-28 and the Cook Islands Climate Change Country Programme 2018-2030 (...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cook Islands MFEM
Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plans Process of Egypt
Egypt’s landscapes, people, and economy are highly vulnerable to the ongoing impacts of climate change. On its northern border with the Mediterranean Sea, the country’s Nile delta is witnessing the climate change-...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Egypt UNDP
Building Capacity to Facilitate the Integration of the National Adaptation Planning Process in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a landlocked country in East Africa, classified by the UN as LDC. With its diverse ecological landscapes, the country is exceedingly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change and climate...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ethiopia GGGI
Accelerating Climate Change Adaptation Investment Planning to Enhance Resilience in Indonesia
The Republic of Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state, consisting of more than 17,500 islands. The country has experienced many disasters during the past four decades, such as floods, droughts, storms,...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia UNDP
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, increasing the frequency and severity of drought, floods and wildfires. This threatens the ecosystems that underpin urban and rural...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa SANBI
Enhancing Montenegro’s capacity to integrate climate change risks into planning
Recognizing that climate change poses significant risks to its long-term development, the Government of Montenegro (GoM) has taken several foundational steps to develop a long-term adaptation planning process that is...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Montenegro UNDP