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GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
At its 11th meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), noted convergence on the importance and need to set out a strategic plan for GCF in order to further operationalize the Governing Instrument for the GCF...
Board document > Action item
Simplified Approval Process (SAP) funding proposal preparation guidelines: A practical manual for the preparation of SAP proposals
These guidelines have been developed to support GCF accredited entities (AEs) in the preparation of funding proposals under the simplified approval process (SAP) pilot scheme.
This document provides general...
Document > Publication, Guides
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
Stakeholder engagement is a key component of the Revised Environmental and Social Policy that applies to all activities financed by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is...
Document > Guides
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
As the world’s largest dedicated climate fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement and SDGs. Committed to both...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
Coastal and marine ecosystems and the services they provide are the basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, livelihoods, economic growth and cultural identity. They are currently under threat from...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries IUCN
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
Cross River State (CRS) which contains 50% of Nigeria’s forests has made significant strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed (1) a CRS REDD+...
Document > Concept note Nigeria UNDP
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and extreme events. With climate change,...
Document > Concept note Bhutan WWF
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
The proposed GCF financed “Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient management program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment - Nyagatare District)” builds onto the AfDB financed baseline project – the...
Document > Concept note Rwanda AfDB
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
The Sahel has experienced some of the most extreme climate events on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher temperatures, lower precipitation...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries FAO
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
In response to major changes to the European Union Sugar Protocol and the resultant closure of the sugar industry on St. Kitts, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GSKN) launched the National Adaptation Strategy 2006...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis CDB
State of Palestine Country Programme
Climate change is the most prominent threat the world is facing, and it is having a severe impact on all aspects of life on this planet. In an effort to respond to climate change challenges, the international community...
Document > Country programme State of Palestine
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded project “Water Supply and Management to Contribute to Food Security in...
Document > Concept note Mozambique Enabel
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
South Africa is a water scarce country, the 30th driest in the world. The country is facing a water crisis resulting from the increasing severity of droughts and erratic rainfall events, driven by climatic variation,...
Document > Concept note South Africa SANBI
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
Projected climate change effects in Vanuatu such as more intense cyclones, more extreme rainfall events, changes in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu SPC
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
The mission of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is to promote the paradigm shift towards low- emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their...
Document > Call for input
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
Since 2019, the Green Climate Fund has engaged in the process of developing a Sectoral Guide on “Cities, Buildings and Urban Systems” in order to provide an overview of country needs and evidence-based programming...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Enhancing climate action environment with an updated Country Programme, strengthening DAE to develop a pipeline of projects and effectively implement GCF funded activities
The main objective of this document is to request and raise funds for developing a Public & Private Sector Project Pipeline. The primary purpose is to settle the structural basis for an enabling climate action...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile FYNSA
Project preparation for increasing resilience to the health risks of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia
As climate change creates more severe weather events in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), it will exacerbate risks to already burdened human health, in particular through increasing the exposure of humans to...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Micronesia (Federated States of) SPC
Belize Development Finance Corporation Capacity Strengthening for Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
Belize has made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges, guided by policy documents such as the National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (NCCPSAP) 2015-2020. Challenges in delivering...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CDB
Enhancing climate change resilience of health systems in seven CARICOM States
In 2019, the Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change was approved by Ministers of Health, Environment, and Climate Change of Caribbean countries and territories. The plan addresses the common challenges posed...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries WHO
Improving the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture of Suriname to build resilience to climate change in the agriculture sector
Suriname is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s small population, major economic activities, and infrastructure are concentrated along the low-lying, heavily urbanized coastal zone....
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname FAO
Preparation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)” Project
Cambodia’s National Designated Authority (NDA) has appointed FAO as the Accredited Entity (AE) to support the development and implementation of the “Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia FAO
Addressing pre-accreditation gaps for the Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad & Tobago
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) presently accesses the Green Climate Fund (GCF) via International and Regional Access Entities; however, by establishing a national Direct Access Entity (DAE...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC
Building climate resilience into Trinidad and Tobago’s Healthcare System
The proposal seeks to build the resilience of the health sector to cope with increased incidence and intensity of climate induced disaster/extreme events and associated risks. As such this grant request seeks to improve...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Trinidad and Tobago CCCCC
Development of Tuvalu’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to advance medium and long-term adaptation planning
Tuvalu is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change due to its topography, size, geographical remoteness and access to resources. Despite these challenges, it has become a leading voice for enhanced...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tuvalu SPREP
Strengthening Adaptation Planning in Uganda (SAP)
The problem that this project will address is the weak technical, institutional and financial capaci- ties at District and central government level to plan for adaptation. District level climate change risk information...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Uganda UNEP
Green Guarantee Company (GGC)
The Green Guarantee Company (“GGC”) is an innovative finance solution which is proposing to use blended finance and guarantees to mobilise greater climate finance into Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, Trinidad &...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries MUFG_Bank
Scaling up the deployment of Integrated Utility Services (IUS) to support energy sector transformation in the Caribbean (Phase I)
Through this application, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is requesting financial resources from the GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) to develop a full funding proposal for Phase I of the Scaling up the...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries CDB
Project Preparation for Community-Based Interventions for Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Vulnerable States (SIDS)
Climate change and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected areas upon which communities in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate change impacts as well as...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries MCT
GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support in Cuba
Cuba is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (since 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (2002) and the Paris Agreement (January 2017).
In October 2007, the Council of Ministers discussed climate...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cuba UNDP