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Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Fund (GCF) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) approved USD 3.5 million of project preparation ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ...
Article > Press release 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... Frequent climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, ... in Viet Nam by implementing tried and tested solutions. For example, through the rehabilitation of 4,000 hectares of ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ...
Article > Story Viet Nam UNDP 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... year, totaling USD 489.8 million of GCF financing and USD 1.26 billion including co-financing. Among the 11, agreements were signed for five projects between GCF and its Accredited Entity ... AE that must be negotiated and signed by GCF and the AEs before the project can launch. The short turnaround between ...
Article > News update 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller ... Chief in Santo Island The ‘NextGen’ Projections for Western and Tropical Pacific: Current and Future Climate ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ...
Article > Story Vanuatu SCA 
Rural women rising
... land, training in climate-resilient farming, and a platform to sell their produce, women farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is ... finance, including from private sources of capital. At COP 26 in Glasgow, our four funds jointly committed to work ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
Results-based management
... management (RBM) approach to continuously monitor the performance of its projects/programmes and portfolio. RBM is a ... monitoring data and evaluations to assess and improve performance and the achievement of desired results. This ... (or are not) occurring and, in turn, how the design and performance of current and future projects/programmes can be ...
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Appeals
Overview Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by the ... Head of IIU, assumed office as the Chair of the IAP. Information appeal guidelines 16 Oct 2019 The following ...
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Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
... Songdo, Republic of Korea. The Board started with a short formal session on Monday 25 February where it announced the ... projects across nearly 100 developing countries. The agenda for the 22nd GCF Board meeting, which will be held from 25 ... Board meeting to be convened by the new Board Co-Chairs for 2019 – Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan (from Sudan) and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
... priorities in Asia. It will also provide opportunities for countries to show what progress they have made in ... roadmaps that identify trends and emerging priorities for different regions. The Indonesian Government is hosting ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
... place from 1 to 4 August. Hosted at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat headquarters in Suva, the gathering will ... and concepts into a pipeline of concrete funding proposals for GCF support. The Co-Chairs will be joined by Pacific ... civil society and the private sector. The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is playing an important role in assisting ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and investment, assessment of the proposal ... to funding proposals. “B.12 laid a strong foundation for progress in 2016, with resolution of key administrative ... to USD 2.4 billion. “However, more proposals are needed for the Fund to be within reach of its aspirational USD 2.5 ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.37 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XXXVII Funding proposal package for SAP004
... point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ... proprietary, legally privileged or commercially sensitive information of the entity. The funding proposal package for SAP004 was formerly submitted for the Board’s ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.19 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XIX Funding proposal package for FP097
... proposal summary titled “Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation to Climate Change (CAMBio II)” submitted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI); No-objection letters ... point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII Funding proposal package for FP096
... point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ... proprietary, legally privileged or commercially sensitive information of the entity. The funding proposal package for FP096 is being submitted for the first time for the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.17 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVII Funding proposal package for FP095
... three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” submitted by the Agence Française de ... point(s), respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
... finances. Nevertheless, the country has made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges. In continuing this effort, Belize aims to implement its Climate Change Action ... results of scoping mission and GCF operational modalities, for nominating national entities seeking direct access ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CCCCC
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
... Identify capacity gaps and strengthen capacities for adaptation planning and implementation and for integrating adaptation to climate change into national, ... their integration into a National Climate Change Strategy for validation by the National Climate Change Cabinet; ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina UNDP
Strategic Frameworks support for Lao PDR through FAO
The Lao People's Democratic Republic has identified the forestry sector as a key contributor to its climate ... readiness to demonstration phases of REDD+. Reflecting the forestry sector contribution indicated in the NDC, the National REDD+ Strategy, which has identified Zero Deforestation Agriculture as a necessary policy direction, is ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) FAO
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Timor-Leste through UNDP
... assistance of US$300,000 from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the National Designated Authority/Focal Point for Green Climate Fund for Timor-Leste, to undertake preparation activities over a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste UNDP
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through PwC
... Ministers mandated the Commission to pursue opportunities for climate financing, to support climate resilience in the ... COMES held in Grenada in April 2017. Consistent with the aforementioned mandates, the OECS Commission has applied for readiness support in becoming a Readiness Delivery ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Entity support, strategic frameworks and private sector mobilization support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
... implementing its initial Readiness support request for NDA Strengthening, development of the Country Programme, ... support is hosting a sub-regional Structured Dialogue for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), ... Finally, the Readiness support will lay the foundation for engaging the private sector in adaptation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
... 7th Five Year Plan, the institutional and policy framework for climate change and of the relevant plans and strategies, with a view to identifying transformational investment opportunities in accordance with ... Strengthening/up-scaling the country coordination mechanism for GCFrelated activities particularly to implement ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh UNDP
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
... which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” programme. The programme, targeting 17 ... of this programme with AFD marks an important milestone for the Green Climate Fund. It demonstrates the immense role ...
Article > Press release AFD 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... signed during the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Forum organised by the Government in Ulaanbaatar. Tserenbat ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with GCF by promptly ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Jamaica Country Programme
Climate change is a major challenge for Jamaica. Experiences of increased drought conditions, ... However climate action requires massive transformation in our production methods and consumption patterns. Transformation and Innovation is needed in all sectors. However ...
Document > Country programme Jamaica
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
... productive as the climate changes, having been developed for past climates. Hence, farming and food systems need to be transformed across the globe to build resilience to these climate impacts and meet the increasing demand for food by growing populations and cities. This need is ...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
... and providing capital to businesses and companies for the sustainable use of ocean resources can considerably ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ... Lanka FP180 Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR) ...
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 ... combination of increased temperatures and human-induced deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops. ... warmer and drier conditions will further result in forest degradation and loss of ecological functions, ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries IDB
Building the capacities of key Sustainable Land Management stakeholders to mainstream climate change in Burundi, and updating the Country Programme
... support the realization of a study based on available information and extensive consultations to (i) characterize ... in Burundi and (ii) propose recommendations of action for decision makers to consistently address these issues at national level (with specific recommendations for the local level). In relation with the results of this ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi FAO