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Terms of reference for a pilot phase enhancing direct access to the Green Climate Fund
Adopted by decision B.10/04. The objective of the pilot phase for enhancing direct access is to allow for an effective operationalisation of modalities with the potential to enhance access by sub-national, national and...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
GCF supports Indonesia's energy transition with de-risking geothermal development
Indonesia's geothermal potential is estimated to be 29 GW, which is about 40 percent of the world's known reserves. Despite this potential, the country relies heavily on fossil fuel to meet its electricity demand. A key...
Article > Story Indonesia FP083 
GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to implement the Tina River Hydropower Development Project to help the Solomon Islands transition from diesel-generated to clean, renewable energy...
Article > Press release Solomon Islands FP044 
Information requests and responses
... Funding opportunities 11 Oct 14 Oct Granted IDP668 GCF Accreditation Process and Project Management Costs ... FP160: Annexes 2, 3, and 8 17 Oct 26 Oct Granted IDP411 Internship 17 Oct 26 Oct Granted IDP410 Funding ... IDP347 Funding opportunities 22 Apr 4 May Granted IDP346 Internship 6 Apr 19 Apr Granted IDP345 FP184: more ...
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Governance
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GCF is accountable to the United Nations. It is guided by the principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The Green Climate Fund is the only stand-alone multilateral...
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Secretariat
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GCF has an independent Secretariat, accountable to the Board, and it is responsible for executing the daily operations of the Fund.
Today, the Secretariat has more than 300 personnel at its headquarters in the...
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Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
Article > Story Multiple countries FP001 
FP146 - Bio-CLIMA: Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
The Caribbean Region (CR) holds the highest biodiversity in Nicaragua and is part of the important central American biodiversity corridor. However, the CR is experiencing the highest deforestation and forest degradation...
Project > Public sector Nicaragua 
Great Green Wall gets USD 82.8 million boost from GCF and IFAD
A project agreement has been signed in the margins of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow to green-light a USD 82.8 million GCF investment in support of the Great Green Wall.
GCF and IFAD have today signed the agreement for...
Article > Press release FP162 
Advancing a National Approach to Fire Management in Guatemala
In Guatemala, forest fires are an important source of GHG emissions. Between 2019-2020, Guatemala registered 1,398 forest fires that affected a total area of 78,129 hectares. Guatemala has identified the increase in...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guatemala
Accelerate Morocco s readiness to implement the climate change policy at a large-scale level
The Readiness Support under this proposal will build on the results of the first Readiness Support the Moroccan NDA received (“Readiness 1”). The finance strategy in particular will build on the Climate Finance Strategy...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Morocco
Advancing an Integrated Fire Management Approach in Colombia
Supporting community engagement is a central part of integrated fire management approaches. And while Colombia has a long history of cultural burning –particularly in the Orinoquia region– there is little awareness...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Colombia
Preparatory support for the development of instruments to facilitate the restoration of ecosystems and agroecosystems through the implementation of environmental incentives for climate resilience in El Salvador
In El Salvador, 74% of ecosystems support food production, mainly staple grains, pasture, and coffee, while approximately 65% of the territory is hillside areas, with slopes steeper than 15%. Monoculture and inadequate...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
Fostering institutional capacities and accelerating climate finance readiness for increased climate action in Guatemala
Guatemala's efforts to implement and achieve its NDC objectives face significant impediments due to the overarching challenge of inadequate preparedness and capacity. This manifests through the following barriers which...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guatemala
Support for strengthening municipal action in adapting to climate change
Climate projections for Brazil indicate an intensification of extreme weather events, which are triggering an increase in disasters and health crises as well as other significant effects on the population, ecosystems,...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
... in Belize specifically has been established through international studies. Nevertheless, Belize has not yet ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
... protection, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The programme focuses ...
Article > Story Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) FP117 
Readiness and preparatory support to operationalize the Climate Smart Resilient Island (CSRI) Initiative across Small Island Developing States
... nature, cost of technology, and limited or no access to international financial markets continue to be structural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Maldives
Maya-K'iche' in Guatemalan highlands embrace nature-based solutions
... by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), ...
Article > Story Guatemala FP087 
GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
... to institutional investors. Glemarec added that the international community needs to deliver on the USD 100 ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... in Botswana’s Communal Rangelands with Conservation International (FP158) USD 29 million for PREFOREST CONGO - ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board accelerates climate finance ahead of COP26 meeting, approving USD 1.2 billion for new adaptation and mitigation action
... and budgets for 2022 and approved three entities for re-accreditation. The Board also noted the assessment of GCF's ... Trinidad and Tobago (FP181). The GCF Board approved the reaccreditation applications of the following entities: The ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), based in Namibia; The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), based ...
Article > Press release 
Advancing Lao PDR’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) through Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for Disaster Risk Management in human settlements
... (Ministry of Health). Engagement with the private sector, international organisations, and civil society will be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the ...
Article > Press release 
Letter from the Executive Director: reflections and farewell
... of organisations, public and private, large and small, international and local, direct access entities, and help us ...
Article > Speech 
Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future
... UN Conference on the Comprehensive Midterm Review of the International Decade for Action on “Water for Sustainable ...
Article > Insights 
The Green Climate Fund, the Global Partnership for Education and Save the Children launch the world’s largest investment for green schools at COP28
... greener and more climate-adaptive schools in line with the international School Safety Framework. Based on results and ...
Article > Press release 
Executive Director’s opening remarks
... vulnerable countries, we are also exploring what are the internal modalities that we need to respond to the ...
Article > Speech
Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
... funded by the Green Climate Fund and implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is ...
Article > Story 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... Ministry of Environment with support from Conservation International and the GCF, the project offers a holistic ...
Article > Story Ecuador FP235 