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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
Structured Dialogue with Latin America
... progress was made to expand the number of country-level Accredited Entity partners in the region - the so-called ... several entities in Latin America are currently in GCF's accreditation pipeline. The REDD+ Request for Proposals was ...
Event > Structured dialogue Colombia 
First GCF Green Champions to be announced at COP25
... more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations. As Mexico's representative on multilateral bodies and international organizations in Vienna, Geneva and New York, ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
... Conference (GPIC) now taking place virtually over two days. International flows of finance “should particularly ... We need to rewire, or even short circuit, the wires of international finance if we are going to address our climate ...
Article > Press release 
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
... Director-General, World Health Organization. “International cooperation is essential to ensuring healthy, ... Kong Jockey Club's Institute of Philanthropy IMPACT Europe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent ...
Article > Press release 
Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... Investment Authority (NSIA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with Prosper Africa, and ... climate transition in emerging markets. The UK’s recent International Development White Paper highlighted the need ...
Article > Press release 
GCF at COP29 summary
... Bogotá-Region Landscape in partnership with Conservation International and the Government of Colombia; Glaciers to ... adaptation projects to date. Read more . As the international community calls for greater ambition in ...
Article > News update Azerbaijan 
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 
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 
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
Overview
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
Overview
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 
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 
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
GCF side event asks ‘what makes a good project?’
... at assisting National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) to put together ambitious projects ... Ministry of Natural Resources had itself recently been accredited by the Fund, a significant achievement which was ... and climate change at the heart of Rwanda’s development. Accreditation had been possible because Rwanda had ...
Article > Press release 
Readiness: Learn more
Opportunities to learn more
Upcoming information sessions
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* The dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances or other influencing factors. We will provide...
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EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
... arrangements to implement projects between GCF and its Accredited Entities, such as the EBRD. GCF currently has 54 Accredited Entities, which propose climate finance projects ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
... members decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. At its twenty-first meeting, the GCF ... Board decisions, balancing commitments and diversity among Accredited Entities, across regions and across results ...
Article > Press release 
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
... climate-resilient and sustainable. ADA is one of GCF’s 54 Accredited Entities, becoming a GCF partner in March 2016. ... the project. The Fund’s PPF instrument supports GCF accredited entities like ADA by providing up to USD 1.5 ...
Article > Story Morocco 
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
... approved. To achieve this aim, GCF is working closely with Accredited Entities, which propose and carry out funding ... number of Funded Activity Agreements (FAAs) signed with Accredited Entities since the end of 2016. These legal ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Readiness Results - Vanuatu
... the GCF, the Ministry of Climate Change, and the regional accredited entity SPREP submitted a Readiness proposal to ... in project development to encourage other countries and Accredited Entities to access the Fund’s Readiness ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu 
GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
... been filled, we have a strategic plan, 13 new entities are accredited and now over USD 250 million in funding proposals ... to step up its project approvals and we want countries and accredited entities to respond by bringing us more proposals ...
Article > Press release 
24th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP24)
... 2018 (Tuesday) Event title Time GCF 101 1330 - 1430 Accreditation 101 1800 - 1900 05 December 2018 (Wednesday) ... Time Innovative finance for climate change 1000 - 1130 Accreditation 101 1200 - 1300 GCF 101 1300 - 1400 Supporting ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Poland 