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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) 
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 
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 ...
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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 - ...
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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 ...
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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 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... from the impact evaluation conducted by Conservation International, in partnership with the Green Climate ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
Blue-Green Investment Corporation
... of Barbados is in an Extended Fund Facility of the International Monetary Fund with a limited ability to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Barbados
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... investment in the Renewstable Barbados Project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is pioneering the ...
Article > Press release 
Saving the cryosphere requires innovative financing
... global collaboration by integrating local efforts with international frameworks. Aligning Sustainable Development ...
Article > Insights 
Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
... on agriculture for their livelihoods. While Liberia has won international recognition for its peaceful election in ... other adaptation planning processes have become enmeshed in international efforts to deal with climate change under the ...
Article > Press release 
Policies: Results, monitoring & evaluation
Results, monitoring & evaluation
The Governing Instrument sets out that the programmes and projects, as well as other activities, funded by the Fund will be regularly monitored for impact, efficiency and...
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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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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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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 ...
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Enhancing Direct Access
Overview
The Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot channels climate financing to homegrown organisations in developing countries. USD 200 million have been approved for this pilot programme.
The objective of this pilot...
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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 ...
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