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GCF handbook: Decisions, policies and frameworks (updated March 2022)
... primary Board decision and related policy framework has been given a descriptive title, and placed within one of ten ... adopted by the Board are accessible on the GCF website under its Board section. Finally, the Handbook includes an introduction and chapter overview, a list of commonly used ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Building Niger’s engagement with the GCF: Establishment and strengthening of the NDA, and elaboration of a country programme identifying strategic priorities
The requested Readiness Programme aims at strengthening the capacity of the recently nominated GCF Focal Point of Niger and the development of strategic frameworks, ... capacity building in order to develop a thorough understanding of the functioning of the Fund and the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
Strategic Frameworks support for the Bahamas through UNIDO and CTCN
... supply of the country, it is critical that system operators understand the potential impacts of variable generation on their systems. This ... to continue to advance national policy objectives while maintaining power reliability, security, and efficiency. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Timor-Leste through UNDP
... Asia-Pacific region, Timor-Leste faces a number of development challenges, which are exacerbated by climate change and ... Fund (GCF) for the National Designated Authority/Focal Point for Green Climate Fund for Timor-Leste, to undertake preparation activities over a two-year period from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
GCF/B.24/Inf.01 - The Strategic Plan for the GCF: 2020–2023
... decision B.22/06, the Board requested the Secretariat, under the guidance of the Co0Chairs, to present an update to the initial Strategic Plan for ... draft 2020–2023 Strategic Plan has been developed taking into account findings from the Forward-Looking Performance ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.23/Inf.13 - Updated policy for contributions to the Green Climate Fund
... paper was developed in response to the Board’s request, under decision B.21/18, for the Secretariat to prepare ... contributions for consideration by the Board and the replenishment process. This document is the first draft of the ... received from the Board will be discussed among the interested contributors at the second consultation meeting ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.23/Inf.09 - Strategic Programming for the Green Climate Fund First Replenishment
This paper has been developed in response to the Board’s request, under decision B.21/18, for the Secretariat to prepare for ... based on the GCF’s implementation potential, taking into account the needs of developing countries. This Version ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.23/12/Add.05 - Review of the initial modalities of the Private Sector Facility – Addendum V: PSAG recommendations on mobilization of private sector finance to progress the GCF forestry‐related results areas
This document contains the recommendations of the Private Sector ... as follows: Review current pipeline, and projects under implementation by GCF and other entities to identify ... to implement direct forest‐related activities, taking into account all actors and processes involved in the value ...
Board document > Action item
Environmental Management Authority
Environmental Management Authority (EMA) serves as both the ... implementing agency for environment-related projects on behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. EMA’s ... nationally determined contribution (NDC) commitments under the Paris Agreement, including hosting and managing ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Trinidad and Tobago
Agency for Agricultural Development of Morocco
The Agency for Agricultural Development of Morocco (ADA) is a ... needs at the local and national levels. Its mandate, under the national green plan in place since 2008, is to ... through more resilient and productive agriculture. ADA has developed a comprehensive portfolio of climate change ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Morocco
FP280 - Uganda REDD+ RBP for results period 2016 - 2017
With over 70 per cent of the population engaged in subsistence farming and ... this process. Following an independent technical assessment under UNFCCC guidelines, Uganda's reported results of verified ...
Project > Public sector Uganda 
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization formalizes readiness support partnership with GCF
... Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed a Readiness Framework Agreement to enable ... (NDAs) and GCF’s Accredited Entities to develop requests under the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, which ...
Article > Press release 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for DPR Korea through FAO
... the institutional foundations for action on climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). However, the country’s level of preparedness to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
Strengthening Serbia’s capacities for strategic engagement of private sector into climate financing
... hazards as a result of climate change. As stated in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) the ... sectors, the support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under a second Readiness proposal is needed. This second GCF ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Serbia
Identify adaptation and mitigation interventions and creating partnerships for scaling up the Great Green Wall Initiative in Niger
The agriculture, forest and land use sector (AFOLU) has been identified in the Nationally Determined Contribution of ... Niger as the priority sector for adaptation and mitigation intervention. Niger, being a member country of the Great ... resilient and low mission technologies in the AFOLU sector under the Great Green Wall framework by strengthening ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
GCF/B.33/08 - Accreditation strategy of the Green Climate Fund
... strategic approach to accreditation, for which GCF would undertake, as soon as possible, an analysis of the current accredited entity (AE) portfolio to identify strengths ... B.31/06, the Secretariat, under the guidance of the Co-Chairs, was also requested to prepare the accreditation ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.34/27 - Accreditation strategy of the Green Climate Fund
... strategic approach to accreditation, for which GCF would undertake, as soon as possible, an analysis of the current accredited entity (AE) portfolio to identify strengths ... B.31/06, the Secretariat, under the guidance of the Co-Chairs, prepared the accreditation strategy in document ...
Board document > Action item
GCF Board meeting to be held next week
The thirty-fifth meeting of the GCF Board is set to get underway in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea from March 13 ... of the United States, as well as the first of 2023. Seven project funding proposals will be put to the Board for ... of GCF. The selection of the Heads of the Independent Integrity Unit, and of the Independent Redress Mechanism ...
Article > News update 
Capacity Building to prepare for the implementation of Carbon Markets and Article 6 in Latin America
... their climate policy packages. If well designed and sufficiently ambitious, carbon pricing can create strong economic ... carbon neutrality commitments by 2050, as proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In this ... all countries are considering carbon markets and mechanisms under Article 6 as strategies to fulfill their climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Supporting Green Regional Development in Mongolia
Effective urban development and management are vital for the successful ... policy as well as green recovery, urban and rural recovery under the New Revival Policy approved by the Parliament in ... aims to identify financing schemes and incentive mechanisms, including risk-sharing facilities, loan guarantees, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mongolia
The Green Climate Fund kicks off first Board meeting of 2024 in Rwanda
Eleven project funding proposals requesting a total of USD 489.9 ... African States). With co-financing, the funding proposals under consideration have a total value of USD 1.26 billion. The Board will ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
The 20th meeting of the GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging ... to Songdo. “This has been a very difficult and disappointing Board meeting for all of us, but most importantly for ... portfolio of transformational projects, with many already under implementation in support of the climate ambition of ...
Article > Press release 
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 ... the GCF. Additionally, the Board requested the Secretariat, under the direction and guidance of the ad hoc group to ... an initial draft strategic plan. The group agreed that the initial draft be revised by the facilitator and ...
Board document > Action item
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
... basis for Pacific Island countries’ (PICs) climate resilience, livelihoods, economic growth and cultural identity. They are currently under threat from climate change and its interaction with other forms of environmental degradation. A ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Enhancing climate change resilience of health systems in seven CARICOM States
... and Climate Change was approved by Ministers of Health, Environment, and Climate Change of Caribbean countries and ... posed by climate change on health and provide a roadmap for integrated action to protect health and promote sustainable development, under a changing climate. PAHO/WHO is seeking to support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
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 ... Facility (PPF). To coordinate technical activities under the PPF and complete the full project proposal ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia
Green Climate Fund Readiness Support for Sierra Leone
... facing the brunt of climate change impacts including frequent flooding that destroy lives and livelihoods of its ... signing of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), its Kyoto protocol, the development of national ... to: a) strengthen National Designated Authority (NDA) under the leadership of the GCF Focal Point, b) strengthen ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sierra Leone
Local Governments and Climate Change-III (LGCC3)
Cambodia has a climate-dependent economy that has been negatively impacted in recent ... and sea-level rise have put traditional farming systems under pressure, and decreased the availability of water ... the Nationally Determined Contribution 2020 (NDC) to the UNFCCC and SDGs numbers 1, 11 and 13. Proposed interventions ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Cambodia
Enhancing the Climate Resilience of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Sri Lanka
The inadequate investment in capacity development in Sri Lanka's WASH sector ... This lack of capacity has resulted in a failure to integrate climate considerations adequately into sectoral ... Delivery Partner (DP), UNICEF will implement this project under the guidance and direction of the National Designated ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka
Update on FP146: Bio-CLIMA Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and strengthen resilience in BOSAWÁS and Rio San Juan Biospheres
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has terminated the Funded Activity Agreement for the project, “Bio-CLIMA: Integrated climate action to reduce deforestation and ... decision B.34/23 , and actions taken by the GCF Secretariat under the relevant legal agreements between GCF and CABEI to ...
Article > Statement FP146 