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SAP034 - Akamatutu’anga To Tatou Ora’anga Meitaki (ATOM): Building a healthy and resilient Cook Islands Community – one block at a time
The Cook Islands face a triple health challenge due to climate change: communicable diseases, ... are exacerbated by climate-related natural hazards such as intense cyclones and rising sea levels. Climate-related ... and Project Preparation Facility (PPF), the Cook Islands undertook preparatory activities such as health assessments ...
Project > Public sector Cook Islands 
GCF and CTCN strengthen cooperation on technology to support Paris Agreement
... technology and financial backing to help meet their commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This is ... at the request of Parties to the Climate Convention. Under this arrangement, the Fund will collaborate with the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is hosted and managed by UN Environment and the ...
Article > Press release 
CAF and the GCF to finance green projects in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru
CAF and the GCF to finance green projects in Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Peru ...
Article > Article about GCF 
Notice of Appointment: Director, Country Programming
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) expresses its compliments to its National Designated Authorities (NDA) and Focal Points and wishes to draw attention to the appointment of Pa ...
Document > Notification
African Union calls for an ambitious and successful GCF replenishment
... of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) took place in Addis Ababa, ... Ousman Jarju, Director for Country Programming, and Joseph Intsiful, Climate Information and Early Warning Systems ... channeled to 36 projects in Africa, 15 of which are already under implementation. GCF has also been actively working ...
Article > Press release 
From seed to shelf
... gathering skills and knowledge on how to grow climate-resilient crops. They will take this knowledge back to their ... techniques and technologies, a 100ha plot was placed under rain-fed production where farmers had the opportunity ... adopted sustainable practices such as crop rotation, intercropping, agroforestry, conservation tillage, ...
Article > Story Namibia FP023 
Tonga Coastal Resilience project launched in Nuku’alofa
Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga - Representatives from the Government of Tonga alongside the Green ... by the Government of Tonga's Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, ... by establishing a national multi-sectoral platform to integrate climate risk information into local development ...
Article > Press release Tonga FP234 
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
... a significant variation, especially in terms of frequency and distribution of precipitation events. Several ... and droughts. A National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) will be designed and implemented to facilitate the ... National Communication to the Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador
Strengthening the climate resilience of Mauritania’s vulnerable WASH sector through enhanced capacity, collaboration and knowledge on climate change
... is to increase Mauritania’s technical capacities to undertake climate risk and vulnerability analysis of WASH ... coordination and knowledge of climate risks and resilient solutions, especially for the vulnerable communities in ... of Mauritania’s NAP and NDC, as well as other adaptation interventions in the water sector, with a focus on the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mauritania
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
The Green Climate Fund will focus on pursuing high-quality climate ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “This will require changing many of our processes, ... Island Developing States (SIDS) and African States. “Under the SAP, the process is very simple, as it cuts down ...
Article > Press release 
30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30)
Belém, Brazil, Blue Zone, PV-C83 30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
First GCF side event at COP24
In GCF's first COP24 side event "GCF Operations update and lessons emerging from ongoing ... Ousman Jarju provided an update of GCF operations and presented the revamped GCF Readiness programme, known as ... of GGGI said Readiness 2.0 is a great step forward and emphasised that GCF should continue its work promoting direct ...
Article > News update 
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
... of the territory is hillside areas, with slopes steeper than 15%. Monoculture and inadequate soil management are provoking a steady degradation of the country’s ... ha from 2012 to 20217. The goal of this proposal is to enhance El Salvador’s capacities to implement actions on ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
Tonga Country Programme
The Country Programme presents Tonga’s priorities drawn from government sector’s ... Development Framework (2015-2025), the National Climate Change Policy (2016), the Second Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk ...
Document > Country programme Tonga
Green City Pilot (GCP) Feasibility Study
The Rwanda Green City Pilot (GCP) aims to pilot innovative strategies to ... is seeking a Project Preparation Facility (PPF) grant to undertake the design of the masterplan for the development ... of the overall Green City Pilot projected to cover 620 HA, as well as to identify and undertake the feasibility ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Rwanda
Scaling the Communal Reserve Co-management Model to Reduce Emissions and Build Resilience of Indigenous People in the Peruvian Amazon
Amazonian indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly indigenous women. The proposed project aims to empower indigenous ...
Document > Concept note Peru
Enhancing Land-based Adaptation and Resilient Green Economies in Makueni, Kajiado, Machakos and Kitui Counties in Kenya
Kenya’s dryland populations experience environmental degradation and poverty. Climate variability and change exacerbate these problems, as increasing droughts, ... adaptation. Through restoration of 50,648ha of degraded lands and supporting land-based enterprises ...
Document > Concept note Kenya
GCF/B.15/24 - Decisions of the Board – fifteenth meeting of the Board, 13-15 December 2016
GCF/B.15/24 Decisions of the Board – fifteenth meeting of the Board, 13-15 December 2016 ...
Board document > Compendium of decisions
GCF signs partnership agreement with BNP Paribas to accelerate climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is unlocking new climate investment ... the largest European bank and key player in international banking that has become a leader in sustainable finance. ...
Article > Press release 
Science provides rationale for rational climate action
Strong science lies at the cornerstone of all effective climate action, participants heard at a GCF event held on the sidelines of COP24. Maxx Dilley, the WMO's climate prediction and adaptation director, said that a reliance on scientific evidence extends beyond ...
Article > News update 
GCF and the Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia celebrate signing an Accreditation Master Agreement
The Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia ( TDB Mongolia ) organised a virtual ... to mark its signing of an Accreditation Masters Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). During the ... the partnership and acknowledged the collaborative work that led to this milestone. The AMA marks an important step ...
Article > News update Mongolia 
Enhancing Paraguay’s capacity to promote the provision of ecosystem services and conservation of biodiversity in protected areas to improve climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions
This readiness grant will strengthen the national authorities’ technical knowledge and disseminate knowledge to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions in Paraguay’s protected areas (PA) and their ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
#GCFB37 Opening of the meeting Adoption of the agenda and organization ... the execution of the 2023 administrative budget of GCF Appointment of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for ... GCF 2024–2027 Allocation parameters and portfolio targets under the GCF initial investment framework Criteria and ...
Event > Board meeting 
Bridging the climate-health gap
... 600 million suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, children under five bear 30% of foodborne fatalities, 37% of ... health investments, GCF has invested over USD 5.2 million into assisting 15 countries to conduct climate change and ...
Article > Insights 
Heritage Colombia (HECO): Maximizing the Contributions of Sustainably Managed Landscapes in Colombia for Achievement of Climate Goals
Heritage Colombia (HECO) will generate significant mitigation and adaptation benefits through a paradigm shifting landscape approach in ... of protected areas. The project represents the first phase of this national program, focused on 5 landscapes ...
Document > Concept note Colombia
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Belize through CCCCC
The readiness grant will set the necessary foundations for enhancing access to and catalyse mobilization of climate finance to assist the GOB in the implementation of its contribution to the Paris Agreement. The GOB ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
International Tropical Timber Organization
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an international access entity established as an intergovernmental organization ... management of tropical timber-producing forests. ITTO has undertaken more than 1,200 projects and activities since its ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Japan
GCF signs agreement with Micronesia Conservation Trust to bolster Pacific resilience
The strengthening of a partnership with the Green Climate Fund will help ... Conservation Trust (MCT), William Kostka, said today. “Enhanced access to climate finance will help us take action to ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
Introductory Webinar on GCF Country Programme Guidance
The Green Climate Fund will host a webinar on the recently published GCF Country Programme Guidance. National ... and other stakeholders are invited to participate in an interactive discussion on how GCF Country Programmes will be ...
Event > Webinar 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
The deal generated USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be ... (IDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the latter under the European Union's Global Gateway Initiative . With ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release Barbados FP251 