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GCF publishes the revised funding proposal schedule for B.23 and B.24
The Green Climate Fund has published the revised timeline for its twenty-third ... 2019, in anticipation that programming of funded activities under the first replenishment period will commence for 2020 ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and GEF join forces with Lao PDR to advance climate action
The Government of Lao PDR is leading the way to ensure complementarity ... the operating entities of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is the first country to host a joint mission of GCF ... investment cycle (GEF-7) puts an emphasis on addressing the underlying drivers of environmental degradation and will ...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
GCF and GEF harmonise steps to follow developing country lead in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “It is essential that we continue to strengthen the ... investment cycle (GEF-7) puts an emphasis on addressing the underlying drivers of environmental degradation and will ...
Article > Press release 
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent ... change and stimulate private finance, as well as enhancing understanding of the Fund. GCF Executive Director Howard ... Latin American countries "turn the paper of their NDCs into reality" while speaking on the sidelines of the ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
If you enjoy citrus fruit, you most likely have tasted a clementine ... is faced with an uncertain future, placing livelihoods under threat. Working to change course is Morocco’s Agency ... valley’s agricultural sector to climate change through an integrated approach to water management. The project is set ...
Article > Story Morocco ADA_Morocco 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
The worst Peruvian floods in recent memory earlier this year have sharpened the climate and ... and fulfil their Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement,” he added, referring to the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). CAF has been a GCF instigator of change in Latin ...
Article > Story Peru CAF 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
GCF is currently exploring ways to help countries keep their forests ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr Velasco pointed to the key role REDD+ is now ... globally in the new landscape of climate cooperation under the Paris Agreement. “What is interesting about ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has concluded Readiness Framework ... Environment Programme (UNEP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, enabling the three ... countries to implement their approved readiness activities. Under this framework, UNDP has received a first disbursement ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries GIZ 
Global Programming Conference drives stronger GCF climate support
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will incorporate lessons from its ... into their national priorities. This includes enhanced understanding how niche allocations of climate finance can ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Paris Agreement. Discussions between a broad ...
Article > Press release 
GCF speeds up funding flow with 4 partner agreements signed hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with ... different stages.” He noted in this case the duration of interaction between GCF, which allocates the funds, and its ... 54.1 million for her country’s avoidance of deforestation under its REDD+ programme will be a critical part of ...
Article > Press release 
An End of Year Message from GCF
Dear GCF partners, As we reach the end of this difficult year, I would like to send my ... era. Despite the circumstances, the Green Climate Fund intensified its efforts to maintain climate ambition in the ... to 117 countries. More than 70% of our projects are under implementation and GCF has now disbursed over USD 1.4 ...
Article > Statement 
IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
The SAP012 IFAD-Niger project “Inclusive Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission ... supporttheestablishmentofgreenlinesofcreditand the capacity building of both supply (banks) and ... It will be a sub-set of the broader GGW Accelerator under elaboration, which will go beyond climate change ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
GCF publishes the priorities of the Updated Strategic Plan of the GCF, updated independent TAP modality, and B.30 tentative timeline
At its twenty-seventh meeting, the GCF Board adopted the Updated ... period 2020-2023 (GCF-1) and set new portfolio targets under the Fund’s investment framework . During this period, the GCF is required to maintain a 50:50 balance between adaptation and mitigation ...
Article > Press release 
Strategic Regional Readiness to Enable Resilience of Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests and Communities
This proposal seeks funding to support the Governments of Central America to leverage regional and international cooperation in support of nature-based climate ... and the Arid Zones of the Dominican Republic" programme under preparation. The Costa Rica NDA will serve as the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Capacity Building to Monitor the Agriculture, Forest and Other Land-Use Sector in the National Determined Contributions, and enhancement of Climate Finance Access in the Plurinational State of Bolivia
... State of Bolivia is highly vulnerable to climate change, generating and exacerbating droughts, floods and other events ... as well as desertification and degradation of soils. Under these considerations, the Plurinational State of ... of Bolivia's compliance towards the commitments to the UNFCCC. It is also in charge of the review of Bolivia's NDCs ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of) FAO
National Adaptation Plan: Advancing risk-informed development and land-use planning in Tunisia
... most water-scarce and dry regions and is highly dependent on climate-sensitive agriculture. In addition, a ... planning and investments that consider climate risks and integrate adaptation needs, both at central and local ... on deepening agricultural sector adaptation planning under the FAO proposal and the overall cross-sectoral ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia UNDP
Achieving water security through climate-resilient infrastructure
... is one of the country’s most productive agricultural centers. Over 82 per cent of the water from the Sebou-Saïss ... for irrigation continues, the Saïss Plain could transform into a high desert plateau within the next 25 years. ... the urgency of the situation, the Government of Morocco, under the Green Morocco Plan, is finding ways to mobilise ...
Article > Story Morocco EBRD 
Innovation and cooperation for global carbon neutrality
Excellencies, distinguished guests, I would like to congratulate ... last December. But the climate challenge remains stark. The International Energy Agency has found that while renewable ... dedicated climate fund with USD 37 billion of assets under management, including $ 10 billion of GCF resources ...
Article > Speech
Long-term vision on complementary, coherence and collaboration between GCF and GEF
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. Collaborating ... and GCF bringing scale and blended finance. As sister Funds under the UNFCCC, GCF and GEF are committed to the goal of the ...
Article > Speech
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. ... that would involve national and local actors and the international community or break the vicious circle that ... outside the capital. Moreover, the proposed activities under this request seek to address the NDAs limited capacity ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti IFDD
Virtual meeting on oceans health and carbon sequestration
Thank you - Senator Coons, Senator Braun, Senator Collins, Senate Caucus Members - for ... dioxide. We need our Ocean to survive. However, it is under threat from climate change, pollution, rampant ...
Article > Speech
GCF partners with Save the Children on major Vanuatu climate resilience project
GCF and Save the Children have signed an agreement on a major new community-based ... measures delivered at the local level. Activities under the project will allow increased access to climate ... with it our livelihoods, our natural resources, territorial integrity, our cultural identities, our human rights and ...
Article > News update Vanuatu SCA 
Strengthening Côte d’Ivoire’s Capacity and Ownership to Access Climate Finance for GCF Country Programme Implementation
... two years, Côte d’Ivoire (CIV) has initiated a strong engagement with the GCF. Four multi-country projects (FP151, ... but not yet tested or operationalized; the NDA Focal Point (NDA FP) has been nominated but does not have a strong ... Action and needs to design and implement an action plan under Helsinki’s six principles. For this purpose, a ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
Nauru Readiness II - Strengthening NDA capacities and DAE access
The objective of this proposal is to strengthen Nauru’s climate financing mechanisms, strategies ... Elements of NDA coordinating mechanisms were developed under Nauru’s first Readiness project, however they were ... is very limited in Nauru where the NDA and sector focal points identified difficulties and challenges in both ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nauru SPREP
Readiness Support for the Accreditation of Kasikornbank, Updating of Thailand’s Country Programme, Development of Climate Finance Strategy, and Design of Blended Circular Economy Financing Facility
Objectives This grant will contribute to ensuring private sector engagement in climate change ... public and private financing from both domestic and international sources associated with climate policies and ... Solid Waste to Energy (MSW2E), sustainable rural bioenergy under Energy for All, Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (BioCNG) ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand GGGI
Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative
... request seeks to advance efforts to build climate resilience of national and sub-national governments and the urban ... Tobago and Suriname. The proposed activities will employ an integrated, strategic and gender inclusive approach to ... planning and development in the countries targeted under this readiness request. As such, this multi-country ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries CCCCC
GCF approves funding for regional water investment programme in Southern Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a grant to support ... regional water investment programme. The programme is under the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme ... the water investment gap in Africa. It is supported by the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for ...
Article > News update 
From scarcity to sustainability: Maldives’ ambitious water security project
... nations to climate change and faces many unique challenges. Rising sea levels and increasingly erratic rainfall ... project aims to secure year-round, safe, reliable, and uninterrupted water supply to residents of the most vulnerable ... climate action. Enhancing water security is a key focus under the small island state's climate goals to build more ...
Article > Story Maldives UNDP 
Enabling Direct Access to GCF Climate Finance for Cabo Verde
... determinant of the success of Cabo Verde’s inclusive green growth and climate agenda. Cabo Verde is working to ... key outcomes: Outcome 1.1 : Country NDAs or focal points and the network/ systems that enable them to fulfil ... and with the work that FAO is also doing in the country under another GCF Readiness Proposal. Cabo Verde Enabling ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde LuxDev
Strengthening the climate change resilience of the food system and social protection network of São Tomé and Príncipe
... and Príncipe’s (STP) economy and communities heavily depend on agriculture, fisheries, and local markets. However, ... approach. In STP, most smallholder land plots are integrated systems combining crops and trees or located ... that aligns with GCF investment criteria. The activities under this PPF aim to ensure: i) responsiveness to national ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Sao Tome and Principe WFP