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Structured Dialogue with the Pacific 2017
The Green Climate Fund’s Structured Dialogue with the Pacific, organized in collaboration with the Governments of the Kingdom of Tonga and Australia, brought together key stakeholders to increase the involvement of Pacific island ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tonga 
Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe
... Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) functions as a national direct access entity situated in Zimbabwe. Established on the 31st of August ... under the IDBZ Act (Chapter 24:14), the bank was specifically designed as a vehicle to drive economic development and ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Zimbabwe
Project Preparation for Community-Based Interventions for Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Vulnerable States (SIDS)
... and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected areas upon which communities in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Support The Union of Comoros to increase access to Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund (GCF): enhancing decision-making process through better mainstreaming sciencebased Information
The Union of Comoros is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) severely affected by the adverse impacts of climate change. The ... and achieving its sustainable development and adaptation goals.1 However, several gaps are preventing the country from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Comoros (the)
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Reducing Community Vulnerability to Climate Change in Northern Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... and other human-induced degradations are affecting natural ecosystems and protected areas upon which communities in FSM, Palau and RMI rely on as a buffer against future climate ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS
Tonga, a Small Island Developing State in the Asia-Pacific region, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Despite having a huge ... Telep Renewable Energy Senior Specialist +82 32 458 6326 Tonga Songdo GCF supporting energy transformation in SIDS ...
Article > Press release Tonga 
Institutionalizing a common framework for climate finance MRV to enhance complementarity and coherence for climate action in CARICOM States
... a coordinated package of investments that will address key climate vulnerabilities and build critical capacities in low carbon-climate resilient sectors, is a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Biennial Transparency Reports will be required from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Support for Formulation of Palau’s First National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
The goal of this NAP Readiness project is to advance a whole-of-society approach to climate change adaptation planning and implementation through a vertically and horizontally comprehensive NAP process. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Palau
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place on 2-4 April in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Following the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
Agreement set to increase India's rooftop solar reach
The spread of solar energy across India received a further boost today with the ... between the Green Climate Fund and India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The signing of the Funded Activity ...
Article > Press release India 
GCF and GIZ sign project agreement for sustainable forest management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
... Fund (GCF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed an agreement with ... landscapes at scale. As a landlocked Least Developed Country, Lao PDR is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. ... funding from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund with the World Bank and other co-financing ...
Article > News update 
Address at Global Korea Convention 2020
The climate crisis is worsening. The average global temperature for 2016–2020 is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, with an average global temperature of ... climate action commitments before next year’s pivotal COP26 in the UK. The private sector must play a key role in ...
Article > Speech
FP246 - Climate Resilient Agriculture in Somalia (Ugbaad)
Somalia is one of the most fragile countries in the world. It faces significant challenges regarding security, inequality, displacement, conflicts over natural ...
Project > Public sector Somalia 
SAP045 - Scaling up Climate Resilience Solutions for Burundian Smallholders
Burundi’s smallholder farmers face escalating climate vulnerability and food insecurity. The country is dependent on rain-fed ...
Project > Public sector Burundi 
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
Distinguished guests, Thank you for inviting me to this key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ...
Article > Speech
GCF IRMF webinar series for AEs: revised FP template and GCF support to DAEs for IRMF implementation
... about the updated version of the funding proposal template which reflects the requirements of the newly adopted IRMF (B.29/01), as well as about the new GCF ... Session 2 6:00 – 7:30 pm KST in English and French 26 January 2022 - DAE New Funding Window (NFW) webinar ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF key to win the race against climate change: UN Secretary General welcomes GCF Executive Director a.i. in New York
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised his support for ... is closely working with its UN partners who are delivering 26 projects with the total value of USD 1.7 billion through ...
Article > Press release 
GCF transfers funds to UN Environment for Ecosystem Based Adaptation project in the Gambia
... the first tranche of climate funds to improve ecosystems-based adaptation in the Gambia. The first tranche of ... project is set to increase the climate resilience of rural communities in the Gambia at scale and to facilitate the ... for about 40 percent of its national exports and 26 percent of its GDP. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey ...
Article > Press release Gambia 
Joint statement by GCF and GGGI
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) highly appreciate the announcement by President Moon Jae-in on ... contributions to the Paris Agreement, ahead of COP26. Both GGGI and GCF are ready to support the ROK ...
Article > Statement 
GCF and UNIDO partnership agreement bolster climate-resilient industrial development
... (GCF) has taken another step towards greening the industry sector, one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas ... a partnership agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The Accreditation ... Coordination. UNIDO became a GCF Accredited Entity at the 26th Meeting of the GCF Board in August 2020. GCF has ...
Article > Press release 
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Tanzania’s Planning Processes
... of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. There are numerous smaller islands both in the Mainland and Zanzibar. Rising temperatures, longer dry spells, more intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise make URT the 26th most vulnerable country to climate risks. Tanzania has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania
Global economic prospects and its impact on climate policies, with a special focus on carbon pricing
... that we are not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goals calls for us to employ all possible economic tools to ... Following the adoption of the Article 6 rules at COP 26, GCF believes that carbon markets will remain an important tool to price carbon and mobilise resources to finance climate-friendly investment in ...
Article > Speech
Advancing a Regional Approach to the Green Hydrogen Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
The use of green hydrogen as an energy vector to support countries' ... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen market will grow to 600 million tons by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Pre-accreditation support to Dos-Credobank to build institutional ESS and Gender capacities
Kyrgyz Republic as Party to the Paris Agreement within the UN ... Convention on Climate Change has updated the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which was presented ... official delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic during the COP 26 (November 2021, Glasgow). Kyrgyzstan declared its ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
The Green Climate Fund kicks off first Board meeting of 2024 in Rwanda
Eleven project funding proposals requesting a total of USD 489.9 million of GCF funding ... proposals under consideration have a total value of USD 1.26 billion. The Board will also consider proposals from ... response to the COP28 guidance to GCF, and presentations by the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) on its evaluation to ...
Article > News update 
Green Climate Fund statement on the United States’ withdrawal from GCF
On 8 January 2026 (U.S. time) the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was notified by ... of the Treasury of the “United States’ withdrawal from the Fund and intent to vacate its Board ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Being a Party to the UNFCCC is a pre-requisite for ...
Article > Statement 
Stepping up climate action in the Cook Islands
Government, community, civil society and private sector representatives from the Cook Islands have come up with initial project ideas for what might populate their country ... country’s 15 islands met on the island of Rarotonga on 26 May to identify where climate mitigation and adaptation ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 
Pathways to Dairy Net Zero: Promoting Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Livestock in East Africa
This PPF application will ensure the quality design of the regional programme titled Pathways to Dairy ... the UN Food Systems Summit, as well as the engagement at CoP26 towards a process aimed at systematically enhancing ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
Jordan faces extreme water scarcity exacerbated by climate change and population growth. In ... water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and economic growth. Projections predict a 4°C ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan 
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 ... this period, the GCF is required to maintain a 50:50 balance between adaptation and mitigation funding; with at ... and its Private Sector Facility; and significantly increase mobilization of private sector finance. The GCF is also ...
Article > Press release 