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Implementing the new GCF urban strategy in Africa
Your excellencies, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I ... – spread across 70 approved projects including multiregional projects. We have also 22 national or sub-national ... million in first loss equity investment from the GCF to mobilize $600 million of senior private equity for renewable ...
Article > Speech
Advancing the CAR Country Programme by supporting the NDA and country stakeholders in programme development for climate finance
With the support of UNDP and COMIFAC, the Central African Republic (CAR) obtained two Readiness grants from the Green Climate Fund in 2016 and 2017 respectively. These were used to strengthen the capacities of the ... Designated Authority (NDA), to put in place a strategy for mobilizing climate finance, and to develop project pipelines ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Central African Republic (the)
Support for the Establishment of a National Green Building and Infrastructure Financing Vehicle, Development of Green Building Minimum Compliance System, and DAE Application in Côte d’Ivoire
Recognizing the challenge of financing Côte d’Ivoire’s climate change ... and implemented programmes to access climate finance and mobilize investments in climate projects, including capacity development to engage effectively with the GCF over the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire
Climate Change Measurement, Reporting and Verification System of Albania: Emissions and Mitigation
Albania is party to the Paris Agreement within the ... of the quality of reporting, and, at the same time, alsothe mobilisation of climate finance from GCF as well as from ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania
Expert support to strengthen Niger’s operational capacity for accelerated and sustained access to climate financing
Climate change is a global threat, but its impact is not being felt equally. Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are the most impacted ... to GCF; formulation of a private sector resource mobilization strategy; setting up of a cross-functional ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
Strengthening access to climate finance and integration of climate change into the local development planning in Benin
Benin has developed important national policies and strategies documents1 which highlighted the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Implementing the activities envisaged under this NDC ... poor quality of data and information, effective and timely mobilization of national and foreign resources to support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin
The multilateral climate funds are working together to enhance complementarity and collaboration
The Multilateral Climate Funds play a critical role in stimulating climate ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The mission of the AF is to accelerate and enhance ... and country-driven processes. CIF’s mission is to mobilize its Multilateral Development Bank partners, ...
Article > Statement 
ED’s intervention at Plenary Session
Excellencies, Esteemed Colleagues, Dear Friends, I am truly honored to represent the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the SIDS4 conference and to engage in person with all the delegates from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ... we are doubling down on supporting the most vulnerable, mobilizing private capital, streamlining our processes, and ...
Article > Speech
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
The Government of Australia and the GCF Secretariat are working together to co-host the second Green Climate Fund (GCF) regional meeting in the Pacific, which will take place from 1 to 4 ... action on the GCF in the region. The meeting will be led by the Co-Chairs of the GCF Board, Mr. Ewen McDonald ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... 28 to 30 June 2016. B.13 shifts the focus from operational essentials to the GCF's core business of funding proposals and ... foundation for progress in 2016, with resolution of key administrative and policy gaps,” said McDonald. “We ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.37 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XXXVII Funding proposal package for SAP004
... addendum contains the following six parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Energy Efficient Consumption Loan Programme” ... by XacBank LLC; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; Environmental and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.19 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XIX Funding proposal package for FP097
... contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation ... to Climate Change (CAMBio II)” submitted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI); ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII Funding proposal package for FP096
... contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “DRC Green Mini-Grid Program” submitted by the ... Development Bank; No-objection letter issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; and Environmental ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.17 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVII Funding proposal package for FP095
... contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” submitted by the Agence Française ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
One of the greatest challenges in delivering Belize’s climate change priorities ... disbursement of climate finances. Nevertheless, the country has made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges. In continuing this effort, Belize aims to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
... will facilitate the assessment and reduction of vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change by integrating ... supports the Government of Argentina to: Establish a national process to coordinate adaptation planning at all relevant scales and with a medium- and long-term ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
Strategic Frameworks support for Lao PDR through FAO
... Lao People's Democratic Republic has identified the forestry sector as a key contributor to its climate mitigation agenda through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The country has been ... sector contribution indicated in the NDC, the National REDD+ Strategy, which has identified Zero Deforestation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Timor-Leste through UNDP
As a Least Developed Country (LDC), a Small-Island Developing State and the newest ... region, Timor-Leste faces a number of development challenges, which are exacerbated by climate change and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through PwC
... (OECS) is an Economic Union established under the Treaty of Basseterre. The OECS is now a ten-member grouping ... the full Member States of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, ... of the OECS. At the 3rd Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability (COMES) hosted in the Commonwealth of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
... following activities to ensure development of a sound country programme: Review and understanding of Bangladesh’s ... and Action Plan(BCCSAP), 7th Five Year Plan, the institutional and policy framework for climate change and of the ... and strategies, with a view to identifying transformational investment opportunities in accordance with GCF’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
... the Green Climate Fund and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed the agreement which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” programme. The programme, ... and Latin America and the Caribbean, seeks to strengthen local financial institutions in the region and boost the ...
Article > Press release 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
The Government of Mongolia recently signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to ... and Immunities. The agreement was signed during the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Forum organised by the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Jamaica Country Programme
Climate change is a major challenge for Jamaica. Experiences of increased drought conditions, periods of intense rainfall, sea level rise, and increasingly high temperatures threatens our path of success to meet ...
Document > Country programme Jamaica
Thematic brief: Agriculture and food security
Farmers are facing unprecedented interlinked global shocks and challenges that threaten the gains in global food security and poverty reduction in recent years. Since most ...
Document > Thematic brief
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
Coral reefs are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems by climate change impacts. And drivers such as ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of ... further result in forest degradation and loss of ecological functions, ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
... Agreement (AMA) with JSC TBC Bank, the largest financial institution in Georgia, for a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will enable GCF to mobilise funds through the private sector to support ...
Article > News update 
2021 Annual Performance Report for FP061: Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states
This Annual Performance Report presents the overall implementation progress of the project including ... taken. The Annual Performance Report is submitted to GCF by the Accredited Entity responsible for the implementation ...
Document > Annual Performance Report Multiple countries
Strengthening sectoral expertise and strategic framework to support the implementation of Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity (CAPTD) for productive and resilient landscapes and livelihoods in AFOLU across Burkina Faso (acronym R-CAPTD )
The specific readiness challenge is to build sectoral expertise, strategic framework, programme pipeline, ... to implement climate appropriate portfolios of tree diversity (CAPTD) by 2023 as part of the country’s Nationally ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
GCF/B.36/Inf.15 - Report on the execution of the 2023 administrative budget of GCF
... of the GCF 2023 administrative budget from 1 January to 30 April 2023, the budget approved for the second ... of GCF from 10 June 2021 to 30 April 2023 and other additional budgets approved by the Board. The administrative ... in this document are unaudited. As at 30 April 2023, total expenditure for the annual administrative budget was USD ...
Board document > Information