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In the heat of the day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people ... Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this ... cropping and climate change adaptation practices. To demonstrate these climate-resilient farming techniques and ...
Article > Story Namibia EIF 
Remarks at the high-level dialogue with friends of Global Centre on Adaptation
Excellencies and distinguished guests. The urgency of today’s Dialogue is clear. The IPCC’s 6th ... adaptation challenges, with the communities that are hardest hit being those least equipped to cope. We need ... close to 70% of our adaptation funding goes to the Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States and ...
Article > Speech
Pre-recorded remarks for “COP of Cities”
Honourable Presidents, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Although I cannot join you in person, I am delighted to provide this message for the “COP of ...
Article > Speech
Executive Director’s pre-recorded statement
Excellencies, Dear Colleagues, Though I may not be with you in person today, I am joining you in ... and the Global Water Partnership Africa for their leadership and commitment to a climate-resilient, water-secure ...
Article > Speech
GCF launches Green Champions Awards to recognise outstanding climate change efforts in developing countries
... Champions Awards to recognise and promote the most noteworthy and successful efforts to fight climate change in developing countries. The awards will recognise outstanding ... commitments to combat climate change. These include activities that limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Executive Director highlights role in climate adaptation at global dialogue
... address climate change impacts. About 300 participants attended from around the world. The Dialogue began with opening ... Green Growth Institute and former United Nations Secretary-General, and His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Director ... largest climate fund, played a vital role in helping developing nations mitigate and adapt to climate change ...
Article > News update 
GCF strengthens climate action collaboration in the MENA region
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently concluded its first regional dialogue for the Middle East ... inaugural GCF Regional Dialogue for the MENA region provides an excellent platform for enhancing our cooperation and ...
Article > News update 
Climate investment to boost agricultural value chain in Madagascar
... project that will increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and the wider agricultural value chain in Madagascar was launched today. The Inclusive Agricultural Value Chains Programme ...
Article > News update Madagascar IFAD 
FP023 - Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)
The CRAVE project was initiated in December 2016 and aimed to reduce food insecurity and vulnerability of rural populations to climate change ... Achievement wise , the CRAVE project successfully exceeded its targets, directly benefiting 3,158 small-scale ...
Project > Public sector Namibia EIF 
GCF sets funding proposal schedule for B.21 [Updated]
The Green Climate Fund has revised the timeline for its twenty-first Board meeting as per the confirmed meeting date. The ... leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF ... projects – 14 September 2018 Publishing deadline – 26 September 2018 B.21 – 17-20 October 2018 For any ...
Article > Press release 
GCF sets funding proposal schedule for B.20 [Updated]
... as per the confirmed meeting date. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF ... 2 March 2018 Deadline to submit to GCF (public sector) – 26 February 2018 Deadline to submit to GCF (private sector) ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF Board holds its first meeting for 2022
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board is set to convene today its first meeting of the year. The four-day meeting will consider funding proposals that, if approved, will increase ... and Board committees, panels and groups; guidance from COP26 ; status of GCF resources, pipeline and portfolio ...
Article > Press release 
GCF lays climate finance groundwork in Africa and the Pacific
... finance is targeting Africa and the Pacific. GCF has provided USD 700,000 to the Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda, a GCF direct access ... the Pacific Community ( SPC ), an organization governed by 26 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that coordinates ...
Article > Press release Mauritania Rwanda MOE_Rwanda 
GCF/B.10/09 - Selection Process and Terms of Reference of the Heads of the Accountability Units: Recommendations of the Appointment Committee
At the ninth meeting of the Board on 24-26 March 2015 in Songdo, Republic of Korea, the Board ... 2 (g) and 30 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board. In decision B.09/14, paragraph (c), the Board requested the ... upon its members being appointed, to present promptly, for consideration by the Board at its tenth meeting, the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/Inf.07 - Report on the execution of the 2019 administrative budget of the GCF
... execution of the GCF 2019 administrative budget and multiyear budgets approved for the forward-looking performance ... expenditure relates to costs for Board activities, the independent units, the Secretariat and the Trustee for the ... total expenditure was USD 21.1 million for annual budgets (26 per cent of the approved budget) and USD 0.4 million for ...
Board document > Information
GCF Webinar on Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS)
On 26 January 2021 the GCF Secretariat launched the Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS)– a centralised portfolio management system, ... on the system. The session will be geared to provide information and practical guidance on how your ...
Event > Webinar 
Great Green Wall gets USD 82.8 million boost from GCF and IFAD
A project agreement has been signed in the margins of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow to green-light a USD 82.8 million GCF ... in support of the Great Green Wall. GCF and IFAD have today signed the agreement for the “ Africa Integrated Climate ... Management Programme: Building the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in 7 Sahelian ...
Article > Press release IFAD 
GCF/B.34/Inf.14 - Report on the execution of the 2022 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2022 administrative budget for the period from 1 January to 31 August 2022 and the budget approved for the second ... of USD 1.3 million for the second performance review (26 per cent of the approved budget). These figures do not ...
Board document > Information
Green Climate Fund strengthens regional private sector programming
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) started 2026 with another significant reform that will strengthen the ... national climate priorities. GCF has integrated its Department of Private Sector Facility team into the four Regional Departments that were ...
Article > Press release 
FP216 - Scaling up climate resilient flood risk management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
... its impact in Bosnia and Herzegovina through higher average yearly temperatures and significant shifts in seasons and rainfall patterns. This has led to a rise in destructive floods, causing damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and livelihoods. Currently, 26 per cent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina is ...
Project > Public sector Bosnia and Herzegovina UNDP 
Strategic Frameworks and entity support for Chile through CAF
... of a portfolio of prioritized projects through prefeasibility studies, financial structuring, national social and environmental safeguards guides. Specifically, 3 proposals are presented: Support for the design of financial structuring for prioritized proposals: ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile CAF
Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
... achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) ... FECO “push forward carbon emission control and low carbon development in key areas to make greater contributions to ... environmental quality.” GCF General Counsel Rutger de Witt Wijnen said the Fund is delighted to have accredited ...
Article > Press release China FECO 
Enhancing resilience of communities, smallholders and ecosystems to climate change impacts through adapting and scaling up land/resources used systems in the Marajo archipelago in Brazil
The project entitled, “Enhancing resilience of smallholders and ecosystems to climate change impacts through adapting and ... Brazil” seeks to increase adaptive capacities of smallholders to make the current food production system more ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil FundacionAvina
FP126 - Increased climate resilience of rural households and communities through the rehabilitation of production landscapes in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba (IRES)
... of agricultural production and ensure food security through improved ecosystem services from agroforestry, ... to the Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation Index in the Latin America and Caribbean region, Cuba is ... affected by climate change/agricultural drought in Cuba. FP126 Cuba 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 188 547 811 Increased climate ...
Project > Public sector Cuba FAO 
European Investment Bank and Green Climate Fund sign partnership agreement
... allowing them to work together to finance climate action in developing countries. The agreement was signed at EIB’s headquarters in Luxembourg by Howard Bamsey, GCF Executive Director, and Jonathan ... of total lending (In 2016, climate action represented over 26 percent of the total lending, or EUR 19.5 billion). In ...
Article > Press release EIB 
GCF, UNDP and WHO join forces to ramp up climate health support for developing countries
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health ... change is a serious threat to human well-being and planetary health, and developing countries with weak health ... countries to implement their health commitments made at COP26 and through the WHO's Alliance for Transformative Action ...
Article > News update 
Performance measurement framework for REDD+ results based payments
Adopted by decision B.08/08 (a). Specifies indicators, reporting ... and frequencies applicable to projects/programmes funded under the REDD-plus results-based payments pilot. Board Performance measurement framework for ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism policy
Adopted by decision B.18/10 (a). Outlines the principles and minimum ... of internal AML/CFT controls which should be adhered to by the GCF to mitigate reputational, regulatory, legal and financial loss risks. Board Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism policy ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines 
CAF becomes first multi-lateral development bank to sign agreement with GCF
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) today became the first multilateral development bank to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement ...
Article > Press release CAF 