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Executive Director unveils “50by30” blueprint for reform, targeting USD 50 billion by 2030
Excellencies, thank you for the confidence and trust as I step into my new role ... I know how important the fund is to climate action in developing countries, to the aspirations of so many who ...
Article > Speech 
Unlocking the Green Climate Fund: Learning from the Readiness Programme
An insight into the discussion that emerged at a COP 23 side event in Bonn; jointly published with UNDP. Since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... USD 2.7 billion into projects and programmes to date. Considering the youth of the Fund and the infrastructure required ...
Article > Press release 
GCF funds transfer will help Namibia’s rural poor weather change
... to approved projects. Recent financial transfers include a project to help Peru’s indigenous people reduce ... to support Mongolian enterprises build a clean energy private sector , with funds transferred in May. Both ... as a milestone moving Namibia further towards sustainable development. He said the five-year initiative, based on ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Fostering Sustainable Urban Mobility with Efficient and Low Emission Transport in Tegucigalpa
... contributes with 43% of the GHG emissions produced by the energy sector, showing a steady growth in the last decade. In the NDC presented to the UNFCCC, the Government of Honduras (GoH) has pointed out the ...
Document > Concept note Honduras
GCF report highlights significant progress in climate impact
... Progress Report, which highlights the extensive progress made in delivering high-impact climate finance during the 2020-2023 ... ‘GCF-1’), ahead of its replenishment for the next four years. The GCF-1 Progress Report records the significant ...
Article > Press release 
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) and ...
Article > Speech
Caribbean countries launch landmark platform to scale up climate investment
... of resilience across the Caribbean region was announced today. The landmark Regional Platform for catalyzing ... Resilience and Climate Action in the Caribbean aims to identify and deliver country-focused game-changing investment ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) continues empowering developing countries to take climate action in the face of ... its allocation of USD 878.8 million in new financing at its 26th Board meeting, which wound up today. The 26th Board meeting approved 15 projects, raising ...
Article > Press release 
Latest IPCC report is a wake-up call for immediate climate action
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report underlies the urgency of taking global action to halt climate ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is mandated to ... leaders from 196 countries will meet in Glasgow for the COP26 summit with the aim of agreeing upon action to limit ...
Article > Statement 
GCF boosts SIDS early warning systems to avert climate-related disasters
A GCF event at COP26 brought together a panel of international and national ... capacity in climate early warning systems in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and discuss how to turn this data ... rainfall in 24 hours than London receives in a year. The UNFCCC established GCF in 2010 to provide financial support ...
Article > News update 
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
El Salvador's social and economic conditions make the country vulnerable to the risks associated with climate variability and climate change. Over the last decade the annual meteo-hydrological regime has registered a ... and droughts. A National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) will be designed and implemented to facilitate the ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador
Project Preparation Facility Guidelines
GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) provides financial support to Accredited Entities ... supports AEs in preparing full Funding Proposals for consideration by the Board, based on a Concept Note that has been ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Updated project and programme cycle
Adopted by decision B.17/09 . Sets out the updated project and programme cycle; it outlines the key stages, individual steps, relevant actors, as well as the ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks
Adopted by decision B.08/07 ; applicable to all projects up to ... of the Fund and to serve as the basis for results-based payments. Board Mitigation and adaptation performance ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses
Adopted by decision B.BM-2018/21 . Sets out the general principles, ... procedural safeguards, monitoring and reporting guidelines. Board Policy on the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Gender action plan
Adopted by decision B.24/12 . The purpose of the gender action plan is to provide a time-bound framework within which to operationalize the gender policy. Board Gender action plan ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
SAP Compendium
A key element that drives the simplification of the preparation ... in a GCF Accredited Entity, or if you are a GCF National Designated Authority or Focal Point, or a consultant ... involved in preparing a GCF SAP project, thisCompendium is designed to support your work. Its accessibility is enhanced ...
Document > Publication, Guides
GCF Board’s USD 1 billion for climate projects signals increased climate finance ahead of COP29
... of the world’s largest multilateral climate fund concluded this week by approving 16 projects across 37 developing countries. In ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Press release 
Response to allegations reported by Financial Times
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) takes very seriously allegations of inappropriate behaviour made in a Financial Times newspaper article published on 26 August. The GCF’s Secretariat strongly refutes claims ...
Article > Statement 
Address at Global Korea Convention 2020
... temperature for 2016–2020 is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, with an average global temperature of ... world could cross the 1.5°C threshold within the next two decades and 2°C threshold early during the second half of ... climate action commitments before next year’s pivotal COP26 in the UK. The private sector must play a key role in ...
Article > Speech
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 development challenges facing Peru and its neighbours, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ). CAF has been a GCF instigator of change in Latin ...
Article > Story Peru 
GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
... be held in the Pacific, and the final for 2016, closed today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited ... in Sustainable Energy in Argentina with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); An initial USD 17 million for the ... it comes on the cusp of 2017, the year Fiji will host the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties.” “I have high hopes that ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 267 million for climate action, agrees decision-making procedures
... ten new projects and agreed procedures for adopting decisions in the event that all efforts at reaching ... consensus have been exhausted. The Board allocated USD 266.9 million in GCF resources for climate action in ... to a mandate within its Governing Instrument, the twenty-four member Board also developed procedures for ...
Article > Press release 
Draft provisions for privileges and immunities
Adopted by decision B.10/12 (a). Sets out the status, immunities, ... exemptions and priviledges of the Fund in the territory of [country]. Board Draft provisions for privileges and immunities ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Investment criteria indicators
Adopted by decision B.22/15 (a). Adopts for a pilot period of one year investment criteria indicators to guide stakeholders in project development and approval and ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Initial general guidelines for country programmes
Adopted by decision B.08/11 . Sets out initial general guidelines for country programmes. Board Initial general guidelines for country ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Initial result areas of the Fund
Adopted by decision B.05/03 (e). Sets out the initial areas of funding, in order to enable low‐emission and climate‐resilient development pathways. Board Initial result areas of the Fund ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy on co-financing
Adopted by decision B.24/14 . Sets out key principles and approaches to determine and monitor public and private co-financing ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Re-accreditation process for Accredited Entities
Adopted by decision B.24/13 . Sets out the required standards, ... the re-accreditation of AEs, including approach for upgrades in accreditation scope. Re-accreditation process for ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
No-objection procedure
Adopted by decision B.08/10 (b) and updated by decision B.41/02 . Establishes the national no-objection ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines