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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 ... Paris Agreement goals. One of the key missing pieces is adequate climate finance. The latest OECD figures shows that ...
Article > Speech
GCF IRMF webinar series for AEs: revised FP template and GCF support to DAEs for IRMF implementation
... template which reflects the requirements of the newly adopted IRMF (B.29/01), as well as about the new GCF ... The webinar on the revised FP template will provide an introduction to the IRMF-related changes in the FP ... 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 ... ad interim Javier Manzanares. The meeting in New York included discussions about the results and impacts of GCF ... 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 sets the tentative funding proposal schedule for B.22
... Climate Fund has set the tentative timeline for its twenty-second Board meeting. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on funding proposals brought forward by GCF ... The 22nd GCF Board meeting will tentatively be held on 26-28 February 2019, and the key dates are as follows: B.22 ...
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 ... communities in the Gambia at scale and to facilitate the development of a sustainable natural resource based economy ... 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
... (GCF) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) highly appreciate the announcement by President Moon Jae-in on October 28 to commit to achieving carbon ... 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
... 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 ... scarcity and heat extremes. In rural areas, there is high dependence on rain-fed agriculture, limited access to health ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tanzania
Global economic prospects and its impact on climate policies, with a special focus on carbon pricing
... to achieve the Paris Agreement goals calls for us to employ all possible economic tools to accelerate the decarbonization of our economies. Carbon markets are highly ... Following the adoption of the Article 6 rules at COP 26, GCF believes that carbon markets will remain an ...
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' decarbonization pathways is a genuinely new vision that was ... by many countries at the last Conference of Parties (COP26) meeting. It is estimated that the global green hydrogen ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for Vietnam Development Bank
... adaptation projects. For those projects, VDB has to comply with the regulations of the Government of Vietnam under the Laws, Decrees and Circulars for the projects that ... of the Vietnamese Prime Minister's commitment at COP26, which is “to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
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 during ... official delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic during the COP 26 (November 2021, Glasgow). Kyrgyzstan declared its ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan
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 the United States Department of the Treasury of the “United States’ ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Being a Party to the UNFCCC is a pre-requisite for ...
Article > Statement 
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
Jordan faces extreme water scarcity exacerbated by climate change and population growth. In 2022, the country had a water deficit of 20 per cent despite 94 per cent network access. ... 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 
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 programme to ... 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
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, providing ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ... harmful to health. Rapid population growth is increasing demand for electricity and placing further demands on grid ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda 
Green Climate Fund and Qatar convene institutional investors to give boost to climate action
... Climate Fund (GCF) and the State of Qatar, represented by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), have brought ... Institutional Investors for Climate Action”, concluded that there is a need for innovation and partnerships to ... of investment towards climate action. In particular, Development Finance Institutions need to accelerate ...
Article > Press release 
Agreement with Spanish global investor strengthens GCF’s private sector pull
The Green Climate Fund has increased its ability to tap private sector profits to finance climate action by ... its ties with Spanish-based international investor COFIDES. Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (COFIDES) is a joint state ...
Article > Press release 
Improving farmers’ climate resilience and water use efficiency
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) signed today a funding agreement with the French Development Agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), to finance the Water Banking and ...
Article > Press release State of Palestine 
Mainstreaming climate action: Howard Bamsey outlines GCF’s transformative efforts
... for mainstreaming climate action throughout the financial system during a side-event held in Paris ahead of the One Planet Summit. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey heralded the commitment of Agence Française de Développement ...
Article > Press release France 
New General Counsel joins Green Climate Fund
... on international law and representing the Fund at key global gatherings. Mr. Herrera, a Washington-based partner ... Mr. Herrera, who was born in Panama, has represented a wide variety of clients, including private, public, bilateral ... financial institution affiliated with the Inter-American Development Bank, and has represented the Caribbean ...
Article > Press release 
World Meteorological Organization first UN agency to formalize relationship with GCF
... Organization (WMO), the United Nations’ authority on the state of the planet’s atmosphere and climate, has ... resources for climate action programmes and projects. This development represents an important milestone for both GCF ... and carbon-resilient programmes and projects through GCF in developing countries. The WMO joins the rank of other ...
Article > Press release 
DR Congo signs grant agreement with GCF in Paris
The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday signed a readiness grant agreement with the Green ... of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Sustainable Development, at the GCF stand during the Paris COP talks. ...
Article > Press release Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) 
Paris pledges €1 million to GCF
The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, yesterday announced a pledge of ... the Fund’s Executive Director, at the Paris Hôtel de Ville (City Hall). Paris is currently hosting the UNFCCC climate conference (COP 21). Over 40 countries have ...
Article > Press release France 
Supporting the Productive Development Bank in Bolivia to meet GCF accreditation standards
... countries to climate change according to the Latin American Development Bank-CAF, and it has been classified as extremely risky in South America. In this context, Bolivia has a clear need to respond to local development challenges, articulating public and private ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Developing capacities for the implementation of climate change strategic frameworks in Nicaragua
The Government of Nicaragua has made important strides in the development and implementation ... these actions is Nicaragua’s National Climate Change Policy 2022-2026 (Política Nacional de Cambio Climático, or PNCC) which ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nicaragua
Strengthening the National Designated Authority, Candidate Direct Access Entity, National Programming Process and Development of Strategic Frameworks for Low-Carbon Development in Paraguay
Paraguay faces significant barriers in mobilizing and effectively ... capacity to coordinate and access GCF funding, inadequate mechanisms to monitor climate finance flows, a lack ... insufficient integration of climate change and sustainable development in the country's long-term development plans. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
FP290 - PURE Rural Mozambique Climate Project: Driving Mozambique's climate resilience through energy access and climate-smart Productive Use of Renewable Energy.
Mozambique faces recurrent droughts, floods, cyclones, and rising temperatures that disproportionately ... rural and low-income communities. These hazards severely undermine agricultural productivity and food security, while ... reduce emissions in rural Mozambique by expanding access to decentralized renewable energy and climate-smart productive ...
Project > Public sector Mozambique 
GCF support for adaptation planning helps developing countries build the case for increased action and investment
... expertise of countries and Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in developing adaptation project pipelines with compelling ... planning processes. "This workshop is an opportunity for GCF Direct Access Entities and National Designated Authorities to share and learn from each other ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 