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Rural women rising
... farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable agriculture. Elizabeth Dube, a 73-year-old smallholder farmer from Matabeleland South, ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Green Climate Fund Board meeting sets stage for successful replenishment
The 22nd meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today, with a raft of decisions to strengthen GCF for its first ... USD 100 million for Nigeria Solar IPP Support Program with AFC FP105 – USD 69.6 million for BOAD Climate Finance ...
Article > Press release 
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
... current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations during the international climate change ... Event charting GCF’s progress and future held on Wednesday in the margins of COP24 now underway in the Polish city of ...
Article > Press release 
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
The Green Climate Fund needs to be strengthened by a replenishment of its funds from contributors this year as a sign of the “radical collaboration” needed to address the unprecedented climate challenge. This was one of the key messages ...
Article > Press release 
Keynote speech by ED a.i.
Good morning, it’s a pleasure to be here today. I thank the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of ... the link between enhanced education for girls and higher degree of successful adaptation to climate change. This is ... health and rights, fostering girl’s climate leadership and developing green skills for green jobs. ...
Article > Speech
Mayan youth promoting nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Guatemalan highlands
A group of 30 young people in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, leverages ... cycle changes, increases in invasive species, and unprecedented effects on agricultural land. These changes are ... of Natural Resources and the Environment in Guatemala (FCG) and Rafael Landívar University. It is being ...
Article > Story Guatemala 
Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
... in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board today approved USD 168 million of GCF funding for projects and ... the flow of climate finance through the Fund to developing countries. The activities supported by the Board ... by making its first funding decisions ahead of the UNFCCC Paris climate conference. With climate finance being a ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
... Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important rivers meet: the San Jorge, the Cauca ... Zenú. Their sophisticated engineering - altogether considered one of the largest hydraulic complexes in the Americas ... on track to complete the 5-year programme with UAIIN by 2026. The project has also been working with the Alexander Von ...
Article > Story Colombia 
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
... While progress is seen in some areas, much more is needed to reach net zero and adapt to climate impacts. A ... finance, including from private sources of capital. At COP 26 in Glasgow, our four funds jointly committed to work ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting the ...
Article > Statement 
GCF/B.22/10/Add.15 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XV Funding proposal package for SAP006
This addendum contains the following seven parts: A funding ... resilience of communities living in landscapes threatened under climate change through an ecosystemsbased adaptation approach”; No-objection letter ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.20/Inf.12 - Review of the financial terms and conditions of the Green Climate Fund financial instruments
This document provides a report on the review of the financial terms and ... of the GCF financial instruments in accordance with decision B.09/04, in which the Board decided to review the ... the terms of reference for the review. The review was led by the Investment Committee with the support of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.20/02 - Audited financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2017
... financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 December 2017 are submitted for Board approval. The external ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.19/19 - Risk management framework: Proposal by the Risk Management Committee
In decision B.17/11, the Board adopted the first set of ... and requested the Secretariat to continue with the development of the RMF and its remaining components in ... to further develop the risk dashboard and the underlying methodologies for consideration by the Board at its ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/Inf.02/Add.03 - Reports from committees, panels and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum III
... document contains the reports on activities that have already conducted or are planned to be undertaken by the following committees and panels of the Board ... and groups of the Board of the Green Climate Fund – Addendum III ...
Board document > Information
Call for public input: Whistleblower and Witness Protection Policy
... Climate Fund is pleased to invite public input for the development of its whistleblower and witness protection policy. This call follows the Fund’s Board decision at its 15th meeting in November 2016 (B.15) that ...
Document > Call for input
Compilation of submissions: Inputs for GCF Draft Indigenous Peoples Policy
In decision B.15/01, paragraph (a), the Board requested the Secretariat to develop a Fund-wide indigenous peoples policy. The policy aims to assist GCF in incorporating ...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.17/02 - Sixth Report of the Green Climate Fund to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its twenty-third session. The Board may wish to request the ... the Secretariat, to finalize the report, taking into consideration the comments made and decisions taken at the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.13/15 - Establishing a programmatic framework for engaging with micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises
This document presents a framework for how the Board may wish to mobilize and engage local private sector actors ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.05/15 - Draft Travel Policy
... active observers and staff of the Fund, in accordance with decision B.01-13/02. The Secretariat recognizes that ... of the Fund. However, in doing so, travellers should be prudent and cost-conscious with respect to business travel ... to the policies and procedures outlined in the Travel Policy. This Travel Policy is not intended to cover every ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.08/31 - Administrative Guidelines on Procurement
... Asset Management, Information and Communication Technology, and Audit and Internal Controls. Policies shall be supplemented by administrative guidelines endorsed by the Board and promulgated by the ... document contains two annexes: (a) Corporate Procurement Guidelines on the Use of Consultants; and (b) Corporate ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/Inf.11/Add.01 - Status of selection of Board members for the second term of Board membership – Addendum
This document is an addendum to document GCF/B.11/Inf.11 titled “Status of ... of membership to the Board based on notifications received by the Secretariat up to and including 4 November 2015. ... Board members for the second term of Board membership – Addendum ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.12/Inf.05 - Review of the initial proposal approval process (Progress report)
This document updates the progress made on the review of the initial proposal approval process, which follows decision B.11/11. The decision mandates the review of the proposal approval ...
Board document > Information
BOAD climate finance facility to scale up solar energy investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs
... funding proposal "FP105: BOAD climate finance facility to scale up solar energy investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.22. Benin Burkina ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP105: BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale Up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs
... (ESS) information about FP105: BOAD Climate Finance Facility to Scale Up Solar Energy Investments in Francophone West Africa LDCs. Project and ... have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. Benin ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Multiple countries
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP102: Mali solar rural electrification project
... have environmental or social impacts are required to provide these reports as annexes to the funding proposals. Mali ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report Mali
Gender assessment for SAP002: Climate services and diversification of climate sensitive livelihoods to empower food insecure and vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.
This gender assessment for SAP002: Climate services and ... to empower food insecure and vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic. seeks to present the issues, gaps and problems that should be addressed by gender-responsive project interventions. Kyrgyzstan SAP002 ...
Document > Gender assessment Kyrgyzstan
Gender assessment for FP092: Programme for integrated development and adaptation to climate change in the Niger Basin (PIDACC/NB)
This gender assessment for FP092: Programme for integrated development and adaptation to climate change in the Niger ... the issues, gaps and problems that should be addressed by gender-responsive project interventions. Benin Burkina ...
Document > Gender assessment Multiple countries
Gender action plan for FP095: Transforming Financial Systems for Climate
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP095: Transforming Financial Systems for Climate. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and ...
Document > Gender action plan Multiple countries
Building on readiness achievements to improve Togo's access to climate finance
This proposal follows the first preparatory grant implemented by Togo, in addition to requests for ... strengthen the capacity of the NDA and key national stakeholders to implement the country program by accelerating the development and submission of concept notes and funding ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
Indigenous peoples policy
Adopted by decision B.19/11 . Sets out the approach to incorporating the circumstances of indigenous peoples into decision-making while working towards climate change ... mitigation and adaptation. Board Indigenous peoples policy ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines