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Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
... Fund (GCF) Board is holding its first meeting of the year at the GCF headquarters of Songdo, Republic of Korea. ... . It then reconvened on Tuesday morning to start consideration of other business, including new funding proposals and policy decisions. If approved, the new funding proposals will add ...
Article > Press release 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
GCF’s first Structured Dialogue with Asia, opening today in Indonesia, will seek common cause amid diversity in ... climate finance priorities in Asia. It will also provide opportunities for countries to show what progress they ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
... in Suva, the gathering will bring together relevant stakeholders to galvanise action on the GCF in the region. The meeting will be led by the Co-Chairs of the GCF Board, Mr. Ewen McDonald ... build their internal capacity to access GCF funding; and to develop country-driven ideas and concepts into a pipeline of ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... with the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and investment, assessment of the ... foundation for progress in 2016, with resolution of key administrative and policy gaps,” said McDonald. “We ... but B.13 is the time to show that the GCF is ready to deliver.” The Fund’s proposal pipeline has now grown to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.21/10/Add.37 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XXXVII Funding proposal package for SAP004
This 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
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation ... (CABEI); No-objection letters issued by the national designated authorities or focal points; and Environmental ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII Funding proposal package for FP096
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled “DRC Green Mini-Grid Program” submitted by the African Development Bank; No-objection letter issued by the national ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
One of the greatest challenges in delivering Belize’s climate change priorities is access ... disbursement of climate finances. Nevertheless, the country has made significant efforts to respond to climate related ...
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 ... adaptation into the country's comprehensive and resilient development strategies. In particular, the proposed project ... scales and with a medium- and long-term perspective; Identify capacity gaps and strengthen capacities for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
Strategic Frameworks support for Lao PDR through FAO
The Lao People's Democratic Republic has identified the forestry sector as a key contributor to its climate mitigation ...
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 country to the Asia-Pacific ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through PwC
... Caribbean States (OECS) is an Economic Union established under the Treaty of Basseterre. The OECS is now a ten-member grouping ... has applied for readiness support in becoming a Readiness Delivery Partner for selected independent OECS Member States ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Entity support, strategic frameworks and private sector mobilization support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
Antigua and Barbuda is currently implementing its initial Readiness support request for NDA Strengthening, development of the Country Programme, and No-Objection procedure. These activities are underway and will be completed in March 2017. Antigua and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
The NDA will develop the following activities to ensure development of a sound country programme: Review and understanding of Bangladesh’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
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 provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Jamaica Country Programme
... periods of intense rainfall, sea level rise, and increasingly high temperatures threatens our path of success to meet our goals of sustainable development towards a low carbon and climate resilient ... consumption patterns. Transformation and Innovation is needed in all sectors. However these transformational impacts ...
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 agriculture is rainfed in developing countries, climate change directly impacts ...
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 ... run-off, sewage discharge and unsustainable tourism degrade the coral reefs, further decreasing their chance of ... 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
... the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased temperatures and human-induced deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops. ... warmer and drier conditions will further result in forest degradation and loss of ecological functions, ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Building the capacities of key Sustainable Land Management stakeholders to mainstream climate change in Burundi, and updating the Country Programme
The readiness proposal will support the realization of a study based on available information and extensive consultations ... in Burundi and (ii) propose recommendations of action for decision makers to consistently address these issues at ... this proposal will support the training of relevant stakeholders (GSADR in particular) in climate mainstreaming in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
... the largest financial institution in Georgia, for a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will enable GCF to ... the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture to develop a Readiness proposal with the ambition to support TBC in designing a GCF project for a loan facility dedicated to ...
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
... project logic framework targets indicators, and development of ESS, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender project elements. It also provides information on ... 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 )
... to implement climate appropriate portfolios of tree diversity (CAPTD) by 2023 as part of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets by 2030, as well as ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... of the agenda and organization of work Report of the thirty-fifth meeting of the Board Decisions proposed between the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth ... the Accreditation Panel Appointment of new members of the independent Technical Advisory Panel Reports on the activities ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF/B.36/Inf.15 - Report on the execution of the 2023 administrative budget of GCF
This document provides information on the execution of the GCF 2023 administrative budget from 1 January to 30 April 2023, the budget approved for the second ... expenditure relates to costs for Board activities, the independent units, the Secretariat and the Trustee. The ...
Board document > Information
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... is a scaling up of the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) initiative launched by the Government of Benin ... implemented in three local governments (or communes) in the Departments of Atacora and Donga (Boukoumbé, Copargo and Toukountouna), and subsequently extended to six communes, including some in the Department of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
Facing that urgency to take actions against the devastating climate crisis, ... “Cambodian Climate Financing Facility (CCFF)” has been designed to support Cambodia’s low-emission and climate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Strengthening the technical and human capacities of the Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) to meet the GCF requirements
The Gambia is particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. The challenges of sustainable development and protection against climate change are ... essential in the country, as set out in the National Development Plan (2018-2021). The Gambia's INDC (November ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Enhancing regulatory framework for energy transition to accelerate the implementation of Mali's NDC
Mali is a vast Sahelian country with a dry tropical climate. The country’s economy is based on resources derived mainly from agriculture, livestock, natural ... climate variability and potential changes. Party to the UNFCCC, Mali, has made significant decisions to support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mali
Debt for climate swaps: exploring avenues and opportunities
The intersection of escalating public debt and the deepening climate crisis presents a dual challenge of paramount significance, particularly in Lower-Income Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. Debt-for-Climate Swaps (DFCS) are an agreement between a sovereign and its creditors ...
Document > Working paper