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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
... and more frequent extreme events like floods and droughts. Projections indicate a decline in summer rainfalls of about ... of Albania during 2015 has developed two draft NAMA projects: NAMA for the implementation of the National Action ... replacing solid fuels not dangerous waste Further related projects and initiatives include: Market transformation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania UNEP
Enhancing support for developing countries and realising the USD 100bn goal
... respond to climate change challenges. Since the first project was approved in 2015, our project portfolio has grown to USD 10 billion. With ... the total is USD 37 billion. Our portfolio comprises 190 projects in 127 developing countries, making GCF the largest ...
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Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
... in consultation with stakeholders, this Readiness project was designed to increase the adaptive capacity of ... national, and regional levels The proposed Readiness project will ensure enhanced capacity of early intervention ... and other relevant sectors The direct beneficiaries of this project include all involved governmental staff, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) WHO
Enhancing Indonesia's Access to International Climate Finance and Private Sector Investments for Climate Actions
... the capacity of national and subnational government for project development and for the collection of climate ... and effective approach to increasing investments in the project pipeline for priority sectors. Workstream 2. Improve DAEs’ capacity and project pipeline. Provide capacity building and technical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Indonesia GGGI
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming (Phase 3)
This Readiness Project seeks to continue the momentum of Tonga’s NDA ... the NDA’s No Objection Procedure (NObP), needed to pursue project support from the GCF and/or other sources of climate ... at enhancing Tonga’s capacity to evaluate climate change project concepts (ideas) and advance priority ones to ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
GCF strengthens climate action collaboration in the MENA region
... Stressing the necessity of investing in ambitious projects in MENA and GCF’s role in meeting the climate ... sector investments and debates on implementing climate projects in vulnerable, fragile, and conflict-affected ... delved into sessions on accreditation frameworks, project-specific assessments, programming support, capacity ...
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Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
... flexibility and support for adaptive management of project portfolios, streamline operational procedures ... accelerating access to climate finance, restructure projects, convert financial instruments, accelerate ... disbursements, integrate broader resilience into climate projects, and facilitate tailored COVID-19 recovery support ...
Article > Statement 
Green Climate Fund invests USD 1 billion for developing country climate action, launches first replenishment
... today in Bahrain, approving over one billion dollars of new projects and programmes to support climate action in ... launching the Fund’s first replenishment. The 19 new projects amount to a total investment from GCF of USD 1,038 million, and including co-financing the projects will channel over USD 4,244 million of climate ...
Article > Press release Bahrain 
Accountability
Overview
In our operations, we have established mechanisms to ensure accountability, manage risk, and to evaluate the performance of our activities, in order to ensure the application of safeguards as well as...
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Notification related to FP054
This notification provides details on the status of FP054, which lapsed on 27 June 2019.
Document > Notification
Guidelines on preparing the economic and financial analysis for SAP proposals
To aid in assessing SAP proposals against its Investment Framework, GCF may require entities to submit economic and/or financial analyses with funding proposals. This guidance is intended to clarify GCF’s expectations...
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FP121 - REDD+ Results-based payments in Paraguay for the period 2015-2017
Recognising Paraguay’s REDD+ results for the years 2015-2017.
During these years, Paraguay has reduced a total volume 23 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) in emissions from reducing deforestation,...
Project > Public sector Paraguay UNEP 
FP142 - Argentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
Recognising Argentina's REDD+ results for the years 2014, 2015, 2016.
During these years, Argentina has reduced 18.73 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) in emissions through reducing deforestation...
Project > Public sector Argentina FAO 
Annual Report 2023
... a maturing portfolio of USD 13.5 billion invested in 243 projects across 129 developing countries; a record-breaking ... (right) visiting a GCF-backed climate resilience project in Gicumbi District, Rwanda in September 2023. ... In 2023, GCF funded USD 2.1 billion for 34 new approved projects. By the year end, the Fund expanded its portfolio ...
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Simplified Approval Process
... Approval Process (SAP) is an application process for projects or programmes that are expected to possess ... and climate-resilient development. Do you have a project or programme that requires a GCF contribution of up ...
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Structured Dialogue with the Pacific 2018
... partners with GCF and accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes in the Region. The four-day event ... sector), 18 Readiness Proposals (USD 5.47 million) , 1 Project Preparation Fund grant (USD 0.53 million) and had ... development goals. During the Structured Dialogue, 64 new project ideas were discussed (two thirds focusing on ...
Event > Structured dialogue Micronesia (Federated States of) 
Green Climate Fund Board maintains climate momentum in midst of COVID-19 by approving USD 878.8 million of new funds
... which wound up today. The 26th Board meeting approved 15 projects, raising GCF’s total portfolio of climate finance ... Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate projects funded by GCF. The approved projects, listed below and in more detail here , range from ...
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India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... strategic priorities that could be translated into projects/programmes with sound business models and financing ... on GCF policy frameworks and priority areas for potential projects. The two phases of the readiness support have ... that the Fund provides as well as development of projects in alignment with the GCF investment criteria. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India UNDP
Human progress or biodiversity – A question of either…or?
... about 22 years of experience working on climate resilience projects all around the world, although I have leaned towards projects within the Asia-Pacific region. At GCF, I oversee ... that the financing flows towards water-related climate risk projects that have the biggest impact and the most potential ...
Article > Insights 
GCF funded India solar rooftop programme kicks off
... Fund transferred the funds for the first GCF private sector project in the country to NABARD, which was converted into ... Entity and India's largest rural development bank. The project itself will be implemented by TATA Cleantech Capital ... barriers by demonstrating the viability of solar rooftop projects and paving the way for future private sector ...
Article > Press release India NABARD 
Women key agents for tackling climate change
... women’s empowerment in the context of climate change projects and programmes was the focus of a one-day training ... of the barriers and risks that must be overcome in the project design and implementation phases. At the start of ... Muñoz-Tamayo. The groups worked on a gender-blind project – where gender is viewed as not having an ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund to support the development of major proposals to increase climate resilience by conserving ecosystems at scale
... Resilient Enduring Earth concept, supported by GCF’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF), is a pioneering approach ... conservation ambitions.” Ryan Bidwell, Global Director, Project Finance for Permanence, The Nature Conservancy said: “These projects will deliver impact at scale in Botswana and ...
Article > Press release 
Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... Zorigoo, who works for the Ger Area Development Investment Project, tells me. It is true. The furnace which kept ... Ger Districts An ongoing Asian Development Bank (ADB) project is supporting the Ulaanbaatar City Master Plan by ... path. GCF is investing US$145 million in a US$544 million project with ADB for the construction of green affordable ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
... Towards Ending Drought Emergencies” is a GCF-backed project that tackles drought and extreme weather events in ... Lesiuk from GCF’s Africa Regional team conducted a project visit, during which she spoke with local partners ... Fund-financed Towards Ending Drought Emergencies (TWENDE) Project, a USD 35 million initiative to strengthen the ...
Article > Insights Kenya IUCN 
Unlocking the Green Climate Fund: Learning from the Readiness Programme
... billion in pledges, it has allocated USD 2.7 billion into projects and programmes to date. Considering the youth of ... have been rolled out, and as Mr Shiva Sharma, a National Project Director at the Ministry of Finance of Nepal, ... Other questions pointed to a low number of ‘innovative’ projects that are currently being supported by GCF. Mr ...
Article > Press release UNDP 
National Adaptation Planning support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
... reduce vulnerability to climate change (Article 7.1.). The project will achieve this goal by engaging in adaptation ... in Antigua and Barbuda. Specific outcomes of the NAP project are: Adaptation baselines are established through ... Sector entities. At the completion of the NAP Readiness project, Antigua and Barbuda will have the following: A ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda DOE_ATG
Structured Dialogue with Africa
... to accelerate the design and implementation of ambitious projects and programmes that conform with countries' climate ... proposals and over thirty funding proposals - including projects that will target GCF’s Simplified Approval ... GCF’s work with national institutions help ensure GCF projects respond to country needs. Several African ...
Event > Structured dialogue Mali 
GCF support to the Great Green Wall
... it has evolved into a gargantuan multi-sectoral landscape project spanning 8,000 km across the continent to restore ...
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FP003 - Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities through the restoration of the productive bases of salinized lands
... effect of reduced rainfall and increasing temperatures. The project will strengthen the capacity to develop ... organization of farming partnerships and cooperatives. The project has an estimated lifespan of 4 years. FP003 Senegal ...
Project > Public sector Senegal CSE 