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Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) approved USD 3.5 million of ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ...
Article > Press release 
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, coastal communities face frequent flooding and storms. Each year, approximately 60,000 ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ...
Article > Story Viet Nam 
Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... year, totaling USD 489.8 million of GCF financing and USD 1.26 billion including co-financing. Among the 11, ... a healthy and resilient Cook Islands Community – one block at a time (SAP034) Accredited Entity: Ministry of ... impacted by climate change, experiencing famine and consequently poverty due to drought. DEIS + will help to reduce ...
Article > News update 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
‘We women depend on fishing along the coastline to provide fish for our families but most ... most highly exposed to natural hazards. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events make the majority of the ... working with Save the Children Australia, with a USD 26.2 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will ...
Article > Story Vanuatu 
Rural women rising
... change as a severe threat to social and economic development, the Government of Zimbabwe is actively ... million hectares used for agricultural purposes, which employs almost three-quarters of the population. Women are the ... in rural communities is reflected in a transformative US$26.6 million government-led project in southern Zimbabwe ...
Article > Story 
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
... is greater than ever before. As the results of the first global stocktake make clear, the world is not on track to ... 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 
Appeals
Overview Information disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information ... IAP. Information appeal guidelines 16 Oct 2019 The following procedural guidelines applicable to the handling of ...
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Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
... the new funding proposals will add to GCF’s current allocation of climate finance which currently totals USD 4.6 billion – covering 93 projects across nearly 100 developing countries. The agenda for the 22nd GCF Board meeting, ... Accredited Entities. GCF’s 24 Board members represent developing and developed countries equally. This will be the ...
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 ... in this region face vary greatly – from droughts and floods in India, caused by monsoonal variability, to ... 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
... their internal capacity to access GCF funding; and to develop country-driven ideas and concepts into a pipeline of ... Pacific Island countries to access funding and undertake low-emissions and climate-resilient development. Six Pacific ... GCF Board meeting in December of 2016. This will be a unique opportunity for Board members to see first-hand the ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
The thirteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (B.13) will be held in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 28 to 30 June 2016.
B.13 shifts the focus from operational essentials to the GCF's core business of...
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” submitted by XacBank LLC; No-objection ... or focal points; Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; Independent Technical Advisory Panel’s assessments ...
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 ... or focal points; and Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; These documents are presented as submitted by the ... respectively. Pursuant to the Comprehensive Information Disclosure Policy of the Fund, the funding proposal titled ...
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 ... or focal points; and Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; These documents are presented as submitted by the ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.17 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVII Funding proposal package for FP095
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding proposal summary titled ... for Climate” submitted by the Agence Française de Développement; No-objection letters issued by the national ... or focal points; and Environmental and social report(s) disclosure; These documents are presented as submitted by the ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
... Investment Plan (approximately US$ 231.4 million). This request seeks to further aid the country in that endeavor by ... of the GCF. In continuance of such efforts, this grant request aims to facilitate the preparation of nominated ... safeguards (ESS), the GCF gender policy, and project development, monitoring and evaluation. Belize Entity Support ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
... into the country's comprehensive and resilient development strategies. In particular, the proposed project ... planning at all relevant scales and with a medium- and long-term perspective; Identify capacity gaps and strengthen ... climate change into national, provincial and municipal development planning processes; Support the preparation of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
Strategic Frameworks support for Lao PDR through FAO
... 1) formalization of coordination mechanisms; 2) development of monitoring and reporting processes; 3) ...
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 ... climate change and climate change impacts.This proposal requests readiness preparation funding assistance of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through PwC
... with the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Martinique as associate members of the OECS. At the 3rd Council of ... such standards. For this reason, the services of PwC are requested to undertake the necessary gap assessment & action ...
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
... is currently implementing its initial Readiness support request for NDA Strengthening, development of the Country Programme, and No-Objection ... Readiness funding will also support the further development and submission of an Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) ...
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 ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed the agreement which will ... and Latin America and the Caribbean, seeks to strengthen local financial institutions in the region and boost the ... about the returns and the highly limited capacity of local financial institutions. To overcome these barriers, ...
Article > Press release 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with GCF by promptly ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Jamaica Country Programme
... our path of success to meet our goals of sustainable development towards a low carbon and climate resilient society. Jamaica continues ... impacts that we desire cannot be led by the public sector alone we need participation from the private sector and civil ...
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)
... their chance of survival. Studies have shown that local management of such threats can alleviate the impacts ... in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented with Pegasus Capital ... Fiji Guatemala Indonesia Jamaica Jordan Mexico Mozambique Panama Philippines (the) Seychelles Sri Lanka FP180 ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
The Amazon bioeconomy fund
... deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback loops. Increasingly warmer and drier conditions will further result in forest degradation and loss of ecological functions, ... by dry savannah-like landscapes. This would have grave consequences on biodiversity, agriculture, human health and ...
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
... at national level (with specific recommendations for the local level). In relation with the results of this study, ... and activities will contribute to building capacity and developing the knowledge base for both the NDA and the relevant ... the project outputs and outcomes will contribute to the following goal: climate investments in Burundi are guided by ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
... 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 energy transformation ...
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