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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
... GCF investment criteria, financial information, project logic framework targets indicators, and development of ESS, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender project ... to changes, if necessary. The cover date mentioned below denotes the last submission date of the Annual ...
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 )
... Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 13 and 15. The CAPTD approach ... landscapes. These targets include the restoration and development of more than 5 million hectares of degraded land ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burkina Faso
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... Operating modalities of the Project Preparation Facility Local currency financing pilot programme Consideration of Independent Redress Mechanism ... Board meetings Other matters Report of the meeting Close of the meeting Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea ...
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 performance review of GCF from 10 June 2021 to 30 April 2023...
Board document > Information
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
The proposed project is a scaling up of the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) initiative launched by the Government of Benin with ... and Donga (Boukoumbé, Copargo and Toukountouna), and subsequently extended to six communes, including some in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for DAE (Fast-Track)
... (CCFF)” has been designed to support Cambodia’s low-emission and climate resilient development pathways through climate responsive transformation ... state-owned bank – i.e., Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) – into the very first green ...
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
... of climate change. The challenges of sustainable development and protection against climate change are therefore ... essential in the country, as set out in the National Development Plan (2018-2021). The Gambia's INDC (November 2016) ... & social safeguards and gender. Therefore, this readiness request will be focused on strengthening GAMWORKS’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
Enhancing regulatory framework for energy transition to accelerate the implementation of Mali's NDC
... climate variability and potential changes. Party to the UNFCCC, Mali, has made significant decisions to support the global efforts to address climate change and meet its ... potential for renewable energy, which, if properly employed, can significantly reduce the country’s GHG ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mali
Debt for climate swaps: exploring avenues and opportunities
... 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 ... and restoration. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is uniquely positioned to enable and facilitate DFCS transactions, ...
Document > Working paper
FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... storms. For instance, the total economic impact of Cyclone Evan which hit Samoa in late 2012 was estimated at 40 ... undoing of years of economic gains in infrastructure development. Projected climate change scenarios indicate Samoa ... to endure further severe climate impacts, including more frequent and extreme rainfall and wind events and sea level ...
Project > Public sector Samoa 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... of rainfall and temperature, increasing the risk of more frequent and severe droughts - and other extreme weather events ... on increasing the adaptive capacities of communities and local institutions to develop evidence-based landscape planning. This will be done by ...
Project > Public sector Kenya 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading ... policies and regulations, enhanced project preparation, long-term financing, and affordability. The Facility will ... d'Ivoire Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
... due to the growing intensity, geographic extent and frequency of climate-related hazards, exacerbated by rising ... associated with climate change. Hazards like heatwaves, floods, landslides and droughts cause devastating loss of lives and assets, socio-economic instability and ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
... since 1950. At the same time, rainfall is becoming less frequent and more turbulent during rainy seasons, which is why the region is facing a dual threat of flooding and drought putting a total of 1.45 million people ... indirectly. The Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood (PEARL) ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
... vulnerable to climate change, particularly due to its low-lying islands facing challenges such as storms, hurricanes, droughts, floods, and the threat of sea-level rise. The agriculture ... expected to be significantly impacted by the increasing frequency and intensity of these climate hazards, affecting ...
Project > Public sector Belize 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... in central and northern Benin to build resilience of local communities, using an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) ... The EbA will integrate climate-resilient agriculture techniques with the tailored restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. Thus, the ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
Privacy statement
... changed? The changes to our Privacy Statement are as follows: GCF will now accept e-mail requests from individuals about personal information held by ... to where the requests are considered vexatious or frivolous, or where disclosure of the information might prejudice ...
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GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
... to USD 3,730.2 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries in their low emission and climate resilient ... Mongolia with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) FP078 - USD 26 million for the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) ... of climate change in Sesfontein, Fransfontein, and Warmquelle areas of the Republic of Namibia with the ...
Article > Press release 
Countries step up ambition: Landmark boost to coffers of the world’s largest climate fund
... for the next four years. The resources will help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt ... Parties in Spain (COP25) on 2-13 December 2019 and at COP26, to be co-hosted by the United Kingdom and Italy in ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established GCF in 2010 to direct climate finance to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes global forum to accelerate green recovery in developing countries
... 9 July, over 500 policymakers, climate change experts, development specialists and representatives from UN agencies, ... change – are being hardest hit by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and face a double burden,” ... Asia and the Commonwealth. “The UK is the host of COP26 in Glasgow next year and is committed to a sustainable ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) explored how to generate the private sector investments needed ... including financial institutions, governments, project developers, climate leaders and development banks - this virtual ... and Beyond, and the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). Investors at the third GCF Private Investment for ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 1 billion for climate action, sets out strategic vision
... Board has given a major boost to climate finance for developing countries with the approval of over USD 1 billion of funding for low-emission, climate-resilient development. The 27th Board ... Climate Fund (SnCF Global) – Equity with PCA (FP152) USD 26.7 million for Mongolian Green Finance Corporation with ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board approves USD 500 million for new climate action, strengthens its Results Management Framework
... Access Entities The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has allocated USD 501.1 million in GCF resources for new climate ... to the most vulnerable countries including Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, and African ... of smallholder farmers. This project is part of the USD 1.26 billion GCF is investing in adaptation action in Africa ...
Article > Press release 
Tipping point or turning point: global solidarity for an inclusive, resilient recovery
His Excellency, President of Colombia, Ivan Duque Marquez; Her Excellency, Prime Minister ... Dear colleague and friend, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Patricia Espinosa; Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of ... of our financial systems. First, in preparation for COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their ...
Article > Speech
Financing low emissions, resilient development pathways
... Dear colleague and friend, Christina Figueres, Founder of Global Optimism and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary; Dear Participants and colleagues. ... fight against climate change. In preparation for the COP 26, countries will be raising the ambition of their NDCs to ...
Article > Speech
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... Fund (GCF) adopted the REDD+ results-based payment pilot programme, REDD+ ¹ had already existed in climate ... the lion’s share of carbon market growth. At COP26 in Glasgow, the UNFCCC further developed key elements of Article 6 of the ...
Article > Insights 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... Independent Evaluation Unit. The Board also agreed to develop a new salary structure for the Fund, as well as updating ... Green Guarantee Company (GGC) (as first tranche with subsequent investments up to an aggregate amount of USD 82.5 million as GGC scales up) with MUFG Bank (FP197); USD 26.9 million for CATALI.5°T Initiative: Concerted Action to ...
Article > Press release 
What do gin and tonic, coffee and mountain climate risks have in common?
... on the rich biodiversity of mountains. Cinchona is a close relative of the coffee plant. Both plants grow in ... has approved at least 31 projects in mountainous areas in 26 countries, with a total GCF investment of USD 1.8 ... sustainable financing to maintain mountain ecosystems and sequester carbon dioxide within forests, while supporting an ...
Article > Insights 
GCF leaves COP30 ready to ramp up climate finance
... to ramp up its operations to help implement the new global goal for adaptation finance. Among the key COP30 ... on a record year in which the Fund programmed USD 3.26 billion in new climate finance. GCF’s portfolio now ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its reforms have revamped the accreditation process, ...
Article > News update 
Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
The readiness proposal will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects ... projects, and ultimately the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the ... on deliverables of approved readiness projects. The development of utility scale RE projects and support for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana