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GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
... projects and programmes were approved at B.16: USD 265 million for the GEEREF NeXt programme financing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across five regions ... organizations, National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities, and GCF Delivery Partners. Video ...
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GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
... Programme (UNEP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, enabling the three ... chosen UNDP, UNEP or GIZ as delivery partners in the implementation of their respective GCF Readiness Programme ... "The finalization of this agreement means we can now get to work as a Green Climate Fund delivery partner,” said ...
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GCF Board approves USD 745 million in funding proposals
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has reached a new milestone today with the approval of USD 745 million in funding proposals at its fourteenth meeting. The 10 projects and programmes have a total value of ... expanded the Fund’s group of partner institutions by accrediting the following eight organisations, bringing the ...
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UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
... (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, strengthening their ... Green Climate Fund, and the signing of this agreement reflects the progress we are making to support countries around ... parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and given the mandate to fund climate action to limit ...
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GCF launches Executive Director recruitment process
... including partner governments, contributors, recipients, Accredited Entities, the Trustee, the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, observer organisations and other stakeholders – to ... www.perrettlaver.com/candidates quoting reference number 2640. Applications should consist of a CV and a covering ...
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GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
The thirteenth meeting of the Board (B.13) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... so far this year – major policy gaps have been filled, we have a strategic plan, 13 new entities are accredited and now over USD 250 million in funding proposals ...
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GCF encourages more high-quality and ambitious proposals
... need for high-quality, ambitious funding proposals to scale up action under the Fund and incite the necessary ... Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF Board Co-Chair, Mr. Zaheer Fakir (South Africa), ... receives,” Mr. Fakir explained. “We need countries, Accredited Entities, and National Designated Authorities not ...
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Beyond Paris: GCF Looks Ahead
With climate finance as a critical element to the Paris climate negotiations, the Green Climate ... Director. The discussion was chaired by Oxfam’s Annaka Peterson, and started with a welcome message from Jeong-bok ... priorities, including supporting readiness funding, the accreditation process, and National Designated Authorities ...
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Ready, Set, Fund!
... of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today met with over 80 ambassadors and diplomats at an information ... The meeting was convened to elaborate the Fund’s role, and how it can support countries’ climate change plans ... change threatens the availability of safe water supply and sanitation for the inhabitants of this urban region of a ...
Article > Press release Fiji 
GCF Adaptation Rationale Workshop
The GCF International Technical Workshop: Adaptation Rationale for Project Pipelines and other Climate Investment was ... adaptation project pipelines that effective articulate key elements of climate rationale to further attract adaptation ... support for adaptation planning, private sector, civil society, and other partner institutions. The objectives achieved ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Philippines (the) 
24th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP24)
... is to adopt a package of decisions ensuring the full implementation of the Paris Agreement. The event will likewise ... GCF is part of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC and serves the Paris Agreement. The Fund reports its ... 2018 (Tuesday) Event title Time GCF 101 1330 - 1430 Accreditation 101 1800 - 1900 05 December 2018 (Wednesday) ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Poland 
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the electricity from diesel generators. The ...
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Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project
... the first GCF-funded project in the Caribbean to move to implementation. The project will strengthen the resilience of ... Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), a direct access Accredited Entity that carries out GCF projects in the region. ... has four activity strands, aimed at addressing the nexus between adaptation, resilience, and mitigation measures in ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF and FMO partnership will boost the growth of renewable energy in developing countries
Today, the Green Climate Fund and Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) signed an ... the launch of the Climate Investor One (CIO) programme, a blended finance facility to support the development of ... finance fund manager and a joint venture between FMO and Sanlam InfraWorks. Tony Clamp, Deputy Director of GCF’s ...
Article > Press release Netherlands (the) 
Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club signs a Statement of Partnership to join forces in fighting climate change
The International Development Finance Club (IDFC), the international network of leading national and regional development banks, and the ... in Poland, CDG Capital was honoured to get the full GCF accreditation to reinforce its low carbon and climate ...
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GCF and FAO break record in signing fastest ever project agreement, supporting climate-vulnerable Pakistan farmers
In a sign of accelerating climate finance flows, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... the importance of GCF working closely with its partners to set out clear paths of climate action. “In this case, early ... of Korea. It approved 10 climate finance projects worth USD 267 million. Pakistan Songdo FP108 GCF and FAO break record ...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands
... (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to implement the Tina River Hydropower Development Project to help ... the Solomon Islands transition from diesel-generated to clean, renewable energy. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement ...
Article > Press release Solomon Islands 
GCF investment supports green energy transition in Chile
... equity investment in a solar power and pumped storage hydroelectric project will help decarbonise Chile’s energy mix and catalise private investments to the renewable energy market. At its 23rd meeting, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ...
Article > Press release Chile 
GCF launches Green Champions Awards to recognise outstanding climate change efforts in developing countries
... Awards will promote initiatives that stand as examples of environmental, social and business-led commitments to ... we are facing, and they are changing our world for the better.” The awards are designed to acknowledge ... from September 2nd on the Green Champions Awards website . The awards jury will consider the following ...
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Global Programming Conference drives stronger GCF climate support
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will incorporate lessons from its largest gathering of developing country ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Paris Agreement. Discussions between a broad ... enhancing access to GCF resources, streamlining GCF’s accreditation process and ensuring there is balanced support ...
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GCF joins initiative to help Africa expand its REDD+ roots
... Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on 13 to 15 August to explore challenges and opportunities in boosting African REDD+ action at ... and regional levels. Nassere Kaba, deputy chief of cabinet with Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Environment and ... support of these efforts in close coordination with GCF Accredited Entities and other sources of finance supporting ...
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New Climate Investment Platform targets increase in flow of capital to clean energy projects
... increase the flow of capital in developing countries to meet climate ambitions. The Climate Investment Platform (CIP) ... to international organisations to the private sector to scale-up climate action and translate ambitious national ... in developing countries. Progress will be presented at UNFCCC COP 25 in December 2019. The service offered by the CIP ...
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Jamaica and Norway lead countries in call for ambitious replenishment of Green Climate Fund ahead of Climate Action Summit
... over 40 developed and developing countries today for a meeting dedicated to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The event showed ... including Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Andrew Holness ...
Article > Press release Jamaica Norway 
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
... to halt progress around the world in combatting a variety of development goals. That is why increasing flows of ... food security by making agriculture more sustainable and climate resilient. These were the views of ... from the world’s business sector to achieve this aim, while singling out initial GCF funding as a way to redirect ...
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Green Climate Fund and its partners launch the Alliance for Hydromet Development
... providing assistance to developing countries came together at COP25 today to launch the Alliance for Hydromet ... GCF and other members of the Alliance have committed collectively to ramp up action that strengthens the capacity of ... (WMO). "Building on the success of the Fund's recent replenishment, we are stepping up our efforts to match the ...
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GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
... developing countries, including those particularly vulnerable to climate change, among them African States, Small Island Developing States, and Least Developed Countries. The Government of Liberia is hosting the three-day, informal Board meeting. H.E. the Honourable George Weah, President of the ...
Article > Press release Liberia 
Responding to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic: Interlinkages between people, planet and prosperity
... required to stem it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet. The far-reaching ...
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Global leaders highlight need to invest for COVID-climate recovery
... green investment to recover from the COVID recession and meet the climate challenge. This was the key message from world leaders during ... of Global Optimism and ex-Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC compared COVID and climate to massive waves crashing on ...
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GCF speeds up funding flow with 4 partner agreements signed hours after Board approval
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed detailed agreements with its partners to implement four new ... GCF, which allocates the funds, and its partnering Accredited Entities, which propose and implement GCF-approved ...
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GCF investments reducing climate risk to feature at Climate Adaptation Summit
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec will highlight the Fund’s key role in helping bridge the climate finance gap at the Climate ... climate effects. GCF balances its portfolio equally between support for adaptation and actions to reduce ...
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