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GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will allow the two ... the vital need to finance innovative infrastructure and clean technologies in developing countries to build a ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said the “fantastic agreement” immediately unlocks ...
Article > Press release 
Agence Française de Développement to push Paris momentum with GCF agreement
... its goal of making 100 percent of its financing compatible with the Paris Agreement. “Thanks to its accreditation with the Green Climate Fund, the Agence ... of Accreditation Master Agreements (AMAs) is a prerequisite for all GCF Accredited Entities, such as AFD, to ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past ... finance proposals, particularly from direct access Accredited Entities . Representing the 24-member GCF Board , ... Fund will continue to respond to the guidance from the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in channelling climate ...
Article > Press release 
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
... Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives ... Environmental Investment Fund (EIF), a GCF direct access Accredited Entity based in Namibia. One of the projects , ... said Namibian Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta at the official launch of the two climate initiatives ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
... offering USD 500 million to catalyse climate capital by selecting the best business ideas addressing climate change ... time GCF has called for proposals that specifically target the full range of climate finance opportunities in the ... particular that it is open to applicants who are not yet accredited to the Fund. “We are looking for bold project ...
Article > Press release 
Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
... development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate ... Agreement is the central instrument in the relationship between GCF and an Accredited Entity. It sets out the basic ... “The EBRD is well equipped to fast track green project implementation in key developing regions that suffer both from ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.01-13/02/Rev.01 - Revised Additional Rules of Procedure of the Board
Draft additional rules of procedure of the Board were initially presented to the GCF Board at its first meeting to supplement the procedural rules contained in the ... of selecting four active observers and criteria for accreditation of observers. The Board approved paragraph 3 of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.12/06 - Report on the development of the Draft Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund Submission from the ad hoc group of Board/Alternate members
At its 11th meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), noted ... Instrument for the GCF and guide the GCF as a continuously learning institution in further developing its operational ... strategic plan for the GCF for consideration and possible approval by the Board at its twelfth meeting. The ad hoc ...
Board document > Action item
Advancing the National Adaptation Plan Process in Benin
... on its development through the adoption of policies and implementation of projects. It has adopted a series of ... Adaptation Programme of Action, the 2015 Nationally Determined Contribution, and the 2016-2025 Low-Emission ... - PAG) which outlines Benin's vision for a sustainable economic and social development. However, this awareness ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin
Entity Support for Antigua and Barbuda through Ministry of Health and Environment
The specific readiness challenge that this project seeks to address is to accelerate ... of projects presented in the Country Programme and the Accredited Entity Work Programme, the Department of ... in the following outcomes: National direct access entity meets all accreditation conditions and EDA funding proposal ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
GCF report on audit of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2014 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2014. The difference ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2014. Since income earned and expenses ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2015 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2015. The difference ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2015. Since income earned and expenses ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF report on audits of financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2016 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2016. The difference ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2016. Since income earned and expenses ...
Document > Financial statement
GCF audited financial statements for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016
... outlines income earned and expenses incurred within 2017 while the statement of financial position lists the fund's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2017. The difference ... as of the preparation date shows the funds available as of 31 December 2017. Since income earned and expenses ...
Document > Financial statement
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Antigua and Barbuda through the Department of Environment
... Division and the Debt Management Unit that will be responsible for coordinating with other ministries on the Green ... implementation of elements including development of a website page, news articles and short posts for social media. ... Management Strategy (NEMS), Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), and the Fund’s Initial ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
... by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is committed to enhancing the social and environmental outcomes of its activities while avoiding and mitigating any adverse risks and/or impacts ... impacts. This guidance note offers practical steps for getting started, and for developing tools and approaches over ...
Document > Guides
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
... against climate change, finance must be used to invest in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and ... on fossil fuels. "Financing is critical," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the R20 Austrian World ... adaptation in the developing world. And it means a full replenishment and an effective functioning of the Green Climate ...
Article > Press release Austria 
At a turning point: Catalysing climate finance in the era of COVID-19
... fund supporting developing countries respond to the challenge of climate change, GCF has a vital role to play in ... from Rwanda, Ghana, the United Kingdom, and State Secretary of Germany, CEOs and Heads of GCF project partners from WWF – US, IDFC, Acumen, and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Melanesia - Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Resilience Programme (M-CMERP)
... change adaptation initiatives that often focus on single issue, hard infrastructure adaptation responses, towards ... and adaptive capacity of Melanesian Pacific Island people to climate change by protecting, restoring and managing ... provide resource, technical and capacity support to enable holistic, long- term, effective and efficient climate ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... strides towards REDD+ readiness and is unique in its clear sub-national approach to REDD+. The State has developed ... forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) and established a sub-national approach to safeguards. This proposal aims to simultaneously complete and operationalize the Warsaw Components of REDD+ in ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
Building Resilience to High-Impact Hydro meteorological Events through the Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Bhutan
Bhutan has a fragile mountainous landscape situated in a regional climatic region characterized by diverse influences that leave the country exposed to high weather variability and ... outburst floods, forest fires, droughts, and windstorms. Between 1994 and 2011, approximately 87,369 people were ...
Document > Concept note Bhutan
Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)
... 1 The upper Nyabarongo catchment experiences regular cycles of floods as a result of short and intense rainfall coupled with soil erosion on deforested lands. On the other ... (RFA) and the Rwanda Water Resources Board. The complete project implementation structure will be determined at ...
Document > Concept note Rwanda
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
... on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher ... continue to provide their many services, ensuring sustainable livelihoods, and avoiding mounting terrorist and ... regional GCF-umbrella programme now under development, together with the GAMS FAO GCF project in Sudan, recently ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
GCF Readiness Proposal for St. Kitts and Nevis for Institutional Capacity and Coordination and Country Programming
... socio-economic transformation of the economy. Since its implementation in 2006, a number of priority actions outlined ... of the global financial and economic downturn, the implementation and completion of activities were delayed. Therefore, the GSKN in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Kitts and Nevis
State of Palestine Country Programme
... having a severe impact on all aspects of life on this planet. In an effort to respond to climate change challenges, the international community created the Green ... to climate finance. Like all countries, the State of Palestine will be hit hard by climate change. Indeed, signs of ...
Document > Country programme State of Palestine
Strengthen climate resilience in Mozambique: Sustainable access to solar drinking water in the rural provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo
1. Based on strong partnerships between Enabel and its Mozambique partner and on the lessons learnt from the implementation of the Belgian-funded ... be implemented in close collaboration with the Water and Sanitation Department (DAS) and with the District Planning ...
Document > Concept note Mozambique
Project preparation for enhancing resilience of rural communities by improving water security in Vanuatu
... in ENSO oscillation, increased air temperature and sea level rise, will result in additional impacts on water ... contamination. Rural communities are particularly vulnerable to such impacts. With GCF support, this project will ... enabling environment at provincial and national level to better address climate risks associated with water security. ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Vanuatu
Call for Public Inputs: Revisions to the Green Climate Fund’s Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) to reaffirm the Fund’s commitment to addressing Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)
... needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In fulfilling ... SEAH. In decision B.25/05, the Board requested the Secretariat to present to the Board the proposed revisions of ... of the GCF, to address the requirements placed on accredited entities to integrate the obligations set out in ...
Document > Call for input
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
... experiences in this sector. The Guide aims at providing a set of ‘how to’ tools to National Designated Authorities and Accredited Entities to support the development of high quality ... climate innovation, mobilization of finance at scale and coalitions and knowledge to scale up success. In ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Pacific countries to bolster project pipeline with GCF
... sessions that highlighted the tools and resources available for direct access entities (DAEs) to help them develop ... notes and funding proposals that are aligned to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and GCF Country Programmes. ... Snyman, Pacific Community (SPC) Climate Finance Adviser. Lessons from successful initiatives and challenges in the ...
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