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Innovation and cooperation for global carbon neutrality
Excellencies, distinguished guests, I would like to congratulate ... the momentum for climate action in the build-up to the COP26 meeting last December. But the climate challenge remains ...
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Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
... for 12 projects were immediately signed between GCF and Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 30 ... marking the most project agreements signed at a single meeting to date. Three projects are expected to receive ... for 22 projects, bringing the year’s total to USD 3.26 billion. GCF’s portfolio currently comprises 336 ...
Article > News update 
What we offer
... we give you the opportunity to pursue rewarding and challenging work with skilled and supportive colleagues, ... learning and development opportunities, and offer competitive base salaries and a comprehensive benefits package ... the plan. Paid leave and holidays All GCF staff receive 26 annual leave days, 15 sick leave days, 10 development ...
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Green stimulus in the post COVID-19 era and beyond
Excellencies, Honourable guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, With H.E ... most important problem of our generation". Next year’s UNFCCC Conference of Parties will be critical for climate ... countries alone are estimated at between $11 to US$ 26 trillion between now and 2030, but barriers to investment ...
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PPF request for the Tanzania Agriculture Climate Adaptation Technology Deployment Programme
This programme will enable CRDB Bank to offer innovative financial products including a new dedicated line of credit for cropping sector adaptation and resilience ... and financially sound funding proposal able to meet the requirements of the GCF while supporting the ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Tanzania
GCF at COP30
... 21 November 2025 Delivering impactful climate finance at scale The Green Climate Fund is the world's climate fund for ... private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets News update GCF’s approach to Locally Led Climate ... Fund achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries in 2025 Press release ...
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Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. At the onset, ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Work with us
... Committed to climate action We are committed to working together to make a difference on climate change, both through ... of our operations. Innovative We strive to be leaders in the field of climate finance, take risks where we ... constantly explore better ways to do things and build knowledge. Responsive We work in collaboration with all our ...
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FP166 - Light Rail Transit for the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM)
... by 44 percent by 2050 without mitigation measures. While Costa Ricans’ use of private cars and ride hailing ... 85 km double-track, electric light rail transit system in San José’s Greater Metropolitan Area which will be powered by more than 98 ...
Project > Public sector Costa Rica 
Inclusive Green Financing Initiative ( IGREENFIN) : Greening Agricultural Banks & financial sector to Foster Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder in 5 West African Countries of the Green Great Wall Initiative (GGWI)
Access to credit has a significant role to play in increasing farm productivity and food security ... enterprises (MSMEs) in West African countries. This challenge is further aggravated by the predicted economic ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Transforming Finance to Unlock Climate Action in the Caribbean
... of finance. The programme will accomplish this by blending GCF and CDB resources to extend concessional lines of credit to Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), who in turn will on-lend to MSMEs and homeowners for climate action ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries
Green, Resilient Recovery in Energy and Agriculture sectors in Tajikistan
... sectors with a focus on opportunities for most vulnerable rural communities. The strategies will complement the ... and climate-smart technologies in both sectors. Carbon credit market and subsidy schemes at the national level will be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the ... is very timely coming just two weeks before the start of COP26 in Glasgow. The role of the private sector in addressing ... 2019. Ultimately though, this climate finance under the UNFCC needs to be used in a highly catalytic way so that we ...
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GCF and Bancóldex meet to reinforce collaboration for climate action
... and the Green Climate Fund’s CFO, Hong Paterson, met in the margins of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) on ... America. Both parties will work together to share knowledge and experience in climate financing, and to support ... Contributions (NDC). Bancóldex is a candidate for accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the two ...
Article > News update 
GCF Readiness resources boost Senegal’s climate capacities
... Fund (GCF) is helping Senegal build its ability to tackle climate change through Readiness funding. This is a ... projects demonstrate Senegal’s capacity to access a variety of climate financing resources and to engage regionally ... including preparing a country programme, applying for accreditation of Direct Access Entities (DAEs), and enhancing ...
Article > Story Senegal 
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and CACIB
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, sets out the terms and ... in carrying out GCF-approved projects appropriately. Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and CACIB ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and La Banque Agricole
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and La Banque Agricole, sets out the terms and conditions for the use of GCF ... in carrying out GCF-approved projects appropriately. Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and La Banque ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
This document presents funding proposal "FP262: Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering ... by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.41. Senegal FP262 Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Senegal
Aligning financial flows of the financial sector in Costa Rica with the Paris Agreement climate change goals
... National Decarbonization Plan (NDP) 2018-2050 - commits to net-zero emissions by 2050 and provides a clear roadmap towards the decarbonization of the economy. ... exposed to climate risks (physical risks), especially via credit operations and increasing insurance claims. Also, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Costa Rica
GCF hails Mongolia partnerships as model for mobilising private capital
... partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund can leverage public funds to engage private investment. This was ... of Mongolia’s leading banks. It was fast-tracked from accreditation, to project approval, signature, and ... to GCF from private sector institutions around the planet, including from national financial institutions in ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF in Brief: Simplified Approval Process
... project portfolio, with many projects already under implementation. To simplify and streamline the approval of certain small scale projects, GCF’s Board has approved a new approach: the ... (SAP). The simplifications in this new approach should lead to a reduction in time and effort required to go from ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Draft provisions for privileges and immunities
Adopted by decision B.10/12 (a). Sets out the status, immunities, exemptions and priviledges of the Fund in the territory of [country]. Board Draft provisions for privileges and immunities ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Operational framework for complementarity and coherence
... B.17/04 . Establishes a framework for strengthening complementarity and enhance coherence with the operations and ... finance institutions. Board Operational framework for complementarity and coherence ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Guiding principles and factors determining terms of financial instruments
Adopted by decision B.05/07 . Adopts principles and factors for determining terms of financial instruments. Board Guiding principles and factors determining terms of financial instruments ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... were given the green light during the GCF Board’s first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded ...
Article > Press release 
Thematic brief: Oceans
... 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, providing a natural asset of enormous significance to protect our planet, preserve ... percent of the animal protein consumed by 4.3 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of approximately 650 to 800 ...
Document > Thematic brief
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. Although there have been past and on-going ... across national and sub- national actors, civil society and private sector stakeholders; ii) Lack of private ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda
Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management
The project’s goal to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at scale to ... EbA focus depends on evidence-based identification of sites where these interventions would be most effective. ... been identified with stakeholders in each province, but detailed engineering designs and cost-benefit analyses to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Pakistan
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important rivers meet: the San Jorge, the Cauca and the Magdalena. The ... on track to complete the 5-year programme with UAIIN by 2026. The project has also been working with the Alexander Von ...
Article > Story Colombia 
Tonga Country Programme
... Management (JNAP 2), (2018 – 2028), the Tonga Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the Energy Road Map. National thematic, site specific plans, sectors’ plans and district ...
Document > Country programme Tonga