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Norway to double its contribution to GCF
... Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced plans to scale up Norway’s commitments to the Green Climate Fund. Norway already pledged USD 258 million to the Fund last year as part of the ... initial resource mobilization and has now promised to double that figure by 2020, provided that GCF can finance ...
Article > Press release Norway 
Viet Nam pledges $1 million to GCF at COP 21
Viet Nam has pledged a contribution to the Green Climate Fund ... the base of support to the Fund. 43 states have now pledged support to the Fund, including both developed and ... efforts will be taken to fulfil our obligations under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol. Viet Nam accordingly will ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
COP 21: GCF Talk at Six
Dear Partners, please come and join ‘GCF Talk at Six’ at COP 21 to find ... speakers from National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities (AEs), and other partners working with us. ... GCF’s activities at COP 21 are being posted on the GCF website and Twitter (@GCF_News). Come by and see us at the GCF ...
Article > Press release 
Paris pledges €1 million to GCF
The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, yesterday announced a pledge of EUR 1 million (USD 1.05 million) to the Green Climate Fund. The pledge was announced during a meeting between Mayor Hidalgo and Héla Cheikhrouhou, the ... de Ville (City Hall). Paris is currently hosting the UNFCCC climate conference (COP 21). Over 40 countries have ...
Article > Press release France 
Zambia Finance Minister signs grant agreement during Livingstone Board meeting
On the sidelines of the eleventh Green Climate Fund Board meeting, the Zambian host government has signed a grant ... in Africa,” he said. Each country that is party to the UNFCCC has been invited to submit an INDC ahead of the Paris ...
Article > Press release Zambia 
Algeria outlines climate action ahead of COP 21
... Héla Cheikhrouhou, interacted with government officials to learn first hand about the country’s climate action ... the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. Upon invitation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ... States (SIDS), and African States. Other countries visited included Ethiopia, Mali, Peru, and the Philippines. ...
Article > Press release Algeria 
Ambassador Black-Layne signs Antigua and Barbuda’s grant agreement with GCF
... with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). A signing ceremony between Ambassador Black-Layne of the Ministry of Health and ... extend its support to the two-island country’s larger-scale climate adaptation initiatives. Antigua and Barbuda ... with other ministries on GCF, and to design and implement a knowledge management system to facilitate proper ...
Article > Press release Antigua and Barbuda 
Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
... a grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund, to help implement its national green growth strategy and bring it ... Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. The funds enable Rwanda to accelerate access to GCF resources that will be ... Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Thailand, ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
... to obtain readiness support from the Fund by October. Delegation officials said Pakistan will use the support to ... Specialists from GCF provided guidance on the Fund’s accreditation process and financing modalities, including its ... (INDC), which the Government of Pakistan will present at UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris later ...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
GCF readiness support turns focus to Africa and Middle East countries
... expanding its readiness programme into the Africa and Middle East region with a three-day workshop being held from 6 to 8 September at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. The GCF Africa and Middle East Workshop — the fourth meeting of its kind held by the Fund this year — aims to ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries
... in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, organised the GCF Structured Dialogue with Least ... in their engagement with GCF, in consultation with the accredited entities and the GCF Secretariat to ensure ...
Event > Structured dialogue Ethiopia 
GCF Global Programming Conference 2019
... world, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is playing a major role in helping developing countries raise and realise their ... will be called to raise their climate ambition targets or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), GCF ... GCF National Designated Authorities or focal points, Accredited Entities, and others to explore how the Fund can ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Forests: A cause of climate concern, and hope
... Guatemala Madagascar Mexico Morocco Paraguay Peru Rwanda Viet Nam FP001 FP011 FP013 FP019 FP022 FP026 FP048 FP050 FP062 FP073 FP076 Forests: A cause of climate ...
Article > Story Multiple countries ADA_Morocco 
Fourteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.14)
... of funding proposals Policies on the formal replenishment process Matters relating to accreditation: Strategy and policy on accreditation ... accreditation proposals Accreditation review of applicant 026 Status of accreditation master agreements Status of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
FP108 - Transforming the Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management
... Indus Basin by increasing resilience among the most vulnerable farmers and strengthening government capacity to support ... semi-arid climate, as well as its high dependency on a single river system along with snow and glacial meltwater to ... build farmers’ climate resilience through skills, knowledge and technology enhancement activities. It will also ...
Project > Public sector Pakistan FAO 
FP109 - Safeguarding rural communities and their physical and economic assets from climate induced disasters in Timor-Leste
Safeguarding rural communities and their physical assets from climate induced disasters in Timor-Leste Addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability of ... to generate and use information about climate risks. Timor-Leste’s socioeconomic and ecological systems are fragile. ...
Project > Public sector Timor-Leste UNDP 
FP111 - Promoting climate-resilient forest restoration and silviculture for the sustainability of water-related ecosystem services
... services by increasing the climate resilience of vulnerable coniferous forests Honduras ranks first on a list of the ...
Project > Public sector Honduras IDB 
SAP007 - Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts
Supporting the long-term adaptation of vulnerable and food-insecure Zimbabwean households, comprising 50,000 people, of whom 66 percent are women While 70 percent of ... of food-insecure households through community-based asset creation and risk transfer through weather- index ...
Project > Public sector Zimbabwe WFP 
Micro, Small, and Medium sized Enterprises Pilot Programme
... up to USD 200 million for the Programme. The GCF Secretariat will seek to allocate at least USD 100 million for developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, including least ...
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GCF Global NDA Conference 2018
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to host the Global NDA Conference on 8-9 and 12 ... communities face. The Global NDA Conference will bring together participants from all GCF National Designated ... for Climate Conference, please refer to the conference website . 1 / 100 Previous Next #2018NDAconference Republic of ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF to explore how to extend REDD+ coverage at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
... to consult with a wide range of forestry experts to determine how to expand GCF’s engagement with REDD+ and ... an information session about forest-based climate finance. Leading environment officials from the governments of ... under the REDD+ financing umbrella. REDD+ refers to the UNFCCC-based accounting and funding mechanism that supports ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board begins 23rd meeting today
... mitigation and adaptation funding proposals, totalling USD 266.9 million in GCF funding, as well as policy decisions to ... 101 approved projects. The Board will also consider accrediting four organisations to become GCF funding partners. ... Accredited Entities, which allow for finances to be channelled directly to developing countries rather than through ...
Article > Press release 
Canada announces contribution to Green Climate Fund
... to the announcement, GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec stated: “The Green Climate Fund welcomes the ... currency. Canada will host GCF’s second consultation meeting in Ottawa on 29-30 August. This will be followed by a ... building activities (known as readiness support) helping 126 developing countries identify and address their most ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF addresses climate farming challenges in expert panel
GCF co-organised a consultation and technical meeting on climate change, agriculture and food systems with ... consultation held at the sidelines of GCF’s second replenishment meeting in Ottawa, Canada. As part of the GCF replenishment and strategic programming, the event discussed ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference paves the way for more climate finance from the private sector
... for Climate Conference is designed to act as an ideas marketplace to explore how to redirect the huge amount of funds ... to hold this second annual private sector-focused forum reflects the Fund’s recognition that investments by ... bonds to fund climate-focused action, and expand the role of financial innovation to boost climate investments in ...
Article > Press release 
FP082 - Catalyzing Climate Finance (Shandong Green Development Fund)
... base. Limited public finance makes it difficult to meet the province’s goals to green its economy. This project ... private finance by offering adequate returns thanks to the blending of public finance, concessional donor finance, and ... with Shandong’s mitigation and adaptation policies, while tapping co-financing 7.3 times GCF’s contribution. ...
Project > Public sector China ADB 
FP116 - Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investment in Forests and Rangelands in Kyrgyz Republic (CS-FOR)
... income, the primary source of nutrition, and a financial safety net for the rural poor. Climate change and the poor management of natural resources has led to overgrazing, increased forest degradation, and the unsustainable harvesting of timber from mountain slopes. This project ...
Project > Public sector Kyrgyzstan FAO 
FP118 - Building a Resilient Churia Region in Nepal (BRCRN)
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystems and vulnerable communities by adopting climate-resilient land-use ... practices. The Churia region of Nepal has a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem of the heavily populated ... natural resources have been managed unsustainably, leading to land degradation and, now, exacerbated by the ...
Project > Public sector Nepal FAO 
FP119 - Water Banking and Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Northern Gaza
... scheme and increasing water availability for sustainable agriculture. The water level of the coastal aquifer in Gaza, the region’s only ... in the intrusion of seawater. Agricultural inefficiencies lead to the overuse of water and high evaporation. This ...
Project > Public sector State of Palestine AFD 
FP120 - Chile REDD-plus results-based payments for results period 2014-2016
Recognising Chile’s REDD+ results for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has assessed these results as being fully compliant ... the country’s National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources. FP120 Chile 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 209 361 466 ...
Project > Public sector Chile FAO 