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... in Zambia, the Green Climate Fund has launched a new website, redesigned from the ground up. With a focus on ... The new site is optimized for smart phones and tablets, to offer streamlined access to the GCF website on the ... areas: “Ventures” for information on funding, accreditation, country readiness support, and the private ...

... 15 percent of total global energy use and helps meeting the cooking needs of approximately 2.5 billion people. The IPCC estimated that replacing traditional open fires ... mitigation potential between 0.6 and 2.4 Gt CO2eq/year, while delivering a wide range of sustainable development ...

Acknowledging Ecuador’s REDD+ 2014 results - a total volume of ... United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) and have undergone technical assessment. They are now fully UNFCCC compliant. Ecuador will use the results-based payments ...

Armenia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the Eastern Europe and ... Its forests are highly sensitive to climate change, while its rural population is dependent on fuelwood to meet their energy demands. By focusing on the forest-energy ...

... which is driven by cocoa production. This project will implement zero-deforestation agroforestry models in three ... and fair-trade cocoa production. Their access to markets will also be strengthened. Data will be used to ... selected villages.  SAP015 Côte d'Ivoire 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 268 472 706 893 Promoting zero-deforestation cocoa ...

 Fiji produces over half of its electricity from hydropower. However, the volatility of ... with an increase in climate variability, has compounded problems caused by the lack of a stable electricity supply. This project aims to overcome ...

... and regulatory frameworks. With no connection to the electricity grid, most rural communities depend on ... and heating - which aggravates indoor air pollution, accelerates deforestation, and leads to carbon emissions. ... project is designed to kick-start a renewable energy market in rural Afghanistan. It will lay the necessary ...

While water resources for ecosystems are becoming ... as landslides and floods threaten the livelihoods of people in Nepal’s Gandaki River Basin region, currently ... the country's population and more than 40 ethnic groups. The project adopts an ecosystem-centred and ...

... heating during the country’s cold winters. This leads to forest degradation and a reduction of carbon ... capacity, which is projected to decrease by five times between 1990 and 2030. This project is designed to reduce ... carbon sequestration through the introduction of sustainable forest management in three Georgian regions. This ...

... have experienced 15 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms. Set to be exacerbated by climate change, such events can lead to significant disruption of the country's power and ... adaptation is mainstreamed into the building sector and relevant financial mechanisms, as well as strengthening ...

... total volume of 6.95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂eq) was presented to the GCF for results-based ... to invest in additional activities that support the implementation of its Integrated Strategy of Deforestation ... The project will also contribute to the sustainable management of forest areas, as well as strengthening the ...

Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... and marine and terrestrial ecosystems. This programme targets the most vulnerable populations of coastal and rural areas in four Indian ...

... harvesting of nuts from shea trees which are used in cosmetics is a key source of livelihoods in the region and ...

While almost all of Senegal’s urban areas have access to electricity, about 58 percent of people in rural areas do ... costs to run remote electricity assets, tied to low and widely dispersed electricity ...

Sudan is one of the most drought susceptible countries in Africa. Drylands are home to nearly ... erratic rainfall has resulted in recurrent droughts, together with crop failures, livestock deaths, and the deepening of poverty levels. The project supports climate change adaptation ...

... for chemicals and fertilizers, pulp and paper, non-ferrous metals, food processing, and textiles. This programme is GCF's first at-scale investment to promote the uptake of low-carbon ...

... Green Climate Fund workshop. “The slow burn crisis of sea level rises, ocean acidification and impacts like coral reef ... before our eyes,” said Simon Wilson, with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme ( ... SPREP and 21 of GCF’s other direct access Accredited Entities wound up the three-day Empowering Direct ...

... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mr. Hoesung Lee, underscored the urgency in strengthening the connection between the worlds of climate science and climate finance. A ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ...

The twentieth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be ... meetings of the Board Application of paragraph 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board: guidelines to determine in ... status of national adaptation plans Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ...

The seventeeth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be ... of the Parties, including the biannual report on privileges and immunities Complementarity and coherence Matters ... for Board-appointed officials Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ...

The sixteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held ... Secretariat Reports from committees, panels and groups Implementation of the initial strategic plan for the GCF Work ... on the GCF risk management framework Matters related to accreditation Status of accreditation matters Update on ...

The thirteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held ... on the activities of the Secretariat Update on the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund ... Private Sector Advisory Group Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Accreditation Committee Independent ...

The twelfth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held ... agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of eleventh Board meeting Decisions taken between the eleventh ... Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Ad Hoc ...

... 9.6 billion. A quarter of the projects identified are being led by direct access entities. Over time, this percentage is ... as more direct access entities are going through the accreditation process. Approximately 40 percent of the identified portfolio targets funding for the private sector and roughly a quarter of ...

... the current Bonn climate talks has emphasised the link between NDC implementation and replenishment. Developing country representatives highlighted ...