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Signing of legal agreement broadens Indian scope of climate action
The Green Climate Fund has strengthened momentum to tackle climate change in the second most populace nation by signing a key agreement with GCF’s first accredited Indian bank. The signing by India’s National Bank ... which propose and implement GCF-approved projects, as they set out the basic terms and conditions for financial ...
Article > Press release India NABARD 
Plugging the finance gap in the Caribbean
... Caribbean. The blue economy refers to activities and societies that rely on coastal, marine resources and ecosystems. ... It is the bedrock of regional economies and puts food on tables. In the face of the climate crisis, those same waters ... for scaling up or replication – such as blue carbon credits from Caribbean seagrass – to microfinance ...
Article > News update CCCCC 
FP293 - Food Securities Fund Accountable Cocoa and Coffee Tranche (FSF ACCT)
... finance remains structurally underprovided, as commercial lenders rarely extend unsecured credit in rural emerging markets, while cooperatives and exporters lack the financial ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Clarmondial 
FP301 - Responsible Commodities Facility - Deforestation and Conversion Free: Finance for soy production in the Cerrado, Brazil (RCF-DCF Project)
... in the region. Agriculture and land-use change together account for more than 60 per cent of Brazil’s ... half of the Cerrado’s native vegetation has already been cleared, leading to loss of biodiversity, degraded water ... to mobilise larger pools of capital. Through customised credit lines, farmers will be enabled to forgo converting ...
Project > Private sector Brazil SIM 
FP097 - Productive Investment Initiative for Adaptation to Climate Change (CAMBio II)
Reducing obstacles for Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to access credit and supporting the best available adaptation measures ... in rural areas rural mean MSMEs have limited access to credit in financing adaptation measures. This initiative ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries CABEI 
FP106 - Embedded Generation Investment Programme (EGIP)
... Investment Programme (“EGIP”) will support the implementation of renewable energy projects with a capacity of ... through two components. The first component will provide credit support to private sector solar and wind Independent ... energy projects. The second component will provide credit support to special purpose vehicles, which are ...
Project > Private sector South Africa DBSA 
Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... Stock Exchange (LSE) and green loans issued in the private credit market. The Green Guarantee Company (GGC) , ... Group, which was co-founded with Cardano Development, celebrated the launch of its operations with a Market Closing ... Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its MOBILIST programme, the Green Climate Fund ...
Article > Press release MUFG_Bank 
FP188 - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in the Gambia (PROREFISH Gambia)
The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the ... jobs and gives access to nutrient and protein rich diets. However, because of climate change impacts, these local ... fisheries, damaging fishery infrastructure (e.g., landing sites), and increasing the salinity and acidity levels that ...
Project > Public sector Gambia FAO 
Appeals
... disclosure requests that have been denied may be appealed. An Information Appeals Panel (IAP) was established by ... 16 Oct 2019 The following procedural guidelines applicable to the handling of information appeals was agreed to by ...
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Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve ... fire management, using a science-based emissions reduction methodology that shifts fire patterns from the late to the ... the proposed readiness support, is that Belize has the requisite capacity and enabling environment for development of an ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize ISFMI Pty Ltd
Information disclosure policy
Adopted by decision B.12/35 (a). Sets out the policy regarding the information that the Fund makes available to the public either as a routine matter or upon request. ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Green Climate Fund exceeds USD 10 billion replenishment mark
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has achieved a milestone in its mission to progress climate action in developing countries with pledges to GCF’s first replenishment now reaching over USD 10 billion. With the ...
Article > Press release 
Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
... (DAEs), National Designated Authorities and all the relevant stakeholders to prepare EDA concept notes and funding ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Strengthening the NDA and climate change frameworks for mobilizing climate financing in Benin
... programme. To attain these objectives, the proposal will lead to implement the outputs below: Needs assessment on areas of ... for developing, reviewing, and prioritizing bankable project proposals. The country programme development ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Benin IFDD
Coral Reef Resiliency Program
The project’s goal is to implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) within Fiji’s ... 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 assessments and cost-benefit analyses to identify ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Fiji WWF
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
... and Development (EBRD). The GCF-EBRD Sustainable Energy Financing Facilities programme spans three regions ... Energy Financing Facilities project will provide credit lines to open up new financing paths and new markets ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010 to deliver equal amounts of funding to ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries EBRD 
Belize Development Finance Corporation Capacity Strengthening for Accreditation to the Green Climate Fund
... made significant efforts to respond to climate related challenges, guided by policy documents such as the National ... (GOBZ) has nominated the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize for accreditation to the GCF as a Direct Access Entity (DAE). In ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize CDB
Revised environmental and social policy
Adopted by decision B.BM-2021/18 ; applicable to all projects from B.32 onwards. Revises the ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness
Adopted by decision B.17/21 . Sets out guidelines for enhanced country ownership and country drivenness, covering guiding principles, role of country programmes and structured dialogues, role of ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Interim environmental and social safeguards of the Fund (Performance standards of the International Finance Corporation)
... and mitigate environmental and social risks based on IFC standards; will remain in effect until the Fund develops ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
FP037 - Integrated Flood Management to Enhance Climate Resilience of the Vaisigano River Catchment in Samoa
... proof Samoa’s capital. Samoa’s economy and its people’s livelihoods have been heavily impacted by ... at 40 percent of the country’s GDP at the time. This reflected the undoing of years of economic gains in ... more frequent and extreme rainfall and wind events and sea level rise. This project will enable the Government of Samoa ...
Project > Public sector Samoa UNDP 
FP113 - TWENDE: Towards Ending Drought Emergencies: Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands
... - in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. The project targets eleven counties in two major climate zones which have ... Building capacity and institutions for the improved implementation of devolution is seen as necessary to enhance ...
Project > Public sector Kenya IUCN 
FP254 - GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility
The global climate crisis is interconnected with water, leading to greater variability in the water cycle, ... and rising CO2 emissions from inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure. There is an urgent need for ... d'Ivoire Tunisia Chile Peru Azerbaijan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 GCF-IFC Scaling Resilient Water Infrastructure (RWI) Facility ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries IFC 
FP258 - Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing ... and droughts cause devastating loss of lives and assets, socio-economic instability and inequality. It is ... Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS). It will accelerate access to global and regional technical and ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries UNDP 
FP199 - Public-Social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-Sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle Sap Basin (PEARL)
The Northern Tonle Sap Basin (NTSB) in the center-west part of Cambodia is ... where farmers produce mainly cashew, mango, rice, and vegetables. The area is also severely threatened by climate change ...
Project > Public sector Cambodia FAO 
SAP035 - Building the Adaptive Capacity of Sugarcane Farmers in Northern Belize (BaC-SuF)
Belize is highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly due to its low-lying islands facing challenges such as storms, hurricanes, droughts, floods, and the ... to enhance their resilience by implementing a seed cane variety programme, strengthening farming, water control, sharing ...
Project > Public sector Belize CCCCC 
SAP005 - Enhanced climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes
... change. The project objective is to halt the negative cycle of climate change, agricultural yield depletion and natural resource degradation in central and ...
Project > Public sector Benin UNEP 
Strengthening capacity to accelerate green finance and development of country-driven project formulation in Viet Nam
The project is highly strategic for Viet Nam as it will contribute to address the overarching problem of reducing the climate funding gap, therefore creating ... of the banking system to promote and appraise green credit Limited capacities to develop concept notes and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Viet Nam
Green and Resilient Debt Platform for Africa and LDCs
... and LDCs are most affected by climate change, they have the least access to climate finance, particularly for ... growing to $523 billion in 2021 and reaching a total market size of $2 trillion at the end of quarter 3 in 2022. ... risks, impacts and opportunities, notably related to credit rating; lack of a pipeline of bankable, green ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries EIB
GCF and IDB agreements to help SMEs in Latin America invest in energy efficiency
... (IDB) recently signed funding agreements which will enable GCF to channel climate finance to 4 projects in Latin ... Development Bank of El Salvador, which will help open a credit line to fund SMEs' energy efficiency projects in the ... country FP048 - In Guatemala and Mexico, GCF and IDB will set up a risk sharing facility that will unlock innovative ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries IDB 