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Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
... The Board meeting marked the last one of GCF’s first replenishment period (2020-2023) having programmed a total of ... paves the way for important partnerships with new Accredited Entities from developing countries, some of which ... in Barbados with International Finance Corporation (IFC). SAP030: Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao ...
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GCF-2
GCF's second replenishment The Green Climate Fund (GCF) – a critical element of the historic Paris Agreement – is the world’s ... As an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC, GCF has become a vital part of the global climate ...
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ED opening remarks
... Point and GCF has established a network of 113 Accredited Entities and over 200 delivery partners. Thanks to ... to programme these resources as soon as transferred. At COP 26, we were able to confirm that GCF had committed all its ... for around 2-3% of global climate finance flows under the UNFCCC; 0.5% of total climate finance flows; and less than ...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resilience in the Amazon: Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Technology
... such techniques might relate to traditional, indigenous knowledge, particularly with regards to the practice of swidden ... regenerate). Could it be possible to derive a correlation between remote sensing spectral patterns and indigenous knowledge codes for assessing the suitability of sites for swidden agriculture? While this research question ...
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FP062 - Poverty, Reforestation, Energy and Climate Change Project (PROEZA)
... Municipal districts in Eastern Paraguay are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In addition, certain ... a bridge until new farming models are financially sustainable. Credit will be made available to establish productive forest ...
Project > Public sector Paraguay 
FP239 - Building Climate Resilience for Food and Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa (BREFOL)
... world, with crippling food insecurity resulting from multiple hazards in the region. The region faces increased ... access to innovative financial instruments including credit lines; and access to climate information and early ... insurance. FP239 Kenya Somalia South Sudan Djibouti Ethiopia 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Building Climate Resilience for Food ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
FP168 - Leveraging Energy Access Finance (LEAF) Framework
About 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, and ... will address financial and investment barriers by deploying credit enhancement instruments and new financial products to ... transition goals. FP168 Ghana Nigeria Tunisia Kenya Ethiopia Guinea 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 449 Leveraging Energy Access ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP193 - Peruvian Amazon Eco Bio Business Facility (Amazon EBBF)
... caused by migration from highlands and unsustainable land stewardship practices. The objective of this ... The proposal will reduce the barriers to accessing markets and regular credits by providing a technical assistance facility for ...
Project > Public sector Peru 
FP114 - Program on Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA): Financing Climate Resilient Agricultural Practices in Ghana
Empowering vulnerable women groups in the country’s most vulnerable ... This programme is an on-lending programme providing credit lines to local commercial banks. These loans will exclusively target micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and ...
Project > Private sector Ghana 
FP125 - Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast regions of Vietnam
The project aims to empower vulnerable smallholders in central highlands and south-central coast ... and strengthening access to agro-climate information, credit and markets. Viet Nam’s central highlands and ... nutrition. FP125 Viet Nam 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 190 513 612 806 926 Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture ...
Project > Public sector Viet Nam 
FP183 - Inclusive Green Financing Initiative (IGREENFIN I): Greening Agricultural Banks & the Financial Sector to Foster Climate Resilient, Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture in the Great Green Wall (GGW) countries - Phase I
... are among the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable. Climate shocks are causing a loss of assets, crops and livestock; disruptions to value chains; and ... This cross-cutting programme will enhance access to credit and technical assistance for local farmers, ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... is ranked as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. ... pledged to rise beyond a post-earthquake recovery mindset, engage in a sustainable development pathway, and become ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti
Review and update of the GCF Strategic Plan for 2024-2027
... policy gaps and programming GCF resources for the first replenishment period. Progress in implementation has been ... and alternate members, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, active observers, observer organizations, parties to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, members of GCF panels and ...
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Policies: Risk management framework
... at both the institutional and funding proposal investment level, covering funding, non-financial, investment and compliance risks. It also contains GCF’s risk appetite, approach to assessing risk throughout the project ...
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Running dry: Racing against time to secure our water future
Despite global commitments to achieve 2030 targets related to climate, sustainable development, and disaster risk reduction, we are falling ... flows (e.g., biodiversity, water management, carbon credits). Additionally, GCF promotes sustainable water ...
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Ministerial forum on forest finance
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, where ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, and ... REDD+ credits. In response to the mandate given by the UNFCCC, GCF has been supporting since the inception of its ...
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FP262 - Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
... barriers to adopting CSA practices. Agriculture receives less than three per cent of total bank credit in Senegal, leaving farmers lacking the necessary ... (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project. FP262 Senegal 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Green Climate Finance Facility for ...
Project > Private sector Senegal 
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... Samoa facilitated a visit by GCF Board members to several sites on the island of Upolu affected by climate change and ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
Scaling up ecosystem-based approaches to managing climate- intensified disaster risks in vulnerable regions of South Africa
South Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... ii) integration of ecosystem-based approaches into settlement planning and disaster risk reduction; and iii) ... at the local level: Selection of Candidate Implementation Sites Baseline Study and Vulnerability Assessment ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application South Africa
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... and scientific capacity in Cambodia to formulate and implement national, sectoral, and subnational climate change ... proposal is to support the first phase only, although details and proposed budget for the second phase have ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
FP044 - Tina River Hydropower Development Project
... power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy. Universal grid-connected ... giving flexibility to the power system to enable higher penetration of PV power without the need for large and ... to co-finance the construction of an access road to the site. The project has an estimated lifespan of 50 years. ...
Project > Public sector Solomon Islands 
SAP053 - FISH-ADAPT: Transforming climate resilience and sustainability in Saint Lucia's fisheries communities
The FISH-ADAPT project will address financial, market, technical, institutional and information barriers that ... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia 
India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... Union Territories (UTs) to actively engage with the NDA for leveraging available resources from GCF. The GCF Country ... pandemic. A country readiness needs assessment is yet to be conducted that will identify human, institutional, ... Programme-update, Readiness Needs Assessment, Green Credits Framework etc.) at the national and state levels ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Water Sector Planning, Development and Operations in Saint Lucia
... climate resilient infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable water supply and sewerage services. Limited communication ... resources of the utility company has been significantly depleted and the utility continues to face human resource ... The private sector will include commercial banks and credit unions who can provide financing for water sector ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia
GCF support to the Great Green Wall
... in the west to Sudan in the east is particularly vulnerable to climate change ( Figure 1 ). Temperatures rising 1.5 ... of the world are causing more intense droughts and floods, leading to increased desertification and degradation and ... initiative was originally envisaged to create a 15 km vegetation barrier across the Sahel. However, it has evolved ...
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Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the ... providing stable water supplies to supporting ground vegetation that prevents flooding and landslides while storing ... instruments are aligned with the Plan by orienting public credit lines towards sustainable farming practices in ...
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GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
... the increasingly damaging effects of climate change, while overcoming COVID-19 fiscal constraints. That was the ... Island Developing States, and African states. GCF is targeting that funding towards four outcomes: supporting ... measures. A number of developing country leaders credited GCF support for current inroads their countries are ...
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GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and business leaders and a range ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list of ...
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GCF to scale up access, impact, and private sector investment through “50by30” roadmap
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) undergoes its second replenishment and prepares for its next four-year programming ... of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom; and Samaila Zubairu, President and ... Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), of which AFC is a GCF accredited entity and implementing partner for ICRF. "The ...
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