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Cooperation for climate action
... GCF is committed to ensuring that our activities complement those of other funds, and that together we have a ... is available here . On 3 November 2021 - Finance Day at COP26, GCF adopted a joint statement with the Adaptation Fund, ... action [COP27] GCF and GEF – Long term vision for the future Cooperation for climate action ...
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Annual Results Report 2021
... The Fund approved new climate financing to a record level of nearly USD 3 billion and its portfolio reached the ... Approved projects value by priority countries 10 New Accredited Entities *Nominal values are used throughout unless ... pavilion, with events livestreamed on the GCF COP website . GCF announced several initiatives such as “The ...
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The Amazon bioeconomy fund
... largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased ... and livelihood, and would also affect the Amazon’s key role in absorbing and storing the world’s carbon. GCF's ... be encouraged in six key areas of the bioeconomy: sustainable agroforestry, native palm cultivation, non-timber natural ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
GCF/B.20/05 - Annual update on complementarity and coherence
... made and outputs from the operational framework on complementarity and coherence. The Board requested that this ... climate funds, considering progress and limitations in implementing the operational framework across the climate finance landscape and taking into account a detailed analysis of the experience on support for adaptation ...
Board document > Action item
Call for public inputs: Investment Framework
... Committee of the Board is considering the following elements for further development of the Fund’s investment ... Identification and comparison of methodologies that enable the Fund’s Secretariat to assess the relative quality and innovativeness of comparable proposals in comparable circumstances, including through ...
Document > Call for input
Summary of outcomes of the 22nd meeting of the GCF Board
... Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan Mahmoud and Mr. Josceline Wheatley presided over B.22 as elected Co-Chairs of the Board for ... Board's independent Technical Assessment Panel and its Accreditation Panel were present, as were over 100 ... video recordings of the meeting are available on the GCF website. This document provides a summary of the major issues ...
Document > Summary of outcomes of the meeting of the GCF Board
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Afghanistan through FAO
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A high proportion of ... therefore poses a direct threat to marginalized, vulnerable communities and sustainable economic development in the country. The government has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Afghanistan
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Barbados through Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
... the NDA in building the necessary capacity needed to handle large cross sectoral projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest groups. The development of a ... policies/programmes. The Country Programme will provide clear guidelines in project selection and ensure that all ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chile through the Chilean Development Cooperation Agency
... of the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund in Chile. In particular, it aims to develop the capacity of the ... on existing strategies & plans (readiness area 2). The implementation of these two components of the readiness ... interest in the GCF opportunities and to strengthen Chile’s access to climate finance through the preparation of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
GCF-EIF agreement opens way for start of Namibian nature-based climate solution
... Activity Agreement (FAA) which opens the way for the implementation of a project in Namibia which builds the ... adaptation approach. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said: “This project is emblematic of GCF’s ... show that biodiversity and ecosystems provide valuable services that increase the climate resilience of local ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
On the frontlines of climate change: Financing the largest community-based adaptation project in Vanuatu
... for our families but most of our catch now are much smaller than the ones we caught here the past years,’ says ... Projections for Western and Tropical Pacific: Current and Future Climate for Vanuatu study based on climate model ... here is the lack of communications networks. The access to services experienced by those of us who live in urban areas ...
Article > Story Vanuatu 
Driving rapid climate action: 10 new projects ready for delivery
... backed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are on track for implementation, with two projects setting record times for ... that contains conditions to be fulfilled by the GCF Accredited Entity (AE) and must be negotiated and signed by ... Hue Province Vietnam (CARe Hue) with Agence Luxembourgeoise pour la Coopération au Développement (LuxDev) SAP042: ...
Article > News update 
Enhance capacities of Cabo Verde in addressing the effects of climate change in key sectors of the Blue Economy
... Island Developing State, Cabo Verde is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country’s key ... under the Blue Economy (Cadre Stratégique Unifié pour l’Economie Bleue, CaSUEB, 2019) with the leadership of the Ministry of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
FP135 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Indian Ocean – EBA IO
Small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to climate change, which poses severe threats to ... fishing (as in Comoros and Madagascar) or tourism and the services sector (as in Mauritius and Seychelles). It will develop and implement ecosystem-based ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
Making blended finance work for adaptation
Dear colleagues, The United Nations Environment Programme estimates ... Fund or GEF. Let me give you a couple of concrete examples of our approach in action. The Global Fund for Coral ... as well as a dedicated green guarantee company to provide credit enhancement and access to lower financing costs for ...
Article > Speech
GCF/B.17/13 - Pilot Programme for REDD+ Results-based Payments
As per decision B.14/03, paragraph (b), this document presents a draft request for proposals for REDD+ results-based payments for consideration by the Board.
Board document > Action item
GCF sets funding proposal schedule
... Board meetings. The indicative timeline lists the key dates leading to the Board meetings, where the 24 Board members ... to approve funding proposals brought forward by GCF Accredited Entities. The 18th GCF Board meeting (B.18) will be ... to iTAP – 18 December 2017 iTAP meeting – 22 - 26 January 2018 Disclosure of ESS reports for categories B ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund Board commits an additional USD 407.8 million to combat climate crisis
... includes new transformative initiatives in China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, the ... The three-day Board meeting also approved seven new Accredited Entities, which propose and implement climate ... in the United Republic of Tanzania Finanzas y Negocios Servicios Financieros Limitada (FYNSA) based in Chile IL&FS ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... are listed below and more details of each are available on the GCF website . The Board adopted an updated review procedure for ... Strengthened Meteorological, Hydrological and Climate Services in the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Member ...
Article > Press release 
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and IEISPL
... Limited (formerly IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure and Services Limited) (IEISPL), sets out the terms and ... in carrying out GCF-approved projects appropriately. Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and IEISPL ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
... USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion ... give us an important model for other such operations in the future.” CIBC Caribbean’s Chief Executive Officer Mark ... growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en . About the EIB The European ...
Article > Press release Barbados 
GCF/B.01-12/07 - Arrangements for the Interim Trustee
... approach to the Interim Trustee engagement and the scope of services the World Bank would be providing in this capacity. The World Bank as the Interim Trustee would reflect this approach in its agreements with Fund contributors and, when applicable, implementing and other entities receiving transfers of ...
Board document > Action item
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Kazakhstan through UNDP
... the GCF and the national and regional (at the provincial level) stakeholders at the national and local levels, civil society, private sector, international ... The support is expected to provide specialized consultancy services and training provided by local and external ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kazakhstan
GCF/B.39/02/Add.04 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum IV Funding proposal package for SAP041
... contains the following six parts: a) A funding proposal titled "ALBAdapt – Climate Services for a Resilient Albania"; b) No-objection letter ... Advisory Panel’s assessment; e) Response from the accredited entity to the independent Technical Advisory ...
Board document > Action item
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP099: Climate Investor One
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information ... PV and distribution infrastructure at 2 Nigerian Breweries sites". Project and programme funding proposals that have ...
Document > Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries
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 ... on small holders’ farmers. Currently the agricultural lending operations of CRDB Bank only respond to the need to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Tanzania
The Climate Finance Opportunity in Developing Countries: How the Green Climate Fund Delivers Climate Action
... Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is still narrowly possible and will be determined by the investment decisions we ... transformative climate action. It was be one of the key milestones in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 in November. This virtual round table discussed the ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
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 ... investments to strengthen the resilience of food systems to future climate shocks is, therefore, timely and essential to ...
Document > Concept note 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 currently elaborated NAP and will highlight ... and climate-smart technologies in both sectors. Carbon credit market and subsidy schemes at the national level will ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... a demand for low carbon and low- climate-risk goods and services and shift financial flows towards climate-friendly ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech