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... in Central America. It is home to 11.5 million rural people who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, the region is highly vulnerable to climate change due to erratic rainfall patterns, ... Corridor is one of the world’s most exposed and vulnerable regions to climate change. In El Salvador, freshwater ...

In the majestic landscapes of Northern Pakistan, a silent catastrophe is unfolding. Rising temperatures have ... saving time for evacuation and preparation. They will tirelessly monitor the glacial lakes and their surrounding ... Committee in the Valley of Ghulkin   A vision for the future Set to conclude by 2025, the communities will be ...

... a reduction in food crop harvest in my garden. The vegetables grow well when we plant them, but then insects and rain ... be avoided, and what help is needed to safeguard their futures. With financing from GCF and cofinancing from the ...

... for evacuation. And even on calm days, saltwater seeps silently into the land, corroding house foundations and ... always enters this area,” says Labrada, aged 65, who has led the community council here for more than a decade. ... For many, like Manzanillo fisherman Roberto David Rosales, the project’s arrival was timely. “Almost two ...

... Journalists, filmmakers, advertisers, creators, business leaders, and policymakers can all contribute to the climate ... focused on how different communicators view their roles in the climate crisis, the impact they can make, the ... Committee Member, shared interesting insights on the future of journalism: "I was talking to youth journalists, ...

In the north of Colombia, in a region called La Mojana, three of the country’s most important ... the livelihoods, health, and economy of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the region. ‘Mojana: Climate ... of Mother Earth programme Zenú Life Plan: A plan for the future All this work has come together in the Zenú Life ...

... GCF Board member. “I think this decision of the GCF is a clear application and entry into action of article 5.2 of the Paris Agreement.” Mr Mpanu-Mpanu made the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently convening in Bonn, Germany. Article 5 of the ...

Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior ... benefits to the Philippines’ 15 million indigenous peoples. Mr Bamsey joined Senator Legarda and other high-level ...

... announcements by Germany and Norway that they will double their commitment to the Fund, GCF’s COP24 side event ... , reviewing the achievements of the Fund, and the challenges ahead. A high-profile panel of speakers, including ministers from Germany, ...

The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from ... and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's ... the Fund's achievements to date, and its ambitions for replenishment. GCF Executive Director a.i. Javier Manzanares ...

... with events on climate resilience, and climate rationale as well as negotiations, signings and lots of meetings. ... Midway through week two of the COP seems to be when delegates are really feeling the pace, and tiredness sets in. ... and also on the guidance to GCF for next year, which is reflecting some of the more general tensions at this year's ...

It’s all about the finance! That was the plea from NGOs this morning at COP24, ahead of the high level Ministerial dialogue on climate finance. Many delegates here are focusing on this issue, and GCF offered its ...

GCF has a strong focus on the role of the private sector today in Katowice. Colleagues from GCF's Private Sector Facility led an event on ... private funding - and today provided some great examples as to how that can be achieved, from green banking to ...

... finance, there has been some progress, with the text on future climate finance flows being particularly relevant to GCF in light of its current replenishment process. ... an operating entity of the financial mechanism to the UNFCCC, GCF will certainly play a key role - whichever way the ...

... Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the ... start on 1 January 2019 and end on 31 December 2021. The selection process takes place in the frame of the ... invited to notify the GCF Secretariat the names of the selected Board members and alternate Board members by 30 ...

... activities in relation to prohibited practices. The MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with SANBI, which contains a clause requiring the Accredited Entity to provide IIU with reasonable assistance in ...

Prominent Jamaican legal practitioner Douglas Leys is the Green Climate Fund's new General Counsel. Mr Leys has taken up this post after moving from his previous ...

... Change (UNFCCC). The five-year pilot marks a major milestone for the Fund’s support of REDD+. This is a UNFCCC ... of forest carbon stocks (known in shorthand as REDD+). Accredited Entities are invited to submit concept notes and ...

... to Prohibited Practices . The recently signed MoU complements the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with CABEI, which contains a clause requiring the Accredited Entity to provide the IIU with reasonable ...

... the gender dimension to climate finance, examining challenges of financing women-centred climate actions, as well ... with UN Women. Executive Director Bamsey also shared examples from GCF's project portfolio with particular gender ...

... planet,” said Mr Kostka during the signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA). MCT is one of GCF’s direct access Accredited Entities forging low-emission and climate resilient ... keen to support societies that are highly vulnerable, such as the Pacific islands where MCT is focusing its ...

... will consider a number of funding proposals from its Accredited Entities. GCF currently has a project portfolio of ... Fund's operations as well as reviewing applications for accreditation from five new organisations, all of which are ... of Board meetings are live-streamed on the GCF website . Egypt Cairo GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop ...

... meeting to advance collaboration with the Fund and accelerate access to its resources. Organized in partnership ... She encouraged developing countries and GCF Accredited Entities to bring projects and programmes to the ... Entities and other partners to offer experiences and lessons in engaging with the Fund. “This sharing and ...

... GCF’s proposal approval process; the process for the selection of the Permanent Trustee; GCF’s accreditation framework and policy; and updates on Readiness ... organizations, National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities, and GCF Delivery Partners. The Board ...

... Green Climate Fund to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was signed on the ... Secretariat, Mr Javier Manzanares said the granting of Privileges and Immunities is highly important for the effective ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC ...

... 2.2 million with UNDP acting as its delivery partner to implement its NAPs activities, whilst Nepal will receive a ... and Javier Manzanares, Executive Director a.i., at a high-level event convened by the President of COP22, H.E. ... the decision to expedite support for the formulation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans in June this year, ...

... Partners and Friends, If you are at COP 22 in Marrakech, please come and visit the ‘GCF Dome’ at the conference ... Green Climate Fund is at the twenty-second session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Morocco, and is ... GCF’s activities at COP 22 are being posted on the GCF website and Twitter (@GCF_News). Come by and see us at the GCF ...