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Accelerating adoption of climate-resilient agricultural production systems through integrative landscape approach to manage climatic risks (PILAR)
... events with estimated losses at US$3.2Billion PPP ‒ equivalent to half of the country’s GDP1. It is projected that ... livelihood pathways for approximately 3.5 million people. CRA reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
Building capacity to advance the National Adaptation Plan Process in Georgia
... strategy; iv) designing a funding strategy for the implementation of the NAP process; and v) developing a system ... the capacity for, monitoring and evaluation and learning from the NAP process. The proposed Readiness ... by the government, supporting cohesive, long-term, sustainable solutions for climate-resilient development in Georgia. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Georgia
Enhancing the Climate Resilience of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Sri Lanka
... in Sri Lanka's WASH sector presents significant challenges. The sector's vulnerability to climate change must be ... to affect the sector, stakeholders are increasingly acknowledging these issues. By providing the necessary support and ... opportunities and translating them into action while also mobilizing the climate finance needed to mitigate ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka
Strengthening institutional capacities and processes to enhance project development and to increase mobilization of climate finance for the implementation of Nationally Designated Contributions (NDCs) and the Long-Term Strategy (LTS) in Chile.
The government of Chile has determined the need to prioritize and enhance its engagement with the GCF to: i) increase the level of international climate financing to implement ... particularly from the private sector Limited number of accredited direct access entities (DAEs) to support the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
Strengthening the NDA and Key Stakeholders in Angola on GCF Mechanisms
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... capacity within NDA that enable them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities towards the GCF and enhance their ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Developing key legislation, regulation, policies and concept notes for climate action in Namibia
... policy and regulatory environment, Namibia will not be able to fully implement the NDC and contribute to the global ... updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UNFCCC in July 2021 with an ambitious target of cutting ... be able to identify the potential of decoupling power sales from profits, to incentivize energy efficiency. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Enhancing the Resilience of Health Systems to Climate Change and Emerging Outbreak/Pandemics in Sierra Leone
Human health system in Sierra Leone is seriously threatened by climate change, both ... air pollution. Climate change impacts on health in Sierra Leone will also be felt though impacts on health determining ... to the impacts of climate change. The Government of Sierra Leone is committed to addressing climate change impacts. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sierra Leone
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... of South Africa’s emissions in 2017. South Africa’s electricity mix remains dominated by coal-fired power ... to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Readiness Support for the Implementation of the IRMF for the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (Funbio)
... Funbio became Brazil’s first Direct Access Entity (DAE) accredited by the GCF, signing the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) in March 2019. Funbio is allegedly one of Brazil's largest NGOs; since 1996, it has ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil
Developing and implementing the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process in Burundi
... Burundi will experience a shift in seasons and unpredictable weather patterns. This is projected to cause increased ... Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) submitted to the UNFCCC in 2006. It also developed a National Policy on Climate ... the NPCC, the Government presented their vision and principles. In 2013, the Government prepared a National Strategy ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Burundi
Partnering on climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... across eastern Europe and central Asia came together to accelerate their engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) ... with finance to support their communities and their people in mitigation and adaptation to climate change should be ... entities and delivery partners, as well as international accredited entities and key international counterparts to ...
Article > News update North Macedonia 
Climate adaptation of agricultural value chains in the Norte Grande of Argentina: promoting the holistic management of agroecosystems
... play essential economic, social, and environmental roles. National Law 27,118 (2014) assigns cultural heritage ... sector through i) the characterization of the current and future climate vulnerability and risks that the six ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
Strengthening National Fiduciary Capacity for GCF Accreditation of Eswatini Environment Authority
... only a small portion of the actual need, The costs of implementing the country’s Nationally Determined ... through supporting two national institutions to be accredited to GCF contribute to national climate action, ... agreements with national private companies and regional accredited entities for enhanced resources mobilization ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
Strengthening Carbon Capture Storage and Reporting Frameworks and Mechanisms
... last decade were the highest on record (UNEP 2022). Nevertheless, the gap between estimated total GHG emissions ... enhance their capacity to meet and maintain the GCF’s accreditation standards (2) supporting relevant country ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
Enhancing The Capacity of The Bahamas for Direct Access to Climate Finance
The Bahamas is ranked as one of the top 10 most vulnerable countries in the world with regards to climate change and ... to advance its mitigation and adaptation projects. Those legislations, policies and plans that are relevant to this ... projects will be implemented as a result of the accreditation of Direct Access Entities in The Bahamas Bahamas ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
Enhancing Zambia’s Private Sector Access to Climate Finance and Participation in NDC Implementation
... of innovative financing instruments, as well as limited knowledge and understanding of these instruments in the context ... investments by the private sector and its capacity to leverage public financing. By all accounts, engaging the ... sector participation in the pursuit of Zambia’s implementation of its NDC and climate finance goals. The ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Zambia
Strengthening Adaptation Planning and Coordination in Namibia
... characteristics make it one of the most vulnerable developing countries to the impacts of climate change. ... water availability in Namibia, an already limited, unreliable and scarce resource. Key sectors such as human health, ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a Non-Annex I Party in 1995 and the Paris Agreement ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Enhancing the institutional capacity of South Africa to coordinate green hydrogen activities of the Hydrogen Society Roadmap
... of South Africa’s emissions in 2017. South Africa’s electricity mix remains dominated by coal-fired power ... to 83.5% to system demand in 2020, followed by renewables (5.5%) and nuclear (5.2%). At same time, natural ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal South Africa
Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
... of achieving a 15% of emission reduction by 2025, equivalent to an estimated mitigation level of 39,7 million tCO2e. ... capacity within NDA that enable them to fulfil their roles and responsibilities towards the GCF and enhance their ... Barrier 2: The country has no national direct access accredited entity to the GCF. Barrier 3: Absence of strategic ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Enabling the National Adaptation Plan Formulation and Implementation process and other adaptation planning processes in The Gambia
Republic of The Gambia (hereafter The Gambia) is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Studies ... intervals and mainstream adaptation into existing and future policies, programmes and activities across levels and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Gambia
A Climate Resilient Leyte through Integrated River Basin Governance in Flood Risk Management
The Province of Leyte is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and change, ... typhoons. This has caused alteration to the ecosystems coupled with malpractices from the community thus resulted to ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Philippines (the)
SIDS Prime Ministers supercharge GCF regional dialogue with the Caribbean
... Minister Terrance Drew and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley kicked off the 2025 GCF Regional Dialogue with the ... comprising governments, National Designated Authorities, Accredited Entities, and other partners from the Caribbean ... to access GCF financing. “Our islands face escalating challenges from climate change, including rising sea levels, ...
Article > News update 
mproving Technical Capacity and Enabling Conditions to Mobilize Public Climate Finance for Nature-based Solutions Projects, Accelerating the Implementation of Chile's Climate Change Framework Law
Chile has developed a robust legal framework to address the climate crisis through the ... of the Framework Law on Climate Change (LMCC). This legislation mandates the government—across central, regional, and local levels—to create a variety of essential instruments, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chile
National Adaptation Plan on Water Resources (NAP WR) in Paraguay
... management in Paraguay faces significant risks and challenges derived from climate change, which are further ... of water-related disasters. To address these challenges, the water sector faces five priority barriers ... including vulnerable communities, women, Indigenous Peoples, the private sector, and civil society; iv) Lack of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
Cirkula: the innovative app tackling food waste in Peru
Peru is celebrated worldwide for its rich gastronomy, yet it faces ... environmental impact of food waste is enormous.” Michelle Gomberoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Cirkula Cirkula, an ... and tech Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food Peru FP198 Cirkula: the innovative app ...
Article > Story Peru FP198 
GCF Regional Programming Dialogue with Asia and the Pacific: enhancing regional access to climate finance
... (DAEs) and several representatives of International Accredited Entities (IAE) along with GCF staff to discuss ways to accelerate access to climate finance in a region hit hard by the ... and further updates, please visit the official GCF website or contact the GCF Regional Desk for Asia Pacific. ...
Article > News update 
The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... with the impacts of climate change becoming more visible every day. Urgent and courageous steps are needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The ... policymakers, and academia also hold pivotal roles in accelerating SDGs' success. GCF's goal is to deploy ...
Article > Insights FP209 
Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing ... receives only 5 per cent of all climate finance – with less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the ... technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future ...
Article > Story Multiple countries FP181 
Niue launches community of practice to accelerate climate action in the Pacific
... (NDAs) and regional and national organisations accredited by GCF. Complementing existing structures, this unprecedented community ... and we are trying our best to ensure our survival in the future.” GCF’s Readiness Programme: helping countries ...
Article > News update Niue 
Ecuador’s bold bet on mangroves: A climate solution rooted in community and capital
... of the Pacific, where land blurs into water and roots tangle beneath the tide, Ecuador’s mangrove forests stand as ... traditional crabbers in the region, she has watched helplessly as once-thriving mangrove forests are cleared—often ... the Mangroves for Climate Project, she is now able to see a future where the Mangroves thrive and the crabs return, and ...
Article > Story Ecuador FP235 