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... its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African country represents ... GCF’s first transfer of adaptation resources to a least developed country (LDC). Liberia will use the GCF ... GCF’s support for adaptation planning reflects its role in assisting developing countries, including ...

... said Andrej Lakic, with Montenegro’s Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism Department for International ... can rectify current gaps in climate adaptation. “While Montenegro has adopted numerous mitigation projects ... from 13 countries, representatives from eight GCF Accredited Entities, 10 National Designated Entities of the ...

Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small ... buses in Indonesia. Stephanie Kwan, GCF’s Senior Accredited Entities Specialist, told workshop participants ... proposals. For instance, she called on direct access Accredited Entities to take advantage of the Fund’s Project ...

The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing ... large-scale renewable energy projects since GCF accredited it as a direct access entity in October 2016. Keep an eye on the GCF website to learn about the completion of GCF’s climate ...

... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the adoption of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ ... France in 2015, REDD+ results-based finance became a key element of the Paris Agreement (article 5). This GCF workshop ... workshop will be on sharing participants’ experiences and lessons learned in implementing REDD+ to ensure GCF’s ...

... Protected Areas (Profonanpe) serves as the final funding clearance to begin work on this project. The announcement ... to manage their wetland resources in ways that do not release the large amount of greenhouse gases stored in the ... a Peru-based environmental fund, is one of GCF’s Accredited Entities. These approved organizations partner with ...

... by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last ... event featured representatives of partner countries and accredited entities to the Green Climate Fund. Zaheer Fakir, ... from South Africa, set out an ambitious vision for the future of the Fund, stating, “GCF is about transformation, ...

Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the ... Belize to enable it to access project funds from GCF in the future. Speaking at the signing, Minister Figueroa stated ... from Small Island States in the Caribbean, together with Accredited Entities (AEs) and other organisations, including ...

... 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund. Taking ... Authorities (NDAs), or focal points, and entities accredited to the Fund to explore opportunities to partner in ... Beyond this week’s Structured Dialogue, an additional milestone for Africa was marked just before the Fund’s ...

... over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil ... Co-Chair of the GCF Board, Ewen McDonald, opened the high-level segment in the presence of Pacific Leaders and ... part of the Fund’s efforts to work with countries and accredited entities to attract high quality, ambitious and ...

... organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues, Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day of reflection and inner peace. I would therefore like to share ... me going over the past three years: It all seems impossible, until it is done. My sweat and my tears throughout these ...

... brought together the 13 organizations that have been accredited for direct access to the Fund, as well as 27 ... Authority or Focal Point (NDA/FP). Nearly 100 people took part in the sessions, including representatives from ... fostering collaboration and partnerships among NDAs and Accredited Entities (AEs). Participants commented on the value ...

... in Zambia in November 2015. So soon after these two milestone meetings, the global community has high hopes that ... operational matters that require action by the Board, and accredit new entities to grow the Fund’s partnership ...

... to fast-track the islands’ access to GCF funding while ensuring country ownership. “The Cook Islands are extremely pleased to be the first country in the Pacific region to ... impacts of climate change, we stand ready to build our peoples’ resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change, ...

... supporters of the Green Climate Fund, so it was with great pleasure that Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today ... why it will provide resources to this organization in the future.” The ties between Sweden and GCF date from the ... renewable energy." Earlier this month, the Minister visited Tonga to participate in a meeting of Pacific Small ...

... of trust received in the form of the USD 10 billion equivalent of pledges, over 60% of which are already converted into signed ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) or Focal Points and 20 Accredited Entities (AEs) at the national, regional, and ...

... is a focus on developing readiness requests that will enable countries to apply for financial support from the Fund. ... Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou highlighted the particular challenges faced by Caribbean small island developing states ... is “an important partner poised to provide sustainable financing to support your efforts to tackle climate ...

... Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to ... and Preparatory Support Programme. The signing ceremony was led by Ms. Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director of GCF, and ... Director General of the Agency for Environment and Sustainable Development in the Ministry of Environment and ...

... Green Climate Fund is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s ... Support Programme to all nine entities that the Board has accredited for direct access. The purpose of the training is ... of these entities to ensure their performance in project implementation is consistent with the Fund’s ...

Providing stable, 24-hour baseload energy and solving the intermittency of renewable energy through a combination of pumped storage hydroelectric energy and a solar power plant Exposed to spot ...

... and senior government officials, GCF representatives, Accredited Entities, National Designated Authorities, ... society groups. The event provided an opportunity to reflect on progress and lessons learned, to build partnerships, further engagement ...

... parts of Central Asia. Additionally, aging infrastructure leading to energy inefficiency, and high levels of inequality and vulnerability are further ... partners from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Accredited Entities (AEs), nominated entities, delivery ...

... of Pacific island countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and programmes approved in the ... sector and one private sector) the dialogue focused on lessons learned to date, including those as countries move ...

... (DAEs) – national and regional entities nominated for accreditation to the GCF by National Designated Authorities ... The aim of the workshop was to enhance peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, strengthen the capacity of entities and ... partners. The event offered the opportunity for the accredited DAEs to engage on how to finalize seven funding ...

... stronger engagement between NDAs/FPs, the Secretariat, accredited entities and other development partners, as well as ... allowed participants to discuss, in groups, the challenges they face in engaging with the GCF. Some of the main ... and the Project Preparation Facility of the GCF. Some examples mentioned by participants include: Support for the ...

... climate change in partnership with GCF. Participants learned from the GCF and from each other, and explored areas ... regional cooperation and programmes to address the challenges of climate change in the Caribbean. This was ... the capacity of direct access entities at the regional level; and mobilizing private sector engagement in the ...

... key barriers to private sector investments, support the accreditation of private sector entities to GCF, share knowledge and promote cooperation among the Caribbean Community ... from the Caribbean states, including NDAs, Accredited Entities, local and regional private sector ...

... Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares called for enhanced efforts to link forest protection and climate action today while stressing the Fund’s desire to provide more finances to ... rate of deforestation is as disturbing as it is unsustainable,” Mr Manzanares told participants at the Asia-Pacific ...

... (CABEI) signed an agreement that will kick off the implementation of the CAMBio II project, aimed at helping ... Central America become more resilient to climate change. While the agriculture, livestock, and forestry sectors are at ... sector. The CAMBio II project will reduce these obstacles by providing concessional loans, technical assistance ...

... discussions with partners to share experience and knowledge on how to bolster the climate resilience of developing ... for adaptation today. During the two days, GCF NDAs, Accredited Entities, and technical staff will exchange with ... adaptation, while being guided by the Convention’s principles and provisions. Both sessions will be livestreamed at ...