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Building capacities and prioritizing national actions for a climate-resilient and low-emission health sector
... inadequate healthcare. Further, limited access to medical services in climate-vulnerable areas, and insufficient public health programs have left ... and environmentally sustainable health system which enables to protect the health of Pakistan’s population in the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Pakistan
Introductory webinar on the GCF Sectoral Guide: Agriculture and Food Security
... needs and evidence-based programming experiences in the relevant sector. It also aims to identify opportunities for ... in line with its investment criteria during its first replenishment period 2020-2023. The draft guide was developed ...
Event > Webinar 
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 
FP168 - Leveraging Energy Access Finance (LEAF) Framework
About 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, and instead have to rely on kerosene and diesel ... will address financial and investment barriers by deploying credit enhancement instruments and new financial products to ...
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 ... that provides technical assistance and partly reimbursable grant financing for small, community-based ... will reduce the barriers to accessing markets and regular credits by providing a technical assistance facility for ...
Project > Public sector Peru 
Blue Halo S – Blue Ecosystem Adaptation Mechanism (BEAM)
... change mitigation and adaptation benefits for vulnerable populations (the “Blue Halo S Initiative”). The Blue ... Blue Bond (or other financing instrument) issued by a GCF Accredited Entity to be defined during the PPF feasibility ... based mechanism that supports enabling conditions for future investment and direct climate change mitigation and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Indonesia
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 ... indicate persistent agricultural strain - as rainfall levels are set to continue declining while temperatures ... This cross-cutting programme will enhance access to credit and technical assistance for local farmers, ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
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 ... in 2016. The Secretariat, in consultation with the Accredited Entity and National Designated Authority, will ...
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 
Policies: Administration
... of interests. They also set out draft provisions for privileges and immunities. Policies: Administration ...
Basic page > Policy map
Buzzing businesses: Restoring mangroves, revitalising livelihoods amid climate challenges in Viet Nam
... climate-induced disasters also make it harder for vulnerable families to escape the cycle of poverty. GCF, UNDP, and ... kilograms of honey per colony, generating VND 600,000 (USD 26) in revenue and VND 400,000 (USD 17) in profit. With ... doubled to 7 kilograms per colony, resulting in total sales revenue of VND 1.4 million (USD 60) or VND 200,000 (USD ...
Article > Story Viet Nam FP013 
GCF helps Vanuatu smooth climate finance path
... disbursed USD 296,000 to Vanuatu to increase this vulnerable island country’s capacity to access climate finance. ... Small Island Developing State is one of the most vulnerable countries to disasters which can be exacerbated by ... funding proposal to expand the use of Climate Information Services (CIS) in Vanuatu to help achieve this aim. Vanuatu ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu 
GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has selected Mr. Howard Bamsey as the Executive Director of the ... following an extensive global recruitment process to select a new head of the Secretariat. Mr. Bamsey, an ... and sustainable development, both in the diplomatic service and academia. Mr. Bamsey co-chaired the United ...
Article > Press release 
Scaling-Up Resilience in Africa’s Great Green Wall (SURAGGWA)
... on earth in the 20th century, and data from 1900 shows clear long-term climate change with a tendency towards higher ... for the ecosystems to continue to provide their many services, ensuring sustainable livelihoods, and avoiding mounting terrorist and ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board meeting to be held in the ... progress over the last 12 months and stressed the crucial role that the Fund must play in supporting climate resilience ... 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, ... and risk of these extreme events, especially for vulnerable rural communities. The objective of the project entitled ... 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 ... Indirect beneficiaries will include current and future students at domestic universities, the government ... 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 electricity supply is a ... 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
... Lucia’s fisheries and coastal sea moss farms are the accelerating rate of sea level rise (SLR), ocean acidification (OA), increasing sea ... of boat ramps, jetties, storage buildings and processing sites against storms and sea level rise. The project will ...
Project > Public sector Saint Lucia 
Catalysing transformative climate resilient infrastructure through private investment
... to support developing countries who are playing an active role in trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ... finance towards adaptation and resilience (at the moment less than 20% is directed to this). He also noted the ... sectoral or regionally focused sub-national funds in the future. Comments and questions from the floor from ...
Article > Press release 
GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
... countries could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030. ... we must ensure that the climate change targets on which our future generations depend are met.” Gabonese Republic’s ... electricity grid – comprising 99.5 percent renewables. Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz also ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’
... cooling. The webinar presented how countries can scale up efforts on energy-efficient and climate friendly ... refrigerants, to ensure widespread access to cooling services while limiting their negative climate impacts. ... aim to assist National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Accredited Entities (AEs) in the development of ...
Event > Webinar 
Updated GCF Project Preparation Facility Guidelines
The webinar seeks to provide detailed guidance regarding the Project Preparation Facility ... recently added features: PPF Simplified funding and the PPF service. Those updates have been integrated in the updated PPF Guidelines now available online . The webinar programme will cover the following ...
Event > Webinar 
Unlocking climate finance: An interactive session with AE focal points and NDAs on the GCF Project Preparation Facility
... GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and offer insights, lessons learned, and experiences from Accredited Entities – including Direct Access Entities ... You will also hear from the GCF regional teams and GCF PPF service consulting firms that have delivered technical ...
Event > Webinar 
Enhancing Lao PDR National Capacity and Coordination in Health and Climate Change
Lao PDR is highly vulnerable to climate change and the related health risks, including ... of climate-sensitive health outcomes. Climate information services are not adequately tailored to the needs of public ... methods to provide health services. Recognizing these challenges, in consultation with stakeholders, this Readiness ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
FP107 - Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan
... Agriculture Sector in Bhutan Addressing climate change challenges and enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers ... agriculture. As a landlocked and mountainous Least Developed Country, Bhutan is highly vulnerable to ... executing entity. This project has an estimated lifespan of 26 years. FP107 Bhutan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 124 284 384 493 654 ...
Project > Public sector Bhutan 
Green grapes: Armenia’s sustainable wine journey
... glass of wine tells a unique story. With every sip, you learn about the vines, the land, and the people who crafted ... Alco, the winery is paving the way to a green, sustainable future. With support from the Green Economy Financing ... continuous operation, variable capacity, and an extended service life of new equipment.” Asatur Gevorgyan, ...
Article > Story 
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 ... finance in the country and also allow India to apply for future multiple-year strategic readiness activities. Current ... Programme-update, Readiness Needs Assessment, Green Credits Framework etc.) at the national and state levels ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
Thirty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.37)
... of External Auditor for 2023–2025 Options for sustainable and responsible investment of GCF funds Report on the ... committees, panels and groups Working modalities of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of members of the independent ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Consideration and endorsement of the ...
Event > Board meeting 
Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project
Incheon, Republic of Korea – The first single-country project in the Cook Islands took 20 days from GCF ... disasters are further disrupting national healthcare services and disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups ... the power of collaboration and leadership within our Accredited Entity, as we work closely with our local agencies ...
Article > Press release Cook Islands 