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Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... Fund (GCF) has signed agreements with is partners to implement four new climate initiatives only days after they ... first meeting of the year, which concluded on 20 March. While the GCF Board approves projects, legally-binding Funded ... the recent GCF Board meeting , its 28th, had also set a milestone in terms of project approval. “Our Board last week ...
Article > Press release 
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... of its main economic growth and transformation drivers, while risks from climate change continues to pose a challenge. Although there have been past and on-going ... to respond to climate change in high-risk zones by implementing a NAP for integrated flood and landslide ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
Delivering climate action –for people, planet & prosperity
... you for inviting me to this key event as we approach the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. While global momentum is building, we are still not on track to ... of GCF funding and co-financing. With its over 200 accredited and delivery partner agencies, GCF help developing ...
Article > Speech
FP288 - Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
... 94 per cent network access. Most households receive water less than 48 hours weekly, threatening public health and ... estimated minimum of 6,742,402 tonnes of CO2 over the first 26 years of operations. The project complements Jordan’s ...
Project > Private sector Jordan IFC 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in 10-15 clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, ... Aiming to drive a low-carbon paradigm shift and leapfrog fossil fuel grids to clean energy, using equity ... are very high for rural off-grid Kenyans, who spend around 26% of their income on kerosene, which is expensive, ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda Acumen 
Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... Caribbean held in Belize in June. This regional proposal, led by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, is tapping GCF ... spoke to a broad range of Caribbean partners, including Accredited Entities , National Designated Authorities and ... and exacerbated fears among many Caribbean citizens of future climate-induced storms and encroaching seas. In ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Record-breaking Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves USD 1.225 billion for new projects, reforms accreditation model and invites bids to host regional presence
... 1.225 billion total is the largest amount approved at a single Board meeting, during a year in which the Fund is scaling ... works through a network of over 150 partner agencies (‘Accredited Entities’), an unrivaled global network that ... Access Entities' capacity. The reforms include a nine-month service standard for GCF’s review of new applications, ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthen the Process and Capacity of Implementation of National Adaptation Plan of Sri Lanka
... a small island and a developing nation, is highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Occurrences of ... profiles and to identify and prioritize areas for future investment; and synthesizing these sector-based ... and economic infrastructure, biodiversity and ecosystem services. As the sector vulnerability profiles evolved and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sri Lanka GGGI
Readiness Support for accreditation gap assessment, capacity building and pipeline development for potential accredited entity
Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (R2E2) is the most ... nomination letter supporting R2E2 aspiration to become accredited under the national direct assess modality.R2E2 ... to the GCF. Tentative pipeline of project ideas (to be revisited during Readiness project) being currently considered ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia R2E2
Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative
... inefficient infrastructure and poor access to basic services. Urban development plans and policies are outdated ... with climate adaptation and mitigation approaches. While conversations around urban resilience have increased, ... accessible data disaggregated at the city and urban scales including geospatial data limited consideration for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries CCCCC
ADB Launches Major Initiative to Build Resilience to Melting Glaciers: GCF to support development of new programme
... programme, Glaciers to Farms, that will promote sustainable water use and food security in Central Asia, the South ... change. Together, we can build a resilient and sustainable future for all—especially for the vulnerable populations ... the COP29 side event. Glaciers are essential natural service providers. They store freshwater that melts ...
Article > Press release ADB 
From seed to shelf
... day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large ... where they will plant the seeds of a sustainable future for generations to come. With 70 per cent of ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ...
Article > Story Namibia EIF FP023 
Addressing accelerating climate change-induced urban-to-rural migration through Low Emissions Climate Resilient Agro-Spatial Development in Togo [Togo LECR – ASD Programme]
... climatic events such as floods and droughts, which have led to major displacements in the past years. Climate change ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ... will build not only resilience but also adaptation to future climate change already underway. Its activities ...
Document > Concept note Togo BOAD
Establishing an Evidence-Based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1
... identify ways to improve adaptation planning itself at all levels (national to local). The proposed project builds on ... 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
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A difficult past has taught young Ugandan ... because when I destroy them it will affect me in the future,” Nabimanya said during a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda UNDP FP034 
Green Climate Fund energy strategy accelerates low-carbon transition
... has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking ... and reliably operate with higher shares of renewables. They also need to access innovations such as green ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
Harnessing climate science to guide climate investments
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mr. Hoesung Lee, underscored the urgency in strengthening the connection ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). One area that generated discussion was strengthening ... of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Mr. ...
Article > Press release 
Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
... meetings of the Board Application of paragraph 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board: guidelines to determine in ... status of national adaptation plans Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals ...
Event > Board meeting 
Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
... of the Parties, including the biannual report on privileges and immunities Complementarity and coherence Matters ... for Board-appointed officials Matters related to accreditation Consideration of accreditation proposals Accreditation policy matters ...
Event > Board meeting 
Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
... Secretariat Reports from committees, panels and groups Implementation of the initial strategic plan for the GCF Work ... on the GCF risk management framework Matters related to accreditation Status of accreditation matters Update on matters related to ...
Event > Board meeting 
Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13)
... on the activities of the Secretariat Update on the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund ... Private Sector Advisory Group Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Accreditation Committee Independent Technical Advisory Panel ...
Event > Board meeting 
Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12)
... agenda and organization of work Adoption of the report of eleventh Board meeting Decisions taken between the eleventh ... Committee Risk Management Committee Investment Committee Accreditation Committee Private Sector Advisory Group Ad Hoc Appointments Committee Accreditation Panel Independent Technical Advisory Panel 2016 ...
Event > Board meeting 
Structured Dialogue with Asia 2017
... 9.6 billion. A quarter of the projects identified are being led by direct access entities. Over time, this percentage is ... as more direct access entities are going through the accreditation process. Approximately 40 percent of the ... food security and resilience to hazards; Scaling up renewable energy generation and energy efficiency measures; and ...
Event > Structured dialogue Indonesia 
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
... Bonn climate talks has emphasised the link between NDC implementation and replenishment. Developing country representatives highlighted the role of GCF in realising the existing National Determined ...
Article > Press release Germany 
GCF and World Bank partner to boost cookstove market in Bangladesh
... of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA), which guide the implementation of approved GCF projects, marks a key milestone for the Global Clean Cooking Programme – ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh IDCOL FP070 
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
If you enjoy citrus fruit, you most likely have tasted a clementine from Morocco, and there is a good chance it was ... of drought, the Souss Valley is faced with an uncertain future, placing livelihoods under threat. Working to change ... and sustainable. ADA is one of GCF’s 54 Accredited Entities, becoming a GCF partner in March 2016. One ...
Article > Story Morocco ADA_Morocco 
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
... this year have sharpened the climate and development challenges facing Peru and its neighbours, according to Antonio ... a GCF instigator of change in Latin America since its accreditation as one of the Fund’s Direct Access Entities in ... Peru Songdo CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America ...
Article > Story Peru CAF 
Results needed to tackle forest roots of climate challenge
... forests intact is essential to meet the global climate challenge, according to Jonah Busch, a researcher with the ... results-based payments, for the currently undervalued service they provide the planet,” said Mr Busch on the ... century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Net deforestation is currently responsible for ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
... so far this year – major policy gaps have been filled, we have a strategic plan, 13 new entities are accredited and now over USD 250 million in funding proposals ... the current Chief Financial Officer and Director of Support Services, Mr. Javier Manzanares, will serve as Executive ...
Article > Press release 
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the ... players while supporting access to financial services for productive users,” said Mr Christian ... in exchange the ability to collect revenue from the sales of electricity over the 15 years at the approved tariff. ...
Article > Story Mali BOAD FP102 