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GCF/B.25/Inf.12 - Independent Evaluation Unit’s initial assessment of the Secretariat’s review of the simplified approval process pilot scheme
... will be submitted at the twenty-sixth GCF Board meeting (B.26). GCF/B.25/Inf.12 12(a) Independent Evaluation Unit’s ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.28/12 - Updated accreditation framework
In decision B.22/16, the Board decided to streamline the accreditation process in order to accelerate the review and consideration of entities applying for ... incorporates Board decisions taken at B.23, B.24 and B.26 regarding GCF policies that affect the accreditation and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.29/06 - Updated accreditation framework
In decision B.22/16, the Board decided to streamline the accreditation process in order to accelerate the review and consideration of entities applying for ... incorporates Board decisions taken at B.23, B.24 and B.26 regarding GCF policies that affect the accreditation and ...
Board document > Action item
Strategic frameworks support for Belize and Saint Lucia through CARICOM Development Fund
The Credit Risk Abatement Facility (CRAF) is an initiative being ... Secretariat, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), and other key implementing and strategic partners. One of the critical ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize Saint Lucia
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... improving forest management and measuring such progress; Implementation: implementing activities to reduce emissions ... 1 billion in less than a year . Payments for REDD+ carbon credits, which act de facto as results-based payments, ... share of carbon market growth. At COP26 in Glasgow, the UNFCCC further developed key elements of Article 6 of the ...
Article > Insights 
Call for public input: Information Disclosure Policy
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to invite public input for the development of its ... Contributions may be submitted until 6 PM KST on 26 September 2015. GCF/NOTIF/2015/05 Call for public input: ...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.22/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII: Additional Update on FP017 (Climate Action and Solar Energy Development Programme in the Tarapaca Region in Chile)
FP017, entitled “Climate Action and Solar Energy Development Programme ... de Desarrollo de América Latina (“CAF” or the “Accredited Entity”) was approved by the GCF Board (the ... contained in documents GCF/BM-2018/27 and GCF/BM-2018/28 on 26 November 2018. GCF/B.22/10/Add.18 Consideration of ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/Inf.16/Add.02 - Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership – Addendum
... is the second addendum to document GCF/B.21/Inf.16 titled “Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership” that was published on 26 September 2018. It informs the Board on the status of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.21/Inf.16/Add.01 - Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership - Addendum
This document is an addendum to document GCF/B.21/Inf.16 titled “Status of selection of Board members for the third term of Board membership” that was published on 26 September 2018. It informs the Board on the status of the ...
Board document > Information
Call for public input: Information Disclosure Policy
The Green Climate Fund is pleased to invite public input for the development of its ... Contributions may be submitted until 6 PM KST on 26 September 2015. OGC/27-08-2015 Call for public input: ...
Document > Call for input
GCF/B.23/09 - Co-Chairs consultations: decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted
... submitted to the Board for consultation between 19 and 26 June 2019. GCF/B.23/09 8.B Co-Chairs consultations: ...
Board document > Action item
GCF approves USD 686 million for climate action and decides to establish regional presence
... are expected to provide direct support to 115.5 million people and mitigate the equivalent of 45.3 million metric tonnes ... funding by assessing an entity’s capacity to meet GCF accreditation standards simultaneously with the project ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Fund serves the 2015 Paris Agreement, supporting ...
Article > Press release 
Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo, as well as malaria, cardiovascular diseases and acute respiratory infections
Benin Improving the health resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change in Benin, focusing on the regions of ...
Document > Concept note Benin
Improving management and resilience of forest landscapes of Burkina Faso
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso
Document > Concept note Burkina Faso
LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY – LoCAL (MECANISME DE FINANCEMENT DE L’ADAPTATION AU NIVEAU LOCAL)
Document > Concept note Benin
Document > Concept note Benin
Co-Chairs’ expectations for the 13th meeting of the GCF Board
... priorities will be the approval of project proposals, accreditation of entities to partner with the Fund, the establishment of important risk guidelines for credit and investment, assessment of the proposal pipeline ... and policy gaps,” said McDonald. “We are a learning institution and we will continue to evolve, but ...
Article > Press release 
Gender assessment for FP009: Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
... development bank (BANDESAL) has a policy to promote credit to women led projects (currently its portfolio of lending has about 40 – 42 % of women SME led projects), ...
Document > Gender assessment El Salvador
Simplified Approval Process (SAP) funding proposal preparation guidelines: A practical manual for the preparation of SAP proposals
These guidelines have been developed to support GCF accredited entities (AEs) in the preparation of funding ... using the Digital Proposal Submission (DPS) system accessible for all AEs and NDAs through the GCF Apps Portal. This ... To compliment these guidelines the Secretariat has also released an e-learning course on how to develop a SAP funding ...
Document > Publication, Guides
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas in South Africa towards enhancing adaptation to climate change exacerbated water scarcity
... impacts on economic growth and well-being[1]. The problem is compounded by the lack of secured strategic water ... water sources, to ensure water sustainability and sustainable development. With climate projections indicating the ... Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded projects, entitled Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Land Use Regulation and ...
Document > Concept note South Africa
Scaling up CoP annual workshop: Climate Change Working Group event
UNFCCC COP26 is a unique milestone for ambitious and decisive actions ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
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 ... Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR). Across seven demonstration sites with tailored management plans, this project has ... the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia as they share lessons learned and progress on the CRAVE project. Namibia ...
Article > Story Namibia 
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 ... to the second communication on climate change (UNDP-Togolese Republic, 2010), Togo has experienced, on July 3, 1995, ... migration of poor populations towards more vulnerable urban sites. Primarily designed to promote holistic adaptation and ...
Document > Concept note Togo
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 ... universities, the residents of one municipality that is the site for outcome 2 activities, and Cambodian people that ... Plan (NAP) process at National and Subnational Scales in Cambodia Phase 1 ...
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 ... Green Climate Fund (GCF) fact-finding mission to a project site introducing climate adaptation measures by providing ... as they require extensive community consultation. Nevertheless, the way these initiatives tap the resilient power of ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... and reduced deforestation, a new evaluation report released today has found. Findings from the impact evaluation ... direct impact. The findings show: 32 per cent higher crop sales among participating farmers, driven by diversification ... the United Nations warned that Madagascar could be the site of the world’s first climate change-caused famine. ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
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 ... Project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is pioneering the use of battery storage and green ... lines to utilize renewable energy resource rich sites. And the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration targets the ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.11/19 - Updated administrative guidelines on human resources
... Guidelines on Human Resources, approved document GCF/B.08/26 titled “Administrative guideline on human resources” for a ...
Board document > Action item