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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. ...
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Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
... areas of Namibia. This readiness grant from GCF will let us carry out local level consultations so that there is community ownership for ... stated Benedict Libanda. “GCF is committed to the principle of country ownership, and our readiness programme ...
Article > Press release Namibia 
Making Nigeria’s Cross River State Investment Ready for REDD+
... (2) submitted a sub-national forest reference emission level (FREL) to the UNFCCC, (3) established a sub-national approach to safeguards. This proposal aims to simultaneously complete and operationalize the Warsaw Components of REDD+ in ...
Document > Concept note Nigeria
In memoriam: Daniel Machado da Fonseca
... a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague. Daniel recently joined the GCF Board as the Head of ... his heart, he helped organise the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, while working at the ... and New Delhi. Recognised as a consummate professional, fearless advocate for developing countries and friend, Daniel ...
Article > Statement 
GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
... Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on privileges and immunities with the Government of the Republic of ... in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The granting of privileges and immunities will facilitate the implementation of ... agriculture project in Tajikistan and the first-time accreditation of the Center for Implementation of Investment ...
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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 
FP239 - Building Climate Resilience for Food and Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa (BREFOL)
... world, with crippling food insecurity resulting from multiple hazards in the region. The region faces increased ... due to increasing variability in rainfall patterns leading to extreme weather events such as floods and ... access to innovative financial instruments including credit lines; and access to climate information and early ...
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 
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 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G ... finance providers will demand a higher margin and offer less attractive terms to protect themselves from these ... close to 0% per annum. For developing countries, with low credit ratings, interest rates are significantly higher, ...
Article > Speech
Building climate resilience in one of the most vulnerable zones in the Americas: the Guatemalan Highlands
Nestled among mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, the ... America. 83.5% of its mostly indigenous population struggles from poverty and 33% suffer from extreme poverty. This ...
Article > Story 
Adaptation
The challenge Adaptation needs are coming into sharp focus as the ... climate change are more evident. Increasing numbers of people worldwide are being affected by the higher frequency and ... as heat waves and wildfires. We are facing adaptation challenges that we are only now beginning to grasp in their ...
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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 
Ministerial forum on forest finance
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, where ... includes exchanges and trading platforms, clearing houses, credit risk assessment, custodians, and fiduciaries, and ... REDD+ credits. In response to the mandate given by the UNFCCC, GCF has been supporting since the inception of its ...
Article > Speech
FP262 - Green Climate Finance Facility for Fostering Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal
... barriers to adopting CSA practices. Agriculture receives less than three per cent of total bank credit in Senegal, leaving farmers lacking the necessary ...
Project > Private sector Senegal 
Cooperation for climate action
... GCF is committed to ensuring that our activities complement those of other funds, and that together we have a ... out in our Governing Instrument (para 33). GCF has a Complementarity Framework which sets out our approach. ... is available here . On 3 November 2021 - Finance Day at COP26, GCF adopted a joint statement with the Adaptation Fund, ...
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Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... room walls. A piano sits in the corner, beside a room filled with musical instruments. But Otgonkhuu’s house still ... central heating, hot water from tap, and a flush toilet. “I live here with my wife and my youngest son. My ... the city’s population. “There weren’t that many people living here 30 years ago. This ger district was also not ...
Article > Story Mongolia 
How a cloud database is protecting forests and communities in Laos
At the edge of a forest clearing in Meuangkao Village, Khamla Nanthavong, a National ... and promoting deforestation-free agriculture. A key milestone in this effort has been the introduction of a cloud ... problems like illegal encroachment without being on-site. Later, Khamla works with provincial forestry ...
Article > Story Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
... understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities. The four-day ... through intensive interactions with GCF, the Fund’s Accredited Entities and other partners. A catchphrase of the ... delegates from 14 countries, representatives from 14 GCF Accredited Entities as well as several observer institutions. ...
Article > Press release Belize 
Timor-Leste's first GCF-funded project: A step towards increased climate resilience
... Fund approved GCF’s first climate action project in Timor-Leste, FP109: Safeguarding rural communities and their ... to achieve this, we need the support of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanisms such as the Global Environment ...
Article > Press release Timor-Leste 
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice for Knowledge Management converged for their 2021 Spring Meeting ... from 14 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management metrics. Metrics are a crucial element of knowledge management that can lead to boosting an ...
Article > News update 
GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... Institutions’ (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management (KM) converged for their 2022 Summer ... from 17 organizations delved into discussions on knowledge management governance and functions. This is an ... (IDB) presented its KM governance as strictly related with lessons learned from the portfolio and the sectors. The ...
Article > News update 
Join GCF at COP29
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GCF takes guidance from the Conference of Parties ... programming priorities, and eligibility criteria. The GCF delegation will be observing the official negotiations, and ... part in various events. Stay up to date A GCF COP29 microsite has been created, https://cop.greenclimate.fund , where ...
Article > News update 
Headquarters
... where it opened its doors in December 2013. The GCF Board selected Songdo as the host city following an open bid process ...
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
... to decline the sanctions exemption request. As a result, implementation of this readiness grant is currently suspended. Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the) Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the) ...
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Updated Funding Proposal template now available
The updated Funding Proposal template is now available. The revised template clarifies information requested for baseline, context and theory of change, while also simplifying financing information and investment ... many portions of the template that will help GCF Accredited Entities prepare high-quality funding proposals. ...
Article > News update 
GEF-GCF event focuses on breaking silos for climate action
Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility, stressed the importance of a system-based approach, and of breaking silos to fight climate change at a joint meeting with GCF at COP24. Javier Manzanares, GCF...
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