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Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
... Uganda. GCF’s grant contribution of USD 1.1 million complements the co-financing from the partners, with the objective of developing a blended finance initiative to leverage USD 400 million in ... in response to the Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the US and the EU, and building on the participating ...
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Five newly approved climate projects ready for delivery on the ground
... meeting , which took place on 4-7 March in Kigali, Rwanda. Eleven projects were approved at the first Board meeting of ... were signed for five projects between GCF and its Accredited Entity partners at a signing ceremony on 6 March, ... project is also notable for being the fastest , taking less than a month from project approval to FAA signing to ...
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Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
... in the fight against climate change. Decisions taken by leaders today to revive economies will have crucial ... the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) implemented by the United Nations Development ... establishing a microfinance mechanism to provide accessible credit for smallholder farmers and small and medium-sized ...
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Fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.04)
... of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 26 June to Friday, 28 June, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic ... Secretariat Establishment of the independent Secretariat Selection of the Executive Director Administrative policies ... Sector Facility Structure and organization Additional rules of procedure of the Board Information disclosure, ...
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Enabling Direct Access to GCF Climate Finance for Cabo Verde
... wishes to engage in a readiness process in order to enable a national entity to be approved as a direct access ... the country ownership by delivering the first national accreditation of a DAE. After a strong consultation process ... and the network/ systems that enable them to fulfil their roles, responsibilities and policy requirements are ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
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. ... Action reiterated the UN Secretary General’s call for COP26 to deliver breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience - ... finance towards adaptation and resilience (at the moment less than 20% is directed to this). He also noted the ...
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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. This was one ... electricity grid – comprising 99.5 percent renewables. Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz also ...
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Indigenous Peoples
Overview Indigenous Peoples are unique and a distinct stakeholder of GCF. The rights ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including in the Cancun Agreement. The preamble of ... for monitoring, evaluation and reporting.” Photo credit (top): L. Elías / Profonanpe Indigenous Peoples ...
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Strategic Frameworks support for Guyana through GGGI
... will support the development of potential utility scale renewable energy projects for public-private partnership ... the Country Programme being developed, potential national accredited entities from the Energy Sector will be assessed ... are complementary with each other and builds on deliverables of approved readiness projects. The development of ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Guyana
Country programming support and sustainable tourism planning for Cabo Verde
... towards environmental instabilities as well as its high level of poverty and dependence on fossil fuels present significant challenges within the country. The Government of Cabo Verde has made solid commitments to confronting the challenges of climate change, by proposing mitigation and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
Supporting Yemen’s Low Emissions Development through the preparation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while enhancing required capacities and project pipeline in support of reducing emission
... Government of Yemen and its key actors to effectively implement its priority actions for reducing its GHG emissions ... logic as follows: IF the project clarifies roles and responsibilities among the LED Network members and ... members, including the private sector, local banks, Accredited Entities (AEs), future Direct Access Entities ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Yemen
Enhancing Angola’s Access to Climate Finance for Sustainable Transport and Sustainable Landscape (AFOLU) Sectors
... of the Angolan economy. Economic sectors are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which pose severe livelihood ... aims to enhance Angola’s access to climate finance to implement its NDC targets, namely by developing the Readiness ... Readiness grant, which this Readiness proposal will complement. Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola
Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
Joint measures that tackle climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic must place the livelihoods of people front and centre. This is especially true for the ... instruments are aligned with the Plan by orienting public credit lines towards sustainable farming practices in ...
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GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
... the increasingly damaging effects of climate change, while overcoming COVID-19 fiscal constraints. That was the message GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec brought to the recently concluded Climate Adaptation ... measures. A number of developing country leaders credited GCF support for current inroads their countries are ...
Article > Press release 
GCF convenes partners to bolster climate action amid global uncertainty
... next week, bringing together Ministers and national leaders, Chief Executives and business leaders and a range ... GCF National Designated Authorities or Focal Points, Accredited Entities and Delivery Partners to provide a ... Acumen And many more. Please see the GPIC 2022 website for full details of the sessions and complete list of ...
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GCF to scale up access, impact, and private sector investment through “50by30” roadmap
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) undergoes its second replenishment and prepares for its next four-year programming ... of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom; and Samaila Zubairu, President and ... Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), of which AFC is a GCF accredited entity and implementing partner for ICRF. "The ...
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GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... Equipment, and Start-up of Lines 1 and 2 of the Costa Rica Electric Train System' for USD 800 million. GCF is ... 250 million from the European Investment Bank. Thanks to a credit scheme with highly competitive interest rates and grace periods, this initiative is a fiscally responsible project that saves Costa Rica resources and requires no ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
Green Climate Fund Board opens first meeting of 2019
... session on Monday 25 February where it announced the selection of Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director . ... to propose and carry out climate finance projects as Accredited Entities. GCF’s 24 Board members represent ... on the ground has been increasing, highlighted by the milestone reached earlier this month with the value of GCF ...
Article > Press release 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
... The diverse nature of Asia means the types of climate challenges that nations in this region face vary greatly – ... National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points, Accredited Entities, a wide group of country stakeholders, ... such as the 13thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in 2007 which launched the Bali Road Map , an early ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
... headquarters in Suva, the gathering will bring together relevant stakeholders to galvanise action on the GCF in the region. The meeting will be led by the Co-Chairs of the GCF Board, Mr. Ewen McDonald ... Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Focal Points, GCF Accredited Entities, delivery partners, civil society and the ...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji 
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
... (AFD) signed the agreement which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for ... and boost the private sector’s investments into renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate resilience ... launch of this programme with AFD marks an important milestone for the Green Climate Fund. It demonstrates the ...
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New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was signed during the ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), governments recommended that Parties to the UNFCCC enter bilateral agreements with GCF by promptly ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
GCF has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with JSC TBC Bank, the ... a five-year accreditation term. This partnership will enable GCF to mobilise funds through the private sector to ... of the Accreditation Master Agreement is an important milestone in our partnership with the Green Climate Fund. This ...
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Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... and groups Performance review of the members of the Accreditation Panel Appointment of new members of the ... of the second consultation meeting for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund Evaluation conducted by ... Consideration of funding proposals Consideration of accreditation proposals Resourcing implications for ...
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Annual Results Report 2020
... countries with approved projects 0 Projects under implementation worth USD 1.4 billion of GCF funding 0 GCF funding disbursed for projects under implementation 6 Accredited Entities Approved projects value by theme (Grant ... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the goal of keeping an average global ...
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Annual Report 2023
... countries for climate action. By the end of 2023, GCF accredited 22 new Direct Access Entities (DAE), raising the ... in response to the intensifying climate crisis. Besides UNFCCC and UNDP, GCF is part of an interim secretariat for the ... on the resource mobilisation section of the GCF website. GCF-1 Pledges GCF financial flows (in USD billions*) ...
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