Search
How can climate action balance the needs of nature and people?
... to protect ecosystems must also take into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. A ... ecological and social devastation that occurs when rural development clashes with natural protection. The battering ... to preserve nature must also take into account global development goals intended to lift people out of poverty. ...
Article > Article about GCF Uganda UNDP 
GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
... energies of the business world to finance climate action in developing countries. More than 600 participants from over ... run by Acumen that is designed to improve the resilience of smallholder farmers in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda by shifting ... lie behind the volatility of incomes experienced by many smallholder farmers in developing countries, which could ...
Article > Press release 
Food Security and Adaptation Priorities in the Agricultural Sector in Tunisia
... impacts on food security and malnutrition. In 2012, Tunisia developed its National Strategy on Climate Change (SNCC) ... institutional support, capacity building and research and development as some of the areas of adaptation in need of ... smart investments. Moreover, the second readiness aimed at developing new climate related projects, enhance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tunisia FAO
Green and Resilient Debt Platform for Africa and LDCs
... to sub-Saharan Africa, and off the total climate finance to developing countries ($79.6 billion), 25% flowed to ... Off the total climate finance provided and mobilized by developed countries for developing countries - USD 79.6 ... Abidjan focused on waste recycling. In 2019, British real estate developer Acorn Holdings issued the first green bond ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries EIB
Re-connecting with Mother Earth
... Intercultural University of Cauca (UAIIN) has led the development of a training process recognizing the ancestral ... processes: to graduate, each must research and develop a “CRISSAC” (Cultivation, Nurturing of Wisdom ... and the University of Cordoba to train young Zenú in developing their own plant nurseries and in the rescue of ...
Article > Story Colombia UNDP 
GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference 2020
... - including financial institutions, governments, project developers, climate leaders and development banks - this virtual gathering provided a timely ... policy dialogues, notably the Initiative on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, and the 2021 ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
... to solve the country’s energy access problems, as the development of energy projects is hindered by a range of ... mobilise EUR 10.6 million from BOAD, the West African Development Bank. The first approved stage of the project ... GCF contributes to global energy transformation by helping developing countries reduce their carbon footprint in power ...
Article > Story Mali BOAD 
Achieving water security through climate-resilient infrastructure
... countries already experiencing water stress ( World Water Development Report 2020 ). If the unsustainable use of ... Fund (GCF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Government of Morocco is building a ... Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests Oussama couldn’t agree ...
Article > Story Morocco EBRD 
Agreement bolstering Africa’s climate vulnerable sign of rapid GCF implementation
... implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), empowers African national and local ... both the speed and amount of climate finance flows to developing countries is increasingly evident. We have a ... helps protect some of the world’s most vulnerable smallholder farmers from climate effects while also ...
Article > News update IFAD 
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
... halt progress around the world in combatting a variety of development goals. That is why increasing flows of finance ... 5.2 billion allocated so far to support climate action in developing countries goes to making agriculture more climate ... resilient while also reducing emissions. As many farmers in developing countries rely on their own agricultural produce ...
Article > Press release FAO 
GCF speeds up funding process to help meet urgent need for climate action
... funding to meet the urgent need for climate action in developing countries. GCF Executive Director Yannick ... Fund. Paraguay’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ariel Oviedo, said: “We are very grateful to ... approved USD 407.8 million in new financing to help developing countries reduce emissions and enhance their ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries FAO 
GCF ensures Indigenous Peoples play a key role in climate action
... many of the GCF-funded climate projects covering over 100 developing countries. Their participation is designed to ... Intercultural University, is also spearheading the development of a training programme on climate change ... lead to them being disadvantaged by traditional models of development. GCF’s Indigenous Peoples Policy ensures ...
Article > Press release 
Partner agreements after Board meeting sign of faster GCF financing
... to streamline its implementation of climate action in developing countries, it has been paring back the time taken ... are based on collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). They will enhance the climate ... measures and diversified climate-resilient livelihoods. Develop a multi-hazard early warning system in Uzbekistan ...
Article > Press release 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
... fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 economic shocks to keep ... by co-financers to support this financial fillip for developing countries by generating a green resilient ... investor to help overcome COVID-19 blockages in financing developing country climate action. EARF, managed by managed ...
Article > Press release Acumen 
Strengthening Côte d’Ivoire’s Capacity and Ownership to Access Climate Finance for GCF Country Programme Implementation
... to reach this goal, the grant has two main objectives: i) develop strong ownership and capacity of the GCF modalities ... mainly through the following outcomes: d) the country has developed or enhanced strategic frameworks; e) an increase ... fully capable of preparing readiness proposals itself while developing a strong MRV system to track climate finance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Côte d'Ivoire FIRCA
Adaptation planning support through GGGI
... management in urban areas. This will be done by 1) developing the capacity of the National Designated Authority ... planning process as part of the master plan and district development strategies (DDS) (2019), and 3) through a ... centers in Rwanda. These areas of intervention have been developed in a consultative process led by the GoR and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Rwanda GGGI
Enhanced actions to respond to climate change through sustainable waste management in Coastal Cities in Cambodia
... effects of sea-level rise, coastal flooding and on-shore development issues, mainly solid waste and wastewater ... private sector investment for low emissions and resilience developed and being used ́. The achievement of these objectives will prepare the basis for further work on developing and presenting adaptation finance opportunities, ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cambodia
Strengthening the NDA’s climate change governance structure to increase the level of ambition of the climate change agenda and enhance access to climate finance
... While taking steps towards long-term low-carbon development, Togo faces several gaps in its technical ... countries as part of the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to the implementation of ... and Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Ministry of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo CSE
ED remarks for International Women’s Day 2023
... set up with GIZ, which will support the establishment and development of incubators and accelerators in Africa and ... Latin America. There is a dearth of climate incubators in developing countries. There are estimated to be around 2,000 ... agribusinesses that enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. This programme is proving particularly ...
Article > Speech
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
... financing, improving the business framework for the development and implementation of AFS with cocoa and ... with respective costs. All these are essential elements to develop the complete Funding Proposal. In developing the above, a broad-based and comprehensive ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil IICA
GCF and KawiSafi Ventures Fund driving off-grid solar power in East Africa
... Swahili, KawiSafi means “clean energy.” Created and developed by the impact investor Acumen with financing by ... in Rwanda and Kenya in clean energy companies that are developing decarbonised, distributed energy infrastructure, ... project, KawiSafi II will support local businesses that are developing scalable climate action initiatives to help ...
Article > Story Kenya Rwanda Acumen 
Ulaanbaatar: Live Better, Breathe Easier
... see anything,” Oggie Zorigoo, who works for the Ger Area Development Investment Project, tells me. It is true. The ... briquettes. Transforming Ger Districts An ongoing Asian Development Bank (ADB) project is supporting the Ulaanbaatar ... Ulaanbaatar city shift to a low-emission, climate-resilient development path. GCF is investing US$145 million in a ...
Article > Story Mongolia ADB 
GCF Structured Dialogue shows strength and weakness of Asian climate approach
... untapped opportunities for investments in low emissions development - particularly in partnership with the private ... in Da Nang that national climate action and sustainable development are inseparable. "Everything we do is under the bigger umbrella of sustainable development," he said. Fellow GCF Board member (alternate) ...
Article > Press release Viet Nam 
Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
... in addressing climate change. This includes the further development of the Regional Proposal for Caribbean ... Cooperation in the country’s Ministry of Economic Development, Planning and Trade, said increasing climate ... one of our major challenges.” The Barnes Hill Community Development Association, which Mr Payne leads, is building ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF approves first grants for National Adaptation Planning in Liberia and Nepal
... the approval of its first grants in support of processes to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Under the GCF's ...
Article > Press release Liberia Nepal UNDP 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
On 9 October 2015, the Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Lima.
On...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Gender assessment for FP083: Indonesia Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project
This analysis examines the different rights, roles, needs and opportunities of both women and men, boys and girls and the relations between them in Indonesia, with strong emphasis on economic opportunities. The analysis...
Document > Gender assessment Indonesia WorldBank
Gender action plan for FP083: Indonesia Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP083: Indonesia Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project. Gender action plans seek to operationalise the constraints and opportunities for women and men...
Document > Gender action plan Indonesia WorldBank
West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project for Climate Change Adaptation (WACA ResIP-CCA)
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project for Climate Change Adaptation (WACA ResIP-CCA)," and was submitted to allow the project...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries WorldBank