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Enhancing Direct Access Guidelines
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot intends to boost access by sub-national, national and regional, public, and private entities to GCF climate finance.
EDA promotes country ownership of...
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The Amazon bioeconomy fund
Home to the world’s largest tropical forest, the Amazon is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The combination of increased temperatures and human-induced deforestation are creating adverse climate feedback...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Increasing resilience to climate change impacts in marine and coastal areas along the Gulf of Thailand
This project will be an important contribution to the implementation of Thailand’s national adaptation plan (finalised in 2018), prepared by Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Thailand
Strengthening REDD+ and watershed management in Bhutan
Bhutan has identified the forestry sector as a key contributor to its climate mitigation and adaptation agenda through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). As such the country has been engaging in REDD+...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bhutan
Support to Fundación Natura and Fundación Wetlands International to obtain accreditation as Panama’s Direct Access Entities (DAEs) to the Green Climate Fund
The Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE), which currently serves as the National Designated Authority (NDA) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), is the maximum governing body of Panama in matters of protection, conservation...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Panama
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP150: Promoting private sector investment through large scale adoption of energy saving technologies and equipment for Textile and Readymade Garment (RMG) sectors of Bangladesh - Financing of Energy Efficient Equipment for Spinning Mill at Kalampur, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh with a capacity of 33,000 Metric Ton cotton yarn/year
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP150: Promoting private sector investment through large scale adoption of energy saving technologies and equipment for Textile...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Bangladesh
Efforts to save the Amazon offer triple win: Improving human, environmental, and economic health and wellbeing
... against climate change and ensuring a green recovery in developing countries. In Ecuador, the Green Climate Fund ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
Cuba's coastal communities fight climate change
... USD 44 million in support from GCF and the United Nations Development Programme, the Coastal Resilience to Climate ...
Article > Story Cuba 
Policies: Administration
Administration
GCF’s administrative policies cover GCF’s key administrative processes including information disclosure, human resources, travel, procurement, accounting, communications, and management of conflict of...
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Themes & result areas
Themes
Our work aims to support paradigm shifts in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation efforts. GCF aims for a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation investments over time...
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Policies: Sustainability
Sustainability
The Governing Instrument sets out that the GCF will adopt best practice environmental and social safeguards to be applied to all programmes and projects financed using the resources of the Fund and that...
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A ‘vaccine’ for tropical forests?
... and they thrive as we do. While we might not be able to develop a ‘vaccine’ for tropical forests, the value of ...
Article > Insights 
Strengthening Climate Information Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for El Salvador
... use of science-based climate information supports resilient development pathways, optimizing the use of resources, and ...
Document > Concept note El Salvador
GCF signs partnership agreement with BNP Paribas to accelerate climate action
... will be a powerful enabler to help our clients and developing countries in the implementation of mitigation and ...
Article > Press release 
GCF publishes tentative timelines for B.31 and B.32
... a paradigm shift towards low-emissions, climate-resilient development. At its twenty-eighth meeting, the GCF Board ...
Article > News update 
Empowering farmers and protecting forests in Eastern Madagascar
... lesser incidences of rainfall, and aggressive cyclones devastate the population’s livelihoods, a great deal of which ... harsh environmental conditions and low yields and incomes, smallholder farmers turn to alternative sources of revenue ... including forest monitoring, and they helped us develop plant nurseries and reforestation. The project is ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
GCF publishes revised timeline for B.32 and tentative timeline for B.33
... a paradigm shift towards low-emissions, climate-resilient development. At its twenty-eighth meeting, the GCF Board ...
Article > News update 
GCF partners with FAO on two major climate-resilience projects in Benin and the Gambia
... management in 95,000 hectares, and reduce over 330,000 small-scale farmers' vulnerability to increasing climate ... Board member and Deputy Director of the Directorate of Development Planning in the Ministry of Finance Gambia, ...
Article > News update Benin Gambia 
Restoring vital ecosystems and water sources in the Dry Corridor Forest, El Salvador
... tradition. GCF is committed to financing and supporting the development of agroforestry systems to restore ecosystems ...
Article > Story El Salvador 
Climate-smart farming boosts forests and food security in Madagascar
... agriculture practices can help farmers break this cycle. “Smallholder farmers are one of the populations most at risk ... [with financing from GCF], we were able to grow and develop.” Ravolasoa Aimée, farmer Dalia, a farmer in the ...
Article > Story Madagascar 
Solving Mexico’s water crisis while shaping the future of food
... while rapid urbanisation has outpaced water infrastructure development, exacerbating water scarcity issues across the ...
Article > Story Mexico 
From seed to shelf
... crops. They will take this knowledge back to their small-scale farms and communities, where they will plant the ... Agriculture Centre of Excellence (MCRACE) trained 2,831 small-scale farmers, 56 per cent of whom were women, on ... good things; it brought change to our community. Change and development have come and motivated our people. This project ...
Article > Story Namibia 
Pre-screening
Pre-screening
The pre-screening questionnaire is the starting point for organizations seeking to become GCF Accredited Entities (AEs). It allows applicants to better understand the accreditation process, and to confirm...
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Careers
Overview
Important
We are pleased to announce the launch of the GCF’s new recruitment platform with Oracle, designed to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our hiring process.
All previously submitted...
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Postcard from Katowice: Friday, December 14
This is the final GCF postcard from Katowice, but it may not be the final day of the COP. We are now into the waiting game, as negotiations continue to agree the Paris ‘rulebook’ and other texts, which includes the...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Low Carbon Transport Dominica
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a SIDS vulnerable to climate change and heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. The Nationally Determined Contribution has as target to reduce absolute Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Policies: Results, monitoring & evaluation
Results, monitoring & evaluation
The Governing Instrument sets out that the programmes and projects, as well as other activities, funded by the Fund will be regularly monitored for impact, efficiency and...
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Policies: Accreditation
Accreditation
In deploying its resources, the Green Climate Fund works through a wide range of institutions to finance projects and programmes. To access funding, these institutions go through a process of “...
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Process for Project Preparation Facility support
Process for PPF support
Entities accredited to the GCF, as well as applicants under the Project Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA), are eligible to request PPF support. A project Concept Note must be submitted along...
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