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Energy transition accelerates with GCF support
... energy is crucial if we are to meet the Paris Agreement’s stated goal of pursuing efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Many developing countries have included a rapid expansion of ... – mostly solar photovoltaic, but also including wind, small hydropower and biogas. The investment will also ...
Article > Press release Egypt Kazakhstan EBRD 
FP217 - Building Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Climate Variability in Rwanda’s Congo Nile Divide through Forest and Landscape Restoration
... forest and landscape management. The project will develop more sustainable management of a total of 250,000 ... Facility (PPF) supported the Accredited Entity in the development of this project's funding proposal. FP217 ...
Project > Public sector Rwanda MOE_Rwanda 
FP218 - Building climate resilience in the landscapes of Kigoma region, Tanzania
... challenges. This project bridges the gap between efforts in development, humanitarian, and climate by adopting an ... climate change adaptation measures into the region’s developmental plans and policies. Directly benefitting over ...
Project > Public sector Tanzania UNEP 
Pres. Hollande calls for rich countries to step up efforts on climate finance during Korea visit
... Francois Hollande has called for more climate finance from developed countries, alongside greater climate technology exchanges, during the Head of State's visit to the Republic of Korea today. Speaking at a ... growth at Ehwa Women’s University, President Hollande stated that climate financing is key to the success of the ...
Article > Press release France Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF/B.43/02/Add.11 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XI Funding proposal package for SAP064
... Innovation Incubation for India (“BEACON INDIA”)” by Small Industries Development Bank of India; b) No-objection letter(s) issued ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.13/16/Add.01 - Funding proposal package for FP009
... Insurance for private energy efficiency investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” submitted by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); A no-objection letter issued by the ...
Board document > Action item
Adaptation Planning support for Eswatini through UNEP
... facilitating Swaziland’s transition to climate-resilient development. Although the primary focus will be at the ... where there is ministerial representation, because of the small size of the country, certain activities will be ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini UNEP
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Jamaica through MEGJC
... of its wide range of responsibilities and functions and its small staff size, the Climate Change Division (CCD) is ... readiness support to allow for strengthening of the NDA and development of a country programme for the GCF. Jamaica NDA ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Armenia through Ministry of Nature Protection
... documents and prioritize critical investments for the development of project/program proposals, identifying as ... in the first place to strengthen the capac‐ ities of a small team within the NDA to gain expertise on the Fund’s ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Armenia
GCF/B.23/09 - Co-Chairs consultations: decision-making in the event that all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted
... the Co-Chairs to support the Board’s consideration of the development of procedures for adopting decisions in the ... on this matter during B.22, further work undertaken by a small group of Board members at the request of the ...
Board document > Action item
Entity support for Jamaica through MEGJC
... Grant to support private sector mobilization for the development of projects/programmes which translate into ... and promote south-south cooperation among other CARICOM States. The proposal will be complementary to the first ... private sector entity to allow to Jamaica and CARICOM states to take advantage of the GCF Private Sector Facility ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
SAP012 - Inclusive Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture
Improving access to credit for smallholder farmers in Niger to implement climate-resilient ... It will provide much desired financial support to smallholder farmers by increasing access to credit in tandem ... Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture ...
Project > Public sector Niger (the) IFAD 
FP241 - Financing Mitigation and Adaptation Projects (FMAP) in Indian MSMEs
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are a major ... and climate-resilient practices among Indian MSMEs. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) intends to address these ...
Project > Private sector India SIDBI 
GCF portfolio reaches USD 11.3 billion with new climate projects approved by the GCF Board
... the Independent Evaluation Unit. The Board also agreed to develop a new salary structure for the Fund, as well as ... terms on 31 December 2022. Co-Chair Tlou Emmanuel Ramaru stated: “I thank my fellow Board members for their ... was also signed for the Building Climate Resilient Safer Islands in the Maldives (FP165) with Japan International ...
Article > Press release 
FP269 - DaIMA – Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation
... service delivery environments to building the capacity of smallholder farmers, including women, youth and marginalised ... dairy sector, enhancing income and productivity for smallholder dairy farmers, cooperatives and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by promoting ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries IFAD 
FP005 - KawiSafi Ventures Fund
... climate change fund targeting low-income populations in developing countries. Investments of USD 2-10 million per company will be made in 10-15 clean energy small- and medium-sized enterprises. Lack of electricity and ...
Project > Private sector Kenya Rwanda Acumen 
Thirty-fifth meeting of the GCF Board (B.35)
... and effectiveness of the GCF’s investments in African States Synthesis Report on the Direct Access Entity modality ...
Event > Board meeting 
A sliver of hope from the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Sixty metres from one side of the island to the other. Sixty metres from the ocean to the ... thus, framing the scale of what must be done,” he said. State-of-the-art aeroplane-mounted technology, known as ... that through innovation, cooperation, and determination, small island nations like Tuvalu can find ways to thrive in ...
Article > Insights 
GCF finance allocation builds Tuvalu’s resilience
... Climate Fund is transferring funds to help strengthen the island nation of Tuvalu against the double climate threats ... coastal resilience in three of Tuvalu’s nine inhabited islands, which together have an average elevation of only ... the evacuation of the entire population of one of its islands. While climate change is predicted to increase the ...
Article > Press release Tuvalu UNDP 
Annual progress report 2024
... committed USD 2.5 billion to 44 new climate projects in developing countries, with its first single-country projects ... Director Mafalda Duarte in Phangyul, Bhutan, where she met smallholder farmers accessing water for the first time in ... and GCF’s first single-country project in the Cook Islands was developed by the Cook Islands government with ...
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Technical Guidance and Support to Conduct a Sectoral Technology Needs Assessment and a Technology Action Plan for The Kyrgyz Republic
... help it achieve a steady climate resilient socio-economic development. This will be done through developing a comprehensive Sectoral TNA and TAP for the ... country in achieving its international climate targets as stated in the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Kyrgyzstan UNEP
Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Social Services in the East-Asia Pacific Region
... Mongolia Papua New Guinea Philippines (the) Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Vanuatu Viet Nam Mainstreaming ...
Document > Concept note Multiple countries
SAP067 - Catalyzing a Climate Risk Protection Shield for Zambian Smallholder Farmers
Zambia's smallholder farmers face severe climate challenges, ... Scalable insurance and seedling supply models remain undeveloped and fragmented, limiting private investment and smallholder resilience. The project aims to build the ...
Project > Public sector Zambia MoFNP_ZMB 
Enhancing and showcasing Egypt’s leadership in cleantech innovation for climate action and energy transition
... capacity building of private sector actors, pipeline development and enhanced access to early-stage financing.. ... enhancing the capacity of local industries, in particular Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, to develop and invest in climate and clean energy solutions ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Egypt UNIDO
SAP057 - AY4SF - Adolescents and Youth for a Sustainable Future: strengthening climate change adaptation and community resilience through green jobs in Zimbabwe
... reliant on rain-fed agriculture, climate shocks devastate food security, incomes, and social stability. ... restoring local degraded ecosystems; and supporting the development of climate-resilient value chains for crops, ... Locally Led Adaptation (LLA), operationalised through the development of Local Adaptation Plans (LAPs) that build on ...
Project > Public sector Zimbabwe SCA 
Empowering Women Groups to Build Resilience to Climate Impacts in the Province of Cunene in Southwest Angola
The proposed Project Preparation Facility (PPF) application, developed by OSS experts, includes activities to support the development of the SAP Concept Note into a SAP Funding ... the development of a financial model for the proposed Small Grant in the project. An English-Portuguese speaking ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Angola OSS
Mainstreaming gender in Green Climate Fund projects
... a paradigm shift to low-emission and climate-resilient development. Developed with UN Women, this toolkit guides GCF partners on ... and activities to be financed. The GCF Governing Instrument states that: “The Fund will strive to maximise the impact ...
Document > Publication, Guides
FP187 - Ouémé Basin Climate-Resilience Initiative (OCRI) Benin
... The project will build resilience for poor and vulnerable smallholders, scale up prioritised climate-resilient ...
Project > Public sector Benin FAO 
FP188 - Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in the Gambia (PROREFISH Gambia)
The fishery sector in Gambia is facing numerous challenges from climate change impacts. Communities across the country rely heavily on the Gambia river for their source of income, including artisanal fisheries which is...
Project > Public sector Gambia FAO 
SAP036 - Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project (SLCRP)
Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to climate and disaster risks, which can result in crop losses, reduced fish stocks, and food insecurity. The intrusion of saline water in coastal areas forces farming further inland,...
Project > Public sector Sierra Leone SCA 