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SAP066 - SCALE – Strengthening Chad’s Adaptation for Land, Ecosystems and smallholders
... restoring over 101,000 hectares of land, rehabilitating 258 small-scale water infrastructures, and supporting 3,030 ... Strengthening Chad’s Adaptation for Land, Ecosystems and smallholders ...
Project > Public sector Chad 
Capacity Building to support Institutional Strengthening, Planning, and Programming to enable increased Climate Finance mobilization for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
... because of being located within the Caribbean chain of islands. Numerous studies, including the IPCC’s 5th ... ecology and livelihoods of the country. Part of the island’s response to the challenge has been to develop a strong national climate change framework and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
... Epa Tuioti, and Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Concetta ... part of the reason why Samoa, along with five other Pacific island nations, were the first to have ratified the Paris ... by climate change and 2012’s cyclone Evan which devastated the region. The visit was a rare and valuable ...
Article > Press release Samoa 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Timor-Leste through UNDP
As a Least Developed Country (LDC), a Small-Island Developing State and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Luxembourg and GCF meet to discuss climate finance mobilization
... am pleased to hear that the Green Climate Fund managed to develop a project pipeline of 27 projects over the past ... with over USD 1 billion committed from the Fund already,” stated Minister Dieschbourg. 'In Luxembourg we take climate ... climate finance, which is additional to Official Development Assistance, amounting to USD 230 per capita.” ...
Article > Press release Luxembourg 
Norway to double its contribution to GCF
... reductions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, we will double our contribution by 2020," she stated. Børge Brende, the Foreign Minister of Norway, also ... projects, stating, “The Green Climate Fund will reduce developing countries’ vulnerability to climate change. ...
Article > Press release Norway 
NDA strengthening and country programming support for India through UNDP (Phase 2)
... institutional capacity for NDA to fulfil its role and b) development of the country programme document. This was the ... workshops and consultations. However, it was observed that state governments and sub national actors require further ... and building capacity of DAEs and state governments to develop fundable proposals based on the priorities ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
Country Programming support for Bangladesh through UNDP
The NDA will develop the following activities to ensure development of a sound country programme: Review and ... to involve the private sector, including micro, small and medium enterprises, and leveraging their ability ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bangladesh
Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... at scale Working with local private entities, including small and medium-sized enterprises Initial resource ... approval of proposals for certain activities, in particular small-scale activities Legal and formal arrangements with ...
Event > Board meeting
From investment to impacts
... wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and ... understanding a holistic perspective to investment across small, decentralised, and large projects, at scale; ... who also spoke in the opening session said, “The United States sees the GCF as an absolutely central part of the ...
Article > News update 
Avaana Sustainability Fund
This document presents funding proposal "SAP037: Avaana Sustainability Fund" as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.38.
Document > Approved funding proposal India
GCF Readiness Results - Vanuatu
... of the GCF Board (B.15) in December 2016, the Pacific island country of Vanuatu was awarded a grant for a Climate Information Services for Resilient Development project to be implemented by the Secretariat of ... proposal to GCF requesting support to better understand the island’s climate information and services (CIS) needs. The ...
Article > Press release Vanuatu 
Thirty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.36)
... administrative budget for 2023 GCF 2022 audited financial statements Report on the activities of the Co-Chairs Reports ... and effectiveness of the GCF’s investments in African States Status of GCF resources, pipeline, and portfolio ...
Event > Board meeting 
Postcard from Katowice: Thursday, December 6
... replenishment process. Article 9 of the Paris Agreement states that 'Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties with respect to both mitigation ...
Article > Press release 
First Hydromet Gap Report calls for scaled-up action
... and proposes priority actions to scale up support to developing countries to strengthen their capacity. The ... report is presented by leaders of the Alliance for Hydromet Development, which includes GCF as well as WMO and other ... and early warning systems would save millions of lives’, stated GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec. ‘Better ...
Article > News update 
GCF/B.34/02/Add.06 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum VI Funding proposal package for FP196
... with Lessons for Replication in other ASEAN Member States” submitted by Korea Development Bank (KDB); b) No-objection letter issued by the ... for Replication in other ASEAN Member States” by Korea Development Bank (KDB) is being circulated on a limited ...
Board document > Action item
Entity Support support for Seychelles through the Indian Ocean Commission
... capacity experienced by the region and its members states countries, re‐ stricting their ability to prepare ... will support IOC’s accreditation process, IOC’s project development and direct support to countries member states to ... support for national entities accreditation and project development. Seychelles Entity Support support for ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Seychelles
GCF Regional Dialogue with Middle East and North Africa
... share experiences and best practices, and identify and develop climate change mitigation and adaptation ... initiatives. The event will also focus on supporting the development of innovative paradigm-shifting investments and ... readiness support at national and regional levels including states in fragility, conflict and under Sanction. By doing ...
Event > Structured dialogue Morocco 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Djibouti through CSE
... appointed its Focal Point only recently and the team is small with limited experience on climate finance issues. ... the country has received climate-related support from its development partners to implement a number of policies, ... change and positioning the country in a low-emissions development pathway. The country needs to identify and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Djibouti
Wake up to the looming water crisis
... partners to the World Meteorological Organization’s State of Climate Services: Water report . The report ... inputs from more than 20 international organizations, development agencies, and scientific institutions, the ...
Article > News update
FP193 - Peruvian Amazon Eco Bio Business Facility (Amazon EBBF)
... nearly 60 per cent of its territory. Economic and social development in Peru has been accompanied by a significant ... assistance and partly reimbursable grant financing for small, community-based eco-bio-businesses (EBBs). EBBs ...
Project > Public sector Peru 
Green Climate Fund names Mafalda Duarte as new Executive Director
... and brings extensive experience of working in more than 30 developing countries, designing and implementing programmes to support low emission, climate-resilient development. Prior to joining CIF, she held senior positions ... World Bank. Board Co-Chair Nauman Bhatti, from Pakistan, stated, ‘We are delighted to have selected Mafalda as our ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening Tajikistan's capacity to access and deploy climate finance
The Republic of Tajikistan, as a small landlocked country, is the most climate vulnerable ... to information and resources. This readiness project is a small step in continuing to strengthen the capacity of ... Group (TEG) as line ministries to meet GCF requirements to develop high-quality Concept Notes (CNs), develop and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tajikistan
Transitioning the Water Supply in St. Kitts and Nevis to a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Sector (SKN TransWater Project)
... water supply; while approximately 80% of residents on the island of St. Kitts suffer regular water outages due to ... TransWater Project – a cross-cutting climate resilient development project will transform the delivery of water in ... Gender Studies; Conduct of an Integrated Risk Assessment; Development of Programme/ Project Level Indicators; and ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Saint Kitts and Nevis
Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11)
... processes for approval of proposals for micro and small-scale activities The financial statements of the Green Climate Fund for the year ended 31 ...
Event > Board meeting 
GCF Group of Friends welcomes new Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte, garnering momentum for GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action
... 2023 in Bonn, Germany. H.E. Ambassador Nabeel Munir stated: “GCF is in a privileged position within the global ... as an organisation, with its work concentrated on assisting developing countries in taking ambitious climate ... action.” The Deputy Head of Mission at the United States Embassy in Seoul, Joy Sakurai, confirmed the United ...
Article > News update 
Great Green Wall in the Spotlight at COP
... President Emmanuel Macron, bringing together heads of state and dignitaries to discuss the Great Green Wall’s ... Programme (UNEP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on November 8. GCF Executive Director ... Green Wall; Philippe Lacoste, Director for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs ...
Article > News update 
SAP019 - Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan (GAMS): Enhancing adaptive capacity of local communities and restoring carbon sink potential of the Gum Arabic belt, expanding Africa’s Great Green Wall
... and severe and increasing moisture stress. In the Kordofan States, where the project will be located, 98% of ... Arabic, harvested from Acacia trees, provides livelihood to smallholder farmers. Gum trees are usually grown together ... stress, improving the resilience of the livelihoods of poor smallholder farmers and by building the capacity of 500 ...
Project > Public sector Sudan 
India - Green Climate Fund Readiness & Preparatory Support – Phase III
... capacities of the Direct Access Entities (DAEs) and State Governments and administrations of Union Territories ... resources from GCF. The GCF Country Programme Document was developed which identified strategic priorities that could ... financial instruments that the Fund provides as well as development of projects in alignment with the GCF investment ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
GCF/B.40/03/Add.04 - Consideration of accreditation proposals – Addendum IV Accreditation assessment of APL140
... accreditation of applicant 140 (APL140), Bank of the Cook Islands Limited (BCI), based in the Cook Islands, for the first accreditation term. ...
Board document > Action item