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Strengthening the NDA’s institutional capacity, mechanism and Country Programming for strategic engagement with GCF
... sectors. However, lack of funds is the main obstacle to the development and implementation of actions in Angola, as the ... in the revised NDC (2021) include: Limited budget from the State to create an enabling environment for resource ... issue is also a major impediment to national research and development efforts, as well as to human and institutional ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Angola GGGI
Launch of Green Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance
... company is set to unlock billions in climate finance for developing countries by providing guarantees for ... credit market. The Green Guarantee Company (GGC) , developed by the Development Guarantee Group, which was ... Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with ...
Article > Press release MUFG_Bank 
Green Climate Fund Board meeting sets stage for successful replenishment
... Entities to GCF. Co-Chair Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan Mahmoud stated, “We have taken a series of positive decisions at ... in 97 countries supporting low-emission, climate-resilient development. With decisions to ensure better governance, new ... USD 5 billion of GCF resources for climate action in 97 developing countries. Including co-financing, the portfolio ...
Article > Press release 
Twenty-eighth Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves 15 new projects, USD 1.2 billion for climate action
... in co-financing, for low-emission, climate resilient development. The new projects raise GCF’s total ... during 2021. Co-Chair José De Luna Martínez, from Mexico, stated: “In approving USD 1.2 billion of new climate ... Risk Management Programme: Building the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in 7 Sahelian ...
Article > Press release 
GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
... Indonesia at the end of last month. Sixty participants from developing and developed countries shared their experiences in REDD+ ... is a killer when it comes to REDD+,” Mr Mpanu Mpanu stated. “If we don’t have certainty, how can we embark ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
... NGOs and GCF Accredited Entities - to the Indonesian island of Bali on 26 to 29 April to explore climate finance ... mainstream climate change across all sectors of national development. Senator Loren Legarda said her chairing of ... the private sector in striking a balance between economic development and environmental protection.” Another ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
GCF first replenishment meeting reinforces the role of the Fund to drive climate action
... by the new GCF Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec. The State Secretary Aksel Jacobsen addressed the opening of the ... paradigm shift towards low-emission climate-resilient development. “The first replenishment meeting ended on a ... in the track record of GCF and its uniqueness in supporting developing countries meet their climate ambitions,” said ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.15/13/Add.09 - Funding proposal package for FP036
... following three parts: A funding proposal titled “Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Program” submitted by ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.41/02/Add.07 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum VII Funding proposal package for FP259
... A funding proposal titled "Adapting tuna-dependent Pacific Island communities and economies to climate change"; b) ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.15/13/Add.09/Corr.01 - Funding proposal package for FP036 - Corrigendum
... amendments to the funding proposal FP036 – “Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Program” contained in ...
Board document > Action item
GCF Board approves USD 745 million in funding proposals
... for the Fund,” said Mr. Zaheer Fakir, GCF Board’s developing country Co-Chair. “With these funding ... this year to support low-emission and climate-resilient development in developing countries.” “By working ... of the Board will be jointly hosted by the Independent State of Samoa and the Commonwealth of Australia, and take ...
Article > Press release 
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious ... the world, ranking 163rd out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). Haiti’s GCF Country Programme ... women’s participation in all levels of public office as stated in the amended Constitution adopted in 2012. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti IFDD
GCF to scale up access, impact, and private sector investment through “50by30” roadmap
... affordability, and access to climate financing for its developing country partners. In her keynote address, ... people, including those in fragile and conflict-affected states; mobilisation of private sector capital, particularly ... enabler of climate action. Providing grant funding for developing countries allows them to mitigate and adapt to ...
Article > News update 
Response to allegations reported by Financial Times
... staffing problems affecting GCF’s mission to empower developing countries in taking climate action. Upon ... young organization and its grievance architecture has been developing over time. The first grievance mechanism to ... concerns safely. GCF Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec stated, “We have zero tolerance for all forms of ...
Article > Statement 
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
... since COVID-19 meant that the memorial was a hybrid of small gatherings throughout the GCF office, linked together ... expertise to raise the profile of ESS, grow the team, and develop the safeguards policies and practices that are so ... Gender Policy. At the time the ESS / gender team was very small, with just a couple of staff members and some ...
Article > Story 
GCF and World Bank join forces to open new climate paths
... today signed a key agreement to support climate action in developing countries. The signing of an Accreditation Master ... GCF-approved climate change projects – in the Solomon Islands, in Mali and a cross-border initiative in Tajikistan ... he added. Founded in 1944 to help rebuild countries devastated by World War II, the World Bank has made climate ...
Article > Press release WorldBank 
Great Green Wall gets USD 82.8 million boost from GCF and IFAD
... Risk Management Programme: Building the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in 7 Sahelian Countries of the Great Green Wall (GGW) ” “Small-scale farmers urgently need investments to adapt to ... of IFAD. GCF Executive Director, Yannick Glemarec stated: “Our partnership with IFAD will help build the ...
Article > Press release IFAD 
Ministers call for successful GCF replenishment at HLPF
... event at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York recognised the Fund’s critical role in helping developing countries meet their commitments under the Paris ... the GCF Readiness programme, Dr Claudine Uwera, Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning of Rwanda, shared her ...
Article > Press release Norway Rwanda Acumen 
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed the agreement which will ... tonnes CO2eq during its lifespan, while over 880 medium and small companies in Africa will benefit from low carbon and ...
Article > Press release AFD 
Strengthening of climate change finance planning processes to enable implementation, monitoring and reporting of climate actions in Suriname
... to the impacts of climate change. The country’s small population, major economic activities, and ... its enhanced NDC 2020-2030, NAP 2019-2029, the Policy Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2021, National Climate Change ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Suriname FAO
GCF and TBC Bank, Georgia’s largest bank, sign accreditation agreement
... the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture to develop a Readiness proposal with the ambition to support ... to key private sector actors in Georgia including micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), corporates, and the ...
Article > News update 
Readiness implementation: Putting learning at the center
... register for this first iteration has only been sent to a small number of partners to get our collective learning ... three learning themes: 1) Capacity building and pipeline development; 2) Operational efficiency and collaboration; ...
Event > Webinar 
Scaling up climate financing in Nepal
... finance instruments would also support job creation and small, medium-sized enterprises in Nepal. “This is a very ... fiduciary, safeguards, and institutional systems Developing investment-ready climate pipelines aligned with ...
Article > News update Nepal NIMB 
FP252 - Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund II
Smallholder farmers in Africa are increasingly vulnerable to ... The programme aims to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers and the agriculture value chain, ... considerations, measuring impact and advancing business development. The programme enables smallholder farmers ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries Acumen 
FP290 - PURE Rural Mozambique Climate Project: Driving Mozambique's climate resilience through energy access and climate-smart Productive Use of Renewable Energy.
... access below 10 per cent, most rural households and small enterprises lack reliable energy to adapt to climate ... national energy fund, Fundo de Energia (FUNAE); support the development of mini-grids through competitive private-sector ...
Project > Public sector Mozambique Enabel 
FP302 - EcoEnterprises Partners IV
... these approaches remains limited across the region. Rural small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which play a vital role ... face significant financing barriers. Many SMEs and smallholder farmers lack the technical capacity and business ... more than one million hectares of land. This project was developed under the Project-specific Assessment Approach ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries EcoEnterprises 
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 
Financing the future we want
... “Had we been further advanced in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, ... at risk without public support. Vulnerable communities in developing countries who face the double burden of the COVID ... pandemic. The GCF will also focus on access to finance for small and medium enterprises and local governments to ...
Article > Speech
CABEI signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
... and low carbon projects to boost the region’s sustainable development. By signing this legal arrangement, CABEI has ... GCF Board approval. As a GCF accredited entity, CABEI is developing a pipeline of mitigation and adaptation programs ... country members to respond to climate change challenges,” stated CABEI Executive President Dr. Nick Rischbieth. ...
Article > Press release CABEI 
Acumen and GCF sign agreement to implement its first approved project proposal, bringing household solar energy to East Africa
... Energy For All) objectives under the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The GCF Board ... Rudra. ‘This agreement is another landmark in the rapid development of the Green Climate Fund’, commented Héla ... to be collaborating with GCF in this innovative project’, stated Sachin Rudra, Acumen Chief Investment Officer. ‘The ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries Acumen 