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Supporting REDD+ Readiness Preparation and Implementation in Sudan
... particular, Sudan intends to use the readiness support to develop its National Forest Reference Level (FRL),building ... construction of a subnational forest reference level, Sudan developed following the UNFCCC guidance on elaborating a ... FRL as an interim measure applying the stepwise approach to develop a national level FRL. This subnational FRL covers ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Sudan FAO
Rapid climate action: Eight newly approved projects set for implementation
... These include a project in Burundi, the first to be developed under the Project-Specific Assessment Approach ... this year. Projects in Bhutan , Malawi and the Cook Islands were rapidly turned around, ranging from a day for ... Scaling up Climate Resilience Solutions for Burundian Smallholders with One Acre Fund Burundi Burundi’s ...
Article > News update 
GCF targets private investment shift at inaugural climate conference
... While GCF is the largest international climate fund helping developing countries, it recognises the need to tap the ... strengthen markets in low-emission and climate-resilient development. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the ... into adaptation. It will also test whether entrepreneurs in developing countries are increasingly seeing low-carbon and ...
Article > Press release 
Climate investment to boost agricultural value chain in Madagascar
... 150 million project that will increase the resilience of smallholder farmers and the wider agricultural value chain ... is partnering with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to deliver the programme across six ... with the Government of Madagascar, through the General State Policy and the Initiative for the Emergence of ...
Article > News update Madagascar IFAD FP227 
Green Climate Fund announces commitment to mobilise USD 100 million for Chad
... climate priorities. GCF, the world's climate fund for developing countries, has committed to mobilise at least USD ... Minister of the Environment, Fishery and Sustainable Development (MEPDD) and Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive ... with the MFBEPCI. Executive Director Mafalda Duarte stated: “GCF is committed to partnering with the ...
Article > Press release Chad 
Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica
... NFREL component, the historical emissions baseline is under development. With respect to the National Forest Monitoring ... landowners who are especially important as over 70% of the islands forest resources in the hands of these individuals ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
GCF and MUFG Bank initiative to accelerate green energy transition in Chile
... Accredited Entities – will be led by the renewable energy developer Energía Valhalla. The project is expected to ... in place – which will enable Valhalla to complete the development stage and win a PPA – and, most notably, by ... MUFG Bank’s Managing Executive Officer, Randall Chafetz, stated, "As an Accredited Entity of GCF, MUFG Bank is ...
Article > Press release Chile MUFG_Bank FP115 
Scaling up CoP event outlines COP26 outcomes and ways forward
... A fourth at risk of emerging was a credibility gap between developed and developing countries due to the USD 100 billion climate ... and the presence of several prime ministers and heads of states, which was not always the case with previous COPs.’ ...
Article > News update 
Multi-country Project Advancing Early Warnings for All (EW4All)
... for the in-depth assessments required for proposal development as well as in coordinating national and global ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries UNDP
African Union calls for an ambitious and successful GCF replenishment
... 9, the meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) took place ... for an ambitious and successful GCF replenishment. The statement issued after the CAHOSCC meeting urged developed countries to enhance their contributions to the ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund and Qatar convene institutional investors to give boost to climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the State of Qatar, represented by the Qatar Investment ... of investment towards climate action. In particular, Development Finance Institutions need to accelerate ...
Article > Press release AFD 
Thematic brief: Ecosystems & ecosystem services
... and be socially as well as ecologically sustainable. Many developing country citizens rely on family farming and the ... capacity and ability to monitor and assess the current state of ecosystems. Thematic brief: Ecosystems & ecosystem ...
Document > Thematic brief
Germany makes record EUR 2 billion pledge to Green Climate Fund
... finance to build climate resilience and reduce emissions in developing countries. It is a strong vote of confidence in ... pledge made last year by Czechia. Last month the United States announced an immediate contribution of USD 1 billion ...
Article > Press release 
Agriculture Sector Readiness for enhanced climate finance in India
... GCF Readiness Proposal is to enhance India’s capacity to develop sub-national climate finance investment programs and ... engage with a diverse set of institutions across national, state and local government, research, organized private ... project will contribute towards building resilience of smallholder farming households, women farmers, scheduled ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India FAO
Prioritising climate finance for vulnerable SIDS during a global pandemic
... Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Commission. I would like to deeply thank you for ... Green Climate Fund on fostering green, climate resilient development in the region. I would also like to acknowledge ... USD 20 million in Belize to help increase the resilience of smallholder farmers through increased access to climate ...
Article > Speech
GCF's first REDD+ results-based payment boosts financial incentive to protect forests
... final phase in REDD+ that provides financial incentives to developing countries that have proved through rigorous ... "This results-based payment shows how major efforts by developing countries like Brazil to halt deforestation can, ... restoring forests are critical to meet the 1.5C target as stated in the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
Article > Press release Brazil 
An End of Year Message from GCF
... have also been able to respond rapidly and flexibly to help developing countries and project partners to mitigate the ... of the COVID-19 pandemic. We deepened our organizational development process, codifying, streamlining, and automating ... to the most vulnerable countries, LDCs, SIDS, and African States. We will increase the share of funding that is ...
Article > Statement 
Bhutan’s King optimistic about climate solutions
... growing rural-urban migration. Bhutan has experienced rapid development during the past decades, along with the growth ... of the Royal Government of Bhutan by providing support to develop ideas for other projects with funds for country ... low-emissions and climate-resilient development pathway, as stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution. While ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
Green stimulus in the post COVID-19 era and beyond
... level was 7 to 12 meters above today and the world was devastated by superstorms. As stated by President Moon, climate ... value each year by 2030. South Korea has become a model for developing countries in the way it has rapidly ... for private sector climate investments in emerging and developing countries alone are estimated at between $11 to ...
Article > Speech
Enhancing Saint Lucia's National Adaptation Plan Process through the Elaboration of Sector Strategies and Action Plans, a Strengthened Evidence Base, and Improved Private Sector Engagement
... capacity of critical institutions and line ministries to develop Sectoral Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans ... capacity of decision-makers in NAP priority sectors to develop and implement sectoral adaptation strategies and ... finance. Output 3.2.1: Baseline understanding of current state of information on climate change risks to Saint ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Lucia
GCF Board’s USD 1 billion for climate projects signals increased climate finance ahead of COP29
... fund concluded this week by approving 16 projects across 37 developing countries. In 2024, GCF committed USD 2.5 billion ... The project with One Acre Fund in Burundi will increase smallholder farmers' food security in the face of increased ... Mixta (BDP S.A.M.), based in Bolivia Bank of the Cook Islands Limited (BCI), based in the Cook Islands Banque ...
Article > Press release 
The Government of Jamaica is working with international financial institutions and donors to strengthen cooperation, crowd-in private investment and build climate resilience following the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
The Government of Jamaica together with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United ... approach …a project preparation facility (PPF) to develop a pipeline of resilient climate-smart PPPs… A PPF ... program.” The Rt Honorable Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, ...
Article > Press release Jamaica 
FP185 - Climate Change: The New Evolutionary Challenge for the Galapagos
Life in the Galapagos Islands is at risk because of climate change. Extreme ... To help establish a sustainable and self-sufficient island system, this project aims to strengthen local ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador CAF 
Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The ambition is there - as the P4G slogan states: Green we go, change we make! But to realise that ... economy, based on the latest scientific findings and policy developments. While some financiers are already factoring ...
Article > Speech
Empowering direct access workshop 2017
... to the GCF by National Designated Authorities – to develop strong project proposals and strengthen their ... which 41 were representatives of DAEs, 19 of NDAs and 8 of development partners. The event offered the opportunity for ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
... need for the private and public sectors to work together in developing sustainable solutions to address climate change. ... lead climate change specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) , a GCF Accredited Entity with seven ... help produce a "dynamo effect" by easing the access of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and other ...
Article > Press release Colombia CAF 
IGREENFIN project and GCF Umbrella Program for the Great Green Wall Initiative
... Green Financing for Climate Resilient and Low Emission Smallholder Agriculture” (IGREENFIN), approved during the ... the financial and technical barriers faced by Local Public Development Banks (LPDBs) particularly ... the capacity building of both supply (banks) and demand (small holder farmers) and their alignment on the Nationally ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Multiple countries IFAD
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
... the public and private sectors should work together towards developing sustainable solutions that are relevant to each ... American region pursue low-emission and climate-resilient development. "Although all countries are different, regional ... is a huge geographic variety across the region from big to small countries and ranging from rainforest, to coastal and ...
Article > Press release Colombia 
Financing ambition and the future we want
... come, and particularly for the most vulnerable communities. Developing countries will suffer the greatest human toll and ... The GCF will also focus on access to finance for small and medium enterprises and local governments to ... from climate action and is ready to assist partners in developing green stimulus measures. GCF will work with its ...
Article > Speech
Agreement signed at Africa Forward Summit to accelerate energy access
... Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director, said: "There is no development or climate transition without energy access, and ... programmes under Mission 300, and it shows what finance for development and climate does best." Ndiamé Diop, World Bank ... energy services for five million farmers and small and medium‑sized enterprises, supporting livelihoods ...
Article > News update WorldBank FP291 