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Climate Funds unite to enhance access to climate finance and increase impact
... Stocktake, and on making financial flows available to developing countries in their path to low-emission, climate-resilient development. In addition to having a joint Climate Funds ... with representatives from Brazil, Germany, the United States and China, inviting them to share their vision on how ...
Article > News update 
UN Climate Summit paves the way for an ambitious and successful replenishment of the Green Climate Fund
... on 24-25 October. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec stated: “The Climate Summit reaffirmed the importance of ... includes consultation meetings with potential contributors, developing countries, board members and interested ... of the Fund to respond to the urgency of climate action in developing countries. A pledging conference will take place ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
Farmerline: Empowering smallholder farmers and governments to create climate-resilient agribusinesses
... and Uganda, with up to 80 percent of farmland managed by smallholder farmers, who are highly vulnerable to the ... and high-quality inputs including fertiliser. Governments, development organisations, food manufacturers and ... changes. This approach could update the mechanisms of state administration that have not changed for generations. ...
Article > Story Multiple countries 
Hope for the Amazon: Stories of resilience, empowerment, and conservation
... of plant and animal species despite its relatively small size. Its forests – from the Amazon rainforest to ... to address deforestation and promote sustainable development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Their support helped the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assist Ecuador in tackling ...
Article > Story Ecuador 
Adaptation planning support for Tonga through the Ministry of Finance and National Planning
... national, sectoral, community levels as well as the Outer Islands in planning processes for adaptation planning Tonga ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Tonga
GCF/B.36/02/Add.14/Rev.01 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XIV Funding proposal package for SAP027
... following six parts: a) A funding proposal titled "Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.38/02/Add.01 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum I Funding proposal package for SAP034
... Meitaki (ATOM): Building a healthy and resilient Cook Islands Community – one block at a time"; b) No-objection ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.43/02/Add.15 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XV Funding proposal package for FP281
... and Businesses to Respond to Climate Change in the Cook Islands"; b) No-objection letter issued by the national ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.13 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum XIII Funding proposal package for FP094
... “Ensuring climate resilient water supplies in the Comoros Islands”; No-objection letter issued by the national ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.21/10/Add.09 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum IX Funding proposal package for FP090
... titled “Tonga Renewable Energy Project under the Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Program”; No-objection ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.23/02/Add.06 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum VI Funding proposal package for FP112
... Vulnerability in the Water Sector (ACWA) in the Marshall Islands”; No-objection letter issued by the national ...
Board document > Action item
EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are ... to finance climate change projects and programmes that help developing countries adapt to climate impacts and reduce ... focused on the private sector, in particular on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. It uses a range of ...
Article > Press release Egypt 
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
... sector project is helping drive investment by medium and small enterprises in Mongolia’s fledgling low-carbon ... - FAA signed on 3 March 2017 Morocco - ADA (FP022) - “Development of Argan orchards in degraded environment” – ... Lanka – UNDP (FP016) - “Strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers in the Dry Zone to climate variability ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
... (ESI) for Private Energy Efficiency Investments by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in El Salvador ... for Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Gambia: Developing a Climate-Resilient, Natural Resource-based ... UNDP USD 38.1 million for Strengthening the Resilience of Smallholder Famers in the Dry Zone to Climate Variability ...
Article > Press release 
How grass seeds are changing lives in Kenya
... me most was the sense that something important was developing here, beyond mere crops or fodder. I went to ... barely a year old, yet its impact is already visible. The small women’s group, later joined by young people, has ... was truly inspiring. GCF’s mission is clear: to support developing nations in addressing the pressing challenges of ...
Article > Insights Kenya 
Re-Gain: Green Climate Fund and AGRA partner to transform Africa's food systems
... production powerhouse. Announced at the African Heads of States Food Systems Session at COP28, this initiative will enhance African smallholders' access to technologies, make food loss ... With project preparation funding from GCF to support development of the programme, GCF and AGRA will work ...
Article > News update 
Climate change hurting the poor, Mali President says in call for action
... change." "That is why the integration of climate within development planning is a national imperative for the ... undermine the prospect of low-carbon, climate resilient development." GCF now has 28 approved funding proposals ... access in rural areas. GCF investment is also helping smallholder farmers in Africa become more resilient to ...
Article > Press release Mali 
Structured Dialogue with Africa
... and to the GCF mandate. Eleven ministers and one state secretary from various countries in the region ... deal with the climate change implications of socio-economic development and investment trends in Africa. Discussions ... support to help countries: mainstream climate risk in development agenda and macroeconomic frameworks, access ...
Event > Structured dialogue Mali 
GCF, CABEI, and the European Union unite to finance Costa Rica’s GAM electric train
... one is solid, fiscally responsible, and will not require a state subsidy. Because the train of progress does not ... stands for: investing alongside our partners in sustainable development that generates concrete benefits. CABEI ... “CABEI is proud to accompany Costa Rica in the development of a project that builds a more just and ...
Article > News update Costa Rica 
GCF agreement with CABEI to unlock finance for climate adaptation in Central America
... of the CAMBio II project, aimed at helping micro, small and medium businesses in Central America become more ... wildfires. To tackle these risks, the sectors, dominated by small, mostly family-run companies, need urgent investments ... institutions, the project will provide loans to micro, small and medium enterprises to promote the best available ...
Article > Press release 
GCF in Brief: Simplified Approval Process
... To simplify and streamline the approval of certain small scale projects, GCF’s Board has approved a new ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund: at a glance
... of business support for climate adaptation, especially for smallholder farmers who bear the brunt of global warming. ... (ARAF) project draws in private sector investment to help small- scale farmers adapt, made possible by GCF’s anchor ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP179: Tanzania Agriculture Climate Adaptation Technology Deployment Programme (TACATDP)
... of maize and other cereals to enhance food security from small holder farmers". Project and programme funding ...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Tanzania
Niger - Accreditation Support for Agence Nationale de Financement des Collectivités Territoriales (ANFICT)
... Accordingly, ANFICT was created in 2008 as an autonomous State agency mandated to receive, manage and transfer ... demonstrated its suitability to manage funds of external development partners for climate and non-climate related ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Niger (the)
Executive Director’s pre-recorded statement
... million in grant resources from our Readiness Programme to develop tailor-made Water Investment Programs for 15 AU member states. These programs will help build in-country capacity, ... Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Executive Director’s pre-recorded statement ...
Article > Speech
GCF heralds innovative ‘Bhutan for Life’ partnership at launch ceremony
... to remain carbon neutral and preserve its biodiversity,” stated Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy Executive Director ... and one that will allow both conservation and economic development to occur in a balanced, sustainable way, in ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 
GCF Regional workshop to help advance climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... Wednesday, the Executive Director of the GCF, Howard Bamsey stated that “…for the GCF, this is an important meeting ... about accessing the GCF because without its support, developing countries in our region will not be able to ...
Article > Press release Georgia 
Accelerating climate action: Seven new climate projects ready for delivery
... regional offices, bringing GCF operationally closer to the developing countries it serves. The Board also approved USD ... Strengthening Chad’s Adaptation for Land, Ecosystems and Smallholders with ACTED SAP067 : Catalyzing a Climate Risk ... with the Environmental Project Implementation Unit of the State Agency of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the ...
Article > News update 
GCF results-based payments: Stepping stone to unlock private finance at scale
... a decade. First floated in 2005, the concept – whereby developing countries are financially rewarded for reducing ... forest management – immediately garnered support from developed and developing countries alike. In the years that ... from carbon transactions from forest landowners to the state – an important step in accessing private finance for ...
Article > Insights 
GCF-1 Progress Report
... the Cancún Agreements as a dedicated financing vehicle for developing countries, The Green Climate Fund (GCF) serves ... (> USD 250 million). It is accelerating financing for small-scale projects with updates to its Simplified Approval ... GCF and other climate funds. In Vanuatu and the Federated States of Micronesia, GCF is decentralising climate finance ...
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