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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 
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 
FP096 - DRC Green Mini-Grid Program
The Programme will support the development of three solar green mini-grid pilot projects, ... aging infrastructure and lack of maintenance, and the underdeveloped power grid which only covers the southern and the ... through the provision of a standardized procurement and development of an appropriate regulatory process. Successful ...
Project > Private sector Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) 
SAP032 - Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility – LoCAL
... exacerbates the adverse impacts in the face of multiple development challenges, including high poverty rates as ... initiative launched by Benin and the United Nations Capital Development Fund in 2014. The project will focus ... to take climate adaptation into consideration in its development planning. The project will give local level ...
Project > Public sector Benin 
SAP009 - Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem-based solutions in Lao PDR
... One of the first examples of this adaptation approach in developing countries, it could serve as a model for other ...
Project > Public sector Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 
FP235 - Mangroves for climate: Public, Private and Community Partnerships for Mitigation and Adaptation in Ecuador
... and reduction of flood risks. This funding proposal was developed with support provided by the GCF Project ...
Project > Public sector Ecuador 
SAP047 - Climaventures: Harnessing the Domestic Private Sector Ecosystem for Climate Action in Pakistan
... the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), it focuses on developing local homegrown climate solutions by harnessing ...
Project > Private sector Pakistan 
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 
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
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 
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
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
FP247 - Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)
... of local governments, communities and enterprises to develop and implement climate change adaptation plans; and support the development of blended financing facilities for local ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
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 
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
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
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) 
SAP007 - Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe focusing on Masvingo and Rushinga Districts
... index insurance. Subsequently, the investment capacity of smallholder farmers to sustain climate resilient development gains will be enhanced. This project has an ...
Project > Public sector Zimbabwe 
SAP046 - Strengthening Climate Information and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Increased Resilience in Azerbaijan
... early warnings. The project will support the country in developing a weather forecasting and warning production ...
Project > Public sector Azerbaijan 
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 
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 
Landmark project improved farmers’ livelihoods and protected forests in Madagascar, new report finds
... ” project. The project supported more than 24,000 smallholder farming households in and around the ... climate change while delivering lasting environmental and development benefits,” said Catherine Koffman, GCF’s ... areas in Eastern Madagascar, but food insecurity on the island has partially driven deforestation of these areas as ...
Article > Press release Madagascar 
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 