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GCF signs partnership agreement with BNP Paribas to accelerate climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is unlocking new climate investment opportunities ... GCF Accredited Entities, enables BNP Paribas to propose climate projects for GCF funding. “The ... up climate finance, and bring in much needed private sector investment for climate to regions where it is most ...
Article > Press release 
Bridging the climate-health gap
... an increase in heat-related illnesses, water-borne and vector-borne diseases, malnutrition from disrupted food ... outcomes, we need good climate outcomes. The climate-health funding gap Health-specific climate action remains ... with a matching USD 1.56 million from UNDP and WHO for a proposed USD 122 million global climate and health ...
Article > Insights 
Support for accreditation of direct access entities in Namibia
... to serve as Direct Access Entities (DAE) for Green Climate Fund (GCF). Specifically, it aims to help 4 potential DAEs ... guidelines for project coordination, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting Lack of project pipelines ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Namibia
Enhancing Togo’s Direct Access to GCF and Support for the Development of Climate Finance Strategy
... Considering the vulnerability of its economic sectors and of the social and environmental consequences of the ... agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry sectors. Subject to accessing necessary resources, Togo has ... engage with GCF - the world’s largest dedicated fund helping developing countries reduce their greenhouse ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Togo
National Adaptation Planning for Improved Food Security in Grenada
... of extreme and intense weather events (hurricanes, storms, floods, drought, and sea level rise). Local ... are as follows: Objective 1: Improve availability of sector-specific climate vulnerability data. Objective 2: ... risks and resilience options. Objective 6: Mobilize funding for further resilience-building measures to ensure ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Grenada
Building El Salvador’s Climate Investment Roadmap for a low carbon and climate resilient sustainable development
... (INERV given its Spanish acronym), 88.7% of the territory is considered a risk area and more than 90% of the ... into its development planning processes to build cross-sectoral resilience and ensure a climate resilient long-term ... relevant actors, requires support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
"GCF has a huge role to play"
Speech delivered by GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares at the 2018 Structured Dialogue with ... for their kind hosting of this event. The Green Climate Fund is the largest international climate fund helping ... as a result the Board was not able to consider new project proposals, or applications from organisations seeking to ...
Article > Press release Micronesia (Federated States of) 
Executive Director’s remarks
... crisis has infected every corner of the world, and every sector of operation. The health of people -not just of the ... also not immune to this crisis. Climate change presents a fundamental threat to human health: 3.6 billion people live ... adaptation assessment. We currently have about 13 Readiness proposals worth USD 5.8 million being worked on. In October, ...
Article > Speech
ED remarks, Interactive Dialogue 4: The Future Starts Now: enhancing the global system for current and future generations
... since 2016, annual investments across the entire energy sector in developing and emerging markets have dropped by ... ecosystem, from multilateral development banks to climate funds, private sector, philanthropies, and civil society. We ... a total value of USD 7.5 billion in market-shaping proposals that will transform how the private sector invests ...
Article > Speech
GCF/B.04/11 - Participation of Advisers in Board Proceedings
At its March 2013 meeting, the GCF Board decided to consider funding of travel expenses of advisers in the context of the Fund's overall travel policy. The Fund's travel policy has not yet been considered by the ...
Board document > Action item
Policies: Complementarity and coherence
... & coherence The Governing Instrument sets out that the Fund shall operate in the context of appropriate arrangements between itself and other existing funds under the Convention, and between itself and other funds, entities, and channels of climate change financing ...
Basic page > Policy map
Enabling Direct Access to GCF Climate Finance for Cabo Verde
... impact in a small island development state (SIDS). This proposal aims to increase the country ownership by ... a pipeline of projects and effectively implement GCF-funded activities; Outcome 1.3 : Relevant country ... entities, civil society organizations and private sector) have established adequate capacity, systems, and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Cabo Verde
GCF/B.08/12 - Use of Other Financial Instrument
The Fund’s Governing Instrument identifies grants and ... as the initial financial instruments through which the Fund will provide financing (Governing Instrument, paragraph ... as may be approved by the Board” to achieve the Fund’s objectives. This document considers what other ...
Board document > Action item
Supplemental request for the further enhancing of REDD+ Readiness Preparation in Jamaica
... To be specific, with regards to the NFREL component, the historical emissions baseline is under development. With respect to the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) the National Forest Inventory ... grant request. The objectives of this supplement proposal are: 1) to address the gaps identified through the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica
Preparing for public and private investment in sustainable green infrastructure, green open spaces and urban agriculture for adaptation and mitigation to climate change in urban and peri-urban communities in Eswatini
... many forms, including hydrological disasters (droughts and storms), changes in rainfall regimes, including heavy ... which are expected to primarily affect the agricultural sector, through seasonal flooding and periods of drought. The ... to climate change. The main objective of the readiness proposal is to prepare for public and private investment in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Eswatini
Readiness and preparatory support interim progress report template
... should review and approve the report. Readiness and preparatory support interim progress report template ...
Document > Template
Multi-Country Climate Resilient Urban Development Initiative
... Dominica, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The proposed activities will employ an integrated, strategic and ... urban resilient planning. The vulnerabilities of these territories to the impact of climate change are being exacerbated ... with the following outcomes of the Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme: Outcome 1.3 supports relevant ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries
GCF signs six new project agreements after 36th Board meeting
... for climate action were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its partners on the margins of GCF’s 36th ... of the agreement, Henry Gonzalez, GCF’s Executive Director a.i., said, “GCF uses its resources to de-risk and ... of effort and time dedicated to completing this funding proposal.” SAP028: Women-Adapt: Enhancing the climate ...
Article > News update 
A tribute to Leo Paat Jr.
Three months ago the Green Climate Fund mourned the loss of Leonardo Paat, our dear friend and ... world whose voices he worked tirelessly to amplify. Many stories were told about Leo during the memorial we held for ... set out in the Environmental and Social Policy can be fully realised. Indigenous Peoples Policy (IPP) The ...
Article > Story 
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Albania through UNEP
... of about 10 percent by 2020 and 20 percent by 2050. Two sectors that are acutely impacted by these shifts in climate ... and climate change. The activities envisaged in this proposal do not overlap with any existing readiness support ... process not to replicate previous efforts but to use the funds in the most effective manner, identifying unaddressed ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Albania
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Algeria through National Agency on Climate Change
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and fully subscribes to commitments relating to the stabilizing ... of economic development. All socio-economic sectors and institutions are gradually incorporating aspects ... from, some of the tools and best practices developed by the Fund (such as the recently developed initial best practices ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Algeria
Entity Support for Belize through CCCCC
... and efficiently access, manage, disburse and monitor climate financing. Activities implemented under previous ... (ESS), the GCF gender policy, and project development, monitoring and evaluation. Belize Entity Support for Belize ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
Strategic Frameworks support for the Bahamas through UNIDO and CTCN
... supply of the country, it is critical that system operators understand the potential impacts of variable generation ... more clean energy. Through this work, system operators will achieve the capability to continue to advance ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bahamas
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Liberia through UNDP
Liberia is a Least Developed Country that is severely vulnerable to climate change impacts (extreme weather events, increased pest and disease outbreaks, sea-level rise and sealevel erosion etc.). The government tried...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Liberia
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Chad through CSE
... a highly vulnerable country with more than half of its territory being a desert. The country is subject to climate ... of its focal point, Chad now requests readiness and preparatory support to strengthen his capacity (and those of the ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Barbados through Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
... the necessary capacity needed to handle large cross sectoral projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest ... of 44 percent by 2030, with the Energy and Waste sectors identified as areas which will contribute to this ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Barbados
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and BTFEC
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, sets out the terms and ... for the use of GCF resources. It formalises Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation’s accountability in ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and FNEC
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the National Fund for Environment and Climate of Benin, sets out the ... for the use of GCF resources. It formalises National Fund for Environment and Climate of Benin’s accountability ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Invitation to Observer Organizations
In line with the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund (the Fund) and the Rules of Procedures of the Board, the ... to the thirteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, to be held in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea in ...
Document > Notification
GCF/B.02-12/Inf.02 - Status of Resources
... document contains the financial report of the Green Climate Fund Trust Fund as at 30 September 2012, prepared by the Interim ... Transitional Committee for the design of the Green Climate Fund (Annex II). GCF/B.02-12/Inf.02 Status of Resources ...
Board document > Information