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Accelerating climate finance and investment for a green transition
... also matches the collaborative way we at the Green Climate Fund finance climate action. With close to 200 public and ... and mitigation measures, with over half of our adaptation funding going to LDCs, SIDS, and African States. We are ... resilient development in four ways. First, we provide grant funding to countries to integrate into their NDCs climate ...
Article > Speech
GCF appoints UN Climate Change high-level champion as facilitator for its second replenishment process
To support the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) second replenishment process (GCF-2), the Fund appointed Mahmoud Mohieldin as its facilitator. Dr. Mohieldin is the UN Climate Change High-level ... capacity of the Fund ,’ said Dr. Mohieldin. ‘A fully resourced GCF is critical to making climate finance ...
Article > News update 
GCF rolls out new and improved Readiness Programme
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently launched its revised Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (the Readiness Programme). As the ... the GCF Strategic Plan 2024-2027 . It contributes to the Fund’s “ 50by30,” a roadmap for GCF to manage USD 50 ...
Article > News update 
Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
... move to East Asia, the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund, the link between sports and sustainability has become ... at the PyeongChang Forum, Green Climate Fund Executive Director Howard Bamsey said the Olympic Games and climate action share a common denominator, with both reminding us we are all global citizens. ...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the) 
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ... meeting, Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy Executive Director a.i. stressed the co-benefits of transition to renewable ... He emphasized the commitment of the Green Climate Fund to supporting the energy transition of Small Island ...
Article > Press release Multiple countries 
GCF launches Executive Director recruitment process
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the process to recruit a new Executive Director for the GCF Secretariat and invites applications for all ... Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea, the Executive Director will lead the Secretariat and rapidly expanding GCF ...
Article > Press release 
GCF investments reducing climate risk to feature at Climate Adaptation Summit
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick Glemarec will ... online Climate Adaptation Summit. The GCF Executive Director will describe how GCF’s USD 2.7 billion adaptation ...
Article > Press release 
The global water crisis: A call to action for climate and water initiatives
... Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The water sector is both a connector of climate change's consequences and a key player in ... SDG 6: clean water and sanitation. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has a crucial role in mobilising investments and ...
Article > Insights 
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief ... from COVID-19 economic shocks to keep low-carbon trajectories on track. The USD 80 million Energy Access Relief ... them with short-term loans. GCF is the largest contributor to EARF, providing a USD 30 million investment. While ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and GEF harmonise steps to follow developing country lead in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) agreed ... The heads of the two organisations, GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and the GEF’s CEO and Chairperson Naoko ... Ms Ishii expressed how pleased she was that GCF was now fully up and running, stating “the GEF and the GCF now ...
Article > Press release 
GCF and FAO break record in signing fastest ever project agreement, supporting climate-vulnerable Pakistan farmers
... of accelerating climate finance flows, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement to implement a project by ... during GCF’s four years of operation. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said the rapid pace of climate finance ... GCF’s decision, Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources said: “We are ...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
GCF forum explores how to stem climate impact on world food security
... were the views of participants at a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) forum on the sidelines of a yearly symposium ... enhanced financial support from the world’s business sector to achieve this aim, while singling out initial GCF funding as a way to redirect current private sector finance flows. “We need the private sector to ...
Article > Press release 
ED’s intervention at Plenary Session
... I am truly honored to represent the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the SIDS4 conference and to engage in person ... with you in this time of tragedy. At the Green Climate Fund, we recognise the unique needs of SIDS and the urgent ... restrictions based on income level. The Green Climate Fund was founded on the principle of providing access to ...
Article > Speech
GCF/B.20/05 - Annual update on complementarity and coherence
... 2018. The document provides input for a Board discussion on fund-to-fund arrangements with other climate funds, considering progress and limitations in implementing ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.09/10 - Gender Policy and Action Plan
... the Secretariat prepared document GCF/B.06/13 Options for a Fund-wide Gender-sensitive Approach. At its sixth meeting, ... plans and portfolio reviews from several climate change funds and other institutions, as well as taking into account ... change funding organizations and public and private sector practitioners, including from developing and ...
Board document > Action item
GCF Global Programming Conference 2019
... climate action projects around the world, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is playing a major role in helping developing ... points, Accredited Entities, and others to explore how the Fund can support them in achieving their climate ambitions. ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the) 
Annual Report 2023
2023 was a pivotal year for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which saw several milestones: the culmination of ... and new leadership ushering in a new chapter for the Fund. 2023 was a pivotal year for the planet, the ...
Document > Annual report
GCF replenishment wins strong endorsement at COP24
The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level ... Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety told a full-capacity crowd her country “stands by GCF and its ... and Environment, Ole Elvestuen, Georg Borsting, Policy Director from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s first private sector conference boosts business role in climate finance
The Green Climate Fund will strive to drive momentum from its first conference focusing on the private sector to capitalise on business networks to unleash the ... need to draw on the financial resources of private sector actors who manage more than USD 210 trillion but invest ...
Article > Press release 
IIU signs MoU with SANBI to strengthen cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) and the South ... The Head of IIU, Ibrahim Pam, and the Lead, Climate Funds Unit of SANBI, Dr Mandy Barnett, signed on behalf of ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan sets out greater ambitions and results for critical global climate action
The 2024-2027 Strategic Plan of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was successfully adopted at the 36th meeting of the GCF Board on 10 ... mitigation, provision of Readiness support, and private sector engagement. Key developments in the Strategic Plan are: ...
Article > News update 
A Message from Mafalda Duarte, GCF’s Executive Director
... that I step into my new role today as Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). I'm extremely grateful for the trust and vote of ... A Message from Mafalda Duarte, GCF’s Executive Director ...
Article > Statement 
GCF and Bancóldex meet to reinforce collaboration for climate action
... of Bancóldex, Javier Díaz Fajardo, and the Green Climate Fund’s CFO, Hong Paterson, met in the margins of the ... is a candidate for accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the two organisations discussed the ...
Article > News update 
Delivering climate action: GCF and partners sign agreements for six new projects
Six project agreements were signed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and its Accredited Entity (AE) partners on the ... Congo Nile Divide through Forest and Landscape Restoration with the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of ... to climate information and information on key WASH indicators, and strengthening the capacity of the health workforce ...
Article > News update 
International Financial Institutions Knowledge Management Community of Practice (COP) Spring Meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is delighted to host the International Financial ... gaps. It will also take stock of the status quo, success stories, shortfalls and will center on knowledge exchange ... chairing the COP in 2021. Joining him as a co-facilitator will be professor Kimiz Dalkir from McGill University. ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF’s PPMS Readiness Report Module Webinar
... phases to support implementation-related processes for both funded activities and the Readiness Programme since its ... 2021. In particular, the PPMS for the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme was soft-launched in July 2022 and ... of disbursement requests and review processes for both funded activities and the Readiness Programme. Accredited ...
Event > Webinar 
APR reporting: An interactive workshop focused on results, financing and social safeguards
... Report. With the newly established Department of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (DMEL) at the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Fund aims to enhance the accuracy, transparency, ...
Event > Webinar 
GCF agreement with Rwandan government set to reduce climate risks
... change will benefit from an agreement by the Green Climate Fund to begin transferring funds to Rwanda’s Ministry of Environment. Vincent Biruta, ... of Environment, and Javier Manzanares, Executive Director ad interim, concluded the implementation agreement on ...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
GCF helps Bhutan progress climate plans
A Green Climate Fund (GCF) delegation began a visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan ... and climate-resilient path. Pa Ousman Jarju, director of GCF’s country programming division, said GCF is ... Plan ( NAP ) for Bhutan, with a focus on the water sector. Bhutan Thimphu GCF helps Bhutan progress climate plans ...
Article > Press release Bhutan 