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Development Bank of Jamaica Limited
... to mobilize significant investments from the private sector to promote renewable energy initiatives. DBJ offers a ... aims to work on scaling up projects within the health sector and enhancing the resilience of health-care provision to ... medium-sized enterprises; and addressing a range of regulatory barriers and constraints to incentives which inhibit ...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), Direct (National) Jamaica
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 
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
... Brazil - On the opening day of COP30, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) heralded a record programming year and greater ... important,” stressed Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director, at the official side event , “GCF.10: A Decade of ... France’s Special Climate Envoy, Claudia Godfrey, Director of Innovation and Strategic Management of Profonanpe, ...
Article > Press release 
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 
Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
... approved projects on the margins of the Green Climate Fund’s 43rd Board meeting (B.43) , where a record volume ... project approval, the project agreement, known as the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA), must be signed by GCF and ... the AE partner before implementation begins. As part of the Fund’s reform agenda for improved efficiency and impact, ...
Article > News update 
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
African Development Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB), headquartered in Côte d’Ivoire, is an international entity established in Africa during the 1960s with the objective of supporting the economic development and social progress of...
Organisation > Accredited Entity (AE), International Côte d'Ivoire
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 
GCF finance allocation builds Tuvalu’s resilience
The Green Climate Fund is transferring funds to help strengthen the island nation of Tuvalu against ...
Article > Press release Tuvalu 
GCF strengthens bilateral cooperation with Costa Rica and Tajikistan
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently signed bilateral agreements on ... and immunities will facilitate the implementation of GCF-funded projects, especially projects involving GCF direct ... with Costa Rica was signed between GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte and Costa Rica Minister of Foreign ...
Article > News update 
Saving the cryosphere requires innovative financing
... explores the intersection of glacier financing, broader sectoral cooperation, and the critical role of cryosphere ... change adaptation and mitigation. The polar ice sheets store most of the planet's freshwater, mitigating sea-level ... regions, while less than one per cent of adaptation funding specifically targets glacier protection. ...
Article > Insights 