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SA Water Reuse Programme (“WRP”)
... approach to water reuse in South Africa Provide a funding option to address market constraints and play a ... Reuse Programme Office and development of an alternative funding option for water reuse projects in SA Implementing ... lead Water Research Commission – advisory and sector linkages Municipalities through the implementation of ...
Document > Concept note South Africa
GCF’s PPMS disbursement module webinar
... in phases to support implementation-related processes for funded activities and the Readiness Programme. The PPMS ... of disbursement requests and review processes for both funded activities and the Readiness Programme. Accredited ...
Event > Webinar 
Advancing climate finance
... and effectiveness of climate finance have become key indicators of success. To harden societies to the effects of ... is increasingly clear that governments and the private sector are behind on financing a clean, resilient, and fair ... by Mafalda Duarte, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on her priorities since becoming head of the GCF ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
Structured Dialogue with Eastern Europe and Central Asia
... opportunities that exist to engage with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). It provided a platform for countries to exchange ... in accessing GCF through its diverse support programmes and funding modalities. It also provided clarity on the ... and regional governmental organisations, private sector organisations, CSOs, and other interested partners. The ...
Event > Structured dialogue Tajikistan 
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
... Investment Platform, supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), exemplifies the potential of such mechanisms ... Room São Francisco Speakers Sudhanshu Sarronwala, Director of Communications, Green Climate Fund (Moderator) H.E. Yerlan Nyssanbayev, Minister of Ecology and ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and ADB agreement to improve hydromet services in Tajikistan
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed ... data and information in Tajikistan. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement makes it possible to move the ... for development planning,” says Jerry Velasquez, Director of GCF’s Mitigation and Adaptation Division. “Better ...
Article > Press release Tajikistan 
Postcard from Katowice: Saturday, December 8
... items include the annual guidance to the Green Climate Fund, since it reports to, and receives guidance from, the ... going on for the last three days, and today the facilitators produced a streamlined text for consideration by the ... of the COP venue closed. But that doesn't mean the negotiators get a break: around 100 government Ministers are due to ...
Article > Press release 
GCF Signs Agreement with the International Solar Alliance
The Green Climate Fund has signed a joint declaration with the International ... Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Head of Strategic Planning and Director of External Affairs a.i., for GCF, and by Upendra Tripathy, Interim Director General ISA, in the presence of Arun Jaitley, Minister ...
Article > Press release India 
Javier Manzanares appointed as GCF Deputy Executive Director
Javier Manzanares has been appointed as the Green Climate Fund's first Deputy Executive Director. Mr Manzanares has been interim Deputy Executive Director since 2017. He previously served as interim Executive ...
Article > Press release 
Mainstreaming climate action: Howard Bamsey outlines GCF’s transformative efforts
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) emphasised its support for mainstreaming climate ... in Paris ahead of the One Planet Summit. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey heralded the commitment of Agence ... for transformative results. We are using these public funds to incentivise climate mainstreaming in and among all ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
... their climate experiences, and advise the Green Climate Fund on how it can direct its investments in this region. ... stakeholders, both from civil society and private sector organizations, as well as GCF specialists. An important ... Indonesia also hosted the 6th meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board in 2014. Several ministers from Asian countries ...
Article > Press release Indonesia 
Growing water awareness in tackling climate challenge
... to climate change, the acting head of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat has told an international water symposium ... Nationally Determined Contributions,” Executive Director ad interim Javier Manzanares told the Budapest Water ... depend on reliable water resources.” The Green Climate Fund has already approved 13 water-related projects totaling ...
Article > Press release Hungary 
New GCF-Government of Mongolia agreement supports country’s Paris Agreement goals
... recently signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to provide the organisation with Privileges and ... to climate change, including by increasing the priority sectors for action. The Government sees GCF as a key partner in ... helping achieve the ambitious new goals. GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec said, “Mongolia is one of our most ...
Article > Press release Mongolia 
Bolstering the resilience of poor, climate-vulnerable communities
A new Green Climate Fund (GCF) project to increase the resilience of ... initiative advanced from Board approval to disbursement of funds faster than any other project in the GCF portfolio," ...
Article > Press release Bangladesh 
African adaptation
... prioritized in over 70% of African NDCs. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund and allocates over half of its resources to finance ... technology, and finance. Mobilizing greater private sector investment into adaptation actions through blended ...
Article > Speech
Finance
... to finance urgent adaptation needs. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund and allocates half of its resources to finance ... the risk profile of products familiar to institutional investors. Those could include resilience bonds or green ABS for ...
Article > Speech
GCF’s second replenishment kicks off with Initial Organisational Meeting
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) kickstarted its replenishment with an Initial ... the virtual meeting convened representatives of contributor countries (potential and existing), Board members, the ... observers, financial matters and selection of a facilitator. Arrangements for the first and second consultation ...
Article > News update 
AAN Associates Consortium
... to emerging economies. AAN's consortium partners and sector specialists bring proven experience across all eight GCF ... resilience, and ecosystem services. AAN has successfully supported climate adaptation and mitigation through ... AAN Long-Term Agreements with UN agencies, Green Climate Fund (GCF), Council of Europe (CoE), GAVI, The Global Fund, ...
Organisation > PPF service firm
GCF’s flagship private sector conference opens today: investment solutions for climate-COVID crisis
The third Green Climate Fund (GCF) Private Investment for Climate Conference opens ... direct the trillions of dollars available in the private sector to forge climate investment opportunities in developing ... and adaptation goals. It is acknowledged the private sector is key to filling the funding gap for climate action, ...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s approach to Locally Led Climate Action: Scaling up support for locally driven solutions
... Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivers on its mandate to support the most ... change has profoundly local impacts. However, local actors are often left without the resources or authority to ... power and financial resources in the hands of local actors – across governments, civil society, and the private ...
Article > News update 
FP190 - Climate Investor Two
... countries in Africa by USD 1.6 trillion. Climate Investor Two (CI2) is a fund that aims to support the private sector to develop and construct climate-resilient ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP274 - Building the Climate Resilience of Children and Communities through the Education Sector (BRACE)
... and resilient infrastructure in climate-vulnerable sectors, advancing replicable models for systemic adaptation. ... countries. GCF will provide USD 40.75 million in grant funding to support implementation across Cambodia, South ... of Children and Communities through the Education Sector (BRACE) ...
Project > Public sector Multiple countries 
Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
... and enhance understanding about how to engage with the Fund. Republic of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ... Entities , Readiness delivery partners, private sector representatives and civil society organisations. It will ... these investments and to identify specific measures to fill funding gaps. There will also be scope during the Dialogue ...
Article > Press release Mali 
GCF hosts knowledge management spring meeting for IFIs
... 2021 Spring Meeting that was convened by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on 21-22 April. Representatives from 14 ... for measuring, and expected outcomes. Led by the facilitators, George Zedginidze, GCF Head of Knowledge and Change ... and Professor Kimiz Dalkir, McGill University Director of the School of Information Studies, the participants ...
Article > News update 
GCF hosts summer meeting of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Community of Practice on Knowledge Management
... 2022 Summer Meeting that was convened by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on 22 June. Representatives from 17 organizations ... to show what the added value of KM is. Led by moderator George Zedginidze, Head of Knowledge and Change ... challenges faced by other IFIs, UN entities and private sector thanks to a benchmarking exercise conducted by the ...
Article > News update 
New platform to boost environmental impact financing in Africa
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have announced their collaboration in the Green ... Programme and United Nations Capital Development Fund. The announcement came in the margins of the First EIB ... shown they are key in mobilising capital from private investors for investments with environmental impact. However, ...
Article > News update 
Privacy statement
... (“the Statement”) sets out how the Green Climate Fund (“GCF”) processes and protects any Personal ... indirectly, when you use the website of the Green Climate Fund (“Website”) or any other GCF platform, application ...
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Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution
... carbon sinks. Coastal wetlands such as mangroves store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. ... from being carbon sinks to carbon sources. Centuries of stored carbon are released into the atmosphere, exacerbating ... of livelihoods around the world. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), as the world’s largest climate fund dedicated ...
Article > Story 
High-level dialogue on building a green, healthy and resilient future with forests
... of climate change while forest protection, forest restoration and sustainable forest management are powerful ... forests was mobilized while the annual financing needs to fully deploy forest-based solutions to advert catastrophic ... and practices. For example, the $600m Amazon Bioeconomy Fund led by IDB and co-financed by GCF will support new ...
Article > Speech
Pathways to dairy net zero: Promoting low carbon and climate resilient livestock in East Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) in partnership with the International Fund for ... the development of a regional public-private livestock sector programme for Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. ... Contributions. Yannick Glemarec, GCF Executive Director said “GCF is pleased to partner with IFAD, FAO, ...
Article > Press release 