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How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work
... of the first projects to be financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations’ primary institution for ... Maldives Funadhoo How the Maldives are putting climate funds to work ...
Article > Article about GCF Maldives 
Green Climate Fund vows to up its game
... year will be important for demonstrating that the GCF can fund transformational actions in developing countries,” ... World Resources Institute in Washington DC. Green Climate Fund vows to up its game ...
Article > Article about GCF 
Sweden deepens ties with GCF as Parliamentarians visit the Fund
... been one of the strongest supporters of the Green Climate Fund, so it was with great pleasure that Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today welcomed a visit to the ... on the Fund’s Country Programming Division and Private Sector Facility to further their understanding of the work of ...
Article > Press release Sweden 
GCF/B.11/Inf.07/Rev.01 - Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress report)
... B.11/Inf.07 titled "Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress report)" and its addendum document ... At its tenth meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) invited members of the Board to send inputs to ... GCF/B.11/Inf.07/Rev.01 Strategic plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress report) ...
Board document > Information
Canada announces contribution to Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes Canada’s announcement it will ... France. Responding to the announcement, GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec stated: “The Green Climate Fund ... includes consultation meetings with potential contributors, developing countries, GCF Board members and interested ...
Article > Press release Canada 
GCF/B.13/28 - Administrative Tribunal of the Green Climate Fund (Status Update)
... for the arrangements for the Administrative Tribunal of the Fund. It was intended that the Secretariat should focus on ... GCF/B.13/28 Administrative Tribunal of the Green Climate Fund (Status Update) ...
Board document > Action item
The Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF GLOBAL)
... of private finance for such local solutions, since investors prefer larger investments that are perceived as safer. ... de-risking sub- national projects is essential to catalyse funding from both private and public investors. FP152 The Global Subnational Climate Fund (SnCF GLOBAL) ...
Document > Case study
France doubles its contribution to the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes France’s announcement to contribute ... ambitions," said Mr Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director of GCF. "We also appreciate the leadership of France in ... includes consultation meetings with potential contributors, developing countries, GCF Board members and interested ...
Article > Press release France 
GCF welcomes Sweden’s SEK 8 billion pledge to the Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK ... replenishment (GCF-2). Sweden has been a long-term contributor to GCF, supporting the Fund for its initial resource ... countries.” Mafalda Duarte, GCF Executive Director said, "Sweden has consistently demonstrated global ...
Article > Press release 
Mainstreaming gender in Green Climate Fund projects
... financed. The GCF Governing Instrument states that: “The Fund will strive to maximise the impact of its funding for adaptation and mitigation… promoting ... approach.” Mainstreaming gender in Green Climate Fund projects ...
Document > Publication, Guides
GCF/B.06/13 - Options for a Fund-Wide Gender-Sensitive Approach
... for the operationalization of gender sensitivity in all the Fund’s activities, processes, and procedures. It is ... the October 2014 Board meeting. GCF/B.06/13 Options for a Fund-Wide Gender-Sensitive Approach ...
Board document > Information
GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve ... and Ousseynou Nakoulima, GCF Country Programming Director. The funding will support the capacity building of ... signing, as well as Dr Mark Bynoe, Assistant Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (5Cs). ...
Article > Press release Belize 
New General Counsel joins Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is pleased to announce the arrival of Raul ... the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the private sector multilateral financial institution affiliated with the ... includes providing legal advice to GCF’s Executive Director and members of the GCF Board, which governs and oversees ...
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.05/17/Add.01 - Draft Arrangements between the COP and the Fund - Addendum
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Green Climate Fund on 17 September 2013, as presented in document ... Draft Arrangements between the COP and the Fund - Addendum ...
Board document > Action item
Global fund for coral reefs investment window (GFCR)
... that depend on them. As GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Investment Window - implemented ... Pegasus Capital Advisors LP - will create a private equity fund to encourage investments in the blue economy, ...
Document > Case study Multiple countries
Green Climate Fund joins the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), one of the world’s largest providers of forest ... on Forests,” said Zhimin Wu, Chair of the CPF and Director of FAO’s Forestry Division. “We look forward to ... are sustainably managed, their multiple values are fully recognised, the potential of forests and their goods ...
Article > News update 
FP297 - CC Asia Climate Fund (CC-ACF)
... Despite ambitious national climate targets, private sector investment in low-carbon and climate-resilient solutions ... investment models in these markets. The CC Asia Climate Fund (CC-ACF) aims to address these barriers by mobilising ... in these markets and to catalyse further private-sector participation. Over its implementation period, the ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
GCF 101 series provides introduction to the Fund
... eagerness in gaining a better understanding of how the Fund operates and how to engage with it. Today, GCF ... COP24 section. GCF 101 series provides introduction to the Fund ...
Article > News update 
Senegal climate resilience receives a boost with funding agreement
... salinisation caused by climate change. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) allows for this GCF ... Planned activities by CSE, a Senegalese environmental monitoring centre, include strengthening the country’s ability ... plans. Senegal climate resilience receives a boost with funding agreement ...
Article > News update 
FP285 - GEF Latam Climate Solutions Fund IV
... Brasil aims to establish the USD 325 million GEF Latam IV Fund to support middle-market companies in Brazil with ... that expand clean energy infrastructure, improve energy storage, foster breakthrough energy efficiency technologies ... and efficient transportation in the urban solutions sector to help cities become cleaner and more sustainable. It ...
Project > Private sector Brazil 
FP287 - Novastar Ventures Africa People and Planet Fund III
... emerging market globally. The main risks that deter investors from committing to African private equity include the ... investment in NVIIII, a USD 200 million venture capital fund, will mobilise funding for African climate ventures. ... by engaging key stakeholders and mobilising private sector capital. It was developed under GCF’s Project-specific ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP180 - Global Fund for Coral Reefs Investment Window
... that depend on them. As GCF’s first at-scale private sector programme in the blue economy, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs Investment Window (implemented with ... around the blue economy. GCF will act as anchor investor with its USD 125 million investment commitment, ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
FP212 - &Green Fund: Investing in Inclusive Agriculture and Protecting Forests
... while serving as massive carbon reservoirs. The restoration and preservation of these forests are a necessary ... forest to compensate for declining yields. The &Green Fund will promote sustainable commodity production and ... with conditions that necessitate the protection and restoration of existing forests by focusing on supply chains in ...
Project > Private sector Multiple countries 
Canada to increase its support to the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes Canada’s announcement of a pledge of ... for GCF’s second replenishment (GCF-2) . A contributor to GCF since the Fund’s initial resource mobilisation ... first replenishment (GCF-1) . Canada is the fifth contributor to announce a pledge for GCF-2, joining the ranks of ...
Article > Press release 
Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
... a financial plan to manage the Commitment Authority of the Fund as it approaches replenishment, the Board was not able ... meeting it was announced that Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of GCF, is stepping down with immediate effect. ... since his appointment in October 2016. Howard has successfully guided the Secretariat through a period of rapid ...
Article > Press release 
UNDP head welcomes flow of GCF funds to the Maldives
... Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator, said the Maldives will benefit from the current transfer of GCF funds to an adaptation project run by the UNDP. While ... total contribution of USD 23.6 million. Other contributors to this five-year grant project, totaling USD 28.2 ...
Article > Press release Maldives 
GCF/B.06/05 - Policies and Procedures for the Initial Allocation of Fund Resources
... Policies and Procedures for the Initial Allocation of Fund Resources ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.11/INF.07 - Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress Report)
GCF/B.11/INF.07 Strategic Plan for the Green Climate Fund (Progress Report) ...
Board document > Information
The Green Climate Fund’s Private Sector Facility
GCF has a Private Sector Facility (PSF), with the primary mission to engage both the local and global private sector to support climate change mitigation and adaptation ... brochure provides an overview of the PSF. The Green Climate Fund’s Private Sector Facility ...
Document > Publication
Initial guiding framework for the Fund’s accreditation process
... Committee. Board Initial guiding framework for the Fund’s accreditation process ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines