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Mainstreaming climate action: Howard Bamsey outlines GCF’s transformative efforts
... climate action throughout the financial system during a side-event held in Paris ahead of the One Planet Summit. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey heralded the commitment of Agence Française de Développement ...
Article > Press release France 
New General Counsel joins Green Climate Fund
... period, providing internal direction on international law and representing the Fund at key global gatherings. Mr. ... Mr. Herrera, who was born in Panama, has represented a wide variety of clients, including private, public, bilateral ... financial institution affiliated with the Inter-American Development Bank, and has represented the Caribbean ...
Article > Press release 
World Meteorological Organization first UN agency to formalize relationship with GCF
... (WMO), the United Nations’ authority on the state of the planet’s atmosphere and climate, has become the first UN ... resources for climate action programmes and projects. This development represents an important milestone for both GCF ... and carbon-resilient programmes and projects through GCF in developing countries. The WMO joins the rank of other ...
Article > Press release 
DR Congo signs grant agreement with GCF in Paris
The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday signed a readiness ... of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Sustainable Development, at the GCF stand during the Paris COP talks. ... Unit. The grant agreement follows the signing of a similar agreement with Guyana earlier this week, as the Fund’s ...
Article > Press release Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) 
Paris pledges €1 million to GCF
... was announced during a meeting between Mayor Hidalgo and Héla Cheikhrouhou, the Fund’s Executive Director, at the Paris Hôtel de Ville (City Hall). Paris is currently hosting the UNFCCC climate conference (COP 21). Over 40 countries have ...
Article > Press release France 
Supporting the Productive Development Bank in Bolivia to meet GCF accreditation standards
... vulnerable countries to climate change according to the Latin American Development Bank-CAF, and it has been classified as ... this context, Bolivia has a clear need to respond to local development challenges, articulating public and private ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Developing capacities for the implementation of climate change strategic frameworks in Nicaragua
The Government of Nicaragua has made important strides in the development and implementation ... is Nicaragua’s National Climate Change Policy 2022-2026 (Política Nacional de Cambio Climático, or PNCC) which ... the private sector. The PNCC is organized based on five pillars of climate action: adaptation, mitigation, loss and ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Nicaragua
Strengthening the National Designated Authority, Candidate Direct Access Entity, National Programming Process and Development of Strategic Frameworks for Low-Carbon Development in Paraguay
... capacity to coordinate and access GCF funding, inadequate mechanisms to monitor climate finance flows, a lack of standardized criteria for green investments, and ... insufficient integration of climate change and sustainable development in the country's long-term development plans. ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Paraguay
FP290 - PURE Rural Mozambique Climate Project: Driving Mozambique's climate resilience through energy access and climate-smart Productive Use of Renewable Energy.
... rural and low-income communities. These hazards severely undermine agricultural productivity and food security, while ... 10 per cent, most rural households and small enterprises lack reliable energy to adapt to climate shocks, diversify ... reduce emissions in rural Mozambique by expanding access to decentralized renewable energy and climate-smart productive ...
Project > Public sector Mozambique 
GCF support for adaptation planning helps developing countries build the case for increased action and investment
The first GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop took place in Cebu, Philippines on 14-16 November 2018. The event ... expertise of countries and Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in developing adaptation project pipelines with compelling ... an opportunity for GCF Direct Access Entities and National Designated Authorities to share and learn from each other ...
Article > Press release Philippines (the) 
Acumen Fund formalises relationship with GCF, its partner for East African distributed solar power
... GCF private sector accredited entity to formalise its relationship with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Acumen Fund ... financial resources from GCF. The Acumen Fund was founded in 2001 as a charitable venture capital fund, with the aim on the idea of creating a global investment fund for the poor. ...
Article > Press release 
Building capacity towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia
... to contribute to a shift towards sustainable human capital development in North Macedonia. This change process will be achieved through building capacities and creating an evidence-based and enabling environ- ment in the health, education, and labor & social protection sectors. These sectors are dealing ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal North Macedonia
Enhancing climate integration capacity for resilient water resource management in Timor-Leste
This readiness proposal is developed to address the barriers and gaps in managing ... to water resources through the strengthening of climate planning and resilient water resource management capacity in Timor-Leste. The proposal will develop the institutional and technical capacity of national ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Timor-Leste
Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau
... funding proposal "Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Fiji SAP016 Fiji Agrophotovoltaic Project in Ovalau ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Fiji
Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project
This document presents funding proposal "Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Ethiopia FP136 Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Ethiopia
GCF/B.21/Inf.17 - Board decisions proposed between the twentieth and twenty-first meetings of the Board
This document provides information on decisions proposed between the twentieth and twenty-first meetings of the Board as at 26 September 2018. GCF/B.21/Inf.17 Board decisions proposed ...
Board document > Information
Notification related to FP006
This notification provides details on the status of FP006, which lapsed on 26 September 2018. GCF/NOTIF/2018/7 FP006 Notification ...
Document > Notification
High Impact Programme for the Corporate Sector
... as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Armenia Jordan Kazakhstan Morocco Serbia Tunisia ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Multiple countries
Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016
... as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Indonesia FP130 Indonesia REDD-plus RBP for results ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Indonesia
Resilience to hurricanes in the building sector in Antigua and Barbuda
... as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Antigua and Barbuda FP133 Resilience to hurricanes in ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Antigua and Barbuda
Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project
This document presents funding proposal "Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project," as approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund at B.26. Ghana FP137 Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project ...
Document > Approved funding proposal Ghana
Strengthening NDA Capacity for greater leadership on Climate Change Adaptation
... as the 19th country on the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) due to various and serious challenges faced by the government and the population alike. These range from low economic growth rates, ... the world, ranking 163rd out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI). Haiti’s GCF Country Programme ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Haiti
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
Deforestation is the main source of greenhouse gases (GHG) ... of the project is to reduce and reverse the trend of deforestation and emissions of GHG by agriculture through ... systems in priority municipalities of Amazon and Atlantic Forest. In addition, it is likely that, by 2050, ...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Brazil
GCF/B.15/24 - Decisions of the Board – fifteenth meeting of the Board, 13-15 December 2016
GCF/B.15/24 Decisions of the Board – fifteenth meeting of the Board, 13-15 December 2016 ...
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Country platforms for climate finance
This brochure describes GCF’s approach to country platforms, including an overview of the concept, the ... potential impact and the end-to-end support GCF can provide. In particular, it explains how the Readiness Programme ...
Document > GCF in Brief
Green Climate Fund: USD 736 million for new projects and readiness strategy to accelerate climate action
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its thirty-seventh meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia with ... total of USD 3.6 billion when co-financing is included. The last Board meeting of the year brings GCF programming in ... in Barbados with International Finance Corporation (IFC). SAP030: Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao ...
Article > Press release 
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and LuxDev
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Agence Luxembourgeoise Pour LA Coopération AU Développement SA (Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation / LuxDev), sets out the terms and conditions for the use of GCF ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and FIRCA
... Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Fonds Interprofessionnel pour la Recherche et le Conseil Agricoles (FIRCA), sets out the ...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement
GCF/B.39/03/Add.04 - Consideration of accreditation proposals – Addendum IV: Accreditation assessment of APL135
... Secretariat and the Accreditation Panel in accordance with decision B.24/13, and the recommendation by the ... of applicant 135 (APL135), Fonds Interprofessionnel pour la Recherche et le Conseil Agricoles (FIRCA), based in Côte ... for the first accreditation term. GCF/B.39/03/Add.04 Consideration of accreditation proposals – Addendum IV: ...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.18/04/Add.11 - Funding proposal package for FP056
This addendum contains the following three parts: A funding ... water management practices for vulnerable communities in La Mojana”; No-objection letters issued by the national designated authority(ies) or focal point(s); and ...
Board document > Action item