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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
... P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build momentum to deliver global climate change ambitions whilst also ... need climate finance. And today, I am proud to be able to launch a GCF's publication to contribute to the dialogue on ... trillion of negative-yielding debt in OECD countries and $26 trillion of low carbon, climate resilient investment ...
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Addressing the climate crisis: scaling up existing climate innovation and investment
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon. At the onset, I would ... these commitments into action will require accelerating the deployment of existing climate technologies and the ... and build global momentum in the leadup to the pivotal COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the year. A key challenge is to ...
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Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08)
... and standards and environmental and social safeguards Guidelines for the operationalization of the fit-for-purpose ... by other relevant funds Policy on fees for accreditation Identification of relevant potential international private ... expected impacts of the Fund in initial result areas Board flagship projects cutting across adaptation result areas ...
Event > Board meeting
Traditional Savanna Fire Management Readiness Proposal to facilitate Emissions Reductions in the AFOLU sector in Belize
Challenges and Gaps that the Proposal is Designed to Resolve Belize, through national commitments and strategies, has identified the land sector as important to its climate change mitigation ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize
ED lecture
It is an honor to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture this year. Barbara was a ... woman ahead of her time, a visionary woman who first articulated sustainable development and its vital link to economic ... adaptation crisis is already upon is. Today, disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year . And today, low ...
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The voices of Datem del Marañón: Protecting one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world
Datem del Marañón, located in northern Peru, is home to one of the largest and most biodiverse peatlands not only in Peru, but ... province is home to a diverse ecosystem with more than 261 species of birds, unique marine life, and aguaje, one of ...
Article > Story Peru 
Supporting developing countries on the road to a climate-resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a tipping point in the fight ... Development Goals (SDGs). Developing countries are particularly vulnerable to compound risks from climate change and ... the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) implemented by the United Nations Development ...
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