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The first GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop took place in Cebu, Philippines on 14-16 November 2018. The event strengthened the expertise of countries and Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in developing adaptation project...

Tonga, a Small Island Developing State in the Asia-Pacific region, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Despite having a huge potential for renewable energy, particularly from solar and wind, several technical and...

The Green Climate Fund and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a legal agreement to open doors for more climate finance projects in the Caribbean region. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA)...

At the second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, the Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada called on participants from the region to work together to address the risks of climate change and called for this...

On 1 November, GCF and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) signed the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) for the project Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)....

The 21st meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today in Bahrain, approving over one billion dollars of new projects and programmes to support climate action in developing countries, and formally launching...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has today signed an agreement with Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO) that will enable FMO to implement GCF funded low-emission and climate-resilient...

A timely Green Climate Fund (GCF) investment has helped halve the cost of producing renewable energy in Egypt by using new ways to capture private finance flows. GCF has been working with the European Bank for...

Last Board meeting before COP24 will consider new funding and accreditation proposals, with policies, replenishment and evaluation of readiness programme also on agenda The Green Climate Fund Board opens its twenty-...

To expand the impact of GCF-funding and empower locally driven climate actions, a pioneering collaboration between the Government of Germany, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Environment and the World...

Climate finance is a moral obligation, while inadequate action leading to global temperatures over 1.5 degrees Celsius will come with a heavy price. These were some of the messages shaping discussions at a key Green...

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 trillions of dollars needed for climate finance. GCF’s...

The Green Climate Fund has set the tentative timeline for its twenty-second Board meeting. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on funding proposals brought...

The Green Climate Fund’s first conference focusing exclusively on the private sector opens today in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. The two-day Private Investment for Climate Conference addresses the need to capture...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is working with developing countries to drive urgent action in response to the latest IPCC report on the science of climate change. Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair, warned of the dangers of a...

The Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) of the Green Climate Fund will host the 19th Conference of International Investigators (CII) from 8 to 12 October 2018 at Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Republic of Korea. This year's...

The Green Climate Fund has today announced that its Board will consider projects to a value of USD 1,148.4M for approval at its meeting next month. Speaking in the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, Javier...

The Green Climate Fund signed an Accreditation Master Agreement today with the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, as the final step in the accreditation process for the country’s Department of Environment. The...

A key agreement signed today between the Green Climate Fund and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will help pioneer new land-based pathways of climate action. The signing of the Accreditation...

Ecuador has been promoting efforts to reduce deforestation and conserve forests since 2009, with the implementation of the Socio Bosque Program, which consists of providing economic incentives to individuals and...

“Without financing, ideas, however noble they may be, will remain on paper." These were impactful words spoken by Mr Saidumron Nazar Abdurahmonzoda, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Nature Protection of...

The Green Climate Fund will seek to expand its portfolio of climate change projects and engagement in Eastern European and Central Asian countries with the opening of the GCF regional Structured Dialogue today in...

“Bhutan sees GCF as a strategic partner for climate action in Bhutan.” This was echoed in the various meetings that the Green Climate Fund delegation had during the scoping mission to Bhutan from 26 August to 1...

GCF Board members and alternate Board members are now being selected within constituencies and regional groups before the current three-year term of the Board concludes at the end of this year. The GCF Board,...

A Green Climate Fund (GCF) delegation began a visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan today to explore how GCF can help the country’s ambitious climate change plans. Maintaining a minimum of 60 percent of its land under forest...

Insufficient cash is hampering a flagship international fund to help poor nations combat climate change, which is not working as fast and efficiently as the urgency of global warming requires, said former U.N. Secretary...

You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. This is a common refrain that suits efforts to protect the world’s forests well. Unfortunately, the intrinsic value of forests as the world’s lungs might become most...

The M-CLIMES Project, which is being implemented with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims at increasing the farmers’ adaptive capacity and their decision-making through timely provision of climate-related...

The second Structured Dialogue with the Pacific, hosted by the Federated States of Micronesia, ended today with strengthened partnerships between GCF and key stakeholders in the region.The four day event brought...

Speech delivered by GCF Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares at the 2018 Structured Dialogue with the Pacific. I am very honored to attend this Pacific Structured Dialogue meeting here in Pohnpei, and very happy...