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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...

The Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue for the Pacific begins today in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. The meeting takes place from 30 July – 2 August 2018, and will bring together around 150 participants...

With UNDP support and GCF finance, Uruguay works toward sustainable cities, increasing integration, adaptation, and resilience to climate change.

The Green Climate Fund has revised the timeline for its twenty-first Board meeting as per the confirmed meeting date. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on...

A vital Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between Conservation International (CI) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the Sustainable Landscapes Project in Eastern Madagascar. CI is co-implementing this multi-...

The 20th meeting of the GCF Board ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The Board meeting was Chaired by Lennart Båge, in the absence of Co-Chair Paul...

GCF releases USD 86.7 million for Kazakhstan project with EBRD, building on an existing project partnership in Egypt. The transition to low-emission, renewable energy is crucial if we are to meet the Paris Agreement’s...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) agreed yesterday to take joint steps to improve climate finance flows to best meet the needs of developing countries in tackling the global climate...

A guide to GCF’s support for climate change early warning systems Knowledge is power. In terms of climate change, this translates into using a growing understanding of how rising global temperatures lead to localised...

Part of a major Pacific-wide effort to reduce vulnerability amid one of the largest climate change initiatives ever undertaken in the Marshall Islands, the Pacific Resilience Project II includes $25 million in funding...