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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...

The Green Climate Fund pledged $12.3 million for a project led by the government and the United Nations Development Program (which commit $2.2 million and $ 1.8 million, respectively) dollars) to expand this early...

The Green Climate Fund has strengthened its country-driven approach to supporting global climate action with the conclusion today of the Empowering Direct Access workshop. During the past four days, almost a hundred...

Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of the GCF, discusses the needs and opportunities for climate action, and the pivotal role that the Green Climate Fund plays in driving forward climate transformation and catalyzing...

The second GCF Empowering Direct Access workshop opens today to help developing countries progress innovative climate action that makes a difference at the local and global levels. This is one of GCF’s most important...

He stated that after completing the first phase of the five-year Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) project in 2015, the United Nation’s Green Climate Fund had in October 2016, approved $36 million for a second phase...

Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren has been appointed by the Green Climate Fund as its Director of External Affairs, effective from 9 July 2018. Dr Oyun served as the first President of the United Nations Environment Assembly and is...

The Green Climate Fund, the African Development Bank and Africa50 investment fund will collaborate to bring solar energy to the Sahel, in support of the priority set by countries in the region. The three international...

The Green Climate Fund will chart new thinking on boosting Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting which opens today. The African Development...

The Green Climate Fund will be able to tap into Japanese expertise in developmental assistance with the signing today of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the country’s aid agency. The signing of the...

The UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Bonn with work advancing on the Paris Agreement guidelines and the continuation of the Talanoa Dialogue. GCF will be present for the forty-eighth session of the Subsidiary...

A guide to NAPs and why GCF is supporting this UN process to spark catalytic climate action The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season across the Caribbean was one of the most destructive on record, according to the World...

The Green Climate Fund's Structured Dialogue with Asia concludes today with an enhanced understanding of the need to tap regional growth to address climate change and to identify current weaknesses in dealing with its...

The challenge of maintaining solid economic growth in Asia through climate resilient development will be a major feature of the Green Climate Fund's second Structured Dialogue in the region which opens tomorrow. More...

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena highlighted how national climate impacts are already emerging during a recent meeting with GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey designed to enhance his country’s interaction...

Republic of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta called for a united approach to tackle the inequalities of climate change at GCF's Structured Dialogue with Africa, which concludes today. "We are all determined...

The Green Climate Fund has opened a new path of funding from Japan’s private sector with the recent signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. The signing of Accreditation...

The GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa opening on Tuesday is set to draw some 300 participants from across the continent to promote regional climate cooperation and enhance understanding about how to engage with the...

The Green Climate Fund joined efforts to harness the driving spirit of technological entrepreneurs in developing countries who are tackling climate change during a recent meeting in Bonn, Germany. GCF partnered with...

The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 7 March 2018 to enhance cooperation in institutional...

The Green Climate Fund has signed a joint declaration with the International Solar Alliance to strengthen collaboration for renewable energy, and to promote solar energy solutions as part of the steps needed to reach...

An expert dialogue will take place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who develop innovative new climate technologies. Such technologies range...