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The Green Climate Fund has signed a funding agreement with Mongolian-based Direct Access Accredited Entity XacBank in the country’s first renewable energy project financed by a local bank. GCF can now provide USD 8.7...

The Green Climate Fund today announced the launch of its Simplified Approvals Process (SAP) to unlock the power of local climate action, enacting a decision made by the GCF Board last month. The new process streamlines...

The Green Climate Fund announced a USD 43 million partnership to permanently preserve Bhutan’s protected areas, which comprise 51 percent of the country’s territory. Bhutan for Life is the Green Climate Fund’s first...

The Green Climate Fund introduces an online volunteering platform that connects interested individuals with the Fund’s National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and Direct Access Entities through a matchmaking online...

"If the fight against climate change is not won in Africa, it cannot be won anywhere else," said Mr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) while signing a partnership agreement with the...

The Green Climate Fund and Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, alongside the city government of Incheon formally opened an exhibition on "Environment, Conflict and Cooperation" at the Fund’s headquarters in Songdo,...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past year, the Co-Chairs to the GCF Board reported today to the 23rd Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework...

GCF has published a series of ‘In Brief’ factsheets, as the Fiji-chaired 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway in Bonn, Germany. The factsheets...

The role of GCF continues to grow as the largest international climate fund helping developing counties respond to climate change. GCF in Numbers is a snapshot of key figures, facts and results of the Fund to date....

Innovation in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and India raises hopes for a low-emissions future, according to Javier Manzanares, Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director a.i....

The Green Climate Fund will help African countries ramp up their economic growth in ways that do not exacerbate climate change with the signing today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The two...

The Green Climate Fund has signed a funding agreement with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) improving Pacific islands’ ability to deal with climate-induced disasters. The signing of...

The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that the Government of the Maldives convened in its capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States...

The Green Climate Fund has transferred the first tranche of climate finance under the Egypt Renewable Energy Financing Framework. The project, undertaken with GCF partner EBRD, the European Bank for Reconstruction and...

The Green Climate Fund and the Asian Development Bank have deepened their support bolstering Pacific island countries’ climate responses with the signing of a key funding agreement to improve Fiji’s water management....

Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), visited the GCF headquarters this week to hold discussions about cooperation with GCF. Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its last Board meeting of 2017 by approving 11 new projects and programmes valued at USD 392.86 million to assist developing countries respond to climate change. The 18th meeting...

The Green Climate Fund Board opens its eighteenth meeting today. This third meeting of the GCF Board this year is being hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo. The Board will consider a number...

Five island countries in the Asia-Pacific region are teaming up with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to boost their resilience to weather events. WMO is working with the governments and civil society...

The European Investment Bank and the Green Climate Fund have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, allowing them to work together to finance climate action in developing countries. The agreement was signed at EIB’s...

If you enjoy citrus fruit, you most likely have tasted a clementine from Morocco, and there is a good chance it was grown in the country’s Souss Valley. Located in Morocco’s southwest region, this fertile plain is an...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is embarking on a green growth strategy to ensure its socio-economic development is sustainable and anchored in protecting the environment and increasing resilience to a changing...

Mobilising private sector capital is critical to climate transformation, and GCF’s partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund can leverage public funds to engage private investment. This was the message...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam have signed letters of agreement approving nearly USD 300,000 in GCF Readiness funding to support the country’s green growth and climate action...

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The agreement will enable the multiplying of financing sources for...

The Green Climate Fund has broadened its inroads of climate finance into the Latin America and Caribbean region after the signing of a key agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The signing of...

XacBank, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entity, is helping Mongolia forge a new sustainable phase in its economic growth by holding the bank’s first green finance forum on Wednesday. The one-day event run by...

Namibia has begun work on two Green Climate Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience. The start of these adaptation initiatives marks an important phase of GCF’s efforts to ensure recipient...

More than USD 10 million to date has been disbursed through the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness Programme, a flagship funding programme that provides resources to enhance country ownership and access to the Fund. The...

The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch today of its first gender guide to climate finance. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and Swedish Minister for...