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Address at First World High Mountain Virtual Summit
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for this kind invitation to address the World First High Mountain Virtual Summit.
Protecting the mountain peatlands of the Andean paramos is critical to tackle the...
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Address at Gobeshona Global Conference
Dear colleagues, dear friends, ladies, and gentlemen,
The annual Gobeshona Global Conference plays a key role in strengthening grassroots climate practice. The Conference recognises the urgent need to increase finance...
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African adaptation
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Climate impacts are materializing far faster than expected twenty years ago. With agriculture as the backbone of Africa’s economy, climate change is particularly affecting the...
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Agriculture adaptation
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The world is not on track to achieve the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. For the past 5 years, the number of people suffering from hunger has been on the rise, with climate change...
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Finance
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that adapting to the devastating impacts of climate change will require between USD140 to USD300 billion annually by 2030. As...
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Thematic brief: Climate resilient infrastructure
Infrastructure is key to many sectors including transportation, telecommunications, water, and energy, and it plays an important role within agriculture and health. Strong interdependencies mean that damages to a single...
Document > Thematic brief
Prioritising climate finance for vulnerable SIDS during a global pandemic
Her Excellency, The Right Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados. His Excellency, the Honorable John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize.
His Excellency, the Honorable Dr. Barret Jagdeo, Vice President...
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Accelerating climate finance and investment for a green transition
Dear Vice- Minister of Economy and Finance Eok-won Lee
Distinguished guests,
I congratulate the leadership of the South Korean Government for convening the P4G summit in May and commend its partnership with P4G.
The...
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Financing climate and environmental actions
Dear colleagues and friends,
Many thanks to the Government of Germany and UN Women for the invitation to address this important roundtable on financing climate and environmental action to advance gender equality.
As...
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The role of the Green Climate Fund in scaling up finance for climate action and resilience
Thank you, Ambassador Mark Green, for your inspiring opening remarks, and Lauren for the kind introduction. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Wilson Center for hosting the Green Climate Fund here today to...
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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 like to thank the organizers for the opportunity to address this prestigious forum.
Today my remarks will focus on the importance and...
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Keynote for P4G Seoul 2021
This week’s P4G Summit is an important opportunity to build momentum to deliver global climate change ambitions whilst also realising the Sustainable Development Goals.
The ambition is there - as the P4G slogan states...
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Implementing the new GCF urban strategy in Africa
Your excellencies, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
I am sorry not to be able to join you in person, but delighted to send this message as a contribution to the Policy Action Lab on the new GCF Urban Strategy in...
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Executive Director
Bio
Mafalda Duarte is the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the largest multilateral climate fund. Named by TIME Magazine as one of the world’s most influential climate leaders, Duarte oversees nearly...
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Decisions made for information disclosure request IDP207
This document lists the decision made with regard to IDP207, received by the GCF Secretariat on 21 June 2021. The request contains one inquiry, which has been denied.
Document > Information disclosure decision
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and IDB Invest
This agreement, signed between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and IDB Invest, sets out the terms and conditions for the use of GCF resources. It formalises the IDB Invest's accountability in carrying out GCF-approved...
Document > Accreditation Master Agreement IDB_Invest 
Resilient Recovery Rapid Readiness Support in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FAO
Document > Approved readiness proposal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FAO
Towards a comprehensive national adaptation planning process in Jamaica (Ja-NAP)
The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has been advancing its climate change agenda over the past few decades. This includes the adoption of climate change as a pillar for success in Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Jamaica PIOJ
Enhancing adaptation planning and increasing climate resilience in the coastal zone and fisheries sector of Belize
Belize, a small island developing state, is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change owing to its low coastal region (below high tide mark), the rapid economic development in the coastal region and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Belize FAO
Establishment and operationalization of National Financing Vehicle in Dominica
The proposed readiness delivers the framework, for the establishment, operationalization and capitalization of a National Financing Vehicle (NFV) in Dominica and delivers demand-led capacity building training to state...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica GGGI
Low Carbon Transport Dominica
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a SIDS vulnerable to climate change and heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. The Nationally Determined Contribution has as target to reduce absolute Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Dominica
Ghana Industrial Energy Efficiency Readiness
This GCF Readiness proposal aims to support the implementation of Ghana industry related NDC targets through: (i) Detailed policy formulation for government on industrial energy efficiency; (ii) Developing an initial...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Ghana UNIDO
GCF boosts COVID-19 low-carbon energy relief with anchor investment
Green Climate Fund (GCF) backing has been crucial in an emergency relief fund launched today that shields clean energy companies in developing countries from COVID-19 economic shocks to keep low-carbon trajectories on...
Article > Press release Acumen 
Funding proposal pipeline update as of August 2021
As part of its transparency efforts, GCF regularly provides a summary of the status of its funding proposal pipeline. This document summarises the status of GCF's pipeline as of August 2021.
Document > Funding proposal pipeline update 
GCF/B.30/01/Drf.01 - Provisional agenda
This document contains the draft B.30 provisional agenda.
Board document > Agenda
Thirtieth meeting of the Board
The thirtieth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (B.30) will be held from 12 PM to 4 PM (UTC) each day from Monday, 4 October to Thursday, 7 October 2021, in a virtual format.
The B.30 logistics note and...
Document > Notification
Decisions made for information disclosure request IDP228
This document lists the decision made with regard to IDP228, received by the GCF Secretariat on 19 August 2021. The request contains multiple inquiries, with some items being granted and some items being denied on 2...
Document > Information disclosure decision
Strengthening the foundation for a climate responsive agricultural sector in the Caribbean
Three of the top 10 countries facing the highest level of climate risk globally are located in the Caribbean Region. This region comprises Small Island and Low-Lying Coastal developing states (SIDS) that are...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Multiple countries IICA