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The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a Green Climate Fund workshop. “If I go to a rural farmer and ask how climate...

Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), enabling the Bank to receive and use GCF capital to raise further funds from private sector investors to support...

The entrepreneurial hero of India’s climate response will more likely be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development bank at the start of a key Green...

The worst Peruvian floods in recent memory earlier this year have sharpened the climate and development challenges facing Peru and its neighbours, according to Antonio Garcia, a leading member of the Development Bank of...

Representatives of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) direct access Accredited Entities will convene at the Fund’s headquarters next week to boost their capacity in developing strong GCF funding proposals. The three-day...

The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing package to XacBank, a leading lender in Mongolia. A major part of GCF’s opening financial transfer will raise awareness about the...

GCF is currently exploring ways to help countries keep their forests intact while also dealing with climate change following a “ground-breaking” workshop held in Bali, Indonesia at the end of last month. Sixty...

Private sector ambitions driving the Asian economic powerhouse can be funnelled to complement public sector-funded climate action, GCF’s Structured Dialogue with Asia has concluded. Reflecting the key role of Asia in...

At the fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15) in December 2016, the Pacific island country of Vanuatu was awarded a grant for a Climate Information Services for Resilient Development project to be implemented by the...

The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is one of the first countries to complete their roadmap for engagement with the GCF. Its Country Programme sets forward an ambitious pipeline of over USD 245 million in...

Signs of growing ambition in Asian countries to tackle climate change have laid the groundwork for the second day of GCF’s regional event to boost climate finance. Participants at GCF’s Structured Dialogue on Asia...

GCF’s first Structured Dialogue with Asia, opening today in Indonesia, will seek common cause amid diversity in bringing together representatives from 24 nations. Participants will share their climate experiences, and...

Paying developing countries based on results they achieve in keeping their forests intact is essential to meet the global climate challenge, according to Jonah Busch, a researcher with the US-based Centre for Global...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has become the first multilateral development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This...

The Green Climate Fund convenes a workshop in Bali, Indonesia, to discuss how the Fund can tap financial incentives to protect forests. Since more than a decade ago, countries have been negotiating an international...

The Green Climate Fund launches “GCF 101” – a new web-based guide that provides Partners with detailed information on how to access the Fund’s resources. The guide aims to help GCF stakeholders better navigate the many...

Accredited Entities of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and developing countries are key partners in working with communities to turn the Fund’s mandate into concrete actions on the ground. That was one of the main messages...

The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by approving eight new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to climate change....

The Green Climate Fund Board opened its 16th meeting today at GCF Headquarters in Songdo, Republic of Korea. Over the coming three-days, the 24-member Board will focus on the consideration of nine new project proposals...

The first GCF Structured Dialogue with Asia will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 26 to 29 April 2017. The gathering will help increase the engagement and involvement of 30 countries in the region with the Green Climate...

The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity. The signing of the AMA with China’s Foreign Economic...

The Green Climate Fund will host three webinars on 15 March 2017 seeking feedback into its current development of a request for proposals for REDD+ results based payments. The webinars offer organisations and relevant...

Kyrgyzstan views cooperation with the Green Climate Fund as a central plank of its development, one of the mountainous country’s top diplomats told the Fund’s Executive Director Howard Bamsey today. “My country is...

Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior Philippine environment officials told a visiting GCF delegation led by Executive Director Howard Bamsey. “We...

Zambia highlighted the major steps it is taking to deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 February. Welcoming the 23-member group, including three...

Howard Bamsey has officially begun his duties as new Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat. Ambassador Bamsey is a prominent figure in climate change diplomacy. With more than 30 years of experience...

The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting to be held in the Pacific, and the final for 2016, closed today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited seven new partner entities. The fifteenth...

Green Climate Fund resources will now start flowing to help poor farmers in northern Namibia tackle climate change following the signing today of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA). The FAA signing with the Namibian...

The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a combined mitigation and adaptation project stemming deforestation in Peru’s Amazon basin. The signing of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between GCF...

Mongolia’s XacBank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund, setting out its partnership with GCF to forge low-emissions and climate-resilient development paths in Asia. “There...