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Funadhoo is the site of one of the first projects to be financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations’ primary institution for supporting emission cutting investments, such as in renewable energy and...

Ramping up support to country partners in developing projects and programmes for consideration by the GCF Board will be the focus of a “readiness week” that GCF is organizing from 25 to 29 April at its headquarters in...

“This year will be important for demonstrating that the GCF can fund transformational actions in developing countries,” says Niranjali Amerasinghe, who studies climate finance at the World Resources Institute in...

The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today presented leaders from the Asia-Pacific region with the work of GCF to support opportunities for low-emission, climate-resilient development in...

The Board of the Green Climate Fund has taken a series of policy decisions designed to strengthen its partnerships and grow its project pipeline in 2016. The decisions, taken at the Board’s twelfth meeting (B.12),...

The Green Climate Fund made progress in closing administrative and policy gaps at a meeting in South Korea this week, and now faces the uphill task of allocating $2.5 billion this year for projects to tackle climate...

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor has congratulated the Government of Cook Islands on becoming the first Forum Island Country, and the first Small Island Developing State (SIDS), to receive a...

Board members and alternates from 37 countries have arrived in Songdo, Republic of Korea, for the twelfth meeting of the Board (B.12) of the Green Climate Fund, from 8 to 10 March 2016. Co-Chairs Zaheer Fakir (South...

The Cook Islands have received financial resources from the Green Climate Fund to strengthen their capacity to access finance through GCF. With this disbursement, Cook Islands are the first country in the Pacific region...

The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou announced today she will step down in September 2016, at the end of her current term as head of the Fund. Ms. Cheikhrouhou was appointed by GCF's...

Sweden has been one of the strongest supporters of the Green Climate Fund, so it was with great pleasure that Executive Director Héla Cheikhrouhou today welcomed a visit to the Fund’s Headquarters in Songdo by a...

The Green Climate Fund Board is meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2 to 4 February for an informal dialogue on the Fund’s expectations for 2016 and key operational issues. The Cape Town dialogue, under the...

As we reach the end of 2015 I would like to send you best wishes and season's greetings from the Green Climate Fund Secretariat. 2015 has been a groundbreaking year for the Fund. After the successful resource...

Ms. Céline Fremault, Minister of Environment of the Brussels Capital Region, pledged EUR 500,000 to the Green Climate Fund today. "Climate financing is a fundamental element for reaching an ambitious agreement,” stated...

The governments of France and Canada today signed agreements with the Green Climate Fund to convert their pledges into contributions. France has converted its remaining pledge of EUR 342 million, bringing its total...

Ms. Joke Schauvliege, Minister for Climate of the Flemish region in Belgium, announced a contribution of EUR 3.5 million to the Green Climate Fund today. “Flanders is a responsible partner and contributes happily to...

Mr. Paul Furlan, Minister for Energy and Climate of the Walloon region of Belgium, today announced a contribution of EUR 7 million to the Green Climate Fund. Wallonia's contribution is new and additional and will be...

With climate finance as a critical element to the Paris climate negotiations, the Green Climate Fund held a side event at COP 21 to discuss how it can deliver on its mandate over the coming years. Over 300 participants...

The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday signed a readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund, providing USD 300,000 for capacity building in the African State. The agreement was signed in the presence of H...

Guyana today signed a readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP). The funding will provide USD 300,000 to Guyana to help the country build capacity...

The Green Climate Fund side event "Looking Beyond Paris" will be held on 9 December 2015. Expectations on the Green Climate Fund are high. The Fund is charged with playing a decisive role in channeling and catalysing...

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced plans to scale up Norway’s commitments to the Green Climate Fund. Norway already pledged USD 258 million to the Fund last year as part of the initial resource...

Viet Nam has pledged a contribution to the Green Climate Fund at the Paris COP 21 talks, further broadening the base of support to the Fund. 43 states have now pledged support to the Fund, including both developed and...

Dear Partners, please come and join ‘GCF Talk at Six’ at COP 21 to find out more about the Green Climate Fund! The Green Climate Fund is at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris,...

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, yesterday announced a pledge of EUR 1 million (USD 1.05 million) to the Green Climate Fund. The pledge was announced during a meeting between Mayor Hidalgo and Héla Cheikhrouhou, the...

A side event at COP 21 hosted by the Green Climate Fund on 2 December brought together over 500 participants for a discussion on how to create good low-emission and climate-resilient projects. The meeting focused on...

His Excellency Macky Sall, President of Senegal, today used his address to the plenary of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to highlight the importance of climate finance, calling for the Green Climate Fund to...

The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today met with over 80 ambassadors and diplomats at an information meeting in Seoul, hosted by the French ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E....

The head of the UN’s climate fund has hailed a “paradigm shift” as poor countries began receiving money to help them tackle global warming, weeks before climate talks take place in Paris.

Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future The Green Climate Fund Board today approved USD 168 million of GCF funding for projects and programmes worth USD 624 million, marking the end of its launch...