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Green Climate Fund chief confident US will stump up
The UN’s flagship Green Climate Fund has no plans to scale back initial investment plans, despite US lawmakers blocking a promised US$3 billion contribution.
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GCF publishes first funding proposals for Board consideration
The Green Climate Fund published today its first set of funding proposals that will be reviewed by the Fund’s Board on the occasion of its eleventh meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, next month.
The fact sheet below...
Article > Press release 
Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
On 9 October 2015, the Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Lima.
On...
Article > Press release 
Caribbean GCF stakeholders gather in Belize for first regional workshop
The Green Climate Fund’s latest readiness workshop is under way in Belize, providing the Fund’s stakeholders in the Caribbean region with first-hand support and guidance on working with GCF.
The three-day workshop...
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Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
This news update is the first in a new series focused on the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. Unique to the Fund, the programme offers developing countries immediate financial support to...
Article > Press release Rwanda 
UN SDG Summit
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.
Article > Article about GCF 
Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
On a visit to GCF Headquarters last week, the Government of Pakistan confirmed that it intends to submit a proposal to obtain readiness support from the Fund by October.Delegation officials said Pakistan will use the...
Article > Press release Pakistan 
Mali NDA signs grant agreement during visit to GCF headquarters
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to sign its grant agreement with the Fund under GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support...
Article > Press release Mali 
GCF readiness support turns focus to Africa and Middle East countries
The Green Climate Fund is expanding its readiness programme into the Africa and Middle East region with a three-day workshop being held from 6 to 8 September at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.
The GCF Africa and...
Article > Press release Egypt 
Workshop: GCF supporting direct access entities
The Green Climate Fund is convening its national and regional accredited entities for four days of training on the Fund’s environmental and social safeguards (ESS) and gender policy at GCF headquarters in Songdo. The...
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President Hollande: COP21 accord “impossible without financial commitments”
There will be no agreement at the international climate conference in Paris in December if industrialised countries do not pay the 100 billion euros needed annually to finance the transition to renewable energy in...
Article > Article about GCF 
GCF agreement with FAO helps climate proof agriculture in Latin America
Efforts to enhance Latin American farmers’ climate resilience has received a boost with the signing of an agreement between the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The signing...
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GCF keen to speed up the delivery of grants to Pacific nations: Interview with Ewen McDonald
The Green Climate Fund says it wants to hear about ambitious projects to advance the cause of climate change mitigation during four days of regional talks in Tonga.
Article > Article about GCF 
GCF/B.23/01/Drf.01 - Provisional agenda
This document contains a proposed provisional agenda for the twenty-third meeting of the Board.
Board document > Agenda
GCF/B.22/24 - Decisions of the Board – twenty-second meeting of the Board, 25 – 28 February 2019
This document is a compendium of the decisions and actions taken by the GCF Board at its twenty-second meeting held in Songdo, Republic of Korea, from 26-28 February 2019.
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Invitation for 19th Round of Application for Accreditation as Observer Organization
In line with the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund (the GCF) and the Rules of Procedures of the Board, the Co-Chairs in consultation with the Board, invite accredited observer organizations to the twenty-...
Document > Notification
GCF/B.22/10/Add.18 - Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum XVIII: Additional Update on FP017 (Climate Action and Solar Energy Development Programme in the Tarapaca Region in Chile)
FP017, entitled “Climate Action and Solar Energy Development Programme in the Tarapacá Region in Chile” (the “Project”), submitted by Corporación Andina de Fomento – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (“CAF” or the “...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/15/Rev.01 - Review of the amounts to be set aside for the operating costs of the Green Climate Fund and the foreign exchange commitment risk buffer for solvency risks
This document presents, for the Board’s consideration, the amounts to be set aside for the operating costs of GCF for 2020 and the foreign exchange commitment risk buffer for solvency risks.
The Budget Committee has...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/10/Rev.01 - Consideration of funding proposals
This document presents the funding proposals to the Board for consideration at its twentysecond meeting. It also presents an overview of the projected GCF portfolio and a brief guide to the funding proposal packages.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/10/Add.01/Rev.01 - Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum I Funding proposal package for FP082
The funding proposal of FP082 has been withdrawn from the twenty-second meeting of the Board by the accredited entity.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/Inf.16 - Annotations to the provisional agenda
This document presents the annotations to the provisional agenda of the twenty-second meeting of the Board, as presented in document GCF/B.22/01/Drf.02.
Board document > Information
GCF/B.22/23 - Outcome of Co-Chairs consultations: Guidelines on decisions without a Board meeting
This document proposes for the Board’s consideration (i) guidelines to determine in which cases decisions without a Board meeting may be requested, (ii) guidance with respect to the implementation of paragraph 43 of the...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/09/Add.02 - Report on the activities of the Co-Chairs – Addendum II: Guidance from the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties
This document presents the actions to be undertaken by the Board in 2019 in response to guidance received from the Parties during the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/09 - Report on the activities of the Co-Chairs
This document contains the report on the activities of the Co-Chairs from October 2018 to January 2019. The report is in two parts:
Report of the 2018 Co-Chairs (October to December 2018); and
Report of the 2019 Co-...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/09/Add.01 - Report on the activities of the Co-Chairs – Addendum I: Updated workplan of the Board for 2019
This document presents the updated workplan of the Board for 2019.
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/13 - Policy on Prohibited Practices
This document proposes a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Policy on Prohibited Practices in accordance with Board decisions (decisions B.12/31, paragraph (i), B.14/01, paragraph (e), and B.15/13).
This is in accordance with...
Board document > Action item
GCF/B.22/Inf.06/Rev.01 - Status of the GCF pipeline, including the status of Project Preparation Facility requests
This document provides an update of the GCF pipeline of projects and programmes, including the status of Project Preparation Facility applications, for the reporting period of 1 September to 31 December 2018.
Board document > Information
GCF/B.22/Inf.13 - Report on the implementation of the initial Strategic Plan of the GCF: 2015–2018
In response to the Board’s request under decision B.21/18, the Secretariat has prepared this comprehensive report on the implementation of the GCF initial Strategic Plan. The initial Strategic Plan was adopted by the...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.22/Inf.05 - Status of the initial resource mobilization process
This document provides an update for the Board on the initial resource mobilization process, including the status of signing contribution agreements/arrangements; the current commitment authority highlighting the...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.22/20 - Interim Policy on the Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment
This document proposes an Interim Policy on the Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Harassment for consideration and approval by the Board.
Board document > Action item