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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted a landmark policy on REDD+ results-based payments, a major boon for forest finance. The decision was made at the 40th meeting of the GCF Board. REDD+ (Reducing emissions...

Eight project agreements were signed on the margins of the Green Climate Fund’s 40th Board meeting (B.40), which took place on 21-24 October 2024 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. At the last Board meeting of the year, B....

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be at COP29, which runs from 11 to 22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. As a main operating entity under the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

In this Meet the iTAP we discussed the topic of “Water and Climate Change”. Growing demand for water increases competition for water resources, and may induce additional energy-intensive water pumping, transfers and...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the Swedish government’s pledge of SEK 8 billion (USD 763 million) for the Fund’s second replenishment (GCF-2). Sweden has been a long-term contributor to GCF, supporting the Fund...

Baku, Azerbaijan — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today set out how it is increasing the impact of its adaptation investments in support of new pledges, marking Food, Water, and Agriculture Day at COP29. As the...

At the November 14th side event, “Catalyzing climate impact” organised by the COP29 Presidency and four Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) - the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)...

Baku, Azerbaijan— The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has set out how its energy strategy will support new COP29 pledges to accelerate the low-carbon transition, marking Energy Day at COP29. GCF has already committed over USD...

The world requires a reimagined, reinvigorated, repurposed financial architecture that invests long-term in effective climate action, supporting the world’s most vulnerable communities. Such a system would improve the...

Argentina is one of the world's largest exporters of meat, soybeans, cereal, and wheat. In 2021, the agriculture sector accounted for 15.7 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), seeing significant growth in crop...

The four Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) - the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Adaptation Fund, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - launched the Climate Project Explorer at...

In the heat of the day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large cabbages, arranged in neat rows. Nearby a mosquito net hangs from a tree, creating...

GCF grant to enable design of a blended finance and technical assistance facility aimed at enhancing climate adaptation and food security for smallholder farmers across landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa Collaborating...

In Bangladesh, over 33 million children are forced to stay home for days as the sweltering heat makes school too dangerous. “I went to the school with my 13-year-old daughter. She was happy her school was open. But I...

The government of Colombia, Conservation International and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced support for the development of a project to transform water security in the Bogotá region. The project aims to reduce...

On 13 November at COP29, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), in collaboration with BBC Media Action, the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), hosted Decoding climate...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a new regional programme, Glaciers to Farms, that will promote sustainable water use and food security in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Pakistan amid the catastrophic...

"Global climate ambition must keep rising, and it must be backed by finance that continues to grow in scale and quality. Developing countries are counting on it. Our shared future depends on it,” stated Green Climate...

The Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) to Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accreditation was adopted as an update to the GCF Accreditation Framework by decision B.31/06 in March 2022. This is one of two modalities for...