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Ambition and coordination key to climate finance reform
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...
Article > News update 
Innovating agriculture through the power of nature and tech
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...
Article > Story GIZ 
The Multilateral Climate Funds launch Climate Project Explorer at COP29
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...
Article > News update 
Guidance for establishing the mitigation impact potential of GCF funded activities in support of Decision B.33/12
The Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) outlines that the Fund's purpose is to promote a shift towards low-emission, climate-resilient development by supporting developing countries in reducing...
Document > Guides
From seed to shelf
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...
Article > Story Namibia EIF 
Tajikistan Country Programme
This country programme by Tajikistan presents the country’s climate change priorities, including a pipeline of projects that the country would like to develop with GCF.
Document > Country programme Tajikistan
Green Climate Fund approves funding to Climate Asset Management to develop strategy for scaling regenerative practices at a landscape level in Sub-Saharan Africa
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...
Article > Press release 
GCF/BM-2024/06 - Appointment of a member to the Accreditation Committee
Board document > Action item
Board document > Action item
Turning down the heat
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...
Article > Story Bangladesh WorldBank 
Green Climate Fund to Support Development of Conservation International Initiative to Transform Water Security in Bogotá
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...
Article > Press release 
Decoding climate communication: stories to save the world
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...
Article > News update 
ADB Launches Major Initiative to Build Resilience to Melting Glaciers: GCF to support development of new programme
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...
Article > Press release ADB 
Letter of Agreement template
This letter of agreement serves to outline conditions for the placement of a Liaison Officer between the GCF and the Host Government. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Host Government, the GCF, and the...
Document > Template
Building climate resilience in India by initiating the national adaptation plan process and scaling up adaptation finance
India has been facing diverse and compounding impacts of climate change due to an increase in extreme weather events such as heatwaves, intense cyclones, and unusually heavy rainfall and floods. Additionally, slow...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India UNDP
GCF/B.40/23 - Decisions of the Board – fortieth meeting of the Board, 21 – 24 October 2024
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Green Climate Fund will be ready to meet the challenge of central role in new climate finance goal says Executive Director
"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...
Article > News update 
GCF Accreditation: Insights from the Project-specific Assessment Approach (PSAA) Pilot Implementation
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...
Event > Webinar 
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP099: Climate Investor One - Ampyr Dhule
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP099: Climate Investor One, specifically for the sub-project "Ampyr Dhule". Project and programme funding proposals that have...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report India FMO
Concept note screening
New screening process
Concept Notes are short summaries of a climate project proposal. They are an optional step, but provide a way for a project proposer to receive early feedback from GCF, indicating whether the...
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Annual Performance Reporting on GCF Funded Activities through the Updated PPMS
Since its introduction in January 2021, the GCF Secretariat has utilized the Portfolio Performance Management System (PPMS) to streamline interactions with key partners, including Accredited Entities (AEs), Delivery...
Event > Webinar 
Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion
The deal generated USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments.
The debt conversion represents an innovative financing model for climate adaptation that avoids...
Article > Press release Barbados 
Strengthening Governance and Institutional Framework for Integrated Climate-change, Water, Energy and Food Security Strategies in Libya
The proposed Readiness project leverages past and current initiatives to enhance stakeholder coordination, conduct baseline studies, and promote an open-source database to address climate change challenges in Libya's...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Libya FAO
Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform (BIP) – Strengthening Brazil’s climate finance and transition capacities
Brazil’s ability to achieve its ambitious climate goals is currently hindered by several critical barriers, including the absence of a fully operational Secretariat for the Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Brazil UNDP
Mobilizing International Climate Finance and Private Investments for Low-Carbon and climate Resilient Development in Peru
Peru faces significant barriers in addressing climate change, including limited institutional capacity to integrate environmental, social, and climate considerations into financial planning and public debt tools; local...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Peru FAO
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP082: Catalyzing Climate Finance (Shandong Green Development Fund): Jiulong River Basin Comprehensive Management Sub-project (Phase I)
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP082: Catalyzing Climate Finance (Shandong Green Development Fund), specifically for the sub-project "Tianbao Town 100MW Agri-...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report China ADB
Risk appetite statement
Adopted by decision B.40/17, paragraph (a). Updates the GCF risk appetite statement, providing direction to guide and steer the overall level of risk-taking and proactive risk management across GCF operations. The risk...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Policy for results-based payments for REDD+
Adopted by decision B.40/16, paragraph (a). Defines the integration of REDD+ results-based payment funding modality into the regular project and programming activity cycle of GCF, including specific requirements for...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Information Sessions on Revised Readiness Results Management Framework (“Revised RRMF”) of the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme (RPSP)
The Revised RRMF is a key instrument for the GCF and its RPSP in supporting the developing countries to strengthen their capacities and planning and programming frameworks towards a transformational long-term climate...
Event > Webinar 
Integrated Landscape Management Approach for Climate-Resilient Water Security and Livelihoods in the Uganda Cattle Corridor (Project)
The ILMAC Project is seeking support from the GCF's project preparation facility to conduct various essential activities related to project preparation. The requested project preparation support encompasses several...
Document > Approved project preparation funding application Uganda MWE_UGA