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Updated monitoring and accountability framework for accredited entities
Adopted by decision B.42/13, subject to transitional arrangements. Defines the requirements related to the role of accredited entities (AE) in advancing the mandate of GCF, AE compliance, funded activity monitoring,...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Approach to legal arrangements
Adopted by decision B.42/13, paragraph (e), subject to the transitional arrangements adopted by paragraph (n) of the same decision. This document is the revised approach to legal arrangements with accredited entities...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Standard conditions (Projects)
The Standard Conditions set forth terms and conditions generally applicable to all financing for Projects made available by the GCF.
Following approval of a funding proposal, the GCF and the Accredited Entity enter...
Document > Standard conditions
Information session on Readiness and PPF with LTA holders
The information session focused on clarifying the programmatic aspects of the requirements under the Readiness and PPF mini-tenders. It covered an overview of the Readiness and PPF modalities and how to address...
Event > Webinar 
Locally Led Climate Action
Overview
Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivers on its mandate to support the most vulnerable. Climate change is profoundly local in its impacts. Yet too often, local...
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Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP210: KawiSafi II - Orb Energy Kenya
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP210: KawiSafi II , specifically for the sub-project "Orb Energy Kenya". Project and programme funding proposals that have...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Kenya Acumen FP210
COP30 Official Side Event: GCF.10: A Decade of Impact
November 2025 marks a pivotal milestone: ten years since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved its first climate investments and nearly a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted.
The side event will commemorate...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
COP30 High-level Event: Delivering Climate Solutions through Country Platforms
As nations urgently seek to enhance climate ambition and implementation, country and regional platforms are emerging as vital tools for mobilizing financing aligned with national priorities. These platforms translate...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
COP30 Multilateral Climate Funds Joint Results Report Launch
The Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) are essential in combating climate change and facilitating a transition to a resilient, low-emission future. At this event they will launch an inaugural results report that shows...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF 
GCF and partners catalyse USD 600 million to boost adaptation finance
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), along with its partners MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) and FinDev Canada, have achieved a major milestone in scaling private investment for adaptation with the USD 600 million first closure of the...
Article > News update MUFG_Bank FP223 
Delivering at speed: 12 new projects ready for implementation
Project agreements were signed for 12 newly approved projects on the margins of the Green Climate Fund’s 43rd Board meeting (B.43), where a record volume of climate financing was approved.
Of the 22 projects approved...
Article > News update 
GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance
GCF’s Locally Led Climate Action framework and guidance seeks to align the GCF, countries, accredited and executing entities, and partners on good locally led practices under existing access and funding modalities.
Part...
Document > Publication, Guides
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP190: Climate Investor Two (CI2) - Badirammogo Water Users Association: Olifants Management Model Program (OMMP)
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP190: Climate Investor Two (CI2), specifically for the sub-project "Badirammogo Water Users Association: Olifants Management...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report South Africa FMO FP190
Record finance and increased impact: GCF delivers for ‘implementation COP’ as it marks 10 years of climate action
Belém, Brazil - On the opening day of COP30, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) heralded a record programming year and greater climate impact as it marked the tenth anniversary of its operations.
“2025 is the year where we...
Article > Press release 
GCF’s approach to Locally Led Climate Action: Scaling up support for locally driven solutions
Locally Led Climate Action (LLCA) is central to how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) delivers on its mandate to support the most vulnerable. Climate change has profoundly local impacts. However, local actors are often left...
Article > News update 
GCF Sub-Regional Dialogue with Fragile and Conflict Affected States in the Middle East
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Sub-Regional Dialogue with Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCAS) in the Middle East will convene government representatives, National Designated Authorities (NDAs), Accredited Entities...
Event > Structured dialogue 
Strengthening DAEs’ financial reporting and fiduciary excellence for GCF-funded activities
The Green Climate Fund is hosting an interactive training session titled “Strengthening DAEs’ Financial Reporting and Fiduciary Excellence for GCF-Funded Activities.” The session aims to help Direct Access Entities (...
Event > Webinar 
DAE Readiness TOR template
The Terms of Reference (TOR) template serves to help defining the scope of support required by Direct Access Entities (DAE) through the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. This DAE TOR serves as a 'blueprint'...
Document > Template
New partnership to mobilise private capital for climate solutions in emerging markets
Just Climate and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 14 November 2025 to collaborate on mobilising private institutional capital for investment in climate...
Article > Press release 
Fourteen new Country Platforms announced in collaboration with GCF to drive country-led climate solutions
Belém, Brazil — Today, in a major step forward to align global support and investments with national priorities, 14 developing countries and regions announced plans to develop country or regional platforms for climate...
Article > Press release Brazil 
GCF committed to supporting Indigenous Peoples’ access to climate finance
At COP30 in Belem, Brazil, GCF Head of Sustainability and Inclusion, Eleni Kyrou, has pledged GCF’s commitment to increasing access to climate finance for Indigenous Peoples and undertaken to partner with The Tenure...
Article > News update 
Guidance note: Navigating the Pre-screening questionnaire under the revised Accreditation Framework
The pre-screening guidance note explains the Green Climate Fund’s pre-screening questionnaire under the revised Accreditation Framework, outlining the eligibility checks and core requirements for prospective Accredited...
Document > Guides
Country consultation summary template
The country consultation template captures key information from an organization’s engagement with the National Designated Authority, helping summarize discussions relevant to the GCF pre-screening process.
Document > Template
Green Climate Fund to support the development of major proposals to increase climate resilience by conserving ecosystems at scale
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have committed up to USD 4.5 million for the preparation and design of the Climate Resilient Enduring Earth (CREE) initiative....
Article > Press release 
GCF/B.43/21 - Decisions of the Board – forty-third meeting of the Board, 27– 30 October 2025
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Board document > Compendium of decisions
Multilateral Climate Funds Joint Results Report
For the first time, the four Multilateral Climate Funds (Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds, Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund) have come together to present a collective view of their impact,...
Document > Joint publication
Multilateral climate funds publishes first joint results report
For the first time, the world’s four largest multilateral climate funds (MCFs) are presenting a unified picture of our collective impact. The Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds, Global Environment Facility, and...
Article > News update 
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF) - ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (“ARISE IIP” or “ARISE”)
This document presents relevant environmental and social safeguards (ESS) information about FP205: Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), specifically for the sub-project "ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (“...
Document > Environmental and Social Safeguards report, Sub-project ESS report Multiple countries AFC FP205