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Nearly 1,100 storm-resilient houses were constructed in 2018 in seven provinces under the framework of the ‘Improving the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change–related impacts in Việt Nam’...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement to support the development of effective hydrological and meteorological data and information in Tajikistan. The signing of the...

This is the final GCF postcard from Katowice, but it may not be the final day of the COP. We are now into the waiting game, as negotiations continue to agree the Paris ‘rulebook’ and other texts, which includes the...

Rwandan farmers facing the increased likelihood of landslides, flooding and droughts from climate change will benefit from an agreement by the Green Climate Fund to begin transferring funds to Rwanda’s Ministry of...

The Green Climate Fund’s current replenishment drive received top-level support from developing and developed nations during the international climate change meeting in Poland. A number of government ministers...

Following recent announcements by Germany and Norway that they will double their commitment to the Fund, GCF’s COP24 side event yesterday helped to maintain this positive momentum, reviewing the achievements of the Fund...

The Green Climate Fund enhanced the ability of public and private project developers to invest in climate action today with its signing of an agreement with Moroccan-based CDG Capital. CDG Capital is a corporate and...

The Green Climate Fund signed a funding agreement with Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) today to make communities in northern Tanzania more resilient to water strains caused by climate change. The signing of the...

The GCF high level side event today featured calls to action from developing countries, and encouragement to greater ambition for the GCF replenishment from Germany and Norway in particular. GCF's second official side...

Due to Burkina Faso’s dependence on fossil fuels, the country has one of the highest electricity tariff rates in West Africa. Moreover, only 3 percent of its rural areas are electrified. In 2017, the Government of...

Tuesday was another busy day inside and outside the GCF pavilion with events on climate resilience, and climate rationale as well as negotiations, signings and lots of meetings. Tomorrow promises to be even busier,...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an agreement to leverage WMO expertise in weather, climate and water to increase the effectiveness of GCF-financed activities....

It’s all about the finance! That was the plea from NGOs this morning at COP24, ahead of the high level Ministerial dialogue on climate finance. Many delegates here are focusing on this issue, and GCF offered its vision...

The weekend may have arrived, but negotiations continued throughout Saturday in Katowice. Progress is being made, but not quickly enough to achieve the Presidency's goal of closing all the 'non-Paris Agreement' items by...

GCF has a strong focus on the role of the private sector today in Katowice.Colleagues from GCF's Private Sector Facility led an event on Green Banking, before signing a private sector project agreement that will bring...

The spread of solar energy across India received a further boost today with the signing of an agreement between the Green Climate Fund and India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The...

As we approach the end of the first week of the COP, negotiating texts are starting to be slimmed down, reducing in size and removing the numerous brackets that surround alternative proposals. On climate finance, there...

A recently signed implementation agreement opens up Green Climate Fund (GCF) finances to boost the climate resilience of Namibian farmers in GCF’s first project approved under its Simplified Approval Process (SAP)....

The GCF pavilion has been busy today, and the Fund also hosted its first official side event of COP24. But these events are only part of the reason that GCF is in Poland, so today's Postcard from Katowice will try to...

After David Attenborourgh, broadcaster and natural historian, warned COP yesterday of the collapse of civilization if we don’t act on climate change, the climate conference is focusing on different areas for action....

On 19 – 22 November, the Green Climate Fund, in cooperation with the Government of Ethiopia and the Least Developed Countries' constituency under the UNFCCC, held the Structured Dialogue with Least Developed Countries (...

The first GCF Adaptation Rationale workshop took place in Cebu, Philippines on 14-16 November 2018. The event strengthened the expertise of countries and Direct Access Entities (DAEs) in developing adaptation project...

Tonga, a Small Island Developing State in the Asia-Pacific region, is highly vulnerable to climate change. Despite having a huge potential for renewable energy, particularly from solar and wind, several technical and...

The Green Climate Fund and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a legal agreement to open doors for more climate finance projects in the Caribbean region. The signing of the Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA)...

At the second GCF Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean, the Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada called on participants from the region to work together to address the risks of climate change and called for this...

On 1 November, GCF and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) signed the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) for the project Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)....

The 21st meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board ended today in Bahrain, approving over one billion dollars of new projects and programmes to support climate action in developing countries, and formally launching...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has today signed an agreement with Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO) that will enable FMO to implement GCF funded low-emission and climate-resilient...

A timely Green Climate Fund (GCF) investment has helped halve the cost of producing renewable energy in Egypt by using new ways to capture private finance flows. GCF has been working with the European Bank for...

Last Board meeting before COP24 will consider new funding and accreditation proposals, with policies, replenishment and evaluation of readiness programme also on agenda The Green Climate Fund Board opens its twenty-...