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Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project
27 Mar 2024 / Incheon, Republic of Korea – The first single-country project in the Cook Islands took 20 days from GCF Board approval to the first disbursement of funding. The USD 13.4 million project, of which USD 12.5 million is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), focuses on improving health outcomes for all Cook Islanders and was developed by the government, with support from GCF through the Simplified Approval Process (SAP).
Stepping up climate action in the Cook Islands
13 Jun 2016 / Government, community, civil society and private sector representatives from the Cook Islands have come up with initial project ideas for what might populate their country programme to tackle climate change—supported by the Green Climate Fund. Representatives from the country’s 15 islands met on the island of Rarotonga on 26 May to identify where climate mitigation and adaptation efforts should focus and where potential support from the Fund could be channeled.
Forum Secretary General congratulates Cook Islands on Readiness GCF Grant
08 Mar 2016 / Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor has congratulated the Government of Cook Islands on becoming the first Forum Island Country, and the first Small Island Developing State (SIDS), to receive a readiness support grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
