FP177

Cooling Facility

Cooling Facility

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 07 Oct 2021 at B.30
  • Est. completion 29 Jul 2032
  • ESS Category Intermediation 2

As global temperatures increase and the demand for cooling rises, so do the emission levels of greenhouse and fluorinated gases, which have a very high global warming potential.  Reports cite that at 1.5°C of warming – a threshold that could be reached by 2030 - 2.3 billion people could be vulnerable to illness and death from heatwave events (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2019) and productivity loss could be the equivalent of 80 million full-time jobs (International Labor Organization, 2019). Therefore low-carbon and sustainable cooling solutions are essential.

The Cooling Facility will be one of the world’s first cooling-focused facilities with the aim to provide cooling solutions in nine countries.  It will focus on regulation and policy, technical assistance and financing to address and help remove barriers to the development of sustainable cooling investments.  Planned measures include financing for investments in innovative, climate-friendly cooling technologies and systems, and creating an enabling environment by strengthening institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks and building capacity of key stakeholders in technologies, business models and cooling project appraisal and implementation.

Total project value

 

Tonnes of emissions avoided

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
4,220,000
Indirect
16,850,000
Theme

Cross-cutting

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

17 Sep 2020 - 386 days

Funding proposal received

17 Sep 2020

Cleared by GCF Secretariat

16 Jul 2021

Cleared by iTAP

14 Sep 2021

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

23 Sep 2021

Approved

07 Oct 2021 - 296 days

Approved by GCF Board

07 Oct 2021

FAA executed

15 Jul 2022

Under implementation

29 Jul 2022 - 845 days so far

FAA effective

29 Jul 2022

Disbursement - USD 1,000,000

19 Jan 2024

To be completed

29 Jul 2032 - 2,809 days to go

Four regions

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Africa
  • Eastern Europe

Nine countries

Three priority groups

  • Least Developed Countries
  • Small Island Developing States
  • African States
USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing1% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 32,000,000
LoanUSD 29,000,000
LoanUSD 96,000,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 157,000,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 130,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 27,400,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 20,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 86,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 150,000,000
Co-FinancingGuaranteeUSD 50,000,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 80,500,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 25,000,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 3,000,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 940,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 150,000,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 722,840,000

GCF Contacts

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Phone +82 32 458 6186 (KST)
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Integrity issues

GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU)
Phone +82 32 458 6714 (KST)
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Entity

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association
Mr. Zhihong Zhang
Primary

Senior Carbon Finance Specialist
The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW MSN MC3-309 Washington DC 20433 USA, Washington, United States
More contacts

National Designated Authority

Bangladesh
Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance
Mr. Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky Primary
Secretary
Block No. 8, Room No. 3 & 4, Shere-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Phone +88-02-222216701
secretary@erd.gov.bd
El Salvador
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN)
His Excellency Mr. Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga Primary
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
Kilómetro 5 ½ Carretera a Santa Tecla, Col. Las Mercedes, Frente a Círculo Miliar, Edificios MARN, San Salvador, El Salvador
Ms. Mayra Lourdes Argueta de Ardón Secondary
Director of International Cooperation and Climate Change
Kilómetro 5 ½ Carretera a Santa Tecla, Col. Las Mercedes, Frente a Círculo Miliar, Edificios MARN, San Salvador, El Salvador
Phone +(503) 2132-9680
Phone +(503) 7850-2469
mayra.argueta@ambiente.gob.sv
rmgarcia@ambiente.gob.sv
Kenya
The National Treasury
Dr Chris Kiptoo Primary
Principal Secretary
Treasury Building 12th Floor, Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone +254 20 224 0051
pstnt@treasury.go.ke
Mr. Malik Aman Secondary
Programme Manager, National Coordination (FLLoCA)
Phone +254 720 771774
malikaman@me.com
Mr. Peter Odhengo Secondary
Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Finance
Phone +254 722 984 992
odhengo@gmail.com
Mr. Hillary Korir Secondary
Senior Economist
Phone +254 722 644736
hillary.korir@treasury.go.ke
North Macedonia
Office of the President of the Government of Republic of North Macedonia
Mr. Dame Dimitrovski Primary
Special Advisor to the President of the Government of Republic of North Macedonia
Bul Ilinden nr.2, Skopje, North Macedonia
Ms. Sandra Andovska Secondary
Head of Department for Regional and Sustainable Development
Bul Ilinden 2, Skopje, North Macedonia
Phone +389 2 3118 022
Sandra.andovska@gs.gov.mk
Malawi
Environmental Affairs Department
Mrs. Tawonga Mbale-Luka Primary
Director
Environmental Affairs Department Private Bag 394 Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
Phone +265 1 771 111
Phone +265 1 773 379
tawongam@yahoo.com
Panama
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Juan Carlos Monterrey Primary
Climate Change Director
Diego Dominguez Street, Building 804 Albrook, Ancón, Panama City, Panama
Phone (+ 507) 500-0802
jmonterrey@miambiente.gob.pa
Mr. Ángel Cárdenas Secondary
Head of International Technical Cooperation Office
Diego Dominguez Street, Building 804 Albrook, Ancón, Panama City, Panama
Phone (+ 507) 500-0803
acardenas@miambiente.gob.pa
Sao Tome and Principe
Ministry of Planning, Finance and Blue Economy
Dr. Fausto Policarpo Abreu das Neves Primary
NDA Focal Point
Somalia
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Her Excellency Amb. Khadija Almakhzoumi Primary
Minister
Villa Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia
Phone +252617008375
minister@moecc.gov.so
Mr. Sharmarke Dubow Primary
Senior Technical Advisor
Phone +252770984877
sharmarke.dubow@moecc.gov.so
Mr. Abdullahi Ali Secondary
Climate Adaptation Specialist
Phone +252613983913
najeb@moecc.gov.so
Sri Lanka
Ministry of Environment
Mr. B.K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi Primary
Secretary
No. 416/C/1, Sobadam Piyasa, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Phone +94 11 20341217
Phone +94 11 2034122
sec@env.gov.lk
Mr. Leel Randeni Secondary
Director, Climate Change Secretariat
Sobadam Piyasa, No. 416/C/1, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Phone +94 (0) 714421689
Phone +94 (0) 112034193
dircc@env.gov.lk
leelrandeni@gmail.com

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