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Rural women rising
With access to irrigated land, training in climate-resilient farming, and a platform to sell their produce, women farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable agriculture....
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NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Afghanistan through FAO
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. A high proportion of the population rely on climate-sensitive sectors, particularly agriculture and animal husbandry. Increasingly uncertain and extreme...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Afghanistan
Gender assessment for FP060: Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)
The gender analysis of the EWN-SCI project was conducted with the aim of identifying gender considerations and devising ways of streamlining gender equality in the project proposal. This analysis is intended to (i)...
Document > Gender assessment Barbados
Last GCF Board meeting of 2019 begins today
The 24th Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting opens today to consider expanding the Fund’s support for climate action beyond the 99 developing countries currently receiving GCF climate finance.
The three-day meeting...
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The Green Climate Fund Board holds last meeting of 2023
At the three-day meeting, the Board will consider for approval 15 new funding proposals, of which 12 target the most vulnerable - Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African...
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Stakeholder consultation regarding feasibility study on GCF regional presence
The GCF Board has recently commissioned a study on the feasibility of establishing a GCF regional presence.
The study explores the needs and options for establishing a GCF regional presence, was conducted by the...
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FP214 - Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming
Rice is Thailand’s most important food crop, accounting for roughly half of the country’s agricultural land and employing more than 18 million smallholder farmers. Methane from flooded rice fields and CO2 emissions from...
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FP215 - Community Resilience Partnership Program
The impacts of climate change have been affecting the livelihoods, food security, water security, and health of millions of people in countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste...
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FP216 - Scaling up climate resilient flood risk management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Climate change is showing its impact in Bosnia and Herzegovina through higher average yearly temperatures and significant shifts in seasons and rainfall patterns. This has led to a rise in destructive floods, causing...
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FP217 - Building Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Climate Variability in Rwanda’s Congo Nile Divide through Forest and Landscape Restoration
The Congo-Nile Divide in Rwanda is a biologically rich region with high elevations and natural forests that are crucial to both local wildlife and communities. This area plays a vital role in the broader region’s...
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FP218 - Building climate resilience in the landscapes of Kigoma region, Tanzania
In the Republic of Tanzania’s Kigoma Region, climate data show more frequent and unpredictable periods of heavy rainfall causing an increase of flood events. Dry spells are also expected to increase in frequency and...
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FP219 - Staple Crops Processing Zone (SCPZ): Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains
In Guinea, Senegal and Togo, agriculture and forestry are the primary sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for over 80 per cent of total emissions. At the same time, these countries are also among those...
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FP220 - Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) for East Africa region
In East Africa, climate models predict a continual rise in average temperatures and an increase in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events. This places significant pressure on the region's farmers, as they...
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FP221 - Rwanda Green Investment Facility (RGIF)
Rwanda is considered highly vulnerable to climate change in both mitigation and adaption aspects. Faced with multiple climate hazards including more intense rainfall, shifting seasonal temperatures, droughts, and...
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FP222 - Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP 2)
Despite being among the lowest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), countries in sub-Saharan Africa have already experienced widespread loss and damage due to climate change. These impacts range from...
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FP223 - Project GAIA ("GAIA")
In the past two decades, there has been an 83 per cent global increase in the frequency of major climate-related disasters, such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and violent maritime weather. Low- and middle-income...
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FP224 - Renewstable Barbados Project
Barbados currently relies on imported fossil fuels for around 95 per cent of its power generation. This dependence not only makes the country vulnerable to oil price fluctuations, but also contributes to nearly one-...
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SAP030 - Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Health System
Climate change impacts Lao PDR’s health sector by triggering more frequent and intense extreme weather events that damage health facility infrastructure – including water, sanitation, and hygiene services – and by...
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SAP031 - Marajó Resiliente: Enhancing the resilience of smallholders to climate change impacts through adapting and scaling up diversified agroforestry systems in the Marajo Archipelago of Brazil
High exposure of the Amazon delta and estuary to sea level rise due to climate anomalies, combined with limited socio-economic capacities and access to financial support by smallholders living along the Marajó...
Project > Public sector Brazil ![...](/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/project/image-sap031.jpg?itok=0LZyf6T1)
SAP032 - Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility – LoCAL
Benin is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change with low levels of readiness and adaptive capacity. Climate change has already been felt in the country in recent decades, with increases in...
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SAP033 - Enhancing Climate Information Systems for Resilient Development in Sierra Leone
Rising sea level is expected to lead to a range of challenges for the 10 per cent of Freetown’s population that reside in high-risk climate areas. Shoreline recession, rising water tables, and waterborne diseases are...
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Policies: Investment
Investment
The GCF’s Investment Framework sets out the parameters which guide GCF’s investment decision-making and its assessment and consideration of Funding Proposals. The Investment Framework establishes the Fund’s...
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GCF private sector conference explores how to break through finance barriers
The removal of barriers hindering global financial flows to developing countries could solve the climate finance paradox by unleashing USD 26 trillion in new climate investments by 2030.
This was one of Green Climate...
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ED opening remarks
His Excellency Mr Carlos Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the Republic of Costa Rica,
Prof Lee White, Gabonese Republic’s Minister of Water and Forests, the Sea and the Environment of the Gabonese Republic,
Mr...
Article > Speech
Global fund for coral reefs- reef-based climate resilience finance
Oceans and the Blue Economy have an enormous role to play in preserving and enhancing sustainable economic growth, promoting regional stability and conserving global biodiversity.
Coral reef ecosystems are critical in...
Article > Speech
Bridging the climate-health gap
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), two billion people across the globe lack safe drinking water, 600 million suffer from foodborne illnesses annually, children under five bear 30% of foodborne fatalities...
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Policies and strategies
Policies and strategies
As part of its mandate, the GCF Board approves specific operational policies and guidelines, including for programming, project cycle, administration, and financial management. The Board also...
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Policies: Terms of reference
Terms of reference
Policies under this category set out the terms of reference for GCF’s committees, panels and groups, independent units and the trustee.
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Adaptation planning vital in helping countries weather change
A guide to NAPs and why GCF is supporting this UN process to spark catalytic climate action
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season across the Caribbean was one of the most destructive on record, according to the World...
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GCF's first replenishment
GCF’s first replenishment (2020-2023) is an important element of the financial commitments needed to deliver the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement. This first replenishment is part of a long-term...
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