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Gender action plan for FP023: Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP023: Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE). Gender action plans seek to operationalise the...
Document > Gender action plan Namibia
Gender action plan for FP058: Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building gender-responsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities
This document outlines the gender action plan for project FP058: Responding to the increasing risk of drought: building gender-responsive resilience of the most vulnerable communities. Gender action plans seek to...
Document > Gender action plan Ethiopia
Groundwater recharge and solar micro irrigation to ensure food security and enhance resilience in vulnerable tribal areas of Odisha
This document presents funding proposal "FP045: Groundwater recharge and solar micro irrigation to ensure food security and enhance resilience in vulnerable tribal areas of Odisha," as approved by the Board of the Green...
Document > Approved funding proposal India
Increasing resilience and adaptation of the communities in the Poopo and Katari watersheds
This concept note provides basic information on the project/programme "Increasing resilience and adaptation of the communities in the Poopo and Katari watersheds," and was submitted to allow the project proponent a...
Document > Concept note Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for El Salvador through Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Readiness and the Preparatory Support Programme will allow the strengthening of the NDA, promoting a coordination mechanism among institutions from different areas, at both political and technical levels and in the...
Document > Approved readiness proposal El Salvador
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Mozambique through FNDS
The Readiness Programme is first aiming at strengthening the Mozambique National Designated Authority by establishing a coordination mechanism with an Advisory Committee (resulting in no-objection procedure) and...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Mozambique
GCF appoints global facilitator for the replenishment process
To support the first GCF formal replenishment, the Fund appointed Johannes F. Linn, a renowned development economist and practitioner, as a global facilitator to help oversee and streamline the replenishment process. Mr...
Article > Press release
GCF, UN Environment launch project to fortify the Gambia against droughts, floods
The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources Lamin Dibba said a GCF-funded adaptation project launched on Tuesday will provide benefits across all of this West African country.
"This...
Article > Press release Gambia
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date in EBRD partnership
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will start funding its largest climate finance investment to date following an agreement signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The GCF-EBRD Sustainable...
Article > Press release Multiple countries
Accelerating climate finance and investment for a green transition
Dear Vice- Minister of Economy and Finance Eok-won Lee
Distinguished guests,
I congratulate the leadership of the South Korean Government for convening the P4G summit in May and commend its partnership with P4G.
The...
Article > Speech
GCF supports Indonesia's energy transition with de-risking geothermal development
Indonesia's geothermal potential is estimated to be 29 GW, which is about 40 percent of the world's known reserves. Despite this potential, the country relies heavily on fossil fuel to meet its electricity demand. A key...
Article > Story Indonesia
Agreement set to increase India's rooftop solar reach
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...
Article > Press release India
Sri Lankan President meets GCF Executive Director to boost climate action programme
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena highlighted how national climate impacts are already emerging during a recent meeting with GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey designed to enhance his country’s interaction...
Article > Press release Sri Lanka
GCF and ADB sign agreement to help Fiji address its water challenge
The Green Climate Fund and the Asian Development Bank have deepened their support bolstering Pacific island countries’ climate responses with the signing of a key funding agreement to improve Fiji’s water management....
Article > Press release Fiji
GCF Board gathers in Liberia to discuss strategy to better support climate action
Monrovia – Board members, advisors and active observers are convening here to discuss how the Green Climate Fund (GCF) can sharpen its vision and strategic priorities to deliver greater impact in support of climate...
Article > Press release Liberia
Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Economic and Social Development Agency (ADES) to become a GCF Direct Access Accredited Entity and support the implementation of Chad's climate change programs and strategies
This readiness request intends to support Chad in addressing its key climate change needs by building the institutional capacity of the Economic and Social Development Agency (ADES) to become a Direct Access Entity of...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Chad
EBRD and Green Climate Fund join forces to support major renewable energy project in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are teaming up to make a major contribution to a USD$ 1 billion renewable energy project in Egypt.
The funding supports the...
Article > Press release Egypt
Climate costs will rise sharply if we miss 1.5 degree target, GCF conference hears
Climate finance is a moral obligation, while inadequate action leading to global temperatures over 1.5 degrees Celsius will come with a heavy price.
These were some of the messages shaping discussions at a key Green...
Article > Press release
Focus on adaptation planning at COP 23, surge in requests for GCF support
Uncertainty should not be a pretext for putting off preventative action, a leading UN figure in adaptation said during a seminar supported by GCF at the global climate change conference in Bonn.
“Rather, the...
Article > Press release
GCF charts progress and ambition at COP23 side event
The Green Climate Fund will focus on pursuing high-quality climate projects and improving its approval processes, Executive Director Howard Bamsey told participants at the global climate change conference currently...
Article > Press release
GCF encourages more high-quality and ambitious proposals
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has articulated its post-Paris vision, highlighting the need for high-quality, ambitious funding proposals to scale up action under the Fund and incite the necessary paradigm shift.
At a...
Article > Press release
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
Mali is a landlocked country in the Sahel belt of West Africa where 80% of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the electricity from diesel...
Article > Story Mali
Jamaica and Norway lead countries in call for ambitious replenishment of Green Climate Fund ahead of Climate Action Summit
The Prime Ministers of Jamaica and Norway convened Heads of State, Ministers, and representatives from over 40 developed and developing countries today for a meeting dedicated to the replenishment of the Green Climate...
Article > Press release Jamaica Norway
Partnerships strengthened and mobilised for greater climate action
The Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Global Programming Conference (GPC) wrapped up with key conclusions that will inform GCF’s strategy around the Fund’s upcoming second replenishment and strategic programming priorities for...
Article > News update
Adaptation Planning support for Argentina through UNDP
The proposed GCF project will facilitate the assessment and reduction of vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change by integrating climate change adaptation into the country's comprehensive and resilient...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Argentina
IFAD and GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions of people and restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause for hope today because of their governments’ support for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW), an area covering...
Article > Press release
Financing climate and environmental actions
Dear colleagues and friends,
Many thanks to the Government of Germany and UN Women for the invitation to address this important roundtable on financing climate and environmental action to advance gender equality.
As...
Article > Speech
Investment decisions and the climate challenge
Merci à Vincent Ducrey et au HUB Institute pour cette invitation et pour l'organisation du Sustainable Leaders Forum.
The need for urgent climate action is more acute than ever. There is little margin for delay to...
Article > Speech
Initial Resource Mobilisation
Overview
Following a rapid institutional start-up phase, the GCF’s Initial Resource Mobilisation (IRM) in 2014 quickly raised USD 10.3 billion in pledges. Of this, USD 9.3 billion was confirmed.
Amount announced...
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GCF commits to support climate resilient transformation at Climate Adaptation Summit
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is heeding calls to help developing countries bolster their defences against the increasingly damaging effects of climate change, while overcoming COVID-19 fiscal constraints.
That was the...
Article > Press release Pages
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