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The Green Climate Fund and the International Development Finance Club: A strategic alliance to realize the full potential of public development banks in financing the green and climate-resilient transition
In the current pandemic we are facing, Public Development Banks are repositioning their role in driving climate ambition and building momentum in the lead up to COP 26. The IDFC, a ... UN to help developing countries combat climate change, have formed a strategic alliance to help PDBs finance a green and ...
Document > Joint publication
Accreditation framework of the GCF
... . Updates the initial accreditation framework of the GCF and adopted a new project specific assessment approach. To be effective from 1 April 2023. ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
Entity Support for Georgia through PwC
This readiness request aims to carry out a gap assessment of potential direct access entities in Georgia in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Georgia
Evaluation policy for the GCF
... decision B.BM-2021/07 . Sets out the evaluation policy to assess the results, performance, efficiency and effectiveness of the GCF in delivering its mandate. ...
Document > Policies, strategies, and guidelines
GCF hosts first regional workshop for Latin America
... region’s push to be a leader in promoting low-emission and climate-resilient sustainable development. The three-day ... countries’ engagement with GCF and providing a platform to exchange knowledge among different stakeholders ... Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Appropriated Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in energy efficiency, livestock production ...
Article > Press release Honduras
Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
... will lead the definition of national projects for climate action. Heading the delegation, Mr. Arif Ahmed Khan, Federal ... seek the Fund’s support for a broad range of low-emission and climate-resilient initiatives, including those for ... Private Sector Facility. Officials explained Pakistan’s plans to advance quickly through the readiness programme. ...
Article > Press release Pakistan
African adaptation
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Climate impacts are materializing far faster ... and allocates over half of its resources to finance transformative climate adaptation initiatives. GCF has prioritised climate action in Africa, investing over $1 billion of its own ...
Article > Speech
Agriculture Sector Readiness for enhanced climate finance in India
... to develop sub-national climate finance investment programs and projects linked to adaptation and resilience priorities ... address the following three barriers – Fragmentation in planning and monitoring climate action in agriculture sector. Limited experience in ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal India
Enhancing access and increasing impact: the role of the multilateral climate funds
The need for collective, urgent and ambitious action on climate is greater than ever before. As the ... (MCFs) can facilitate broad changes and contribute to the reform of the international climate finance architecture. Our ...
Article > Statement
Green Climate Fund B.20 meeting press release
... ended today in Songdo, following four days of challenging and difficult discussions between Board members. The Board ... operate as one Board, acting together in support of climate action.” “Whilst the results of the meeting are ... not overlook that the Fund has a strong portfolio of transformational projects, with many already under implementation ...
Article > Press release
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
... in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and end global dependency on fossil fuels. "Financing is ... to commit to a whole-of-government approach to climate action and highlighted the need to work hard to mobilise ... of the world's finances, you will agree upon a common plan that accords with climate science, the latest in clean ...
Article > Press release Austria
Implementing the new Green Climate Fund Urban Strategy in Africa
... of developing a Sectoral Guide on “Cities, Buildings and Urban Systems” in order to provide an overview of ... circular economy; Four drivers of paradigm shift: transformational planning and programming, catalyzing climate ... the Green Climate Fund are organizing a virtual Policy Action Lab event “Implementing the new Green Climate Fund ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF
GCF Regional Workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The first GCF regional workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia took place between 31 May and 2 June 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. It targeted 15 ... presented and discussed with the Secretariat their early plans for DAE nominations. Other early outcomes from the ...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Georgia
GCF/B.17/12 - GCF risk management framework
... the Secretariat to develop the necessary methodologies and internal procedures as well as to enhance the ... decision B.BM-2017/02, decided “that the interim risk and investment guidelines adopted pursuant to decision ... and investment guidelines”. In accordance with the work plan of the Board 2017 adopted in the decision taken between ...
Board document > Action item
GCF and Korean Government join forces to promote global Green New Deal
... financial flows usher in an age of sustainable, post-pandemic growth that takes the heat out of dangerous planetary warming. “Climate action and COVID-19 recovery measures must be mutually ... Korea is adopting a number of measures designed to transform its proven ability to industrialise rapidly to take the ...
Article > Press release
Global Programming Conference drives stronger GCF climate support
... of Korea, to strengthen its strategic support of climate action leading to GCF’s first replenishment and beyond. The GCF Global Programming Conference has ... and coalescing paths of practical climate action across the planet. Held over five days near the GCF headquarters, the ...
Article > Press release
Enhancing Lesotho’s private sector readiness for a clean energy transition
... 63% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Lesotho, and this is projected to rise if the country missed the ... Private Sector Expert Committee. This Committee will be a formal channel for the NDA to solicit and receive private ... Lesotho’s private sector to invest in climate and energy action. The private sector engagement strategy will provide ...
Document > Approved readiness proposal Lesotho
Caribbean countries convene in Belize for GCF regional dialogue
... regional meeting to advance collaboration with the Fund and accelerate access to its resources. Organized in ... session to put a spotlight on countries’ climate action plans with the Fund. With several ministers in ... value of the Structured Dialogue. He underscored that the format provides a unique platform for countries, GCF ...
Article > Press release Belize
Scaling the role of climate finance after COP27
... of Practice Workshop, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Brookings Institution organized a Climate Change Working Group session on 3 February 2023 to assess the outcomes of COP27, particularly the role of ... enough to meet the target that we have to get to,’ said former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic ...
Article > News update
GCF/B.24/Inf.08/Add.02 - Report of the activities of the Secretariat – Addendum I: Development of sectoral guidelines and consultation process
... investment priority areas presented in document GCF/B.09/06, to identify specific results areas where targeted GCF ... to promote partnerships between accredited entities and those potential nonaccredited entities that have the ... framework contained in decision B.07/04. As part of this mandate and in line with its 2019 Work Programme, the ...
Board document > Information
Work programme of the Secretariat for 2020 and administrative budget
... the GCF Secretariat “to develop the work programme and annual administrative budget of the Secretariat and trustee and submit them for approval by the Board”. ... to the Board for consideration at B.24 in document GCF/B.24/09 titled “2020 work programme of the Secretariat and ...
Document > Work programme and budget
GCF/B.27/Inf.12/Add.02 - Report of the activities of the Secretariat – Addendum II: Update on the development of sectoral guides and consultation process
... investment priority areas presented in document GCF/B.09/06, to identify specific results areas where targeted GCF ... to promote partnerships between accredited entities and those potential non- accredited entities that have the ... framework contained in decision B.07/04. As part of this mandate and in line with the Report of the Activities of the ...
Board document > Information
GCF/BM-2015/Inf.01/Rev.01 - Outcome of the First GCF Pledging Conference and Pledges as of December 31, 2014
Pursuant to decision B.07/09, a process of collective engagement in the Green Climate ... in Oslo, Norway, with Mr. Henrik Harboe serving as Chair, and a second technical IRM meeting was held on 8–9 ... Bonn, Germany, with H.E. Lennart Båge serving as the Chair and the facilitator of the IRM process. During its eighth ...
Board document > Information
GCF/B.08/20 - Further Development of the Initial Investment Framework
... Board meeting, with technical support from the Secretariat and other stakeholders and taking into consideration recommendations from the ... comparison of methodologies that enable the Secretariat to assess the relative quality and innovativeness of comparable ...
Board document > Action item
Caribbean GCF stakeholders gather in Belize for first regional workshop
... Fund’s stakeholders in the Caribbean region with first-hand support and guidance on working with GCF. The three-day ... (NDAs) and focal points in the Caribbean, and create a platform for the exchange of best practices between stakeholder ... General Assembly to underscore the urgency of climate action. “Our world community must be prepared to deploy ...
Article > Press release
Structured Dialogue with Latin America
... the involvement of Latin American countries with the GCF and to accelerate the implementation of GCF projects and ... Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Here are some of the key outcomes: Discussions ... included progress in the development of a Concept Note on action across the 'Dry Corridor' of Central America - a ...
Event > Structured dialogue Colombia
Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
... can be funnelled to complement public sector-funded climate action, GCF’s Structured Dialogue with Asia has concluded. ... responding to climate change, a four-day gathering of GCF and key partners found the diversity of the region requires ... protecting the nation’s tropical forests by transforming the forest sector into natural capital. Suahasil ...
Article > Press release Indonesia
GCF begins REDD+ results-based payments pilot programme
The Green Climate Fund is now receiving concept notes and funding proposals in response to its pilot programme for ... payments, consistent with the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ and other REDD+ decisions under the United Nations Framework ... Authority and REDD+ entity/focal point using the provided templates ( Concept Note , Funding Proposal ). GCF will ...
Article > Press release
GCF launches global network of climate change expertise
... The CoP will play a crucial role in driving transformative actions in support of GCF’s mandate. In creating this network, GCF is leveraging cutting ...
Article > Press release
Call for public input: REDD+ Results Based Payments
... guidance consistent with the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ and other REDD+ decisions under the United Nations Framework ... results-based payments at the GCF requires further analysis and discussion of elements related to technical and ... on those identified elements through a structured template which is included below. A parallel process focused ...
Document > Call for input Pages
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