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GCF, African Development Bank and Africa50 signal support for Desert to Power programme
The Green Climate Fund, the African Development Bank and Africa50 investment fund will collaborate to bring solar energy to the Sahel, in support of the priority set by countries in the region.
The three international...
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GCF brings climate focus to African development bank meeting
The Green Climate Fund will chart new thinking on boosting Africa’s industrialisation in climate-sensitive ways while attending the African Development Bank’s annual meeting which opens today.
The African Development...
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GCF to capitalise on Japan's aid experience with AMA signing
The Green Climate Fund will be able to tap into Japanese expertise in developmental assistance with the signing today of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the country’s aid agency.
The signing of the...
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GCF at the mid-year UN Climate Change Conference
The UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Bonn with work advancing on the Paris Agreement guidelines and the continuation of the Talanoa Dialogue. GCF will be present for the forty-eighth session of the Subsidiary...
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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 Structured Dialogue shows strength and weakness of Asian climate approach
The Green Climate Fund's Structured Dialogue with Asia concludes today with an enhanced understanding of the need to tap regional growth to address climate change and to identify current weaknesses in dealing with its...
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GCF Structured Dialogue focus turns to Asia
The challenge of maintaining solid economic growth in Asia through climate resilient development will be a major feature of the Green Climate Fund's second Structured Dialogue in the region which opens tomorrow.
More...
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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
Climate change hurting the poor, Mali President says in call for action
Republic of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta called for a united approach to tackle the inequalities of climate change at GCF's Structured Dialogue with Africa, which concludes today.
"We are all determined...
Article > Press release Mali
GCF signs first partnership with Japanese bank
The Green Climate Fund has opened a new path of funding from Japan’s private sector with the recent signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
The signing of Accreditation...
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Mali set to host 2nd African Structured Dialogue
The GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa opening on Tuesday is set to draw some 300 participants from across the continent to promote regional climate cooperation and enhance understanding about how to engage with the...
Article > Press release Mali
GCF joins UN bodies to help entrepreneurs embrace climate technology
The Green Climate Fund joined efforts to harness the driving spirit of technological entrepreneurs in developing countries who are tackling climate change during a recent meeting in Bonn, Germany.
GCF partnered with...
Article > Press release Germany
IIU signs MoU with SANBI to strengthen cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 7 March 2018 to enhance cooperation in institutional...
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GCF Signs Agreement with the International Solar Alliance
The Green Climate Fund has signed a joint declaration with the International Solar Alliance to strengthen collaboration for renewable energy, and to promote solar energy solutions as part of the steps needed to reach...
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Dialogue to Boost Climate Technology Innovation
An expert dialogue will take place on Wednesday, 14 March, in Bonn to discuss how to accelerate support for entrepreneurs in developing countries who develop innovative new climate technologies.
Such technologies range...
Article > Press release Germany
Private sector key, say GCF Latin America Dialogue partners
The importance of the private sector was a common theme among many of the participants at the recently-concluded GCF Structured Dialogue in Latin America.
Opening the Dialogue on Monday, Colombian President Juan Manuel...
Article > Press release Colombia CAF
Colombian President calls for enhanced public-private climate action
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón called for urgent public-private sector cooperation in tackling climate change at the Green Climate Fund's first Structured Dialogue in Latin America.
"Both the public...
Article > Press release Colombia
GCF sets funding proposal schedule for B.20 [Updated]
The Green Climate Fund has revised the timeline for its twentieth Board meeting as per the confirmed meeting date. The timeline lists key dates leading to the Board meeting, where the 24 Board members decide on funding...
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Colombian President set to open GCF’s first Latin American Dialogue
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón will open the Green Climate Fund's first Structured Dialogue in the Latin American region tomorrow.
The four-day event brings together about 150 GCF Partners to learn...
Article > Press release Colombia
GCF Board approves over USD 1 billion in funding for climate mitigation and adaptation
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2018 concluded today after approving 23 projects, valued together at USD 1,093.5 million of GCF funding.
The new approvals bring the GCF portfolio to a total of 76...
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GCF Board opens B.19 meeting, elects Lennart Båge and Paul Oquist as new Co-Chairs
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has today appointed two new Co-Chairs at its nineteenth meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. Paul Oquist has been elected as the developing country Co-Chair, whilst Lennart Båge is...
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Javier Manzanares appointed as GCF Deputy Executive Director
Javier Manzanares has been appointed as the Green Climate Fund's first Deputy Executive Director. Mr Manzanares has been interim Deputy Executive Director since 2017. He previously served as interim Executive Director...
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Douglas Leys takes over as GCF's new top legal advisor
Prominent Jamaican legal practitioner Douglas Leys is the Green Climate Fund's new General Counsel.
Mr Leys has taken up this post after moving from his previous role as the Government of Jamaica's Solicitor General....
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Winter Olympics begin with key message on planetary cooperation
As three consecutive Olympic Games move to East Asia, the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund, the link between sports and sustainability has become clearer.
The Republic of Korea's first hosting of the Winter...
Article > Press release Republic of Korea (the)
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 UNEP
Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean
Green Climate Fund consultations in the Caribbean have found a recent spate of destructive hurricanes is adding urgency to regional efforts enhancing climate resilience.
Recent meetings with GCF partners in Antigua and...
Article > Press release Multiple countries
GCF slates future climate cooperation with China Development Bank
The Green Climate Fund has signed an agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development financial institution, to coordinate their activities in promoting climate action.
While the...
Article > Press release China
Mobilising Funds at Scale RFP: shortlisting of proposals
As was announced at the One Planet Summit in Paris on 12 December, the Green Climate Fund has shortlisted a number of exciting Concept Notes responding to the recent Request for Proposals for Mobilising Funds at Scale...
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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 REDD+ results-based payments.
This follows a decision at the 18th GCF Board meeting in October to pilot...
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IIU, CABEI sign agreement to enhance cooperation
The Green Climate Fund's Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) is strengthening its collaborative efforts with the Integrity and Compliance Office (ICO) of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) through a...
Article > Press release CABEI Pages
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