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GCF doubles climate finance output, Board Co-Chairs report at UN Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has doubled the amount of approved climate finance during the past year, the Co-Chairs to the GCF Board reported today to the 23rd Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework...
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GCF briefs delegates as COP gets underway
GCF has published a series of ‘In Brief’ factsheets, as the Fiji-chaired 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway in Bonn, Germany.
The factsheets...
Article > Press release
GCF in Numbers – A snapshot of figures, facts and results
The role of GCF continues to grow as the largest international climate fund helping developing counties respond to climate change.
GCF in Numbers is a snapshot of key figures, facts and results of the Fund to date....
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Developing country entrepreneurs cause for hope, GCF deputy tells meeting
Innovation in developing countries highlighted by moves to renewable energy in China and India raises hopes for a low-emissions future, according to Javier Manzanares, Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director a.i....
Article > Press release Multiple countries
GCF and Africa Finance Corporation drive low-emission development in Africa
The Green Climate Fund will help African countries ramp up their economic growth in ways that do not exacerbate climate change with the signing today of an agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).
The two...
Article > Press release AFC
Funds flow in GCF’s first direct access project with Pacific Islands
The Green Climate Fund has signed a funding agreement with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) improving Pacific islands’ ability to deal with climate-induced disasters.
The signing of...
Article > Press release Vanuatu SPREP
GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States
The Green Climate Fund participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment that the Government of the Maldives convened in its capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States...
Article > Press release Multiple countries
GCF invests USD 65.8M for Egypt renewable energy project; reaches USD 100M disbursement milestone
The Green Climate Fund has transferred the first tranche of climate finance under the Egypt Renewable Energy Financing Framework. The project, undertaken with GCF partner EBRD, the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
Article > Press release Egypt EBRD
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 ADB
Biodiversity and climate change: Convention on Biological Diversity meets with GCF
Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), visited the GCF headquarters this week to hold discussions about cooperation with GCF.
Javier Manzanares, GCF Deputy...
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GCF approves 11 projects at its final Board meeting of the year
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) concluded its last Board meeting of 2017 by approving 11 new projects and programmes valued at USD 392.86 million to assist developing countries respond to climate change.
The 18th meeting...
Article > Press release China_CDM_Fund
GCF Board meets in Egypt to develop project portfolio, consider new accreditations
The Green Climate Fund Board opens its eighteenth meeting today. This third meeting of the GCF Board this year is being hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo.
The Board will consider a number...
Article > Press release Egypt
Shoring up early warning systems for Asia-Pacific SIDS
Five island countries in the Asia-Pacific region are teaming up with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to boost their resilience to weather events.
WMO is working with the governments and civil society...
Article > Press release Multiple countries WMO
European Investment Bank and Green Climate Fund sign partnership agreement
The European Investment Bank and the Green Climate Fund have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, allowing them to work together to finance climate action in developing countries.
The agreement was signed at EIB’s...
Article > Press release EIB
GCF project seed funding to help grow agricultural resilience in Morocco
If you enjoy citrus fruit, you most likely have tasted a clementine from Morocco, and there is a good chance it was grown in the country’s Souss Valley.
Located in Morocco’s southwest region, this fertile plain is an...
Article > Story Morocco ADA_Morocco
Lao PDR connecting climate resilience and green growth
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is embarking on a green growth strategy to ensure its socio-economic development is sustainable and anchored in protecting the environment and increasing resilience to a changing...
Article > Press release Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
GCF hails Mongolia partnerships as model for mobilising private capital
Mobilising private sector capital is critical to climate transformation, and GCF’s partnerships in Mongolia demonstrate how the Fund can leverage public funds to engage private investment.
This was the message...
Article > Press release Mongolia
GCF Readiness funding to advance Viet Nam’s national climate change actions
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam have signed letters of agreement approving nearly USD 300,000 in GCF Readiness funding to support the country’s green growth and climate action...
Article > Press release Viet Nam
CABEI signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The agreement will enable the multiplying of financing sources for...
Article > Press release CABEI
GCF strengthens partnership with Inter-American Development Bank
The Green Climate Fund has broadened its inroads of climate finance into the Latin America and Caribbean region after the signing of a key agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The signing of...
Article > Press release IDB
GCF backs Mongolian forum to open up low-emission, business paths
XacBank, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accredited Entity, is helping Mongolia forge a new sustainable phase in its economic growth by holding the bank’s first green finance forum on Wednesday.
The one-day event run by...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank
Namibia commences climate projects as GCF brings country ownership to the fore
Namibia has begun work on two Green Climate Fund (GCF)–supported projects bolstering rural people’s resilience.
The start of these adaptation initiatives marks an important phase of GCF’s efforts to ensure recipient...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF
GCF Readiness Programme marks milestone, hitting USD 10m in funds disbursed to 59 countries
More than USD 10 million to date has been disbursed through the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness Programme, a flagship funding programme that provides resources to enhance country ownership and access to the Fund.
The...
Article > Press release CABEI
GCF launches its first climate gender manual
The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch today of its first gender guide to climate finance.
GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and Swedish Minister for...
Article > Press release
GCF and CTCN: Expanding green technology assistance in developing countries
The Green Climate Fund and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) are stepping up collaboration to accelerate the development and transfer of technologies for energy-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient...
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New GCF manual puts gender at centre of climate response
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will launch a guide on Tuesday strengthening the central role of gender consideration in its allocation of climate finance.
“Mainstreaming Gender in Green Climate Fund Projects” details how...
Article > Press release
GCF enhances Asian coverage by bolstering ties with ADB
The Green Climate Fund expanded its impact in the Asian region today with an agreement strengthening its shared strategic approach to tackle climate change with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The two organizations...
Article > Press release ADB
GCF sets funding proposal schedule
The Green Climate Fund has set the indicative timeline for its consideration of funding proposals for the next two GCF Board meetings. The indicative timeline lists the key dates leading to the Board meetings, where the...
Article > Press release
Signing of legal agreement broadens Indian scope of climate action
The Green Climate Fund has strengthened momentum to tackle climate change in the second most populace nation by signing a key agreement with GCF’s first accredited Indian bank.
The signing by India’s National Bank for...
Article > Press release India NABARD
GCF lays climate finance groundwork in Africa and the Pacific
The Green Climate Fund’s latest expansion of assistance to countries preparing to implement climate finance is targeting Africa and the Pacific.
GCF has provided USD 700,000 to the Ministry of Natural Resources of...
Article > Press release Mauritania Rwanda MOE_Rwanda Pages
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