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Climate finance forum shows Pacific potential
A Green Climate Fund forum which wound up today in Tonga has added another building block to the Pacific region’s efforts to respond to climate change.
The four-day Structured Dialogue with the Pacific, a region...
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GCF Structured Dialogue with the Pacific to further region’s climate roadmap
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Pacific Structured Dialogue will take place in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, from 18 to 21 July. The three-day event will bring together representatives from Pacific Island countries with the GCF’s...
Article > Press release Tonga
Bilateral agreement solidifies partnership between Tonga and GCF
The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga has signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to grant privileges and immunities to GCF. The agreement was signed in advance of the upcoming GCF Structured Dialogue...
Article > Press release Tonga
Green Climate Fund deepens ties with Conservation International
The Green Climate Fund has signed an Accreditation Master Agreement with Conservation International, broadening the Fund’s global reach to support climate action.
Conservation International, an international non-profit...
Article > Press release CI
Liberia receives first instalment of USD 2.2m GCF grant for climate adaptation
The Government of Liberia has recently received USD 805,000 as part of a USD 2.2 million Green Climate Fund grant to support its national climate adaptation planning process. The release of funds to the West African...
Article > Press release Liberia
GCF Board Strengthens Fund’s Operations
The second Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by adopting a series of decisions that will strengthen the operations of the Fund and help generate high quality funding proposals for climate...
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17th GCF Board meeting to refine climate finance flow
The 17th meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board opens today, with a major goal to strengthen the Fund’s focus on targeting strong climate finance initiatives.
The GCF Board's 24 members will work to strengthen the...
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GCF begins first REDD+ transfer
The Green Climate Fund is transferring its first REDD+ disbursement to help Ecuador reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect its forests.
The current transfer of USD 7.9 million to the United Nations Development...
Article > Press release Ecuador
GCF finance allocation builds Tuvalu’s resilience
The Green Climate Fund is transferring funds to help strengthen the island nation of Tuvalu against the double climate threats of rising sea levels and destructive cyclones.
GCF is sending the first USD 2 million...
Article > Press release Tuvalu UNDP
GCF completes USD 20 million transfer to drive clean Mongolian energy sector
The Green Climate Fund is helping Mongolian enterprises kick start a national, low-carbon energy sector with its completion of a USD 20 million funds transfer to a Mongolian bank.
The bulk of GCF’s contribution, USD 19...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank
UNDP head welcomes flow of GCF funds to the Maldives
Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator, said the Maldives will benefit from the current transfer of GCF funds to an adaptation project run by the UNDP.
While surrounded by water, many people...
Article > Press release Maldives UNDP
GCF funds transfer will help Namibia’s rural poor weather change
The Green Climate Fund is transferring funds to two projects in Namibia to enhance farmers’ resilience to extreme weather in the latest sign of the Fund’s implementation of climate finance.
The funds transfer comes as...
Article > Press release Namibia EIF
GCF helps Vanuatu smooth climate finance path
The Green Climate Fund has disbursed USD 296,000 to Vanuatu to increase this vulnerable island country’s capacity to access climate finance.
The transfer of these funds is part of GCF’s readiness support, which assists...
Article > Press release Vanuatu
Caribbean Dialogue concludes with momentum to advance GCF engagement for climate action
Participants who attended the Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean are returning home with better understanding of GCF and a sense of optimism of how to implement their climate action priorities....
Article > Press release Belize CCCCC
GCF focuses on getting funds flowing
The disbursement of Green Climate Fund financing is picking up pace, following a major focus of the Fund this year on implementing approved projects.
In GCF’s most recent disbursement of climate finance, in early June...
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New General Counsel joins Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is pleased to announce the arrival of Raul Herrera who will act as the Fund’s interim General Counsel, effective 28 June.
An international expert in corporate and financial transactions, Mr...
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Caribbean countries convene in Belize for GCF regional dialogue
Representatives from countries in the Caribbean region are in Belize for a four-day Green Climate Fund (GCF) regional meeting to advance collaboration with the Fund and accelerate access to its resources.
Organized in...
Article > Press release Belize
GCF disburses finance to support Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
The Green Climate Fund has begun disbursing resources to the first project it approved in Peru’s Amazon, providing dual benefits by safeguarding the ‘planet’s lungs’ and bolstering the resilience of indigenous people....
Article > Press release Peru Profonanpe
GCF workshop builds climate adaptation ties in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Green Climate Fund’s first workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries has strengthened regional approaches on adapting to climate change, according to one of the participants.
"Countries in the Balkans...
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GCF Regional workshop to help advance climate action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Representatives from Eastern European and Central Asian (EECA) countries are gathered in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi for a three-day Green Climate Fund workshop to advance their engagement with the Fund and to...
Article > Press release Georgia
Tackling adversity with diversity key to climate response, says GCF workshop participant
One of the best ways to deal with recurring droughts and floods in Argentina is to diversify land management, a government agency representative said at a recent Green Climate Fund workshop.
“When it comes to...
Article > Press release Argentina UCAR
Pacific island climate threat requires early action, says regional representative at GCF workshop
Efforts are needed now to turn Pacific Island concerns over climate change as an existential threat into action, said a regional body representative during a Green Climate Fund workshop.
“The slow burn crisis of sea...
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GCF workshop nurtures cross-border ideas
Indonesia can learn from Mongolia’s placement of women-led small businesses on the climate action frontline, according to the representative of a state-owned corporation at a Green Climate Fund workshop.
“As many of...
Article > Press release Indonesia Mongolia PTSMI
GCF calls for private sector funding at key climate finance conference
The Green Climate Fund has launched a global campaign to tap private sector energies in tackling climate change during an international gathering of climate finance practitioners.
GCF announced it is offering USD 500...
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Words do make a difference, says South African climate finance partner
The language of climate action must resonate with local people, a South African Accredited Entity representative said on the side line of a Green Climate Fund workshop.
“If I go to a rural farmer and ask how climate...
Article > Press release South Africa SANBI
Deutsche Bank signs Accreditation Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund
Deutsche Bank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), enabling the Bank to receive and use GCF capital to raise further funds from private sector investors to support...
Article > Press release DeutscheBank
Climate finance should focus on rural sector, says leading Indian lender
The entrepreneurial hero of India’s climate response will more likely be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development bank at the start of a key Green...
Article > Press release India NABARD
CAF looks past Peru disaster to bank on climate future in Latin America
The worst Peruvian floods in recent memory earlier this year have sharpened the climate and development challenges facing Peru and its neighbours, according to Antonio Garcia, a leading member of the Development Bank of...
Article > Story Peru CAF
Empowering GCF Direct Access Entities focus of upcoming workshop
Representatives of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) direct access Accredited Entities will convene at the Fund’s headquarters next week to boost their capacity in developing strong GCF funding proposals.
The three-day...
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GCF begins funds transfer to Mongolia’s XacBank
The Green Climate Fund has completed the initial tranche of a USD 20 million financing package to XacBank, a leading lender in Mongolia.
A major part of GCF’s opening financial transfer will raise awareness about the...
Article > Press release Mongolia XacBank Pages
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