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GCF scopes forest funding path after workshop
GCF is currently exploring ways to help countries keep their forests intact while also dealing with climate change following a “ground-breaking” workshop held in Bali, Indonesia at the end of last month.
Sixty...
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Asian private sector ambition key to climate solution, Dialogue finds
Private sector ambitions driving the Asian economic powerhouse can be funnelled to complement public sector-funded climate action, GCF’s Structured Dialogue with Asia has concluded.
Reflecting the key role of Asia in...
Article > Press release Indonesia
GCF Readiness Results - Vanuatu
At the fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15) in December 2016, the Pacific island country of Vanuatu was awarded a grant for a Climate Information Services for Resilient Development project to be implemented by the...
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GCF Readiness Results - Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is one of the first countries to complete their roadmap for engagement with the GCF. Its Country Programme sets forward an ambitious pipeline of over USD 245 million in...
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Growing enthusiasm buoys second day of GCF’s Asian Dialogue
Signs of growing ambition in Asian countries to tackle climate change have laid the groundwork for the second day of GCF’s regional event to boost climate finance.
Participants at GCF’s Structured Dialogue on Asia...
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GCF engages Asian countries in dialogue on their climate investments
GCF’s first Structured Dialogue with Asia, opening today in Indonesia, will seek common cause amid diversity in bringing together representatives from 24 nations. Participants will share their climate experiences, and...
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Results needed to tackle forest roots of climate challenge
Paying developing countries based on results they achieve in keeping their forests intact is essential to meet the global climate challenge, according to Jonah Busch, a researcher with the US-based Centre for Global...
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Signing of legal agreement with EBRD widens GCF funding window
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has become the first multilateral development bank with global reach to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
This...
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GCF workshop to consolidate finance for REDD+
The Green Climate Fund convenes a workshop in Bali, Indonesia, to discuss how the Fund can tap financial incentives to protect forests.
Since more than a decade ago, countries have been negotiating an international...
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GCF 101 – New guide on how to access the Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund launches “GCF 101” – a new web-based guide that provides Partners with detailed information on how to access the Fund’s resources. The guide aims to help GCF stakeholders better navigate the many...
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Strong partnerships between countries and entities central to delivering GCF mandate
Accredited Entities of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and developing countries are key partners in working with communities to turn the Fund’s mandate into concrete actions on the ground. That was one of the main messages...
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GCF approves eight projects at its first Board meeting in 2017
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded today by approving eight new projects and programmes valued at USD 755 million in GCF funding to assist developing countries respond to climate change....
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Green Climate Fund Board meeting kicks off in Songdo
The Green Climate Fund Board opened its 16th meeting today at GCF Headquarters in Songdo, Republic of Korea.
Over the coming three-days, the 24-member Board will focus on the consideration of nine new project proposals...
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GCF Structured Dialogue with Asia
The first GCF Structured Dialogue with Asia will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from 26 to 29 April 2017. The gathering will help increase the engagement and involvement of 30 countries in the region with the Green Climate...
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Agreement heralds closer GCF-China ties
The Green Climate Fund has achieved a major milestone in its relationship with China by signing its first Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with a Chinese entity.
The signing of the AMA with China’s Foreign Economic...
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GCF seeks guidance on its REDD+ role
The Green Climate Fund will host three webinars on 15 March 2017 seeking feedback into its current development of a request for proposals for REDD+ results based payments.
The webinars offer organisations and relevant...
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Kyrgyzstan sees GCF partnership as key to its future
Kyrgyzstan views cooperation with the Green Climate Fund as a central plank of its development, one of the mountainous country’s top diplomats told the Fund’s Executive Director Howard Bamsey today.
“My country is...
Article > Press release Kyrgyzstan
Climate finance should include the poor, Philippine officials tell visiting GCF group
Climate finance plays a key role in helping poor people who are most vulnerable to climate change, senior Philippine environment officials told a visiting GCF delegation led by Executive Director Howard Bamsey.
“We...
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Zambia shows leadership potential in milestone visit to GCF HQ
Zambia highlighted the major steps it is taking to deal with climate change as part of the largest official delegation to visit GCF’s headquarters in Korea on 9 February.
Welcoming the 23-member group, including three...
Article > Press release Zambia
New Executive Director takes office at the Green Climate Fund
Howard Bamsey has officially begun his duties as new Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat.
Ambassador Bamsey is a prominent figure in climate change diplomacy. With more than 30 years of experience...
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GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting to be held in the Pacific, and the final for 2016, closed today having approved eight new funding proposals and accredited seven new partner entities.
The fifteenth...
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GCF signs off on project to improve climate-resilient agriculture in Namibia
Green Climate Fund resources will now start flowing to help poor farmers in northern Namibia tackle climate change following the signing today of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA).
The FAA signing with the Namibian...
Article > Press release Namibia
GCF triggers funding for Peruvian project, preventing Amazon emissions
The Green Climate Fund today provided the final approval to begin a combined mitigation and adaptation project stemming deforestation in Peru’s Amazon basin.
The signing of a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) between GCF...
Article > Press release Peru
Mongolia’s XacBank signs accreditation agreement as GCF Partner
Mongolia’s XacBank today signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund, setting out its partnership with GCF to forge low-emissions and climate-resilient development paths in Asia.
“There...
Article > Press release Mongolia
Samoa grants Privileges and Immunities status to GCF
The Government of the Independent State of Samoa today signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund to provide the organisation with Privileges and Immunities. The agreement was signed on the occasion of the 15th...
Article > Press release Samoa
GCF Board begins its final meeting for 2016 in Samoa
The fifteenth meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board commences today in the Independent State of Samoa.
Over the next three days, the 24-member Board will focus on consideration of nine new project proposals and...
Article > Press release Samoa
Samoan and Australian ministers welcome delegates to the GCF’s first Pacific Board meeting
Samoa’s Minister for Finance, the Hon Sili Epa Tuioti, and Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have welcomed delegates to the first GCF Board...
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Co-Chairs' expectations for the 15th meeting of the GCF Board
The fifteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (B.15) will be held in Apia, Samoa, from 13 to 15 December 2016. It will be the first time the Board has met in the Pacific.
According to GCF Board Co-Chairs...
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Papua New Guinea zooms in on GCF at first national workshop
The ‘what and how’ of engaging with GCF was the focus of a one-day workshop held on 29 November in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to advance the country’s climate agenda and its access to the Fund.
Co-organized by the...
Article > Press release Papua New Guinea
GCF hosts first regional workshop for Latin America
The Green Climate Fund hosted its first regional workshop for Latin American countries to advance the region’s push to be a leader in promoting low-emission and climate-resilient sustainable development.
The three-day...
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