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Growing water awareness in tackling climate challenge
Effective water management is playing an increasingly key role in responding to climate change, the acting head of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat has told an international water symposium in Hungary.
“Water is...
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GCF concludes Framework Agreements with UNDP, UNEP and GIZ to support country readiness
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has concluded Readiness Framework Agreements with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
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Luxembourg and GCF meet to discuss climate finance mobilization
During COP 22, Luxembourg’s Environment Minister, Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, and the Green Climate Fund Executive Director a.i., Mr. Javier Manzanares, met to discuss the Fund’s progress over the past year, as well as GCF’...
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GCF country dialogue focuses on strengthening country support
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) held a country dialogue with National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and focal points to discuss strengthening support for country ownership and engagement. The informal meeting in the...
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GCF hosts discussion on Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement
The second side-event hosted by GCF at COP22 turned the spotlight onto the Fund’s role in implementing the Paris Agreement. Following last week’s event examining the Fund's progress to date, the GCF Board Co-Chairs...
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GCF strengthens partnership with Belize on readiness funding
Belize and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed letters of agreement to approve readiness funding for the Caribbean island.
The letters were signed by Omar Figueroa, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries,...
Article > Press release Belize
GCF highlights Fund progress and ambition at COP22 dialogue on climate finance
The leadership of the Green Climate Fund engaged in a series of high-level consultations on climate finance at COP 22 today. Ewen McDonald, GCF Board Co-Chair, addressed a Ministerial dialogue on climate finance,...
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Namibian Environmental Investment Fund is first Direct Access Entity to sign GCF readiness grant agreement
The Namibian Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) today signed a grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), making it the first direct access entity to be supported by the Fund’s readiness programme. The grant...
Article > Press release Namibia
CAF becomes first multi-lateral development bank to sign agreement with GCF
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) today became the first multilateral development bank to sign an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), giving the go-ahead to partner on low-...
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GCF approves first grants for National Adaptation Planning in Liberia and Nepal
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) today announced the approval of its first grants in support of processes to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
Under the GCF's Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, Liberia...
Article > Press release Liberia Nepal
Photo story: Revisit GCF's Structured Dialogue in Africa
The first GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa brought together 103 officials from 48 African countries, several GCF Board Members, and representatives from 24 Accredited Entities and 18 other organizations, including...
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Visit the GCF Dome in Marrakech!
Dear GCF Partners and Friends,
If you are at COP 22 in Marrakech, please come and visit the ‘GCF Dome’ at the conference venue to find out about GCF’s activities!
The Green Climate Fund is at the twenty-second session...
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GCF discusses progress at Marrakech climate talks
The Green Climate Fund hosted its first side-event at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech to present the progress it has made to date in supporting low-emission and...
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UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization formalizes readiness support partnership with GCF
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed a Readiness Framework Agreement to enable developing countries to partner with FAO on activities that...
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The Green Climate Fund hosts its first Annual Meeting with the Thematic Bodies of the UNFCCC in Marrakech
The Co-Chairs of the Green Climate Fund held their first annual meeting with the thematic bodies of the UNFCCC during the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties in Marrakech, Morocco, on 9 November 2016. The...
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African countries propose ambitious GCF pipeline at Cape Town Dialogue
The first Green Climate Fund Structured Dialogue with Africa concluded this week after three days of focused deliberations on helping countries map out their engagement with the Fund.
This vision cumulated in an...
Article > Press release South Africa
First GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa kicks off in Cape Town
The first-ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) Structured Dialogue with Africa has started in Cape Town, South Africa, with 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the...
Article > Press release South Africa
GCF Board approves USD 745 million in funding proposals
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has reached a new milestone today with the approval of USD 745 million in funding proposals at its fourteenth meeting. The 10 projects and programmes have a total value of USD 2.6 billion,...
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GCF Board selects Howard Bamsey as Executive Director of the Secretariat
The Board of the Green Climate Fund has selected Mr. Howard Bamsey as the Executive Director of the Fund’s Secretariat. The decision was taken by consensus during the Board’s fourteenth meeting, following an extensive...
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Board to consider committing USD 788 million in project proposals and recruiting new ED at B.14 meeting
The fourteenth meeting of the GCF Board commences today at the Fund’s headquarters in Songdo.
Over the next three days, the 24 members of the Board will consider ten new project proposals. The project and programme...
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Fourteenth Meeting of the Board to be held at GCF Headquarters
The fourteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 12 October to Friday, 14 October 2016 in Songdo, Republic of Korea.
Constituency meetings, as well as meetings of Board...
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Baton passes in GCF Secretariat Leadership
Mr. Javier Manzanares has become the Executive Director ad interim of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat. Mr. Manzanares, the Fund's Chief Financial Officer, was appointed Executive Director ad interim by the GCF Board...
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UNDP and GCF sign partnership agreement to invest in low-emission and climate resilient development
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed an Accreditation Master Agreement, strengthening their partnership to deliver low-emission and climate-resilient development...
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Acumen and GCF sign agreement to implement its first approved project proposal, bringing household solar energy to East Africa
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Acumen Fund today signed a Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) enabling the disbursement of funds to implement the first approved project proposal from Acumen (a private sector accredited...
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Regional workshop accelerates Pacific Island engagement with GCF
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) this week welcomed over 170 representatives from Pacific Islands countries, Accredited Entities to the GCF, development partners, civil society and the private sector to the Pacific Regional...
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Australia and the GCF Secretariat co-host the Pacific Regional Workshop in Fiji
The Government of Australia and the GCF Secretariat are working together to co-host the second Green Climate Fund (GCF) regional meeting in the Pacific, which will take place from 1 to 4 August.
Hosted at the Pacific...
Article > Press release Australia Fiji
Request for Proposals: GCF Funding Modalities
During its 13th Meeting, 28-30 June 2016, the GCF Board endorsed a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify qualified financial institutions that will undertake the design, implementation and management of strong, high-...
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GCF launches Executive Director recruitment process
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has launched the process to recruit a new Executive Director for the GCF Secretariat and invites applications for all interested individuals.
Vacancy notice
Based at GCF's...
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Remarks by Héla Cheikhrouhou, GCF Executive Director, at the 13th meeting of the Board
Good morning Board members,
Partners, observers, civil society organizations, and private sector representatives, Colleagues,
Today is my last day with the Green Climate Fund Board. For me, this is a day of reflection...
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GCF Board approves projects worth USD 250M and prepares for leadership transition
The thirteenth meeting of the Board (B.13) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved its first funding proposals for 2016 totalling USD 256.6 million in GCF funding.
“The close of B.13 marks the half-way point for...
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