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Flemish region of Belgium pledges €3.5 million to GCF
Ms. Joke Schauvliege, Minister for Climate of the Flemish region in Belgium, announced a contribution of EUR 3.5 million to the Green Climate Fund today.
“Flanders is a responsible partner and contributes happily to...
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Walloon region of Belgium pledges €7 million to GCF
Mr. Paul Furlan, Minister for Energy and Climate of the Walloon region of Belgium, today announced a contribution of EUR 7 million to the Green Climate Fund.
Wallonia's contribution is new and additional and will be...
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Beyond Paris: GCF Looks Ahead
With climate finance as a critical element to the Paris climate negotiations, the Green Climate Fund held a side event at COP 21 to discuss how it can deliver on its mandate over the coming years. Over 300 participants...
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DR Congo signs grant agreement with GCF in Paris
The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday signed a readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund, providing USD 300,000 for capacity building in the African State.
The agreement was signed in the presence of H...
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Guyana signs grant agreement with GCF in Paris
Guyana today signed a readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP). The funding will provide USD 300,000 to Guyana to help the country build capacity...
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COP 21 Side Event – The Green Climate Fund: ‘Looking Beyond Paris’
The Green Climate Fund side event "Looking Beyond Paris" will be held on 9 December 2015.
Expectations on the Green Climate Fund are high. The Fund is charged with playing a decisive role in channeling and catalysing...
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Norway to double its contribution to GCF
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced plans to scale up Norway’s commitments to the Green Climate Fund.
Norway already pledged USD 258 million to the Fund last year as part of the initial resource...
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Viet Nam pledges $1 million to GCF at COP 21
Viet Nam has pledged a contribution to the Green Climate Fund at the Paris COP 21 talks, further broadening the base of support to the Fund. 43 states have now pledged support to the Fund, including both developed and...
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COP 21: GCF Talk at Six
Dear Partners, please come and join ‘GCF Talk at Six’ at COP 21 to find out more about the Green Climate Fund!
The Green Climate Fund is at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris,...
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Paris pledges €1 million to GCF
The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, yesterday announced a pledge of EUR 1 million (USD 1.05 million) to the Green Climate Fund. The pledge was announced during a meeting between Mayor Hidalgo and Héla Cheikhrouhou, the...
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GCF side event asks ‘what makes a good project?’
A side event at COP 21 hosted by the Green Climate Fund on 2 December brought together over 500 participants for a discussion on how to create good low-emission and climate-resilient projects.
The meeting focused on...
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President of Senegal calls for adequate resources for GCF
His Excellency Macky Sall, President of Senegal, today used his address to the plenary of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to highlight the importance of climate finance, calling for the Green Climate Fund to...
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Ready, Set, Fund!
The Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, today met with over 80 ambassadors and diplomats at an information meeting in Seoul, hosted by the French ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E....
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GCF releases resources to tackle global warming
The head of the UN’s climate fund has hailed a “paradigm shift” as poor countries began receiving money to help them tackle global warming, weeks before climate talks take place in Paris.
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Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments
Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future
The Green Climate Fund Board today approved USD 168 million of GCF funding for projects and programmes worth USD 624 million, marking the end of its launch...
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Pres. Hollande calls for rich countries to step up efforts on climate finance during Korea visit
French President Francois Hollande has called for more climate finance from developed countries, alongside greater climate technology exchanges, during the Head of State's visit to the Republic of Korea today.
Speaking...
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Zambia Finance Minister signs grant agreement during Livingstone Board meeting
On the sidelines of the eleventh Green Climate Fund Board meeting, the Zambian host government has signed a grant agreement with the Fund to accelerate its preparations for climate financing.
Alexander Chikwanda,...
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Zambia Board meeting opens with funding proposals on the table
The eleventh meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board has opened in Livingstone, Zambia. The meeting takes place from 2 to 5 November with the approval of the first projects for the Fund high on the Board’s agenda.
Co-...
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GCF launches new website ahead of Board meeting
On the occasion of its 11th Board meeting in Zambia, the Green Climate Fund has launched a new website, redesigned from the ground up. With a focus on creating an intuitive and engaging user experience, greenclimate....
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Algeria outlines climate action ahead of COP 21
During a one-day visit to the Algerian capital, the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, Héla Cheikhrouhou, interacted with government officials to learn first hand about the country’s climate action portfolio...
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Ambassador Black-Layne signs Antigua and Barbuda’s grant agreement with GCF
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador Diann Black-Layne, today signed its readiness grant agreement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
A signing ceremony between...
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Green Climate Fund aims to fund first projects in November
The Green Climate Fund, which is due to deliver billions of dollars to help poorer nations deal with climate change in the coming years, is aiming to allocate money to a first set of projects in November, ahead of a...
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Green Climate Fund chief confident US will stump up
The UN’s flagship Green Climate Fund has no plans to scale back initial investment plans, despite US lawmakers blocking a promised US$3 billion contribution.
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GCF publishes first funding proposals for Board consideration
The Green Climate Fund published today its first set of funding proposals that will be reviewed by the Fund’s Board on the occasion of its eleventh meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, next month.
The fact sheet below...
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Participation of the GCF Executive Director in the Climate Finance Ministerial meeting, Lima
On 9 October 2015, the Green Climate Fund Executive Director addressed the High-Level Climate Finance Ministerial meeting at the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Lima.
On...
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Caribbean GCF stakeholders gather in Belize for first regional workshop
The Green Climate Fund’s latest readiness workshop is under way in Belize, providing the Fund’s stakeholders in the Caribbean region with first-hand support and guidance on working with GCF.
The three-day workshop...
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Rwanda secures GCF grant to accelerate access to climate finance
This news update is the first in a new series focused on the Green Climate Fund’s Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. Unique to the Fund, the programme offers developing countries immediate financial support to...
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UN SDG Summit
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.
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Pakistan visits GCF, prepares for readiness grant
On a visit to GCF Headquarters last week, the Government of Pakistan confirmed that it intends to submit a proposal to obtain readiness support from the Fund by October.Delegation officials said Pakistan will use the...
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Mali NDA signs grant agreement during visit to GCF headquarters
The National Designated Authority (NDA) of the government of Mali visited the Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo today to sign its grant agreement with the Fund under GCF’s Readiness and Preparatory Support...
Article > Press release Mali Pages
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