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GCF in Brief: Readiness
This factsheet is an overview of the GCF Readiness Programme, which provides resources for strengthening the institutional capacities of National Designated Authorities/focal points (“NDAs”) and direct access entities...
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GCF in Brief: Direct access
One of the Green Climate Fund’s distinctive features is the provision for developing countries to access financial resources through national entities, meaning that climate finance can be channelled to the country...
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GCF in Brief: Safeguards
The Green Climate Fund makes sure the climate finance it provides developing countries is not accompanied by negative effects to local communities and the environment.
You can find out more about how GCF avoids harm...
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GCF in Brief: The Replenishment Process
In October 2018, the GCF Board decided to launch its first replenishment. The replenishment is an expression of global solidarity and partnership with countries and communities most affected by climate change.
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Simplified Approval Process (SAP) funding proposal preparation guidelines: A practical manual for the preparation of SAP proposals
These guidelines have been developed to support GCF accredited entities (AEs) in the preparation of funding proposals under the simplified approval process (SAP) pilot scheme.
This document provides general...
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GCF in Brief: Support for Technology
Technology solutions and innovations are instrumental to facilitate the move towards low-emission and climate- resilient pathways. Climate technologies can cover sectors such as energy supply and distribution, industry...
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GCF in Brief: Enhancing Direct Access
The Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot has been designed to provide Direct Access Entities (DAEs) with opportunities to move beyond the financing of individual projects towards a more comprehensive and stakeholder-...
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Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future
This working paper contributes to adaptation knowledge from the perspective of climate financing. It provides an overview of adaptation and resilience challenges, the distinction between them, and discusses the avenues...
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Turning ambition into action: How GCF catalyses transformational change
GCF is the world’s largest dedicated fund helping developing countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and enhance their ability to respond to climate change. It was set up by the UNFCCC in 2010, and has a crucial...
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SAP Technical Guidelines: Ecosystems and ecosystem services
The publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. The thematic area of ecosystems and ecosystem services encompasses all natural environments and the productive uses that are based on...
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SAP Technical Guidelines: Transport
The publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. Although there is no one standard definition of the transport sector, it can be described as including all kinds of transportation, such...
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GCF Spotlight: Africa
Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides a snapshot of GCF's operations in Africa.
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GCF at a glance
This publication is a useful reference of GCF's portfolio, providing an overview of GCF's projects and programmes, geographic distribution, and breakdowns of GCF funding.
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GCF Spotlight: Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides a snapshot of GCF's operations in SIDS.
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GCF Spotlight: Asia-Pacific
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides an overview of GCF's operations in the Asia Pacific region.
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GCF Spotlight: Eastern Europe
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides an overview of GCF's operations in Eastern Europe.
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GCF Spotlight: Latin America and the Caribbean
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides and overview of GCF's operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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GCF Spotlight: Least Developed Countries
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated fund for climate action, serving the Paris Agreement. This factsheet provides an overview of GCF's operations in Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
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SAP Technical Guidelines: Cities and climate change
Traditionally, cities are defined as large human settlements, with no one standardized definition applied internationally. Frequently, national governments have criteria they use to define urban areas. These criteria...
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SAP Technical Guidelines: Forests and land use
This publication provides technical guidance for the preparation of SAP proposals. The thematic area of forest and land use encompasses forests and other multiple land-cover types where forests are a prominent component...
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SAP Technical Guidelines: REDD+
This guidance has been developed to support GCF accredited entities (AEs) and national designated authorities (NDAs) in their preparation of concept notes and funding proposals under the simplified approval process for...
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Raising ambition. Empowering action.
The investment decisions we make now and over the next few years will determine the world we and our children will live in. The next decade is crucial in achieving the necessary transition towards a low-emissions,...
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UN High-level Political Forum 2019
The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective...
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Twenty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.21)
The twenty-first meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 17 October to Saturday, 20 October, in Manama, Bahrain.
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Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20)
The twentieth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Sunday, 1 July to Wednesday, 4 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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Nineteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.19)
The nineteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Monday, 26 February to Thursday, 1 March, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18)
The eighteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Saturday, 30 September to Monday, 2 October, in Cairo, Egypt.
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Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17)
The seventeeth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Wednesday, 5 July to Thursday, 6 July, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16)
The sixteenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund will be held from Tuesday, 4 April to Thursday, 6 April, in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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