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Adopted by decision B.24/12. Sets out the updated gender policy and gender action plan across its investment criteria, and as an integrated measure of the social dividends of the overall portfolio.
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Terms and conditions for the use of the Green Climate Fund's Website
The website of the Green Climate Fund (“the Website”), along with the information, content and documents contained thereon ("Materials") is...
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Changes to our privacy statement
Please note that we have updated the GCF Privacy Statement effective 14 February 2020.
What has been changed?
The changes to our Privacy Statement are as follows:
GCF will now accept e...
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Sustainability guidance note: Designing and ensuring meaningful stakeholder engagement on GCF-financed projects
Stakeholder engagement is a key component of the Revised Environmental and Social Policy that applies to all activities financed by the GCF, and to both private and public sector accredited entities. The GCF is...
Document > Guides
Operational guidelines: Indigenous Peoples Policy
These guidelines provide guidance on the application of the Indigenous Peoples Policy that forms part of the Green Climate Fund’s environmental and social management system. The guidelines help to explain the...
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Accelerating Direct Access
The Green Climate Fund “readiness week” aims to support country partners in accelerating the development of projects and programmes for consideration by the GCF Board. Participants include 13 national and regional...
Event > Events organised / involving GCF Republic of Korea (the)
Adaptation: Accelerating action towards a climate resilient future
At Korea Global Adaptation Week in Songdo, GCF launched a new working paper, Adaptation: Accelerating Action Towards a Climate Resilient Future, to contribute to adaptation knowledge from the perspective of climate...
Article > News update
GCF launches online submission system for SAP projects
Today, GCF launches the Online Submission System (OSS) for Simplified Approval Process (SAP) projects. This innovative solution for submitting SAP concept notes and funding proposals to GCF will improve the efficiency...
Article > News update
Preventing sexual abuse in projects: Learnings from the World Bank
GCF further solidified its actions for zero-tolerance of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) by introducing an updated SEAH Policy through the Independent Redress Mechanism's (IRM) preparation of an...
Article > News update
Senegal climate resilience receives a boost with funding agreement
GCF has signed an agreement with Senegal's Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE) to enhance the ability of local populations to deal with increasing soil salinisation caused by climate change. The signing of the Funded...
Article > News update
Learn about GCF’s REDD+ support during June webinars
GCF will host the first of a series of REDD+ webinars on 19 and 20 June to provide information about the Fund’s support for this financing method which reduces greenhouse gases while also protecting and restoring...
Article > News update
GCF strengthens private sector push in agreement with Proparco
GCF has enhanced its ability to tap financing from the business world with the recent signing of an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) with Proparco, the private sector arm of the development agency of France. The AMA...
Article > News update
GCF signs integrity agreement with Attijariwafa Bank
Agreeing to cooperate and consult on integrity matters, the Independent Integrity Unit (IIU) of GCF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Attijariwafa Bank. The MoU covers information-sharing, joint...
Article > News update
GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean
The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place on 2-4 April in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Following the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Structured Dialogue with the Caribbean in 2017, the National...
Article > Press release Jamaica
UN forum side event highlights need for GCF replenishment
The Green Climate Fund needs to be strengthened by a replenishment of its funds from contributors this year as a sign of the “radical collaboration” needed to address the unprecedented climate challenge.
This was one...
Article > Press release
GCF scaling-up clean energy access through solar based mini-grids in Mali
Mali is a landlocked country in the Sahel belt of West Africa where 80% of the population in the rural areas do not have access to electricity, while those with access are getting most of the electricity from diesel...
Article > Story Mali BOAD FP102
Lightning strikes: How installing a modern lightning detecting system in Malawi is saving lives and livelihoods
As another year of devastating events unfolds, including Cyclone Idai - one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere – natural disasters are a constant reminder to us that...
Article > Article about GCF Malawi UNDP FP002
Green Climate Fund must take risks in warming fight, says new head
The Green Climate Fund can become a “completely unprecedented” tool to ramp up action on climate change in developing nations, allowing states, companies and communities to experiment more - as long as its coffers are...
Article > Article about GCF
Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project
A launch event at the Bowmanston water pumping station has marked the start of the Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados) project, the first GCF-funded project in the Caribbean to...
Article > Press release Barbados CCCCC FP060
Barbados signs privileges and immunities agreement with GCF
The government of Barbados has signed an agreement with GCF granting it privileges and immunities in line with those of other international organisations and those applied in the United Nations system.
The agreement was...
Article > Press release Barbados
Vatican and R20 Austrian World Summit: Finance is key to tackling climate crisis
If the world is to win the race against climate change, finance must be used to invest in clean energy in order to transition to a green economy and end global dependency on fossil fuels.
"Financing is critical," said...
Article > Press release Austria
Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund Convene First Community of Practice Meeting of Direct Access Entities to Climate Finance
In an effort to accelerate and enhance Direct Access to climate finance for developing countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the Adaptation Fund (AF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), African Development Bank (AfDB...
Article > Press release United States AfDB
GCF to explore how to extend REDD+ coverage at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will search for ways to expand the Fund’s use of climate finance to protect and restore forests during the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 which opens on Monday in Incheon, the Republic of...
Article > Press release FP100
GCF stresses need to highlight climate connection at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
Green Climate Fund Deputy Executive Director Javier Manzanares called for enhanced efforts to link forest protection and climate action today while stressing the Fund’s desire to provide more finances to keep forests...
Article > Press release
GCF aims to support increased climate ambition at climate negotiations
GCF is holding a side event during the UNFCCC climate talks on Friday to discuss how an ambitious replenishment of GCF will support increased commitments in the next round of NDCs.
The event will take place from 1645-...
Article > Press release Germany
GCF and FMO partnership will boost the growth of renewable energy in developing countries
Today, the Green Climate Fund and Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) signed an agreement which marks the launch of the Climate Investor One (CIO) programme, a blended finance facility to support the...
Article > Press release Netherlands (the) FMO FP099
GCF agreement with CABEI to unlock finance for climate adaptation in Central America
Today, the Green Climate Fund and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed an agreement that will kick off the implementation of the CAMBio II project, aimed at helping micro, small and medium...
Article > Press release CABEI FP097
Bonn side event links climate ambition to GCF replenishment
A Green Climate Fund (GCF) side event during the current Bonn climate talks has emphasised the link between NDC implementation and replenishment. Developing country representatives highlighted the role of GCF in...
Article > Press release Germany
GCF coordinates talks on adaptation finance at Bonn Climate Conference
The Green Climate Fund is coordinating a series of adaptation finance discussions with partners to share experience and knowledge on how to bolster the climate resilience of developing countries on the sidelines of the...
Article > Press release Germany
GCF invests USD 270 million to catalyse African climate investment with AFD
Earlier this week, the Green Climate Fund and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed the agreement which will kick-off the implementation of the “Transforming Financial Systems for Climate” programme.
The programme...
Article > Press release AFD FP095 Pages
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