Barbados

Latin America and the Caribbean  Small Island Developing States 

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Total GCF financing

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No. of Readiness activities

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Readiness support approved

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Projects

FP251
Adaptation

Barbados

Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project (SCWRP)

FP242
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Caribbean Net-Zero and Resilient Private Sector

FP224
Mitigation

Barbados

Renewstable Barbados Project

FP223
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

Project GAIA ("GAIA")

FP213
Cross-cutting

Barbados

The Blue Green Bank (BGB)

FP192
Cross-cutting

Barbados

The R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) for Climate Resilience Wastewater Systems in Barbados (3R-CReWS)

FP189
Cross-cutting

Multiple countries

E-Mobility Program for Sustainable Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

FP060
Cross-cutting

Barbados

Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados)

National Designated Authority

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment
The Hon. Kay McConney, M.P. Primary
Minister
3rd Floor East, Warrens Office Complex Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados
Phone 1-246-535-1302
Phone 1-246-535-1317
kay.mcconney@barbados.gov.bb
Mr. Patrick McCaskie Secondary
Permanent Secretary (ag.), Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Phone 1-246-535-1304/1-246-535-1326
Patrick.McCaskie@barbados.gov.bb
Mr. Ricardo Marshall Operational focal point
Director, Roofs to Reefs Programme (R2RP), Prime Minister’s Office
Government Headquarters Bay Street St. Michael, Barbados
Mr. Ronnie Griffith Operational focal point
Chief Economist, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Ms. Richelle Gaskin Operational focal point
Economist I, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Ms. Sharifa Roach-Vaughan Operational focal point
Secretary to the Minister, Economic Affairs and Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment

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News + Stories

Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts

14 Mar 2025 / The Green Climate Fund and the Government of Barbados today announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate action and simultaneously avoid increasing the burden of public debt is all set to begin implementation. The pioneering project, with huge positive implications for climate resilience in the region, was today greenlighted for its first injection of GCF finance.

Barbados launches the world's first debt-for-climate-resilience conversion

03 Dec 2024 / The deal generated USD 125 million in fiscal savings which will be channeled into new resilience investments. The debt conversion represents an innovative financing model for climate adaptation that avoids increasing the burden of public debt.

The Government of Barbados forms a coalition of multilateral banks and organizations to develop resilient infrastructure and to drive new social and nature capital investments, building on its Resilience and Sustainability Facility at the IMF

23 Jun 2023 / The Government of Barbados announced at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris an integrated package of innovative initiatives to accelerate its transition to net zero, boost resilience, enfranchise workers, and draw in private sector investment while prudently managing public debt levels. These initiatives build on the ongoing climate policy reforms, supported by the Resilience and Sustainability Facility with the International Monetary Fund, which are expected to play a catalytic role in mobilizing private and public sector financing for climate projects.

GCF approves Project Preparation Facility grant to establish Barbados green bank

18 Nov 2022 / Caribbean’s first green bank will mobilise financing for climate resilient, low carbon initiatives in the region  

Water conservation in Barbados: How GCF is enhancing water security

26 Oct 2021 / GCF is supporting water conservation efforts on the climate-vulnerable Caribbean island of Barbados. This is enhancing water security in the face of climate impacts.

From steam age to solar power: How GCF is creating a clean-energy, climate-resilient water sector in Barbados

06 Oct 2021 / Read how an innovative GCF project in Barbados is transforming the water sector, safeguarding water supplies and introducing green, efficient solar power for pumping stations.

Barbados signs privileges and immunities agreement with GCF

13 May 2019 / 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 signed in Bridgetown by Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, in the presence of Marsha Caddle, Minister for Economic Affairs and Investment.

Barbados launches first Caribbean climate resilience project

13 May 2019 / 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 move to implementation.

GCF signs off funding for Barbados water sector resilience project

07 Nov 2018 / GCF and CCCCC signed an agreement for the project Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados).

Disasters spur climate action coherence in Caribbean

24 Dec 2017 / Green Climate Fund consultations in the Caribbean have found a recent spate of destructive hurricanes is adding urgency to regional efforts enhancing climate resilience.