Concept Note- Climate Resilience Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS)
GCF in Brief: Readiness
The GCF Readiness Programme provides resources for strengthening the institutional capacities of National Designated Authorities/focal points (NDAs) and direct access entities to effectively engage with the Fund. It also assists countries in undertaking adaptation planning and developing programming frameworks to build out their long-term climate action agenda.
Read MoreGCF 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 directly.
Read MoreSimplified Approval Process (SAP)- funding proposal preparation guidelines
This document offers general guidance on how to write a SAP funding proposal. Specific examples are provided in the context of what comprises a “typical” SAP project/ programme (i.e. a grant or a loan supporting mitigation and adaptation actions that are considered to have minimal environmental and social risks).
Read MoreThe Green Climate Fund Private Sector Facility
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to support global climate action, by promoting a low-emission and climate-resilient transition in developing countries. GCF serves the Paris Agreement, supporting developing countries in reaching their contributions.The GCF funds proposals that are developing country-owned and transformative in their…
Read MoreMainstreaming Gender in Green Climate Fund Projects
Climate change is not only one of the greatest environmental and development challenges facing the world today, it is one that will have critical impacts on human rights and inequalities, including gender inequality.It is therefore deeply appropriate for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UN Women to have collaborated in developing Mainstreaming Gender in Green…
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Concept Note- User’s Guide
GCF In Brief: Support for Technology
Technology solutions and innovations are instrumental to facilitate the move towards low-emission and climateresilient pathways. Climate technologies can cover sectors such as energy supply and distribution, industry, transport, waste and agriculture. They can help adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, for instance, through the deployment of early warning systems or drought-resistant crops, or…
Read MoreGCF in Brief: Adaptation Planning
The Green Climate Fund is committed to investing in developing countries’ efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change. GCF aims to deliver a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation allocations in its portfolio, and ensure that at least 50 percent of adaptation funding goes to particularly vulnerable countries, including LDCs, SIDS and African States.
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