Survey | How is COVID-19 impacting your GCF projects?

Low carbon, climate resilient project design In parallel to the upcoming GCF Board meeting (B.26) we will be publishing a special edition of GCF insight, led by one of our Principal consultants, Jamal Gore. In this 15th edition, we are turning to project developers, asking you: How has COVID-19 impacted your GCF projects? Since the […]

GCF insight #9

Low carbon, climate resilient project design This ninth edition of GCF insight builds on our second edition conducted back in 2016, where we sought to understand what was and wasn’t working with Green Climate Fund proposal development processes. In this latest report, we explore the most up-to-date experiences of stakeholders with GCF proposal development. We […]

GCF insight #8

Low carbon, climate resilient project design The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the first climate finance mechanism that considers gender as an important decision-making element for the deployment of its climate finance. The GCF’s gender policy has evolved over the last few years and the GCF has made continuous efforts to integrate gender within its […]

GCF insight #6

The GCF no-objection procedure aims to ensure that projects are consistent with national climate strategies and developed using country-driven approaches. The initial purposes and basic principles were adopted in 2014 and later linked explicitly with country ownership requirements (GCF/B.15/06). This sixth edition of GCF Insight explores the status of no-objection procedures and how they are […]

GCF insight #5

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was born out of the realisation that existing climate finance was not enough to shift global economic development necessary to more sustainable pathways. For a significant impact to be made, a higher volume of support was needed. It is this understanding that drives the Fund’s aim of levering additional money […]

GCF insight #3

GCF insight seeks to understand what’s working – and what’s not working – in Green Climate Fund (GCF) project development. The surveys and reports spotlight the most topical GCF issues. This third edition explores if and how the transformational or paradigm shift potential of GCF projects factors in the decision-making of National Designated Authorities and […]