GCF insight #14

GCF insight #14 – Project financing In our fourteenth GCF insight report, we explore stakeholder experiences and challenges with project financing and discuss the implications for the GCF. According to our previous report, GCF insight #13, ‘Top 5 climate finance knowledge gaps’, there is a distinct lack of knowledge surrounding project financing and financial instruments, and only […]

GCF insight #13

GCF insight #13 In the thirteenth GCF insight, we reveal the ‘Top 5 climate finance knowledge gaps’, as identified by key stakeholders. ‘As the landscape of climate finance continues to evolve, the global discourse on its definition, mechanisms, and criteria remains a complex matter for most stakeholders. While significant progress has been made in disseminating […]

GCF insight #12

The twelfth GCF insight  explores Country Ownership in Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects and discusses ways in which the GCF could enhance it. Country Ownership is the political support, active engagement and ‘owning’ of climate change-related initiatives (which) plays a central role in achieving long-term transformational results. It is a core principle for the GCF, as […]

GCF insight #11

Low carbon, climate resilient project design During the 18th Board meeting in October 2017, the GCF adopted a new approach to project approval: the Simplified Approval Process Pilot Scheme (SAP). The adoption of the SAP shows recognition for the need to facilitate fast preparation, review, approval and disbursement of environmentally benign (category C), smaller projects […]

GCF insight #10

Low carbon, climate resilient project design At the GCF’s July B.20 Board Meeting, significant issues were raised about Board governance and consultation by members and alternate Board members. While the GCF Board appears to be struggling to win confidence on effective stakeholder engagement, we turn our attention to the project level, to query if we […]

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 […]