GCF News

Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment Publication date: 20 October 2020 Authors: Tracy Carty, Jan Kowalzig, Bertram Zagema International climate finance is vital to global cooperation on climate change. As many developing countries reel from the effects of coronavirus, the prospect of climate-induced extreme weather risks compounding crises and poverty. Climate change could undo…

Author: Tara Daniel Civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and local community observers to the GCF achieved an ideological victory concerning our role in the GCF, which should also result in tangible opportunities for observers and rightsholders to strengthen their meaningful engagement with the Fund. The Information Appeals Panel (IAP) upheld an appeal from civil society observers…

By Claire Miranda, APMDD Read below or DOWNLOAD HERE The last day of B26 started with an Executive Session to discuss matters related to the Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU). As reported in our Day 1 update, Jo Puri of the IEU announced that B26 will be her last Board Meeting as she will be…

By Claire Miranda, APMDD Read below or DOWNLOAD HERE The Board Members started Day 3 discussing the pending items under the agenda item Consideration of Funding Proposals. For B26, two FPs – FP114 in Ghana and FP122 in Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique – requested for an extension of deadline in fulfilling the conditions set in the…