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Crunch Time for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Issues to Watch at Critical Board Meeting

October 12, 2018

by Niranjali Manel Amerasinghe and Joe Thwaites – October 12, 2018 Next week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest international climate fund, will meet for the last time this year. The timing couldn’t be more dramatic. The meeting comes on the heels of a new IPCC report that makes clear that the stakes are higher than ever before; impacts…

Green Climate Fund pledges ambitious response to IPCC alarm bell

October 9, 2018

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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is working with developing countries to drive urgent action in response to the latest IPCC report on the science of climate change.

COMMENTARY: Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact -Moving Beyond the Adaptation v. Development False Dichotomy

October 3, 2018

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The world will need an estimated $140 billion per year — or more — to help adapt to the damaging impacts of climate change. But funders have gotten caught up in drawing bright lines between adaptation

Wanted: Team Coach for the Green Climate Fund

October 3, 2018

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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a major source of finance for developing countries seeking to address climate change. The biggest of the climate funds, to date

How the United States Can Remain Engaged in International Climate Finance

April 18, 2018

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In recent months, thousands of groups across the United States—including cities, states, companies, tribes and nongovernmental organizations—have launched initiatives in support of the Paris Agreement.