The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest multilateral climate fund. As the climate finance mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Fund is governed by the GCF Board, the members of which represent developed and developing countries.
The GCF Board convenes Board Meetings three times each year, bringing together Board Members, key representatives from member countries, civil society, financial institutions, and the private sector to facilitate multisectoral discussions and consensus-based decision-making on effective, inclusive, and sustainable pathways of responding to the climate crisis.
The 43rd Board Meeting of the GCF (B.43) is being held on October 27 to 30, 2025 in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea, which is also home to the Fund’s headquarters. The webcast of this board meeting may be accessed here.
The GCF observer network of civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities actively participates in Board Meetings of the GCF, working to strengthen engagement and input in the GCF through sharing of information and collaboration on analyses, positions, and advocacy.
Ahead of B.43, the observer network engaged in discussions with multiple governing bodies of the GCF to address the network’s concerns. Civil society representatives present in Songdo joined meetings with the Fund’s Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) on October 24; the Department of Investment Services and GCF Board Co-chair Leif Holmberg on October 25; and the GCF Secretariat led by Executive Director Mafalda Duarte, the Sustainability and Inclusion Office led by its head Eleni Kyrou, the Accreditation Panel led by its Chair Ben Boxer, and the Fund’s Independent Technical Advisory Panel (ITAP) on October 26.
The network then reviewed and discussed all the documents submitted to the GCF Board for B.43, and released interventions specifically for the following documents.
Access all funding proposals submitted for B.43 at the Green Climate Fund website.
The network notes that interventions on funding proposals were prepared and disseminated to the GCF Secretariat and Board Members prior to the start of B.43. However, due to limited time, not all interventions were delivered during the Board Meeting.
Building Oman’s Climate Intelligence and Early Warning Ecosystem for Risk-Informed Planning and Inclusive Climate-Proof Investment
Strengthening the Health Resilience of Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change in Benin’s ABD (Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo) Zone
Climate Resilience in the Guiriko Region
AY4SF – Adolescents and Youth for a Sustainable Future: strengthening climate change adaptation and community resilience through green jobs in Zimbabwe
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities
Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihoods for Food Insecure People in Southern Iraq
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change under agroforestry systems in cocoa production in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes
Dominica Community Resilience Enhancement Project (DOMCREP)
Scaling up of Caribbean Hydrometeorological and Multi- hazard Early Warning Services (CREWS) in Belize and Trinidad and Tobago
Harnessing Insurance for Climate Resilience in Indian Agriculture
Prosperete Growth Fund
Adaptation of agricultural value chains to climate change in Madagascar – PrAda 2+
Enhancing Climate Resilience in Flood-Prone Areas in Northwestern South Sudan (ECRF)
Glaciers to Farms (G2F) Regional Program: Advancing Climate Resilience & Sustainable Development in Central and West Asia
Amazonia Viva Program
GEF Latam Climate Solutions Fund IV
Mandala Capital SSEA Food Programme
Novastar Ventures Africa People and Planet Fund III
Jordan Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP)
Access all accreditation proposals submitted for B.43 at the Green Climate Fund website.
Access all policy and information documents submitted for B.43 at the Green Climate Fund website.
All interventions on policies were prepared prior to the start of B.43. However, due to limited time, not all interventions were delivered during the Board Meeting.
