Green Climate Fund approves first 8 investments

Board gears up to larger scale projects in the near future

(Livingstone, Zambia, 6 November 2015) – The Green Climate Fund Board today approved USD 168 million of GCF funding for projects and programmes worth USD 624 million, marking the end of its launch phase and kick-starting the flow of climate finance through the Fund to developing countries. The activities supported by the Board will generate up to USD 1.3 billion in investments over the coming five years.

 

The Board, meeting in Zambia this week, has approved an initial batch of projects, covering mitigation and adaptation measures. The projects include three in Africa, three in Asia-Pacific, and two in Latin America. The partnering entities for the projects include national, regional, and international bodies accredited to the Fund, from both the public and private sectors.
 
The eight projects approved are:
 

  1. Building Resilience of Wetlands in the Province of Datem del Marañón in Peru, with Profananpe (GCF funding: USD 6.2 million)
  2. Scaling Up the Use of Modernized Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Malawi, with UNDP (GCF funding: USD 12.3 million)
  3. Increasing the Resilience of Ecosystems and Communities through the Restoration of the Productive Bases of Salinized Lands, in Senegal, with CSE (GCF funding: USD 7.6 million)
  4. Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming in Bangladesh, with KfW (GCF funding: USD 40 million)
  5. KawiSafi Ventures Fund in Eastern Africa, with Acumen (GCF funding: USD 25 million)
  6. Energy Efficiency Green Bond in Latin America and the Caribbean, with IDB (GCF allocation: USD 217 million)
  7. Supporting Vulnerable Communities to Manage Climate Change Induced Water Shortages, in Maldives, with UNDP (GCF funding: 23.6 million)
  8. Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management in Fiji, with ADB (GCF funding: USD 31 million) 


“Approving these first projects is an important milestone, particularly for GCF’s partnering entities and beneficiaries,” stated Gabriel Quijandria Acosta, Co-Chair of the Board. “This first review of projects has been an enriching experience for the Board. It has allowed us to reflect on the areas that need to be further enhanced to speed up support to countries that are already experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change.”
 
“The approved projects showcase the transformative impacts that GCF has been designed to deliver,” added Board Co-Chair Henrik Harboe. “We have some innovative projects which have all satisfied our rigorous review process, including the assessment by the independent Technical Advisory Panel,” Harboe said. “The Fund is now truly up and running, and I am confident the Board will go on to scale and fund much bigger projects in the near future, living up to our ambition with the Fund.”
 
The Board also agreed to allocate up to USD 195 million to the future phases of the Energy Efficiency Green Bond Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean, further mobilizing an estimated USD 630 million in private investments.
 
“The energy efficiency green bond is innovative. It demonstrates how capital markets can move mainstream institutional funds into energy efficiency,” said Samy Ben-Jaafar, Director of GCF’s Private Sector Facility. “If replicated, this approach could unlock the capital necessary to address global financing shortfalls in energy efficiency,” he explained.
 
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has repeatedly identified the financing shortfall in energy efficiency as being the greatest gap in global climate finance.  
 
The Green Climate Fund has completed the final element of the ambitious work programme targeted by the Board and has now moved to full operation by making its first funding decisions ahead of the UNFCCC Paris climate conference. 
 
With climate finance being a critical element of global climate talks, the approval of the first project proposals marks a major trust-building measure between developing and developed countries. Countries have called for GCF funding to be delivered at scale to finance their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) objectives.
  

 

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