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Green Climate Fund deemed 'effective' and ready to seek private investment
22 May 2015The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has crossed its fundraising threshold and will begin financing projects and incentivising private-sector investment, it has said.
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Why the Paris climate summit will boost REDD+
20 May 2015An agreement in Paris could build on the achievements of the Warsaw Pact for REDD+ Action, and could prove a game changer for forestry, argues Mariama Vendramini
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COP Blog: The role of the Green Climate Fund in providing the missing 'Clean Trillion'
17 December 2014Lima had been touted as the climate finance COP - and in many ways it was.
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COP Blog: Don't turn the GCF into the Greedy Corporate Fund
10 December 2014Last week, the UN Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, kicked off amid controversy with news that Japan had counted loans for coal projects in Indonesia as international climate finance.
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COP Blog: Why finance matters to the UN talks - and business
09 December 2014As the first week of the UN negotiations in Lima wrap up, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is closer to the mythical $10 billion initial capitalisation goal that someone, somewhere decided would be the threshold for success.
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Norway doubles its GCF pledge
08 December 2014Norway has doubled the amount it will give to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), pushing it closer to its $10 billion target.
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Green Climate Fund's firepower hits $9.3bn
20 November 2014The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has seen its firepower boosted to $9.3 billion after eight more countries pledged funding.
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'Progress at Lima may not be huge, but Paris will be meaningful'
18 November 2014The UN climate change talks next month are not expected to make great progress, but the foundations for a "meaningful" global deal the following year have already been laid, according to a leading environmental expert.
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Japan and US commit $4.5bn to Green Climate Fund
17 November 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has received a major boost, as new commitments from Japan and the US more than double its working capital.
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Risk-sharing instruments get approval from Green Climate Fund
21 October 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved the use of financial guarantees and other risk-sharing instruments that it believes will help leverage private capital in support of the fund.