Green Climate Fund

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The Green Climate Fund is a global financial mechanism under the UN climate framework that supports developing countries in limiting or reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Green Climate Fund canonical 12
Copenhagen Green Climate Fund 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations climate change mechanism ⓘ
climate finance mechanism ⓘ
fund ⓘ
international financial institution ⓘ
abbreviation GCF ⓘ
aimsTo catalyse additional climate finance ⓘ
leverage private sector investment in climate action ⓘ
beneficiary African states ⓘ
developing countries ⓘ
least developed countries ⓘ
small island developing States ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
decisionAdoptedAt COP16 ⓘ
establishedUnder United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ
financialInstrument concessional loans ⓘ
equity investments ⓘ
grants ⓘ
guarantees ⓘ
focusArea climate change adaptation ⓘ
climate change mitigation ⓘ
climate-resilient development ⓘ
low-emission development ⓘ
foundedBy Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC ⓘ
fullName Green Climate Fund ⓘ
fundingSource bilateral funding ⓘ
developed country Parties to the UNFCCC ⓘ
developing country contributions ⓘ
multilateral funding ⓘ
private finance ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
governancePrinciple balanced representation of developed and developing countries ⓘ
country ownership ⓘ
results-based management ⓘ
transparency ⓘ
governedBy GCF Board ⓘ
hasCoChairs GCF Board Co-Chairs ⓘ
hasFacility Private Sector Facility ⓘ
hasPolicy environmental and social safeguards ⓘ
gender policy ⓘ
indigenous peoples policy ⓘ
information disclosure policy ⓘ
risk management framework ⓘ
hasProcess country programme development ⓘ
project and programme funding proposals ⓘ
readiness and preparatory support ⓘ
hasSecretariat GCF Secretariat ⓘ
hasWindow adaptation window ⓘ
mitigation window ⓘ
headquartersCity Incheon ⓘ
headquartersCountry South Korea ⓘ
headquartersLocation Songdo International Business District ⓘ
legalBasis UNFCCC Cancun Agreements ⓘ
linked to: Cancún Agreements
mandate promote climate-resilient development ⓘ
promote paradigm shift towards low-emission development ⓘ
support developing countries in climate change adaptation ⓘ
support developing countries in climate change mitigation ⓘ
monitors climate finance results ⓘ
parentOrganization UNFCCC financial mechanism ⓘ
priorityArea African states ⓘ
least developed countries ⓘ
most vulnerable countries ⓘ
small island developing States ⓘ
relatedTo Paris Agreement ⓘ
reportsTo Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC ⓘ
roleInParisAgreement support implementation of nationally determined contributions ⓘ
support long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies ⓘ
secretariatLocation Songdo, Incheon, South Korea ⓘ
supportsSector climate-resilient agriculture ⓘ
climate-resilient infrastructure ⓘ
ecosystem-based adaptation ⓘ
energy efficiency ⓘ
forests and land use ⓘ
renewable energy ⓘ
sustainable transport ⓘ
water security and resilience ⓘ
usesApproach results-based payments ⓘ
website https://www.greenclimate.fund ⓘ
worksWith accredited entities ⓘ
focal points in developing countries ⓘ
implementing entities ⓘ
intermediaries ⓘ
national designated authorities ⓘ
yearEstablished 2010 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Copenhagen Accord → mentionsInstrument → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Great Green Wall → supportedBy → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
COP16 → established → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
COP16 → decisionOn → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
COP15 Accord → mentionsMechanism → Copenhagen Green Climate Fund ⓘ
linked to: Green Climate Fund
COP15 Accord → relatedToFund → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Green Climate Fund → fullName → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Cancún Agreements → includes → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Cancún Agreements → establishes → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Annex II Parties → supportsMechanism → Green Climate Fund ⓘ
Technology Mechanism → coordinatesWith → Green Climate Fund ⓘ