Introduction to the Green Climate Fund. Stéphanie CAPDEVILLE, Regional Advisor Africa

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1 Introduction to the Green Climate Fund Stéphanie CAPDEVILLE, Regional Advisor Africa Accra, October 18, 2016

2 GCF: A key financial mechanism under the Paris Agreement

3 GCF: A unique institution Country ownership through NDAs and focal points Balance between adaptation and mitigation Equal voice for developed and developing countries Diversity of accredited entities Diversity of financial instruments Dedicated Private Sector Facility (PSF)

4 GCF business model

5 Roles of NDAs and focal points

6 Home Access to Green Climate Fund resources Through a country-driven approach, the National Designated Authority (NDA) of a country can facilitate the strategy by which it will address climate change, and provide broad strategic oversight of the Fund s activities in the country Access to Fund resources to undertake climate change projects/programmes will be through accredited national, regional and international entities Therefore, it is important to match likely countries priorities/activities with entities who are able to provide this avenue/modality of access and support.

7 Balanced resource allocation

8 8 Strategic Results Areas With a focus on Impacts Programmes Paradigm-shift potential Adaptation-mitigation co-benefits 8

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10 GCF Project Portfolio (1) FP001 Building resilience of wetlands Profonanpe, Peru A FP002 Climate information and EWS UNDP, Malawi A FP003 Restoration of salinized lands CSE, Senegal FP004 Climate resilient infrastructure KfW, Bangladesh FP005 KawiSafi Ventures Fund Acumen, Eastern Africa FP006 Energy efficiency Green Bond IDB, Latin America A A M M FP007 Managing CC induced water shortages UNDP, Maldives A FP008 Water supply and waste water mgmt ADB, Fiji A

11 GCF Project Portfolio (2) FP009 Energy Savings Insurance for Private Energy Efficiency Investments by SMEs IDB, El Salvador M FP010 De-risking and Scaling Up Investment in Energy Efficient Building Retrofits UNDP, Armenia M FP011 Large Scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation Developing a Climate Resilient, Natural Resource-based Economy UNEP, Gambia A FP012 Africa Hydromet Program Strengthening Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mali Country Project WB, Mali A FP013 Improving the Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities to Climate Change-related Impacts UNDP, Vietnam M/A FP014 Project to Support Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin WB, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan A FP015 Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Program UNDP, Tuvalu A FP016 Strengthening the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers through an Integrated Approach to Water Management UNDP, Sri Lanka A FP017 Climate Action and Solar Energy Development Programme in the Tarapacá Region in Chile CAF, Chile M/A

12 Readiness funding available to prepare Concept Notes $ M cap per country per year Support for direct access entities From Project idea to Concept Note, including prefeasibility study Has to be submitted by the NDA

13 Accredited Entities Morocco Senegal Namibia Rwanda Ethiopia India Kenya Peru Argentina 33 entities accredited up to Oct 15 th, 45 since last Board meeting (including BOAD)

14 Approved project private sector KawiSafi Ventures Fund in East Africa A new investment fund to drive off-grid solar power Funding: GCF: USD 25M Acumen: USD 7M Investing in clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya 15M direct beneficiaries Saving 1.5M tonnes of CO2 emissions Providing off-grid populations with access to cleaner and safer power

15 FP005: KawiSafi Ventures Fund in East Africa Investment: USD 100M Equity Fund, USD 10M Technical Assistance Facility GCF Funding: USD 20M Equity Investment, USD 5M Grant for a Technical Assistance Facility Accredited Entity: Acumen Fund Target: Cross-cutting Snapshot: Project Showcase East Africa Creating a new investment fund, KawiSafi, to drive off-grid solar power in East Africa. Investing in clean energy companies, initially in Rwanda and Kenya, providing household solar technologies.

16 FP006: Energy Efficiency Green Bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean Investment: USD 780M (Targeted bonds amount) GCF Funding: USD 215M loan or guarantee, USD 2M Programme development grant Accredited Entity: Inter-American Development Bank Target: Mitigation Snapshot: Project Showcase Addressing demand-side energy efficiency through green bonds, by using the concept of aggregation to mobilize institutional funds at scale toward small and medium sized energy service companies

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