Report on the activities of the Secretariat

The GCF Secretariat reports progress across several operational areas, including the approval of USD 1.5 billion in funding and the signing of 19 accreditation master agreements. Key activities include the development of a gender and climate change training manual with UN Women, the processing of Project Preparation Facility (PPF) requests, and efforts to secure privileges and immunities (P&Is) through bilateral and multilateral agreements. The report also notes the recruitment of risk and monitoring specialists and ongoing engagement with UNFCCC thematic bodies.

• The Green Climate Fund has approved a total of USD 1.5 billion in funding to date, and has disbursed USD 5,493,913 to the Acumen Fund for an "Energy generation and access programme" in Kenya and Rwanda.
• As of 31 December 2016, the Initial Resource Mobilization totaled approximately USD 9.9 billion in contributions, with USD 3.4 billion available, including USD 1.8 billion in cash and USD 1.6 billion in promissory notes.
• The Secretariat is facing significant legal risks due to a lack of universal coverage on privileges and immunities (P&Is). While draft agreements have been sent to 120 countries and 10 have been signed, the Secretariat warns that without these, the GCF is "seriously exposed to litigation" and the Independent Integrity Unit cannot legally conduct investigations in sovereign states.
• Regarding country programming, 23 countries have vetted their country programme briefs and 43 entities have presented entity work programmes as of the 16th Meeting of the Board.
• The Secretariat has received 13 Project Preparation Facility (PPF) requests in total, including one approved proposal for the Ministry of National Resources of Rwanda for USD 1,498,841, and is supporting a PPF request for the Agency for Agricultural Development of Morocco.
• Gender mainstreaming efforts include the finalization of a training manual on gender and climate change developed with UN Women and the integration of gender-related activities into the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme.
• The Secretariat has signed 19 accreditation master agreements (AMAs) with accredited entities to date.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2017). Report on the activities of the Secretariat. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b16-inf03.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Report on the activities of the Secretariat. 2017. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b16-inf03.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2017report, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Report on the activities of the Secretariat}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b16-inf03.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }