Status of the GCF pipeline, including the status of Project Preparation Facility requests

As of 31 July 2021, the GCF pipeline includes 89 funding proposals requesting USD 6.4 billion and 350 concept notes requesting USD 15.9 billion. The report details the distribution of these requests by sector, region, and theme, while also tracking the progress of the Simplified Approval Process (SAP) pilot, specific requests for proposals (RFPs) such as REDD-plus and MSME, and the status of 65 active Project Preparation Facility applications.

• As of 31 July 2021, the GCF funding proposal pipeline consists of 89 proposals (60 public and 29 private) requesting USD 6.41 billion in GCF funding, with a total investment of USD 24.3 billion when including co-financing.
• The concept note pipeline as of the reporting date contains 350 entries, with 238 public and 112 private sector notes requesting a total of USD 15.95 billion in GCF funding.
• Regional distribution of requested GCF funding for proposals shows Africa at 39.0%, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at 30.5%, and Asia-Pacific at 24.9%.
• The Simplified Approval Process (SAP) pilot scheme has approved 23 projects with a total GCF financing of USD 208.5 million. The current SAP pipeline includes 97 concept notes and funding proposals requesting USD 889.8 million.
• The REDD-plus results-based payments (RBP) pilot programme effectively exhausted its USD 500 million allocation in 2020 after approving eight projects totaling USD 496.7 million. A proposal for a short-term supplement of up to USD 100 million is being presented to fill the gap.
• There are 65 active Project Preparation Facility (PPF) applications, of which 43 have been approved for a total of USD 27.3 million, with USD 19.4 million already disbursed.
• The GCF is implementing knowledge management improvements, including an updated online submission system for all proposals expected to be piloted in late 2021 and an online tracking system for real-time progress monitoring that became fully operational for funding proposals in the first half of 2021.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2021). Status of the GCF pipeline, including the status of Project Preparation Facility requests. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b30-inf02.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Status of the GCF pipeline, including the status of Project Preparation Facility requests. 2021. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b30-inf02.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2021status, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Status of the GCF pipeline, including the status of Project Preparation Facility requests}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b30-inf02.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }