Summary
The GCF pilot scheme simplifies the funding process for small-scale projects (up to $10 million) with minimal environmental and social risks. It introduces a streamlined application process involving a simplified concept note and funding proposal, targeting accredited entities with a goal that at least 50% of approved projects come from directly supported entities. Projects involving high-risk factors, such as indigenous people's rights or critical biodiversity areas, are ineligible.
Key insights
- To qualify for the pilot scheme, projects or programs must have transformative potential for low-emission and climate-resilient development, a funding cap of $10 million, and be categorized as having minimal or no environmental and social risks and impacts.
- Certain 'risk factors' automatically disqualify a project from the pilot scheme, regardless of other criteria. These include activities involving resettlement, land acquisition, impacts on indigenous peoples, activities in protected or ecologically significant areas, impacts on cultural heritage, critical infrastructure requiring technical safety studies, hazardous waste production, adverse effects on worker health and safety, transboundary impacts, or those requiring further due diligence on related facilities.
- The GCF aims to ensure that projects submitted by directly supported entities account for at least 50% of all approved projects under this pilot scheme.
- The simplified approval process involves the submission of a concept note using a simplified template, followed by a funding proposal in a simplified format if the project is shortlisted. The process includes environmental and social risk screening, a pre-feasibility study, and a rolling review by the Independent Technical Advisory Panel (iTAP).
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- Green Climate Fund (n.d.). 试点方案的简化审批流程. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zh-s-sap-pilot-scheme.pdf
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- {{cite report |author=Green Climate Fund |title=试点方案的简化审批流程 |url=https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zh-s-sap-pilot-scheme.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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- @techreport{greenclimatefundnd, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{试点方案的简化审批流程}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/zh-s-sap-pilot-scheme.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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