5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Green Climate Fund

The World Resources Institute (WRI) outlines five 'do's and don'ts' for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board to ensure the fund effectively delivers resources for climate mitigation and adaptation. These recommendations cover investment criteria, financial risk management, accreditation of entities, results management, and the proposal approval process, emphasizing the need for a high risk appetite and a balance between top-down and bottom-up proposals to support international climate action ahead of COP 21.

• The GCF Board should implement robust funding criteria linked to desired results and ensure that benefits extend beyond the entities channeling resources to other parts of the funding value chain to remove investment barriers.
• To incentivize ambitious climate-resilient investments, the GCF should maintain a higher appetite for financial risk than other investors, while avoiding the management of risks that can be more cost-effectively handled by channeling or executing entities.
• The accreditation process for entities channeling resources should be broad and immediate, prioritizing the most competent institutions—including those in developing countries—while maintaining standards appropriate to the activity's risk level.
• The Fund's results management should focus on ambitious, scalable, and replicable goals based on country priorities, avoiding overly detailed monitoring and evaluation systems in the initial phase in favor of iterative learning.
• The proposal approval process should balance top-down strategic identification with bottom-up opportunities and use competitive processes to drive innovation, using scoring tools as support rather than as a substitute for Board judgment.

APA

World Resources Institute (2014). 5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Green Climate Fund. https://www.wri.org/insights/5-dos-and-donts-green-climate-fund

Chicago

World Resources Institute. 5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Green Climate Fund. 2014. https://www.wri.org/insights/5-dos-and-donts-green-climate-fund.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2014dos, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Green Climate Fund}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2014}, month = may, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/5-dos-and-donts-green-climate-fund}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }