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2 Apr 2024
The Green Climate Fund: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Water in Barbados as an adaptation measure
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recognises the urgent need for a comprehensive, innovative approach to water security. It emphasizes – amongst others through its call to action - that water resources management is a top priority sector in National Adaptation Plans and other regional climate adaptation plans...
5 Feb 2024
Realising the Green Climate Fund’s vision for water security
South Africa’s Water Reuse Programme, a U.S. $ 1.5 billion project developed in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and others seeks to overhaul the country’s wastewater system and reuse treated wastewater as a response to increasing demand for the resource...
27 Nov 2023
Green Climate Fund's Water Strategy:
In September 2023, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) published the outlines of its water sector strategy under the heading “Running dry: racing against time to secure our water future”. This follows its publication last year of the GCF's draft sectoral guide for water. Water security is central to the activities of the GCF: it has currently mobilized U...
7 Sep 2022
Green Climate Fund publishes Sectoral Guide for Water
On the 22nd of August the Green Climate Fund released its draft sectoral guide on Water Security. Although this document is still a ‘consultation version’, this step is still highly significant in view of the fact that action on water is still excluded from mainstream decision making on climate change...
5 Dec 2021 INCHEON, South Korea
GCF Board Accelerates Climate Finance
Green Climate Fund (GCF) approves record- breaking 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action, with $1.2 Billion USD in GCF resources allocated for climate action.
19 Feb 2021 AUSTIN TX, United States
Climate Change And The Lone Star State
This Water Diplomat article has been updated 20 February.US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster 20 February in the US State of Texas, allowing more federal funds to be releasd for emergency assistance (White House Statement here).Power is returning across Texas and temperatures are set to rise but some 13 million people are still facing difficulties accessing clean water...
21 Jan 2021 PARIS, France
Multi-Billion USD Funding Announced for Sahel Great Green Wall Project
In a January announcement at the the "One Planet Summit" for biodiversity, President of France Emmanuel Macron committed to a $14 Billion USD grant to scale up work on the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative.The GGW, which was established in 2007, is Africa’s flagship initiative to tackle climate change, desertification and land degradation across the Sahel region - which covers the land surrounding the Sahara Desert in Africa...