The Climate Funds @ COP29

The Climate Resilient Sanitation Annex is a pivotal addition to the GCF Water Security Guidelines, designed to provide essential guidance for developing climate-resilient sanitation projects. In this event, we will address the urgent need for robust sanitation systems that can withstand the impacts of, and minimize the greenhouse gas contribution to, climate change.

This event will present key findings from a comprehensive review of climate indicators used by the multilateral climate funds.

Communicators everywhere have the power to ignite meaningful change and spark hope, using global reach and the power of influence to raise awareness about the urgent need to deliver more climate action.

Investing in climate resilience and adaptation is an unavoidable opportunity. Join our experts to explore how companies worldwide are helping build resilience to climate change and what investors can do to support their innovation and growth.

This event will share information and guidance to country representatives, multilateral development banks, and other stakeholders in developing their expressions of interest for CIF’s Industry Decarbonization Program.

This event will explore the mechanics of the debt-for-climate conversion, its benefits for Barbados, and its potential as a blueprint for other climate-vulnerable nations. It will also discuss the role of international financial institutions, multilateral partnerships, and private investors in facilitating such innovative financing mechanisms.

Join the experts from the GEF, GCF, AF and CIFs for an overview of approaches to innovative financing mechanisms being supported by the Multilateral Climate Funds and learn how you can get involved.

In this session, multilateral climate funds will outline their strategies to partner with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Indigenous and local community leaders will then share their experiences with direct climate finance. They will lay out their vision for innovative ways to mobilize new sources of financing for nature, scale up successful climate action, and empower local leaders.

This event will bring together non-state observers and representatives from the multilateral climate funds to discuss enhancing observer collaboration and influence in multilateral climate funds governance.

This exchange among Multilateral Climate Funds will focus on practical solutions, collaborative avenues, actionable strategies, and resource mobilization opportunities to build momentum and pilot industrial decarbonization efforts worldwide.

Join our experts to explore how innovative approaches in blended finance are being replicated and scaled up to de-risk projects and catalyze private investment in both climate and nature.

Join the GEF to explore how NbS are being implemented worldwide with a focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to build resilience for both communities and ecosystems.

Join the experts from the GEF, GCF, AF and CIFs to explore how the Multilateral Climate Funds are working in partnership with countries, and each other, to build on the experience of successful NBS initiatives and explore new pathways to meet the climate and biodiversity crises.

GCF’s approach to ensuring accountability through policies around integrity, evaluation and grievance redress.

The event will present insights from a new study conducted by the evaluation units of four funds, analyzing the potential opportunities and risks associated with using artificial intelligence in evaluation. Experts from each fund will discuss their plans to integrate AI to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their evaluations and improve the uptake of lessons learned.

Discover how the four largest climate funds in the world are uniquely contributing to climate mitigation through innovative financing mechanisms and complementarity and coherence to build a green and resilient future for the developing countries we serve.

This event will highlight collaborative efforts of multilateral climate funds in expanding protected areas, promoting sustainable land-use, and fostering multi-stakeholder governance.

This event will be the first in a series of consultations aimed at shaping CIF’s 2025-2030 Action Plan. The event will feature dialogue with multilateral development banks, governments, and civil society, focusing on the future of the social development agenda in climate finance.

Consultations on GCF Accreditation Reform: the event is an occasion to provide a comprehensive walkthrough of the proposed reform, address any questions, and gather feedback.

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This interactive consultation will bring together stakeholders and experts from multilateral climate funds, development banks, United Nations agencies, donor countries and civil society s to explore challenges, best practices, and recommendations for integrating disability inclusion in climate policies and finance.

This forward-looking session aims not only to broaden understanding on the progress on gender equality and available support on gender-related work within the four funds, but also to have an interactive session between the speakers and audience to exchange views to further the goal of gender equality in climate finance.

Energy access and distribution is crucial to the long-term resilient development of SIDS. Join our experts to explore how SIDS are shifting to renewables and distributed networks to build energy resilience.