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Green Climate Fund


Administered by - to be confirmed


Area of focus - Adaptation, Mitigation - general, Mitigation - REDD


Date operational - 2015


The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was adopted as a financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the end of 2011.

It aims to make an ambitious contribution to attaining the mitigation and adaptation goals of the international community.

Over time it is expected to become the main multilateral financing mechanism to support climate action in developing countries.