AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Climate Action
KEYWORDS
green climate fund, climate change
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
green climate fund
WEBSITE
http://www.gcfund.org/about/the-fund.html
green climate fund
The purpose of the Fund is to make a contribution to the global efforts to combat climate change.
Given the urgency and seriousness of climate change, the purpose of the Fund is to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change.
The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The Fund will be guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention.