Investor
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world's largest dedicated multilateral climate fund and a cornerstone of the financial architecture supporting the Paris Agreement. Established in 2010 at COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico, the fund is tasked with driving a global paradigm shift toward low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by expanding and deploying financial resources to developing nations. GCF acts as an institutional general partner and anchor investor, running dedicated public- and private-sector funding frameworks—including its highly active Private Sector Facility (PSF). GCF co-invests alongside third-party private equity asset managers, developers, and micro-finance institutions by offering structured anchor equity, concessional loans, credit guarantees, and technical assistance. Its operational mandate focuses on de-risking high-impact climate infrastructure, scaling climate-smart sustainable agriculture, expanding off-grid renewable energy, and mobilising private commercial markets.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- Energy and powerHealthcareManufacturing and industrialsAgriculture and foodFinancial servicesTechnologyConsumerInfrastructure
- Stages and strategies
- GrowthSeries ASeries B+SeedFund investmentsPrivate credit
- Instruments
- EquityDebt
- Regions
- Global, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa
Fund commitments
- Climate Investor One Fund (Climate Fund Managers)
- KawiSafi Fund I
- CRAFT (Climate Resilience & Adaptation Finance and Technology Transfer Fund)
- Hardest-to-Reach Initiative
- Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund I (ARAF I)
- Arbaro Fund SCSp
- COVID-19 Energy Access Relief Fund
- Acumen Climate Action Pakistan Fund
- Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM)
- Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)
- Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund II (ARAF II)
- Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2
- KawiSafi Fund II
- GAIA Climate Loan Fund
- Universal Green Energy Access Program
- Novastar Africa People and Planet Fund III
- Climate Investor Two (CI2)
- Renewable Energy Performance Platform 2
- Kuali Fund
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026
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- https://climatefundmanagers.com/2025/11/03/gaia-climate-loan-fund-achieves-usd-600-million-first-close-to-finance-climate-adaptation-and-mitigation-projects-across-emerging-markets/, climatefundmanagers.com. Accessed 14 November 2026.
- https://kawisafi.com/media-center/kawisafi-announces-90-million-in-approved-capital.html, kawisafi.com. Accessed 14 November 2026.
- https://www.greenclimate.fund/portfolio/projects/fp263, www.greenclimate.fund. Accessed 14 November 2026.
- https://www.camco.fm/post/camco-achieves-first-close-on-repp-2-blended-finance-fund, www.camco.fm. Accessed 14 November 2026.
- https://climatefundmanagers.com/2022/12/02/cfm-announces-the-second-close-of-ci2-its-second-global-climate-fund-at-usd-855-million/, climatefundmanagers.com. Accessed 14 November 2026; link checked 15 November 2026.
- https://acumen.org/news/coalition-launches-energy-access-relief-fund/, acumen.org. Accessed 14 November 2026; link checked 15 November 2026.