Global Climate Fund

“The GCF Board has made remarkable progress in terms of granting approvals for country proposals and acknowledge their further decisions to impose conditions where they identified weaknesses,” Mr Sovaleni said.

The meeting helped to expose the vulnerabilities of the Pacific region to climate change to the global facility Directors and Tonga is grateful to the Prime Minister and Government of Samoa for their successful hosting the meeting.

France has converted its remaining pledge of EUR 342 million, bringing its total signed contributions to EUR 750 million, while Canada has converted its pledge of CAD 300 million into signed arrangements. 

Tonga raised the importance for the GCF Secretariat to understand that the capacity realities of the Pacific to access GCF in general is extremely important and the view that the now one Regional Coordinator for the Pacific will need to be strengthened.

Tonga recommended the option to establish strong relationships in the region by engaging in key regional events and support national readiness workshops.