Partnering with the Green Climate Fund: Opportunities for Businesses and Partners

Scaling up climate action in developing countries requires technologies, expertise and partnerships that can turn climate investment into impact. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest dedicated multilateral climate fund, works with public and private partners to support low-emission and climate-resilient development across a wide range of sectors.
Ecomondo 2026 provides an opportunity to explore how businesses, financial institutions and other organisations can engage with GCF investments, with a focus on sectors relevant to the Ecomondo audience, including energy, water, green infrastructure, and climate-resilient agriculture and food systems. The session will highlight how private-sector expertise, technologies, and implementation capabilities can contribute to climate projects developed and delivered through GCF's network of Accredited Entities and other partners.
The session will provide a practical introduction to GCF's investment model and the different pathways for engagement, including project development and implementation, technical assistance and capacity building, downstream opportunities linked to GCF-funded projects, and co-financing. Selected examples from GCF's investment portfolio will illustrate these pathways and the role of different partners in advancing climate mitigation and adaptation objectives.
A substantial part of the session will be dedicated to interactive discussion, giving participants the opportunity to directly engage with GCF, ask questions and identify potential avenues for further engagement.

Program

16.00 Welcome and introduction
Opening remarks. Brief introduction about GCF.
Beatrice Muroni, Department of External Relations, GCF

16.05 Working with GCF: Investment and private-sector opportunities
Overview of GCF's investment model and pathways for engagement, including investment, project development, and implementation partnerships
Malick Niang, Office of the Chief Investment Officer, GCF

16.25 GCF in action: Climate investments across key sectors
Selected examples of GCF funded projects in energy, water, green infrastructure and agriculture, illustrating opportunities for private-sector participation

16.45 Interactive discussion and Q&A
Open exchange on opportunities for engagement with GCF and its partners

17.25 Conclusions and next steps
Closing remarks and opportunities for continued engagement