Sustainable finance
Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
Definition
The Special Climate Change Fund is a fund established under the UNFCCC in 2001 and managed by the Global Environment Facility, financing projects in adaptation — its top priority — as well as technology transfer, energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management in developing countries. Together with the Least Developed Countries Fund, it forms the GEF-administered climate funds family predating the Green Climate Fund, and it has been used notably for innovation windows and private sector engagement in adaptation.
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Overview
How it is used
The fund structures adaptation project pipelines for national governments and agencies, GEF programming, and the broader climate finance architecture's adaptation channel.
Why it matters
Small but strategic, the SCCF has long filled the adaptation gap that larger funds historically neglected.