Green Climate Fund joins IATI as a Member

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has become a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and has committed to report its finances to the IATI Standard.

As a global climate fund for developing countries, GCF plays a major role in financing efforts to address climate mitigation and adaptation. The Fund has committed more than USD 20 billion across 134 countries, supporting action to expand renewable energy, strengthen climate-resilient infrastructure, and protect ecosystems.

GCF’s membership marks an important step forward for climate finance transparency and reflects growing momentum among international financial institutions and funds to adopt open data standards.

Oscar A. Garcia, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at GCF, said: “The Green Climate Fund’s decision to join IATI reflects our commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability, and alignment with global best practices on open data. Through IATI membership, we are enhancing our disclosure practices, improving data accessibility for stakeholders, and reinforcing trust in how resources are allocated and results are delivered.”

GCF provides financing through accredited partners using grants, concessional loans, and other financial instruments. The Fund works to mobilise additional public and private investment to deliver wider climate impact across the globe.

Publishing climate finance data through the IATI Standard

GCF plans to publish activity-level data aligned with the IATI Standard, including both financial and results information from its portfolio. This is expected to include:

• GCF and co-financing commitments and disbursements
• Project-level impact data, where feasible
• Information on sectors, financing instruments, thematic focus areas, and geographic coverage
• Details on accredited entities and delivery partners

Publication will be introduced in phases as GCF continues to strengthen its systems and processes. The Fund will join a growing community of organisations using the IATI Standard to improve the accessibility and usability of climate finance data. Today, IATI data is published by:

• 169 organisations reporting over 28,000 activities targeting climate change mitigation
• 198 organisations reporting more than 38,000 activities targeting climate change adaptation

Reflecting on reporting GCF’s finances and activities to IATI, Oscar Garcia said: “Joining IATI is a valuable opportunity to strengthen transparency while improving internal data systems and processes. While it requires investment in data standardisation, governance, and coordination, it also creates efficiencies over time by establishing a single, consistent, and interoperable framework for data disclosure.”

Open climate finance data aims to support governments, development partners, researchers, and civil society organisations to better understand how resources are being allocated and used to address the climate crisis.

Looking ahead

GCF plans to not only report its data to IATI but actively engage within IATI’s membership and to advance climate finance transparency practices. Oscar Garcia said “GCF looks forward to actively engaging in the IATI community, including participating in coordination discussions and technical working groups, contributing to advancing standards and practices for climate finance transparency. We see strong value in peer-to-peer learning and collaboration with other development partners to continuously improve data quality and usability.”

Interested in joining IATI?

IATI membership is open to governments, multilateral organisations, development finance institutions, philanthropic foundations, civil society organisations, and private sector organisations committed to advancing transparency in international cooperation.

Learn more about becoming an IATI member here or contact the IATI Secretariat to arrange a discussion.