The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) was established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2001 to finance activities, programs, and measures relating to climate change that are complementary to those funded by the resources allocated to the Climate Change Focal Area of the GEF and by bilateral and multilateral funding.

The SCCF has four different windows:
1. Adaptation
2. Transfer of technologies
3. Energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry, and waste management
4. Activities to assist developing countries whose economies are highly dependent on income generated from the production, processing, and export or on consumption of fossil fuels and associated energy-intensive products in diversifying their economies

The Parties to the Climate Convention identified adaptation to climate change as the top priority of the SCCF. The SCCF serves as a catalyst to leverage additional resources from bilateral and other multilateral sources. Additional guidance on how to operate the SCCF was provided by the COP at its ninth session in Milan.

UNFCCC Conference of Parties Documents on Special Climate Change Fund
• 7/CP.7: Initial guidance on the establishment of the SCCF
• 7/CP.8: Initial guidance to an entity entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Convention, for the operation of the SCCF
• 5/CP.9: Further guidance to an entity entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Convention, for the operation of the Special climate change fund
• 1/CP.12: Further guidance to an entity entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism of the Convention
• Assessment of the Special Climate Change Fund [FCCC/SBI/2009/L.14] 

Council Documents on Special Climate Change Fund
• Programming to Implement The Guidance for the Special Climate Change Fund Adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its Ninth Session [GEF/C.24/12, November]
• GEF Comparative Advantages of the GEF Agencies [GEF/C.31/5 rev.1, June 18, 2007]
• Results-Based Management Framework for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) [GEF/LDCF.SCCF.6/Inf.3, May 27, 2009]
• Implementation of Results Based Management under the Least Development Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund [GEF/LDCF.SCCF.7/4, November 27, 2009]
• Status Report on the Climate Change Funds (Prepared by the Trustee) [GEF/LDCF.SCCF.8/Inf.2/Rev.1, July 1, 2010]
• Progress Report on the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) [GEF/LDCF.SCCF.8/Inf.3, July 1, 2010]
• Latest GEF Annual Reports to the COP
 

SCCF Contacts at the Global Environment Facility
Dr. Bonizella Biagini -- phone: (+1) (202) 458 7506; email: bbiagini@thegef.org
Dr. Bob Dixon -- phone: (+1) (202) 458 7506; email: rdixon1@thegef.org