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On 11 January 2025, the IRM registered a complaint concerning a fatal drowning incident in south-western Uganda with potential relevance to GCF-funded project FP034, “Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems...

On 18 March 2025, the IRM acknowledged receipt of a new complaint with potential relevance to GCF project FP085. The complainants comprise members of Union Committee 11 (Jinnah Town), a local government body of elected...

On 15 November 2024, the IRM received and acknowledged receipt of a complaint concerning a fatal drowning incident in south-western Uganda. The complainants are family members of the deceased. The complainants have not...

On 3 April 2024, IRM received a complaint alleging adverse impacts related to the implementation of GCF funded project FP034 "Building Resilient Communities, Wetland Ecosystems and Associated Catchments in Uganda." The...

Staff Sonja Derkum, Head of the IRM Sonja Derkum is the Head of the GCF's Independent Redress Mechanism. She was previously Head of the Complaints Mechanism (CM) for the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group)...

In September 2022 and November 2022, the IRM received two complaints related to concerns over working conditions and access to grievance mechanism in the Benban Solar Park, with relevance to FP039. The complainants were...

Overview The IRM is committed to transparency and accountability, and recognises the importance of public access to its case information, subject to any requests for confidentiality from any of its complainants or...

A pre-case is a communication from an external party to the IRM and information received by the IRM that is registered in the Case Management System as a pre-case and may or may not mature into a complaint. Pre-cases...

On 11 March 2025, the IRM acknowledged receipt of a complaint filed by wetland-dependent communities residing in Rukingiri district in Uganda. The complainants requested and have been granted confidentiality, in...

In April 2025, the IRM sent out a survey to various stakeholders who interacted with the IRM in 2024, including civil society representatives, Accredited Entities, GCF colleagues, and Board members. The purpose of the...

Featured publications IRM: Opening doors to Accountability and Redress 18 Jun 2019 Filing a complaint...

The IRM Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Advocacy Toolkit is intended to provide civil society with the tools to increase awareness of the IRM in their local communities. The IRM’s CSO Advocacy Toolkit is available in...

The complaint was filed by Transparency International Bangladesh on behalf of the mayor and 427 residents of the Satkhira municipality. The complaint alleged that funds had not yet been disbursed on FP004, though it had...

In 2018, the IRM processed a reconsideration request filed by Argentina in relation to FP057 – Climate Action for Rural Development: Community-based Adaptation and Mitigation. FP057 was denied funding by the Board at...

In June 2022, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP121. The complainant raised a concern that as the government recognized and legally established representative of the indigenous peoples of Paraguay, Instituto...

In May 2020, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP084. The complaint was about the clearance of mangroves for the development of a housing scheme in Andhra Pradesh. The complainant(s) alleged that the GCF should...

In early 2019, the IRM concluded a preliminary inquiry into FP001, Peru. A preliminary inquiry is an early phase of an IRM self-initiated investigation. A self-initiated investigation is a proceeding initiated under...

In June 2021, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP146. The complainant(s) alleged that the project would harm indigenous and Afro-descendant communities due to 1) alleged failure to conduct proper consultation,...

The IRM received this complaint in August 2020 but has suspended the complaint at the request of the complainant. Through discussions with the complainant it emerged that the primary goal of the complainant at this...

In August 2021, the IRM received a complaint relating to FP018. The complainant(s) raised a concern that fees due to the complainant(s) had not been paid despite the completion of work under a consultancy contract with...

On 16 February 2020, the IRM received a complaint which was submitted through its online Case Management System (CMS). The complainant(s) had made a request for confidentiality, and the IRM provided confidentiality in...