Innovative finance for global weather and climate data
 
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April 2022

Nordic Development Fund

 

 
     
 
 

Innovative finance for global weather and climate data

NDF has committed EUR 10 million to the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF), a ground-breaking financing mechanism designed to ramp up the global understanding of climate change by significantly increasing the availability of essential weather and climate data.

 
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One step further to accelerate the energy transition in Africa

AfricaGoGreen Fund receives over USD 30 million investments from NDF, the African Development Bank, and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa.

 
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New podcast: growing liveable cities in Africa

This episode comes from a Nordic Talks live event, held at COP26, organised by NDF in close cooperation with the African Development Bank.

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Storm drains programme in Senegal helps residents live in peace with water

Water drainage systems and sustainable city management solutions in Dakar’s most flood prone cities have saved 160 000 residents, most of them women, and about 900 hectares of land from recurrent flooding. This work is now continuing under a new project.

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Stronger health systems help meet the challenges of climate change

The human health effects of climate change were brought to the fore through a regional initiative that has helped Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam update and adopt National Health Adaptation Plans that respond to the effects of climate change.

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The role of grant financing in the clean energy market

The new EEP Africa study, Generating Success, explores how flexible grant financing can be used effectively to build sustainable clean energy companies in Sub Saharan Africa.

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Nordic leadership in addressing climate change and development challenges

We advance Nordic leadership in addressing climate change and development challenges through financing, knowledge and partnerships. Together with our strategic partners, we develop, launch and scale high-impact projects to support developing countries and the most vulnerable people affected by climate change.

 
 
   
 
 
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