Support to Green Climate Fund proposal development in Mozambique, Launch of ADB Ventures, Forest management empowering women in Honduras, Danish flood barrier innovation expands to Vietnam thanks to complementing support from NDF and NEFCO .
 
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Newsletter

February 2020

Nordic Development Fund

 
 

 
 

Support to Green Climate Fund proposal development in Mozambique

NDF and the World Bank (WB) will share the costs of preparing a full Green Climate Fund (GCF) funding proposal package for Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The proposed intervention areas for the planned GCF funding consist of informal settlements in Maputo including the city centre Baixa and the district of KaTembe that face growing challenges due to climate change and the high rates of poverty. 

     
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NDF joins ADB in launch of ADB Ventures – to tackle supply-demand gap for climate technology start-ups in Asia-Pacific markets

“There is a mismatch between the supply and demand of new and promising climate technologies and solutions in these developing markets,” says NDF Program Manager, Aleksi Lumijärvi.  “ADB Ventures has been set up to address entry barriers by de-risking and accelerating their market entry and dissemination.”

   
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‘Eyes in the Sky - Feet on the Ground’: Forest management program empowers Honduran young indigenous to control and conserve their own lands

The project is working with indigenous communities in Pico Bonito, Honduras to conserve forest ecosystems through a combined focus on land rights, forest monitoring, conservation and nature-based climate change resilience management, as well as bird tourism.

 
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NDF commits new financing for high-performing clean energy producer rAREH in Sub-Saharan Africa

From the outset, rAREH's mission has been to increase the supply of clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa at a reasonable price, and in a responsible way, while creating long-term, stable cash flow across a diversified portfolio.

 
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EEP Africa Call for Proposals Now Open

The new EEP Africa Call for Proposals is now open. The theme of this call is Clean Energy Powering Green Growth with particular focus on clean energy for productive use and clean energy in circular economy solutions.

 
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Innovative flood prevention in Vietnam

Climate change is making flooding worse in Vietnam. A Danish flood barrier innovation provides a solution thanks to complementing support from NDF and NEFCO.
 

 
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Financing for climate projects in low-income countries

The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) finances climate change interventions in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. As the joint development finance institution of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden — NDF widely cooperates with other development institutions.

 
 
   
 
 
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