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๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿค How can the Nordic countries mobilise better climate finance? At ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, we invited our speakers and guests to share their thoughts on ways to mobilise climate finance. โœจ

Read about these ideas here ๐Ÿ”— shorturl.at/xUE81

#NCD2025 #ClimateFinance
At the World Bank Annual Meetings, Satu Santala, our Managing Director, met with Sigrรบn Rawet, Executive Director for the Nordics and Baltics at the World Bank, to discuss NDF's role as a climate and development financier. ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about our projects: shorturl.at/214y7

#WBGMeetings
๐ŸŒ Last week, our Managing Director Satu Santala was representing us at the World Bank Annual Meetings, a key moment for global development finance dialogue.

Learn more about the Annual Meetings ๐Ÿ‘‰ lnkd.in/eyXeqGcE

#WBGMeetings #DevelopmentFinance #ClimateFinance
๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒฑ How can Nordic countries improve collaboration on climate change adaptation and mitigation?

At ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, we asked participants for their ideas on how to strengthen Nordic partnerships. ๐Ÿ’ก

Read their insights here๐Ÿ”— shorturl.at/xUE81
๐Ÿ’กLast week we held our Board of Directors meeting at Hanaholmen. Our board members discussed timely topics, such as NDFโ€™s operations and strategic direction. We look forward to continuing the work together!

๐Ÿ“ Learn more about our governing bodies: shorturl.at/9H4xz

#BoardMeeting #ClimateFinance
โœ… ๐ŸŽ‰ Itโ€™s a wrap! ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ brought together innovative voices to address key challenging issues in climate and development finance.

๐Ÿ’ A very warm thank you to our speakers and to our wonderful audience for actively contributing to the dialogue.

๐Ÿ”— Read more: shorturl.at/XmrEC
๐ŸŽฅ ๐ŸŒŠ NDF has just released a short film highlighting the WACA Program!

๐Ÿ  West Africaโ€™s coastline is threatened by rising sea levels, coastal erosion and extreme weather. In Benin, WACA is working with the locals to build a more resilient future. ๐Ÿค Watch the short film here ๐ŸŒ shorturl.at/G2A9G
Protecting West African coastlines from the impacts of climate change - Nordic Development Fund
NDF has published a short documentary, which highlights the โ€˜West Africa Coastal Areasโ€™ (WACA) project and the importance of working with locals and partners to adapt to climate change.
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๐Ÿ”ด Happening now at the Nordic Climate Dialogues: What are some tangible ways to engage the private sector in climate adaptation? This is the question we are posing to inspiring experts, who share great examples of their work.

๐Ÿ”— Follow our live reporting here: shorturl.at/Ox4R1
๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฌ Nordic Climate Dialogues (#NCD2025) has officially opened its doors! Satu Santala, Managing Director of NDF, and Gunvor Kronman, CEO of Hanaholmen Cultural Centre, introduce the partnership, the purpose of NDF and Hanaholmen, and emphase the importance of NCD.

โžก๏ธ Learn more: shorturl.at/Ox4R1
๐Ÿ“˜ Our new publication is out! In collaboration with Convergence, we have just released a fresh overview of our blended finance activities, entitled โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€ ๐ŸŒ lnkd.in/dwRTWb4b
๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ Climate change is a global challenge, and developing countries are on the frontlines. Partnerships are crucial to build resilience.

๐Ÿค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ brings together public and private leaders to accelerate development finance and explore actionable ideas.

๐Ÿ”— shorturl.at/lY1Ci
๐ŸŒ Join the online session of Nordic Climate Dialogues on 1 Oct!

We will talk about how the Nordic region can catalyse stronger partnerships, shorten timelines, reduce duplication and mobilise finance where it is needed most.

๐Ÿ•™ 10:00โ€“11:35 (GMT+3)
๐Ÿ”— Register: shorturl.at/SAYyR

#NCD2025
๐Ÿ’ก How can blended finance help unlock the funding needed for climate action?

In our latest Nordic x Climate Talks podcast episode, we dive into the depths of this question and share good examples in the Nordics and globally. ๐ŸŒ shorturl.at/YxM3m
๐ŸŽ‰We are proud to support Acumenโ€™s Hardest-to-Reach Initiative, now live with over USD 246M committed and capital flowing to companies expanding energy access in Africaโ€™s hardest-to-reach communities.

๐Ÿ‘‰Learn more: shorturl.at/PomDZ

#H2R #ClimateFinance #NordicClimateAction Photo: Acumen
Nordic Climate Dialogues is next week (#NCD2025)!

Join us online on 1 October to learn more about how Nordic countries can strengthen their collaboration on catalysing finance for climate action.

๐Ÿ“†Register: shorturl.at/nXzfN
โŒ›Time: 10:00-11:35 (GMT+3 time zone)

#NordicClimateAction
๐Ÿ“ข Two new Program Managers have joined our team at NDF!

We are thrilled to welcome Karin Lindblad and Morten Holm van Donk to the Portfolio Origination & Management department. ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ”— Read more about their backgrounds here: shorturl.at/0VnqM

#NDFHire #NDFWork #Recruitment #ClimateFinance
๐Ÿ”‹โšก NDF has long supported e-mobility projects, including the Mirova Gigaton Fund, a debt fund dedicated to advancing energy access, the clean energy transition and climate investments in the Global South.

๐Ÿ”— Read more about the Gigaton Fund: shorturl.at/olSVx
๐ŸŒ Nordic Climate Dialogues are near! Join online to explore real climate finance solutions.

๐ŸŽฌ At NCD, we will be premiering a short documentary, โ€˜Between Land and Oceanโ€™ about the NDF-financed West Africa Coastal Areas project.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register online: shorturl.at/vmQye
๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more: shorturl.at/8456m
We are happy to share that the most recent independent evaluation of NDF is now published and has confirmed our unique position in the global climate finance landscape. โœจ

Learn more about the evaluation and our Management response ๐Ÿ‘‰ shorturl.at/fctdY

Photo: Ignitia
โ˜€๏ธTune in to ๐‘ต๐’๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ช๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” online session on 1 October with Petteri Taalas, to hear more about climate change, impacts on land and sea, backed with science and data, and how the Nordic region can catalyse more high-quality climate finance for climate action. โ˜” shorturl.at/QND23
๐Ÿ“ข NDF is now looking for a Results & Reporting Specialist to join our Quality Assurance and Reporting (QAR) department!

Join our international team working on ambitious climate and development projects in Helsinki. ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ“… Apply before 3 October, 2025
โžก๏ธ Read more and apply here: shorturl.at/xzBuy
๐Ÿš€๐ŸŒ We have launched our speakers of the Nordic Climate Dialogues, taking place 1 October in Hanaholmen!

Tune in to hear leading experts' insights on catalysing climate finance in the Nordics.

๐Ÿ”— Learn more: shorturl.at/w9qR4
๐Ÿ”— Register for the online session: shorturl.at/vmQye

#NCD2025
๐Ÿค๐ŸŒ Nordic Climate Dialogues 2025 would not be possible without our partners. Hanaholmen, Convergence, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the World Climate Foundation and IMCA enable us to connect leaders of climate finance.

โžก๏ธ Sign up for the online session: shorturl.at/vmQye

#NCD2025#NCD2025
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ”Ž NDF is hiring an Icelandic Gender Specialist to work in its Helsinki office and strengthen its focus on gender equality and inclusion!

โžก๏ธ Read more about the position here: shorturl.at/EA69j
โžก๏ธ Apply before 7 September 2025 by sending your CV and cover letter in English to [email protected]
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Hjรก Norrรฆna รพrรณunarsjรณรฐnum (Nordic Development Fund, NDF) er laus til umsรณknar staรฐa jafnrรฉttissรฉrfrรฆรฐings meรฐ aรฐsetur รก aรฐalskrifstofu sjรณรฐsins รญ Helsinki.
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โš–๏ธ NDF aims to tackle gender equality barriers in climate change and development. The West Africa Coastal Areas Program (WACA) in Benin is an example, protecting communities, especially women as they are most exposed, from coastal erosion. Read more ๐Ÿ”— shorturl.at/obCf7

Photo: Shawn N. Hounkpatin