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Closing the climate finance gap starts where climate impacts are greatest: the local level. 🏘️
At #COP30, UNCDF met with governments & partners to advance climate finance that reaches local governments, MSMEs & frontline communities.
Thank you to all who joined us. 🌍
At #COP30, UNCDF met with governments & partners to advance climate finance that reaches local governments, MSMEs & frontline communities.
Thank you to all who joined us. 🌍
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Closing the climate finance gap starts where climate impacts are greatest: the local level. 🏘️
At #COP30, UNCDF met with governments & partners to advance climate finance that reaches local governments, MSMEs & frontline communities.
Thank you to all who joined us. 🌍
At #COP30, UNCDF met with governments & partners to advance climate finance that reaches local governments, MSMEs & frontline communities.
Thank you to all who joined us. 🌍
As Uganda’s credit market evolves, integration, not stand-alone innovation, is becoming the deciding factor for inclusive finance.
UNCDF shared insights from the 10X Programme showing how shared standards and API interoperability can unlock lending for MSMEs traditionally left out.
UNCDF shared insights from the 10X Programme showing how shared standards and API interoperability can unlock lending for MSMEs traditionally left out.
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As Uganda’s credit market evolves, integration, not stand-alone innovation, is becoming the deciding factor for inclusive finance.
UNCDF shared insights from the 10X Programme showing how shared standards and API interoperability can unlock lending for MSMEs traditionally left out.
UNCDF shared insights from the 10X Programme showing how shared standards and API interoperability can unlock lending for MSMEs traditionally left out.
How do we build agri-food systems that are sustainable, equitable & climate-resilient? 🌱
Join today’s session with proforest & UNCDF to connect corporate sustainability, local adaptation & finance innovation, backed by de-risking and blended finance.
#COP30
Join today’s session with proforest & UNCDF to connect corporate sustainability, local adaptation & finance innovation, backed by de-risking and blended finance.
#COP30
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How do we build agri-food systems that are sustainable, equitable & climate-resilient? 🌱
Join today’s session with proforest & UNCDF to connect corporate sustainability, local adaptation & finance innovation, backed by de-risking and blended finance.
#COP30
Join today’s session with proforest & UNCDF to connect corporate sustainability, local adaptation & finance innovation, backed by de-risking and blended finance.
#COP30
How can climate and disaster risk finance better serve women and vulnerable communities across the Pacific?
📍Join today’s #COP30 event at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion to get some answers.
📍Join today’s #COP30 event at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion to get some answers.
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How can climate and disaster risk finance better serve women and vulnerable communities across the Pacific?
📍Join today’s #COP30 event at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion to get some answers.
📍Join today’s #COP30 event at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion to get some answers.
Join us at #COP30 today!
Women, youth and Indigenous leaders are driving frontline solutions across the climate–peace–security nexus.
We’ll explore how increased finance for inclusive approaches enables local solutions to scale.
📺 Scan the QR code to watch live!
Women, youth and Indigenous leaders are driving frontline solutions across the climate–peace–security nexus.
We’ll explore how increased finance for inclusive approaches enables local solutions to scale.
📺 Scan the QR code to watch live!
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Join us at #COP30 today!
Women, youth and Indigenous leaders are driving frontline solutions across the climate–peace–security nexus.
We’ll explore how increased finance for inclusive approaches enables local solutions to scale.
📺 Scan the QR code to watch live!
Women, youth and Indigenous leaders are driving frontline solutions across the climate–peace–security nexus.
We’ll explore how increased finance for inclusive approaches enables local solutions to scale.
📺 Scan the QR code to watch live!
At #COP30, UNCDF is proud to join the Ocean Action 2030 Coalition, strengthening global efforts to scale ocean-positive investment. 🌊
With catalytic and blended finance, UNCDF unlocks capital for regenerative blue economies.
Learn more ➡️ uncdf.live/ocean2030
With catalytic and blended finance, UNCDF unlocks capital for regenerative blue economies.
Learn more ➡️ uncdf.live/ocean2030
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
At #COP30, UNCDF is proud to join the Ocean Action 2030 Coalition, strengthening global efforts to scale ocean-positive investment. 🌊
With catalytic and blended finance, UNCDF unlocks capital for regenerative blue economies.
Learn more ➡️ uncdf.live/ocean2030
With catalytic and blended finance, UNCDF unlocks capital for regenerative blue economies.
Learn more ➡️ uncdf.live/ocean2030
Ghana and other African countries are working with UNCDF, @afdbgroup.bsky.social & @ndcpartnership.bsky.social to develop:
🟢sustainable finance strategies
🟢green/blue bonds
🟢local climate finance mechanisms
🟢guarantees
🟢blended facilities
Watch live ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDP...
#COP30
🟢sustainable finance strategies
🟢green/blue bonds
🟢local climate finance mechanisms
🟢guarantees
🟢blended facilities
Watch live ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDP...
#COP30
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ghana and other African countries are working with UNCDF, @afdbgroup.bsky.social & @ndcpartnership.bsky.social to develop:
🟢sustainable finance strategies
🟢green/blue bonds
🟢local climate finance mechanisms
🟢guarantees
🟢blended facilities
Watch live ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDP...
#COP30
🟢sustainable finance strategies
🟢green/blue bonds
🟢local climate finance mechanisms
🟢guarantees
🟢blended facilities
Watch live ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDP...
#COP30
🌱 Turning climate policy into climate outcomes requires alignment.
At today’s #OneUN session, we explore how linking #NDCs and #NAPs with multilevel action can open channels for #ClimateFinance and ensure communities receive the support they need.
#COP30
At today’s #OneUN session, we explore how linking #NDCs and #NAPs with multilevel action can open channels for #ClimateFinance and ensure communities receive the support they need.
#COP30
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🌱 Turning climate policy into climate outcomes requires alignment.
At today’s #OneUN session, we explore how linking #NDCs and #NAPs with multilevel action can open channels for #ClimateFinance and ensure communities receive the support they need.
#COP30
At today’s #OneUN session, we explore how linking #NDCs and #NAPs with multilevel action can open channels for #ClimateFinance and ensure communities receive the support they need.
#COP30
The Pacific is ready to scale climate ambition if finance can flow.
Join us at #COP30 as we explore how the Pacific can move from
✅ grant-based climate action
📈 to mobilizing private sector finance
🟢 for green growth and resilient investment.
uncdf.org/cop30
Join us at #COP30 as we explore how the Pacific can move from
✅ grant-based climate action
📈 to mobilizing private sector finance
🟢 for green growth and resilient investment.
uncdf.org/cop30
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Pacific is ready to scale climate ambition if finance can flow.
Join us at #COP30 as we explore how the Pacific can move from
✅ grant-based climate action
📈 to mobilizing private sector finance
🟢 for green growth and resilient investment.
uncdf.org/cop30
Join us at #COP30 as we explore how the Pacific can move from
✅ grant-based climate action
📈 to mobilizing private sector finance
🟢 for green growth and resilient investment.
uncdf.org/cop30
How do we crowd in private capital for #LocallyLedAdaptation?
Join us at the #COP30 Nordic Pavilion as experts from Uganda 🇺🇬, São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹 and UNCDF share solutions that strengthen resilience in early-stage and last-mile contexts.
🗓️ 14 November
🕘 9:00–9:45
Join us at the #COP30 Nordic Pavilion as experts from Uganda 🇺🇬, São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹 and UNCDF share solutions that strengthen resilience in early-stage and last-mile contexts.
🗓️ 14 November
🕘 9:00–9:45
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How do we crowd in private capital for #LocallyLedAdaptation?
Join us at the #COP30 Nordic Pavilion as experts from Uganda 🇺🇬, São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹 and UNCDF share solutions that strengthen resilience in early-stage and last-mile contexts.
🗓️ 14 November
🕘 9:00–9:45
Join us at the #COP30 Nordic Pavilion as experts from Uganda 🇺🇬, São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹 and UNCDF share solutions that strengthen resilience in early-stage and last-mile contexts.
🗓️ 14 November
🕘 9:00–9:45
At #COP30 today: UNCDF is joining a session on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management for a Healthy Ocean," convened by the COP30 Presidency. 🌊
Ocean governance, climate, and investment are deeply connected.
🔗 unfccc.int/event/sustai...
Ocean governance, climate, and investment are deeply connected.
🔗 unfccc.int/event/sustai...
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At #COP30 today: UNCDF is joining a session on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management for a Healthy Ocean," convened by the COP30 Presidency. 🌊
Ocean governance, climate, and investment are deeply connected.
🔗 unfccc.int/event/sustai...
Ocean governance, climate, and investment are deeply connected.
🔗 unfccc.int/event/sustai...
🌴 Small islands are climate frontliners but are too often left behind in global finance.
Today at #COP30, Yabanex Batista joins Island Innovation, @jellsmoor.bsky.social + partners to share how catalytic finance helps close the adaptation gap.
📍CARICOM Pavilion, Blue Zone – Belém
Today at #COP30, Yabanex Batista joins Island Innovation, @jellsmoor.bsky.social + partners to share how catalytic finance helps close the adaptation gap.
📍CARICOM Pavilion, Blue Zone – Belém
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌴 Small islands are climate frontliners but are too often left behind in global finance.
Today at #COP30, Yabanex Batista joins Island Innovation, @jellsmoor.bsky.social + partners to share how catalytic finance helps close the adaptation gap.
📍CARICOM Pavilion, Blue Zone – Belém
Today at #COP30, Yabanex Batista joins Island Innovation, @jellsmoor.bsky.social + partners to share how catalytic finance helps close the adaptation gap.
📍CARICOM Pavilion, Blue Zone – Belém
#COP30 kicks off today in Belém - the gateway to Brazil’s lower Amazon region.
The top 3️⃣ UNCDF forest initiatives:
🌳 Pro-Congo Programme
🌳 Kibira and Kahuzi-Biega Peace Parks in Burundi 🇧🇮 & DRC 🇨🇩
🌳 Tiger Landscape Investment Facility
For more: uncdf.org/cop30
The top 3️⃣ UNCDF forest initiatives:
🌳 Pro-Congo Programme
🌳 Kibira and Kahuzi-Biega Peace Parks in Burundi 🇧🇮 & DRC 🇨🇩
🌳 Tiger Landscape Investment Facility
For more: uncdf.org/cop30
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#COP30 kicks off today in Belém - the gateway to Brazil’s lower Amazon region.
The top 3️⃣ UNCDF forest initiatives:
🌳 Pro-Congo Programme
🌳 Kibira and Kahuzi-Biega Peace Parks in Burundi 🇧🇮 & DRC 🇨🇩
🌳 Tiger Landscape Investment Facility
For more: uncdf.org/cop30
The top 3️⃣ UNCDF forest initiatives:
🌳 Pro-Congo Programme
🌳 Kibira and Kahuzi-Biega Peace Parks in Burundi 🇧🇮 & DRC 🇨🇩
🌳 Tiger Landscape Investment Facility
For more: uncdf.org/cop30
Financial Literacy Week 2025 wrapped in Gambella, Ethiopia.
And the numbers show what’s possible when inclusion is intentional.
➡️ 55,000+ people reached.
➡️ Women and youth at the center.
UNCDF is supporting efforts to build a digital economy where everyone can participate.
And the numbers show what’s possible when inclusion is intentional.
➡️ 55,000+ people reached.
➡️ Women and youth at the center.
UNCDF is supporting efforts to build a digital economy where everyone can participate.
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Financial Literacy Week 2025 wrapped in Gambella, Ethiopia.
And the numbers show what’s possible when inclusion is intentional.
➡️ 55,000+ people reached.
➡️ Women and youth at the center.
UNCDF is supporting efforts to build a digital economy where everyone can participate.
And the numbers show what’s possible when inclusion is intentional.
➡️ 55,000+ people reached.
➡️ Women and youth at the center.
UNCDF is supporting efforts to build a digital economy where everyone can participate.
Uganda is home to more than 1.9M refugees who work, trade, farm, and build businesses every day.
But they lack access to formal finance.
UNCDF, with support from ECHO and local banking and fintech partners, is creating financial pathways so refugees can save, borrow, and invest in their futures.
But they lack access to formal finance.
UNCDF, with support from ECHO and local banking and fintech partners, is creating financial pathways so refugees can save, borrow, and invest in their futures.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Uganda is home to more than 1.9M refugees who work, trade, farm, and build businesses every day.
But they lack access to formal finance.
UNCDF, with support from ECHO and local banking and fintech partners, is creating financial pathways so refugees can save, borrow, and invest in their futures.
But they lack access to formal finance.
UNCDF, with support from ECHO and local banking and fintech partners, is creating financial pathways so refugees can save, borrow, and invest in their futures.
Join us today at 12pm EDT at #SDGLive with Uju Rochas, Dhiren Chandaria, Charles Wetherill, and Damilola Banjo, as they reflect how finance and nutrition can come together to drive impact.
Watch live📺https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13ug87wvw
Watch live📺https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13ug87wvw
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Join us today at 12pm EDT at #SDGLive with Uju Rochas, Dhiren Chandaria, Charles Wetherill, and Damilola Banjo, as they reflect how finance and nutrition can come together to drive impact.
Watch live📺https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13ug87wvw
Watch live📺https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13ug87wvw
With funding from Switzerland & support from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, UNCDF and Freetown City Council
are de-risking investment in solar-powered kiosks through the Blue Peace Financing Model.
Read how during #UNGA: uncdf.org/article/8985...
@swiss-un.bsky.social @swissfa.bsky.social
are de-risking investment in solar-powered kiosks through the Blue Peace Financing Model.
Read how during #UNGA: uncdf.org/article/8985...
@swiss-un.bsky.social @swissfa.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
With funding from Switzerland & support from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, UNCDF and Freetown City Council
are de-risking investment in solar-powered kiosks through the Blue Peace Financing Model.
Read how during #UNGA: uncdf.org/article/8985...
@swiss-un.bsky.social @swissfa.bsky.social
are de-risking investment in solar-powered kiosks through the Blue Peace Financing Model.
Read how during #UNGA: uncdf.org/article/8985...
@swiss-un.bsky.social @swissfa.bsky.social
How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?
Re-watch today's #SDGLive from #UNGA: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q... with Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, and UNCDF's Executive Secretary, in a conversation moderated by @devex.com.
Re-watch today's #SDGLive from #UNGA: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q... with Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, and UNCDF's Executive Secretary, in a conversation moderated by @devex.com.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?
Re-watch today's #SDGLive from #UNGA: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q... with Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, and UNCDF's Executive Secretary, in a conversation moderated by @devex.com.
Re-watch today's #SDGLive from #UNGA: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q... with Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, and UNCDF's Executive Secretary, in a conversation moderated by @devex.com.
How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?
Join us Monday at #UNGA80 in the #SDGMediaZone with Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande & Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, moderated by Elissa Miolene from @devex.com
📺Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q....
Join us Monday at #UNGA80 in the #SDGMediaZone with Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande & Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, moderated by Elissa Miolene from @devex.com
📺Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q....
September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?
Join us Monday at #UNGA80 in the #SDGMediaZone with Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande & Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, moderated by Elissa Miolene from @devex.com
📺Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q....
Join us Monday at #UNGA80 in the #SDGMediaZone with Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande & Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, moderated by Elissa Miolene from @devex.com
📺Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q....
🌊 Can impact investing be the big ticket for #SIDS to protect our oceans & deliver on #SDG14?
🎙️Find out in the latest @odi.global #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast with Yabanex Batista of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (co-led by UNCDF, UNDP & @unep.org).
🎧 Tune in: odi.org/en/insights/...
🎙️Find out in the latest @odi.global #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast with Yabanex Batista of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (co-led by UNCDF, UNDP & @unep.org).
🎧 Tune in: odi.org/en/insights/...
August 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🌊 Can impact investing be the big ticket for #SIDS to protect our oceans & deliver on #SDG14?
🎙️Find out in the latest @odi.global #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast with Yabanex Batista of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (co-led by UNCDF, UNDP & @unep.org).
🎧 Tune in: odi.org/en/insights/...
🎙️Find out in the latest @odi.global #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast with Yabanex Batista of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (co-led by UNCDF, UNDP & @unep.org).
🎧 Tune in: odi.org/en/insights/...
🗣️ Today at #FfD4, @un-ecosoc.bsky.social President reaffirmed his strong belief in UNCDF's catalytic role.
A proud moment as he recognized UNCDF’s mandate and investment capabilities that help create jobs and bring prosperity to the world’s most underserved markets.
A proud moment as he recognized UNCDF’s mandate and investment capabilities that help create jobs and bring prosperity to the world’s most underserved markets.
July 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🗣️ Today at #FfD4, @un-ecosoc.bsky.social President reaffirmed his strong belief in UNCDF's catalytic role.
A proud moment as he recognized UNCDF’s mandate and investment capabilities that help create jobs and bring prosperity to the world’s most underserved markets.
A proud moment as he recognized UNCDF’s mandate and investment capabilities that help create jobs and bring prosperity to the world’s most underserved markets.
Meet us tomorrow in Seville! 🇪🇸
#DYK 👉🏾 UNCDF is the only #UN entity with a capital mandate? We provide catalytic financing through grants, concessional loans & guarantees to public & private sector
Learn about us ahead of #FFD4 & see where we'll be speaking: uncdf.org/uncdf-at-ffd4
@undp.org
#DYK 👉🏾 UNCDF is the only #UN entity with a capital mandate? We provide catalytic financing through grants, concessional loans & guarantees to public & private sector
Learn about us ahead of #FFD4 & see where we'll be speaking: uncdf.org/uncdf-at-ffd4
@undp.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Meet us tomorrow in Seville! 🇪🇸
#DYK 👉🏾 UNCDF is the only #UN entity with a capital mandate? We provide catalytic financing through grants, concessional loans & guarantees to public & private sector
Learn about us ahead of #FFD4 & see where we'll be speaking: uncdf.org/uncdf-at-ffd4
@undp.org
#DYK 👉🏾 UNCDF is the only #UN entity with a capital mandate? We provide catalytic financing through grants, concessional loans & guarantees to public & private sector
Learn about us ahead of #FFD4 & see where we'll be speaking: uncdf.org/uncdf-at-ffd4
@undp.org
🇲🇼 A UNCDF loan to a small agribusiness in Malawi triggered:
30% ⬆️ in annual turnover
✅ job creation
🌾 new revenue streams
In 2024 Ziweto Malawi became the 1st Malawian #MSME to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Read more here: uncdf.link/8928
#MSMEDay
@undp.org
30% ⬆️ in annual turnover
✅ job creation
🌾 new revenue streams
In 2024 Ziweto Malawi became the 1st Malawian #MSME to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Read more here: uncdf.link/8928
#MSMEDay
@undp.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🇲🇼 A UNCDF loan to a small agribusiness in Malawi triggered:
30% ⬆️ in annual turnover
✅ job creation
🌾 new revenue streams
In 2024 Ziweto Malawi became the 1st Malawian #MSME to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Read more here: uncdf.link/8928
#MSMEDay
@undp.org
30% ⬆️ in annual turnover
✅ job creation
🌾 new revenue streams
In 2024 Ziweto Malawi became the 1st Malawian #MSME to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Read more here: uncdf.link/8928
#MSMEDay
@undp.org
Ahead of #FfD4, UNCDF's Laura Muñoz joins the UNRIC podcast to break down what is the international financial architecture and how UNCDF can de-risk investment and unlock capital for #LDCs.
Listen (in Spanish): uncdf.link/listen-esp
Read (in Spanish): uncdf.link/read-esp
Listen (in Spanish): uncdf.link/listen-esp
Read (in Spanish): uncdf.link/read-esp
June 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ahead of #FfD4, UNCDF's Laura Muñoz joins the UNRIC podcast to break down what is the international financial architecture and how UNCDF can de-risk investment and unlock capital for #LDCs.
Listen (in Spanish): uncdf.link/listen-esp
Read (in Spanish): uncdf.link/read-esp
Listen (in Spanish): uncdf.link/listen-esp
Read (in Spanish): uncdf.link/read-esp
During #LCAW2025, UNCDF, MUFG EMEA, and UNDP
are scaling access to catalytic capital for climate action.
Concessional first-loss and blended finance can shift risk and unlock private investment across #LDCs, #SIDS & underserved markets.
Find out how🔗 uncdf.live/mufg-uncdf
are scaling access to catalytic capital for climate action.
Concessional first-loss and blended finance can shift risk and unlock private investment across #LDCs, #SIDS & underserved markets.
Find out how🔗 uncdf.live/mufg-uncdf
June 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
During #LCAW2025, UNCDF, MUFG EMEA, and UNDP
are scaling access to catalytic capital for climate action.
Concessional first-loss and blended finance can shift risk and unlock private investment across #LDCs, #SIDS & underserved markets.
Find out how🔗 uncdf.live/mufg-uncdf
are scaling access to catalytic capital for climate action.
Concessional first-loss and blended finance can shift risk and unlock private investment across #LDCs, #SIDS & underserved markets.
Find out how🔗 uncdf.live/mufg-uncdf