United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

🪸 It’s vital to advocate for #BlendedFinance as a way to unlock much-needed private investment, which will help protect and sustain biodiversity. #COP16 🇺🇳 UNCDF, in partnership with UNDP, UN Environment Programme and others, Global Fund for Coral Reefs, supports low-income and vulnerable nations, ensuring that financial strategies address biodiversity and inclusive economic growth. #SDGs 🟢 The Global Fund for Coral Reefs aims to protect and enhance coral reef resilience, with a goal of mobilizing an additional $100 million by the 2025 UN Ocean Conference through its replenishment call. 📺 Watch: https://lnkd.in/dKMmBXGh

🌊 Week One Wrap-Up #CBDCOP16 This week, the sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) kicked off in Cali, Colombia, focusing on progress related to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). In opening statements Minister of Environment in Colombia, and President of COP16, Susana Muhamad, highlighted that effective ecosystem restoration could contribute nearly 40% to climate stabilization, emphasizing the urgent need for a "double movement" of decarbonization and nature restoration to combat biodiversity loss. Throughout the first week a key theme has noticeably emerged: while solutions for biodiversity conservation are available, funding commitments are lacking. Participants have tirelessly urged governments to redirect financial resources from harmful subsidies and emissions inducing actions toward nature preservation and sustainable nature-positive development. The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (#GFCR), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN Environment Programme, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held various engagements throughout the week, showcasing solutions and calls for increased action to support coral ecosystem resilience, including: 🪸High-Level Ocean Day Opening Remarks: UNEP’s Executive Director Inger Andersen stressed that humanity is an integral part of biodiversity and called for a holistic "one health" approach, showcasing GFCR as a successful blended finance model. 🪸Seaflower Fund Launch: Co-launched by GFCR, Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Niñez and partners, this blended finance mechanism aims to benefit 77% of Colombia’s coral reefs and support 70,000 community members. 🪸Impact Loan Facility for Marine Conservation Launch: A groundbreaking facility lachrd by Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas, BNP Paribas, GFCR and UNCDF, aimed at enhancing sustainable finance for Marine Protected Areas in the Global South. 🪸Ocean-Finance Roundtable: A UN-led session focused on creating a transformative global finance vehicle, bringing together states, NGOs, and ocean finance experts. 🪸Case Studies for Ecosystems Resilience Session: In partnership with the Netherlands Pavilion, GFCR showcased successful investment case studies from various countries that benefit communities and ecosystems. Further, the GFCR co-sponosored #ForCoral Pavilion led by the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), held more than 20 events and strategic meetings spotlighting coral reef ecosystem solutions and needed actions! Stay tuned for more updates as #COP16 week two begins!

📣Join the SDG Localization and Local Governments Team at the #WUF12! 🌟   Introducing one of the WUF 12 partner-led event categories ➡️ ONE UN! The event aims to tie the #NewUrbanAgenda to the work being done across the globe in service of the UN mandate and the Sustainable Development Goals.   We are excited to support the following World Urban Forum 12 Egypt ONE UN events: Accelerating SDG Localization Financing towards 2030 through UNCDF/UN-Habitat Fused Offering for Cities Co-organizers: SDG Cities, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Date: 05 Nov, 11:00-12:30 (EET) Venue: ONE UN room B Learn more: https://lnkd.in/duBiC2rA   Boosting the Localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals to Propel Transformative Change Co-organizers: Local 2030 Coalition, United Nations Joint SDG Fund Date: 06 Nov, 13:00-14:30 (EET) Venue: ONE UN room A Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dxBiDb45.   Knowledge in Action, Bridging Policy and Practice through Scientific Research for SDG Localization Co-organizers: Local 2030 Knowledge and Scientific Network, Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, CeSPI - Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale, FAO Date: 08 Nov, 13:00-14:30 (EET) Venue: ONE UN room A Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d6S_ZQAu   ❗️Make sure to register before October 30 to participate! Use the following link: https://lnkd.in/dqXMBXCh   Keep an eye out for more exciting announcements as we gear up for #WUF12! 🎉

🇸🇮 This week, Ljubljana is hosting the 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention, #MOP10. 🇨🇭 During a panel discussion led by UNCDF and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, we explored the challenges and opportunities in financing water initiatives. ➡️ We emphasized the importance of collaboration across sectors and governments to develop new markets in #SustainableFinance, fostering sustainable economies, healthier ecosystems, and peaceful societies.

🟢 The sustainability of the shipping industry is interconnected with ocean health, so making investments in this area is essential for its future. 🟩 Transforming the shipping industry into a more sustainable model is not merely a technical undertaking; it encompasses significant political, social, and equity considerations that must be navigated. 🪸 UNCDF aims to ensure equitable benefit distribution by attracting private investment in developing and Least Developed Countries (#LDCs). As a hybrid development and finance institution, UNCDF reduces high risks, facilitating access to sustainable capital and addressing critical gaps in the international financial system through catalytic investments in high-risk markets. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dGQBaJwF

📢 Request for Proposals The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) seeks a Loss and Damage Finance Consultant to provide technical advice on building financial resilience for #MSMEs through disaster risk insurance and deploying integrated financial solutions for communities. 🔗 Apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dDEkgiXC

🇺🇳 UNCDF partners with countries to develop financial solutions aimed at addressing critical needs in key areas, particularly in #LDCs. 💧Tanga Water Bonds are generating additional resources for the Tanga Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Authority (Tanga UWASA) to meet the increasing water and sewage requirements of Tanzania’s growing urban population. #SDGs 🇱🇺 In a groundbreaking move, Tanzania’s first-ever non-bank green bond has been listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE). 🇹🇿 LuxSE credited this milestone to the support and coordination of UNCDF, which served as the lead development finance advisor and technical partner to Tanga UWASA. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dCHmX6US

🟢 Job Opportunity: Operations/Administration Associate! 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda. 📆 Application Deadline: 21 October 2024. 🔗 Apply: https://lnkd.in/dK-ZCUTS

A l’occasion de la Semaine de l’Adaptation aux Changements Climatiques en Tunisie, L’UNCDF a partagé son expérience dans le financement de l’action climatique au niveau local lors d’un panel sur les enjeux et opportunités de l'adaptation aux changements climatiques dans le pays. Grace à l’appui financier de l’#UE, l’UNCDF et le Gouvernement de la #Tunisie travaillent ensemble pour l’établissement et consolidation d’un mécanisme de financement standard et reconnu globalement pour acheminer le financement climatique vers les collectivités locales et les rendre acteurs actifs dans l’atteinte des objectives nationaux en matière de #résilienceclimatiques et #développementdurable. Merci aux organisateurs #WWFNorthAfrica #FNACC pour l’invitation !

🟢 "The SDG financing gap continues to widen, threatening to leave behind those below the poverty line, further marginalizing last-mile contexts that most need our support: Least Developed Countries, Small Island nations and many other fragile settings." 🇺🇳 UNCDF can bridge this gap! #PovertyEradication