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Financing climate innovations for development. www.ndf.int
💡 Finance is not just about numbers. It is a critical enabler of #ClimateAction and #SustainableDevelopment. Nordic Climate Dialogues, organised on 1 October at Hanaholmen Cultural Centre, brings together Nordic actors to scale climate finance and action.🔹Event info: shorturl.at/Ss8DA #NCD2025
01.08.2025 08:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Altech Group is proving that clean energy can be a powerful driver of gender equality.🤝 With the Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund support, co-financed by NDF, it has hired 500 women, and avoided 944K tons of CO₂ with its solar solutions. ⚡ shorturl.at/i7uAB
25.07.2025 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 In 2024, we helped deliver 884 climate solutions, reaching 21.8M people. Through SOFF, an innovative fund closing weather data gaps in vulnerable countries, we've supported to unlock $107M in pledges — $45M from Nordic countries alone. 📘 lnkd.in/enSVMEsB
15.07.2025 07:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What's happening this in autumn 💡 On 1 October, 2025, we are organising our event 'Nordic Climate Dialogues' — a gathering dedicated to bold and collective #ClimateAction.
👉 Do you want to learn more?🔹https://shorturl.at/Ss8DA
👉 Sign up for the online session🔹https://shorturl.at/vmQye
This week, Malena Rosman, our Director for Portfolio Management and Origination, joined #FFD4 in #Sevilla, where she spotlighted the importance of innovative financing initiatives, such as #SOFF hosted by the @wmo-global.bsky.social🌿
Read more about our partnership with SOFF 🤝 lnkd.in/dgbzNc6H
🌱For decades, we’ve proudly partnered with the World Bank to drive meaningful climate and development outcomes around the globe.
One example is the 'Scaling-up Locally-led Climate Action Program'. Read more about the project in our #ResultsReport: lnkd.in/dkunCQ33
🌍 Public-private partnerships are key for unlocking the capital we need to tackle #ClimateChange.
💡Our MD Satu Santala will join the World Climate Investment Summit to talk about how these partnerships work and how they scale global climate efforts.🔹https://www.climateinvestmentsummit.org/
🎙️We’re kicking off the week with a new podcast episode of Nordic x Climate Talks! 🔊🌿
In this episode, created in collaboration with @eepafrica.bsky.social, we are talking about gender equality and inclusion in Africa's clean energy sector and in EEP's impactful projects 🤝
🎧: lnkd.in/dHmbb3GS
👏 Announcing our first-ever event 'Nordic Climate Dialogues 2025' for climate action! 🌍
📍1 Oct, Helsinki & online (only the first session)
🔗 Learn more about the event and its programme: shorturl.at/Ss8DA
🔗 Signup for online participation: shorturl.at/vmQye
#NCD2025 #climatefinance
As climate change fuels more extreme weather—heatwaves, floods, storms—early warning systems are more essential than ever. ⛈️ This is why, we have provided additional funding of EUR 150,000 to the #SOFF Impact Bond, expanding weather data networks in under-resourced regions. 🌪️👉 lnkd.in/d6ZAK_zp
16.06.2025 13:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 NDF Board approves €10 million grant to boost climate resilience in #Zambia! 🇿🇲
We are committing €10 million in grant funding to support TRALARD II—a project supporting vulnerable rural areas, where over 60% of the population lives in poverty and relies on natural resources 🌿 lnkd.in/dXhUUFzr
📣 Good news! We have approved funding to support the REAL (Rural Energy Access Lab) with a Booster Grant of EUR 500,000 to develop rural pre-grid electrification programmes in 10 African countries. 🌍 Read more: lnkd.in/gpXdUxxj
#ClimateFinance #SustainableDevelopment #ImpactInvesting
🎙️ Check out our podcast Nordic x Climate Talks!
We dive into climate challenges & solutions with esteemed guests, sharing insights from the front lines of climate action.
Episode 1 is out now — Ep 2 drops this June! 💫
Listen here and stay tuned for more: shorturl.at/CiUOx
“2024 marked the hottest year on record.” says MD Satu Santala, stressing urgent action is needed. NDF Results Report 2024 shows Nordic-backed climate action making a difference in Africa and beyond. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/qkWOo
#NDFResultsReport2024 #ClimateFinance
@satusantala.bsky.social
📣 NDF’s Results Report 2024 is out!
In our report, we show you our contribution to building resilient, sustainable and equal societies in the least developed countries.
🚀 Read about NDF's impact and results here: shorturl.at/onITd
#NDFResultsReport2024 #ClimateFinance
🤝In Lao PDR, the Community Resilience Partnership Program, which NDF has supported since 2021, helped design a climate- and gender-responsive program empowering rural women and promoting gender equality through climate action. Read shorturl.at/Lfgun and watch 🎥 shorturl.at/3HEBb for more. @adb.org
30.05.2025 07:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today is International Biodiversity Day! 🌍 We want to embrace the importance of life: the variety of animals, plants and fungi. However, biodiversity worldwide is in danger. Learn how NDF is funding efforts to restore ecosystems and protect biodiversity: shorturl.at/PHGKy #BiodiversityDay2025
22.05.2025 12:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎧 Our first-ever podcast is here - Nordic x Climate Talks! In our debut episode, we reflect on NDF’s 15-year journey in climate and development finance. We explore how the agenda has transformed and how responses to challenges have evolved globally. Tune in: shorturl.at/I9YMx 🌍✨#NDFPodcast
13.05.2025 11:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week, our Deputy Managing Director, Leena Klossner, was present at 58th @adb.org Annual Meeting in #Italy. The meeting focused on driving transformational change across Asia and the Pacific.🌏🤝“We must, and will, continue the efforts,” says Klossner 💬
Learn more: shorturl.at/EJ1nZ
We’re in Milan for #ADBAnnualMeeting2025! 🌍 NDF's Deputy Managing Director, Leena Klossner, will join two panel discussions on 6 May to discuss strategy, resilience & development. Learn more: shorturl.at/GQhQQ @adb.org #ADB
05.05.2025 10:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎬 We are introducing NDF Explains — our new explainer series that sheds light on the key concepts behind global climate action.
🌱In Ep. 1 we break down 'climate finance' — a key to global climate action.
📺 Watch now and read more: shorturl.at/Jimd9
#NDFExplains #ClimateFinance
📣 Our Annual Financial Report 2024 is now out, showcasing our financial activities of the year.
“We at NDF focus on finding the right investments and partners to achieve concrete results in fighting climate change,” says Satu Santala, our Managing Director.
Read more ➡️ www.ndf.int/newsroom/ann...
🌍 Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems 🌍
From 2015-2020, we co-financed a project with @adb.org in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam to strengthen health systems against climate impacts. 🔗 Learn more about the key outcomes here: shorturl.at/LN4Pr
#ClimateHealth #NDFProject Photo: ADB
Happy Nordic Day! 🎉 Celebrating the world’s oldest regional political collaboration, the Nordic countries aim to be the most integrated & sustainable region by 2030. The Nordic Development Fund, established in 1988, supports climate & development projects in the Global South. 🔗 shorturl.at/Qmaj8
23.03.2025 08:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yesterday, at the seminar on development finance and investment opportunities in emerging markets, arranged by Finnfund and ILX Fund, our Managing Director Satu Santala shared her thoughts on integrating impact in investment strategies.
🎬 Watch the recording: shorturl.at/hiSxW
Photo: ILX
Over 1.5 billion people still do not have basic sanitation services. 💧 We need solutions.
This week, we joined an event by @unicef.org in #Copenhagen to learn and exchange on accelerating #WASH innovations to scale impact, focusing on innovative and blended finance. Read more 🔗 bit.ly/41ILi5A
Join Finnfund and ILX in a seminar on 20 March, in-person in Helsinki or online, to discover and discuss the investment opportunities that emerging and frontier markets present for impact-minded investors!
05.03.2025 06:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
On this Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of women while reaffirming our commitment to #GenderEquality —a fundamental pillar in the fight against climate change 🌱
Today, we want to highlight Lidia’s story from Manos Mágicos, a bio-business in the Bolivian Amazon. 🇧🇴🎥 bit.ly/3Fc71es
We are proud to support ADB's Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) and join #CRPPForum2025! 📣 This decade-long initiative includes an Investment Fund and Trust Fund, with NDF contributing a EUR 6M grant. About the Forum: lnkd.in/dqxnPMrz
Jacob Lorentzen, who manages CRPP at NDF, says:
🌎 Bio-businesses are thriving in the Bolivian Amazon with our support. Check out the stories from the region and learn how Cusi is helping indigenous communities to succeed 💚 lnkd.in/dHjfhzwW
20.02.2025 13:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
