NDF Results Report 2021

S-Pankki Podcast #RahanVastuu interviewed NDF's Program Manager Aleksi Lumijärvi about investing and #ClimateFinance. Listen to the interview in Finnish! 🇫🇮

NDF is raising awareness on its work in the 77th UN General Assembly taking place now in New York. #UNGA77 NDF’s Managing Director Karin Isaksson participated in the event support to the UN Early Warnings for All initiative and spoke about the importance of early warning systems and #ClimateFinance. ☁️ “Recognizing the urgent need to act, Nordic Development Fund made a substantial contribution to the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) – a foundational building ...block of the UN Early Warning Systems Initiative. SOFF can close the gaps of basic weather and climate observations in the most vulnerable countries, leading to improved weather forecasts, early warning systems and climate information services. This can only be achieved as a collective international effort, and we look forward to seeing more countries joining the SOFF UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund”, she says. Read more 🔹 https://bit.ly/3DKQL1o #EarlyWarningsForAll #WMO

💡 Sub-Saharan Africa hosts 75% of the global population without #Access2Energy, with an estimated 69% of households without electricity. Solutions are needed ASAP. 💡 Nordic Development Fund is now a key investor in the Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF), an investment fund that supports early-growth Access to Energy businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. 💡 EEGF will offer solutions by funding and developing reliable off-grid electrical infrastructure that generates #Economi...cGrowth in rural areas and by reducing commercial greenhouse emissions. The Fund will also invest directly in the electrification of homes and small businesses, which supports #Women entrepreneurs and consumers while contributing to #WomensEmpowerment and #GenderEquality. Read more: https://bit.ly/3xCG5Om