The Green Financing Platform launched at #COP16Riyadh by UNDP Arab States and UNCDF is set to catalyze green finance across the Arab States region by creating fiscal space, enhancing financial ecosystems, and building pipelines of green bankable projects.

2024 was a year of transition and renewal for UNCDF, but we made significant strides in unlocking capital across 78 countries, including 43 Least Developed Countries and 21 fragile states. From pioneering East Africa’s first subnational Green Bond to empowering businesses in

As part of its strategic collaboration with UNICEF under the #ChildNutritionFund, UNCDF closed its first child-lens investment with a $2.5M loan to Nigerian company Ariel Foods FZE, which specializes in making lifesaving therapeutic foods for children. UNCDF’s financing will

90% of coral reefs face collapse by 2050. At #WEF25, Karen Sack & Pradeep Kurukulasuriya are spotlighting coral reefs as the ultimate climate investment—$9.9T in annual value. Learn how we mitigate risks & create favourable market conditions #forcoral investment: bit.ly/WEFUNCDF

Tackling mass bleaching requires innovative financial mechanisms like the Global Fund for Coral Reefs. Through public-private-philanthropic partnerships, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, co-led by UN Development, UN Environment Programme, UNCDF & partners, unlocks domestic capital and attracts private investment to

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Markets perceived as too risky often remain underserved, yet they hold immense untapped potential. UNCDF exists to change that. As a hybrid development & finance institution, UNCDF deploys guarantees, concessional loans & investment grants to de-risk investments and mobilize

Cities in early-stage markets struggle to access capital for critical infrastructure. The Sustainable Cities Guarantee Facility, a partnership between UNCDF, European Commission & UN-Habitat, sets out to change that. At #FICS2025, we’ll showcase how this facility will unlock capital

An Financial Times op-ed by the Head of World Bank, Ajay Banga, triggered some thoughts that I want to share. The WB has long been recognized for mobilizing large-scale capital to transform economies and create jobs. That said, it struck me that the model relies on one fundamental

The @Joint SDG Fund is transforming how development gets funded. At UNCDF, we help make that possible.    In Zimbabwe, we partnered to structure the country’s first Renewable Energy Fund, unlocking private capital for clean energy and jobs with expected leverage exceeding 3.5x

Tune in to watch a live broadcast from the SDG Media Zone at #UNOC3 with Hon. Minister Flavien Joubert from Sey Ministry Agriculture ClimateChange&Environment, Chip Cunliffe, and Francine Pickup sharing solutions to unlock public and private capital for #OceanFinance. 🔗webtv.un.org/en 🕚 11 - 11.30 CEST

UNCDF is making history. At #FfD4, a once-in-a-decade chance to reshape global finance, the outcome document recognizes UNCDF’s role to deploy catalytic concessional first-loss capital and de-risk investment in #LDCs. 🔗 uncdf.live/OutcomeDoc

We are proud to partner with Bayer Foundation on the Food Systems Innovation Finance Facility. With $4.5 million in catalytic funding, managed by UNCDF, the Facility will de-risk high-potential food systems enterprises in underserved markets and mobilize additional capital

With funding from Mitigation Action Facility, Bhutan, UNDP, UNCDF & partners are shaping a bold project to decarbonise 🇧🇹’s energy sector via market-led solutions that aims to: 💡 30MW solar for health facilities 🌍 Cut 1.6M tCO₂e 👷 500 green jobs 💰 Unlock private investment & more.

In Afghanistan, perceived risk once kept capital away. UNCDF and @UNDPAf proved otherwise. Through a joint guarantee facility, $20M in private loans have reached MSMEs, creating 16,000 jobs, nearly 5,000 for women, showing that risk can be managed, and markets can move.