Where climate ambition meets delivery for LDCs, SIDS and fragile settings

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the United Nations Capital Development Fund will demonstrate how catalytic concessional finance can turn global commitments into real investment by crowding in public and private capital for climate resilience, biodiversity protection and inclusive green growth.

Throughout COP30, UNCDF will show how its approach expands opportunities for MSMEs and supports greener, more productive economies; strengthens locally led adaptation so communities can build resilience on their own terms; and mobilizes finance for oceans, forests, biodiversity and other Nature-based Solutions that safeguard natural capital while generating sustainable livelihoods. UNCDF will also highlight models that advance a just energy transition, promote greater inclusion and equality within financial systems and reinforce food systems and food security through climate-smart, market-building investments.

Together, these efforts reflect how early-stage risk absorption and blended finance can unlock pipelines, deepen domestic capital markets and accelerate the flow of capital into the world’s most underserved environments.

COP30 will be an opportunity to show the Compromiso de Sevilla vision in action: limited concessional resources used strategically to catalyse larger investments, strengthen resilience and deliver long-term, sustainable development outcomes for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States and countries in fragile settings.