The three-pronged Capital Pathways platform—consisting of “Interact, Innovate, Invest”—was launched at UNCDF’s 1st Annual Investment Forum, which was co-hosted with The Rockefeller Foundation. Capital Pathways was announced before an audience featuring multiple heads of state—H.E. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and H.E. Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho—as well as H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Several ministers from frontier economies were also present at the investment forum.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all. This event is co-hosted by UNCDF and Sida.
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Scaling up Access to Affordable Finance in Developing Countries, notably in LDCs.

Reports from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raise the alarm bells on a lost decade for sustainable development and a shrinking window of opportunity to address the devastating impacts of climate change. Transitioning to a green, climate-resilient global economy will require the mobilization of unprecedented capital. However, developing countries, notably LDCs and African countries, continue to have the lowest access to affordable finance. Improving developing countries’ capacity to leverage the potential of green and climate-resilient bonds could be a game-changer for financing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). However, green bonds still represent only a fraction of total bonds issued globally and only a small number of developing countries are accessing such a market, notably in Africa, where in 2020, Africa still only accounted for 0.003% of total green bond issuance.

Building on UNCDF’s Sovereign Borrowers Conference held during the 2021 General Assembly, the Government of Malawi and the Chair of the LDC Group, with UNCDF, UNDP and the GCF will bring together global leaders to highlight the actions needed for developing countries, particularly LDCs, to leverage debt markets to increase their access to affordable finance for climate action. Outcomes will contribute to “Our Common Agenda” and the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.

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Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor-backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE Arca: NTZO) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). NTZO is based on any index licensed by MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

The new ETF, based on the MSCI ACWI Climate Pathway Select Index, was co-created by Impact Shares and a working group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the GISD, a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders, to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways that are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

The three-pronged Capital Pathways platform—consisting of “Interact, Innovate, Invest”—was launched at UNCDF’s 1st Annual Investment Forum, which was co-hosted with The Rockefeller Foundation. Capital Pathways was announced before an audience featuring multiple heads of state—H.E. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and H.E. Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho—as well as H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Several ministers from frontier economies were also present at the investment forum.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all. This event is co-hosted by UNCDF and Sida.
© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Scaling up Access to Affordable Finance in Developing Countries, notably in LDCs.

Reports from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raise the alarm bells on a lost decade for sustainable development and a shrinking window of opportunity to address the devastating impacts of climate change. Transitioning to a green, climate-resilient global economy will require the mobilization of unprecedented capital. However, developing countries, notably LDCs and African countries, continue to have the lowest access to affordable finance. Improving developing countries’ capacity to leverage the potential of green and climate-resilient bonds could be a game-changer for financing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). However, green bonds still represent only a fraction of total bonds issued globally and only a small number of developing countries are accessing such a market, notably in Africa, where in 2020, Africa still only accounted for 0.003% of total green bond issuance.

Building on UNCDF’s Sovereign Borrowers Conference held during the 2021 General Assembly, the Government of Malawi and the Chair of the LDC Group, with UNCDF, UNDP and the GCF will bring together global leaders to highlight the actions needed for developing countries, particularly LDCs, to leverage debt markets to increase their access to affordable finance for climate action. Outcomes will contribute to “Our Common Agenda” and the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.

© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor-backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE Arca: NTZO) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). NTZO is based on any index licensed by MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

The new ETF, based on the MSCI ACWI Climate Pathway Select Index, was co-created by Impact Shares and a working group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the GISD, a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders, to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

© UN Capital Development Fund 2021. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways that are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

The three-pronged Capital Pathways platform—consisting of “Interact, Innovate, Invest”—was launched at UNCDF’s 1st Annual Investment Forum, which was co-hosted with The Rockefeller Foundation. Capital Pathways was announced before an audience featuring multiple heads of state—H.E. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and H.E. Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho—as well as H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Several ministers from frontier economies were also present at the investment forum.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all. This event is co-hosted by UNCDF and Sida.
© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Scaling up Access to Affordable Finance in Developing Countries, notably in LDCs.

Reports from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raise the alarm bells on a lost decade for sustainable development and a shrinking window of opportunity to address the devastating impacts of climate change. Transitioning to a green, climate-resilient global economy will require the mobilization of unprecedented capital. However, developing countries, notably LDCs and African countries, continue to have the lowest access to affordable finance. Improving developing countries’ capacity to leverage the potential of green and climate-resilient bonds could be a game-changer for financing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). However, green bonds still represent only a fraction of total bonds issued globally and only a small number of developing countries are accessing such a market, notably in Africa, where in 2020, Africa still only accounted for 0.003% of total green bond issuance.

Building on UNCDF’s Sovereign Borrowers Conference held during the 2021 General Assembly, the Government of Malawi and the Chair of the LDC Group, with UNCDF, UNDP and the GCF will bring together global leaders to highlight the actions needed for developing countries, particularly LDCs, to leverage debt markets to increase their access to affordable finance for climate action. Outcomes will contribute to “Our Common Agenda” and the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.

© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor-backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE Arca: NTZO) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). NTZO is based on any index licensed by MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

The new ETF, based on the MSCI ACWI Climate Pathway Select Index, was co-created by Impact Shares and a working group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the GISD, a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders, to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

© UN Capital Development Fund 2021. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways that are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

The three-pronged Capital Pathways platform—consisting of “Interact, Innovate, Invest”—was launched at UNCDF’s 1st Annual Investment Forum, which was co-hosted with The Rockefeller Foundation. Capital Pathways was announced before an audience featuring multiple heads of state—H.E. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and H.E. Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho—as well as H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Several ministers from frontier economies were also present at the investment forum.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all. This event is co-hosted by UNCDF and Sida.
© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Scaling up Access to Affordable Finance in Developing Countries, notably in LDCs.

Reports from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raise the alarm bells on a lost decade for sustainable development and a shrinking window of opportunity to address the devastating impacts of climate change. Transitioning to a green, climate-resilient global economy will require the mobilization of unprecedented capital. However, developing countries, notably LDCs and African countries, continue to have the lowest access to affordable finance. Improving developing countries’ capacity to leverage the potential of green and climate-resilient bonds could be a game-changer for financing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). However, green bonds still represent only a fraction of total bonds issued globally and only a small number of developing countries are accessing such a market, notably in Africa, where in 2020, Africa still only accounted for 0.003% of total green bond issuance.

Building on UNCDF’s Sovereign Borrowers Conference held during the 2021 General Assembly, the Government of Malawi and the Chair of the LDC Group, with UNCDF, UNDP and the GCF will bring together global leaders to highlight the actions needed for developing countries, particularly LDCs, to leverage debt markets to increase their access to affordable finance for climate action. Outcomes will contribute to “Our Common Agenda” and the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.

© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor-backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE Arca: NTZO) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). NTZO is based on any index licensed by MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

The new ETF, based on the MSCI ACWI Climate Pathway Select Index, was co-created by Impact Shares and a working group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the GISD, a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders, to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

© UN Capital Development Fund 2021. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways that are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

The three-pronged Capital Pathways platform—consisting of “Interact, Innovate, Invest”—was launched at UNCDF’s 1st Annual Investment Forum, which was co-hosted with The Rockefeller Foundation. Capital Pathways was announced before an audience featuring multiple heads of state—H.E. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi and H.E. Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho—as well as H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Several ministers from frontier economies were also present at the investment forum.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all. This event is co-hosted by UNCDF and Sida.
© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Scaling up Access to Affordable Finance in Developing Countries, notably in LDCs.

Reports from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raise the alarm bells on a lost decade for sustainable development and a shrinking window of opportunity to address the devastating impacts of climate change. Transitioning to a green, climate-resilient global economy will require the mobilization of unprecedented capital. However, developing countries, notably LDCs and African countries, continue to have the lowest access to affordable finance. Improving developing countries’ capacity to leverage the potential of green and climate-resilient bonds could be a game-changer for financing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans (NAPs). However, green bonds still represent only a fraction of total bonds issued globally and only a small number of developing countries are accessing such a market, notably in Africa, where in 2020, Africa still only accounted for 0.003% of total green bond issuance.

Building on UNCDF’s Sovereign Borrowers Conference held during the 2021 General Assembly, the Government of Malawi and the Chair of the LDC Group, with UNCDF, UNDP and the GCF will bring together global leaders to highlight the actions needed for developing countries, particularly LDCs, to leverage debt markets to increase their access to affordable finance for climate action. Outcomes will contribute to “Our Common Agenda” and the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.

© UN Capital Development Fund 2022. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.

Impact Shares, the nonprofit ETF sponsor-backed by The Rockefeller Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NYSE Arca: NTZO) in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN agency that makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). NTZO is based on any index licensed by MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.

The new ETF, based on the MSCI ACWI Climate Pathway Select Index, was co-created by Impact Shares and a working group of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance. In 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the GISD, a group of 30 of the world’s top business leaders, to arrive at solutions that scale up private finance and investment necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

© UN Capital Development Fund 2021. All rights reserved.

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) image, audio and video files may be used to further the aims and work of the organization. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways that are inconsistent with the organization's mission.

The audiovisual files cannot be altered, sold or redistributed. Any use of this footage must be authorized by UNCDF and a license agreement must be signed between UNCDF and the requesting entity. Depending on the use of the contents, licensing fees may apply.