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Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
19 Jun 2024 / Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing population. This growth comes with an increase of climate risks and stressors that can adversely impact food production and security. From altered weather patterns to soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and an increase in pests and diseases, agricultural technology has never been more critical, providing huge opportunities to mitigate climate vulnerabilities, enhance productivity, secure food, build resilient farming systems, and revolutionise the agricultural world.
GCF helps reduce renewable business costs in South Africa
07 Oct 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will help drive down the price of renewable energy in South Africa by boosting the private sector’s investment in wind and solar power in a partnership with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). GCF signed an agreement today with DBSA to reduce the cost of investing in South African renewables on the sidelines of GCF’s second Private Investment for Climate Conference.
GCF and DBSA partnership to boost climate investments in the Southern Africa region
22 Aug 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) signed an agreement today which will kick-off the programme to break market barriers and accelerate investments into climate projects.
First GCF Structured Dialogue with Africa kicks off in Cape Town
25 Oct 2016 / The first-ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) Structured Dialogue with Africa has started in Cape Town, South Africa, with 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund.
