🏛️ The 77th Session of the #NordicCouncil is now officially underway in the Swedish parliament house, the Riksdag, in Stockholm! Together with NIB & Nefco and other organisations with roots in the Nordic cooperation, we are here to meet with parliamentary stakeholders. This year’s theme highlights Nordic values and collaboration, and the sessions will include discussions how stronger Nordic cooperation can promote sustainability, climate action, the green transition and equality, while upholding democracy and shared Nordic values in a changing world. 🌍🌿 The Session of the Nordic Council is the largest political summit in the Nordic region, bringing together ministers and parliamentarians from across the region every year. 👉 Come and meet us at the Riksdag from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 October! #nrsession #nrpol #nordiskaradet

💡❓ How can we catalyse more climate finance for climate action in the Nordic countries and beyond? 💬 We asked this question to some of our speakers at 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, where leaders in climate and development finance came together to foster stronger partnerships for climate action. “The innovative blended finance instrument is offering us the best instrument to leverage the existing resources and to provide comfort to the private sector for them to come and complement what exists in the public sector,” says Felix Adahi Bikpo, Chairman at African Guarantee Fund Group. 👉 Learn more about the discussions at #NCD2025: https://shorturl.at/VtMdu #NCD2025 #BlendedFinance #ClimateFinance #ClimateAction

🌲🤝 How can the Nordic countries mobilise better climate finance? At 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, we invited our speakers and guests to share their thoughts on ways to mobilise climate finance. ✨ The following observations were made: 🔸Focus on the global financial system by strengthening partnerships in Africa, notably in innovation and science and data intelligence, 🔹mobilise private capital and innovative financing instruments to reduce reliance on public funding, 🔸accelerate domestic investors in developing countries to help reduce currency risk. 💬📝 What are your ideas for how the Nordic countries can mobilise improved climate finance? Read more about these ideas here 🔗 https://shorturl.at/xUE81 #NCD2025 #ClimateAdapation #ClimateFinance #ClimateMitigation