By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
Somalia and the Green
Climate Fund (GCF) have reaffirmed their partnership to advance climate finance
and strengthen the country's resilience-building efforts following a high-level
bilateral meeting at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31)
in Antalya, Türkiye.
The meeting brought together
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Mafalda Duarte, Executive Director
of the Green Climate Fund, with Somalia’s National Climate Fund (NCF) Executive
Director, Liban Obsiye, convening and participating in the discussions.
Somalia’s Ministers of
Environment and Climate Change and of Agriculture and Irrigation also took part
in the engagement.
Discussions focused on
ongoing GCF accreditation processes for Somalia’s Ministry of Finance and the
Somali Development and Reconstruction Bank, as well as progress on the
country’s pipeline of climate investment projects.
The accreditation processes
are part of Somalia’s efforts to strengthen its institutional capacity to
access and manage climate finance for national development priorities.
“Investment in resilience
building is key to our sustainable development priorities,” President Hassan
Sheikh Mohamud said during the meeting.
Somalia’s National Climate
Fund is participating in COP31, where Executive Director Liban Obsiye has
joined a series of meetings and events focused on the country’s climate finance
priorities.
The NCF said it values the
GCF’s continued partnership and looks forward to working with Somali
institutions and development partners to advance investments that strengthen
climate resilience across the country.
