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🎉 It’s a wrap! 2024 is coming to an end, and so is our Communities of Practice project in Nigeria (funded by the IKI). We are proud to share the project’s achievements and look back at almost 3 years of cooperation with the Reiner Lemoine Institute and the Clean Technology Hub!   Electricity poverty is the reality in many parts of Nigeria. Particularly in rural areas, where only about 30% of the population has access to electricity. We believe that decentralized renewable energy is an important part of the solution to this problem, as it helps to improve access to reliable and clean energy supply. Within the Communities of Practice project, we supported five communities across Nigeria to initiate, plan and implement their own mini-grid projects. Our support includes providing a web-based application (link below) that provides users with practical tools for the mini-grid planning process - free of charge! This application helps communities to 🔍 Analyze demand and supply to determine optimal mini-grid size 🏦 Evaluate suitable business models 📈 Model data for comparing financing options The intense work, including many interesting consultations, workshops and webinars with the communities, local stakeholders and experts from the field, paid off: The five communities are now embarking on securing project partners and financiers for their community solar mini-grid systems. We hope that their journey continues successfully, and that this project can serve as a role model for a bottom-up energy transition.   Also, with the project team we recently published a Policy Brief that advocates for a shift towards community-driven mini-grids in Nigeria. It further emphasizes the importance of community involvement and ownership to achieve more sustainable and successful electrification outcomes. 👉 Web Application for mini-grid planning: https://lnkd.in/ePNQcWpA 👉 Policy Brief on community-centric mini-grids: https://lnkd.in/eyntGtN5 👉 Recording of our webinar on community-centric mini-grids: https://lnkd.in/e-VHysi5 #renewables #minigrids #energytransition

Dear friends and colleagues, We wish you a peaceful and healthy holiday season and all the best for 2025.  We are looking forward to our continued collaboration and new joint endeavours - for a better climate.   Kind regards the greenwerk. team   _________________   Liebe Freunde und Kollegen/innen,   Wir wünschen Euch/Ihnen eine besinnliche und vor allem gesunde und friedliche Weihnachtszeit und alles Gute fürs neue Jahr!   Wir freuen uns auf die weitere Zusammenarbeit und neue gemeinsame Aktivitäten - for a better climate.   Herzliche Grüße das the greenwerk. Team

💡 Mini-grids have the potential to revolutionize rural communities in Africa by providing access to electricity and accelerating the transition to sustainable energy - but how can mini-grids be implemented in a community-centric approach? What are challenges, but also good practices when it comes to community ownership? 📅 Join us to discuss these and more questions during our webinar this Thursday! And if you are interested in more information on how to enable and set up community-driven mini-grids, here's our policy brief on the topic: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eiVeF9e9

Our Climate Finance Transparency Guide, developed together with CCAP, is out now 🎉 Join our webinar on 4 December to learn more about how to boost climate finance transparency for enhanced climate action from Michel Köhler and Sebastian Lema! Countries that piloted the guide will also share their success stories and lessons learnt, so stay tuned! The guide is available at ICAT's website: https://lnkd.in/e6-GSk_A

For everyone who is interested in transparency for effectively managing and mobilizing climate finance: today, the ICAT Climate Finance Transparency Guide that we developed together with CCAP will be launched at COP29! If you can't make it, save the date for the virtual launch: December 4th, 3 PM CET!

Meet the greenwerk at COP29 in Baku to explore opportunities for collaboration and support. We’re experienced in the fields of climate finance transparency, access to climate finance for SIDS and LDCs through GCF and GEF, green finance taxonomies, GCF Readiness and climate impact assessments. Our colleague Lena Dovidat will be there November 14 – 18!

As COP29 approaches, discussions around the New Collective Quantified Goals (NCQG) for climate finance are intensifying. While the quantum of the new goal is one of the hot political questions, it is critical to also look at the impact of finance that is provided and mobilized. Join us in this webinar when we disucss effectiveness of international climate finance and the limitations of impact tracking approaches!

Agreeing on a new climate finance goal (NCQG) will be one of the key negotations points at COP29 in Azerbaijan - join the discussion on how the base of countries contributing climate finance could be expanded for increasing the finance mobilization to the most vulnerable!

We're thrilled to welcome Maria Paula Guillaumet to the greenwerk. team as our new Senior Advisor on Climate Finance! With extensive international experience across Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, Paula has led numerous initiatives aimed at reducing GHG emissions and enhancing adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change. Her solid academic background in Architecture, paired with advanced studies in Sustainability Science and Energy, provides her with a distinctive approach to addressing climate challenges. Paula has collaborated on initiatives seeking funding from major entities such as the GCF, GEF, Mitigation Action Facility, and various bilateral and multilateral international funds. She specializes in project management, designing low-carbon resilient strategies, developing innovative financial instruments, and integrating data-driven techniques. When she's off the clock, Paula is an avid runner training for her next marathon. She loves diving into a variety of hobbies, from climbing and painting to swimming, crafting, dancing—you name it, she’s likely tried it! To learn more about Paula’s expertise and previous work experience, have a look at her profile here https://lnkd.in/ew8_dinj. #ClimateFinance #TeamWork

What happens during a training on GCF project financial structuring? Our experts Anna Deinhard and Michel Köhler just returned from a training in Sri Lanka on GCF project financial structuring for stakeholders from various private and public institutions at the forefront of climate action. The training enhanced the participants’ understanding of the financial architecture of climate finance proposals. Financial structuring was discussed specific to different sectors and in the framework of blended finance cases. Participants could engage in interactive exercises and acquired detailed knowledge of various financial instruments, funding sources and private sector incentives. Additionally, the training strengthened the participants’ awareness of the links between the implementation of Sri Lanka’s upcoming Climate-Smart Green Growth Investment Plan and the country's advancement of its Green Climate Fund pipeline.    The project team was excited about the active engagement from various ministerial, NGO, private sector and academia representatives in this 2-day event in Colombo. We thank our partner institution Janathakshan GTW Ltd and the Global Water Partnership which commissioned the training under a #GCFReadinessProgramme. Photo credits: Janathakshan GTW Ltd #GreenGrowth #ClimateAction #GCF