Regional dialogue on external climate financing in Africa

UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2023 shows that developing countries need renewable energy investments of about $1.7 trillion annually but they attracted only $544 billion in 2022.

16 December 2025

10:00 - 16:00 hrs.

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This virtual dialogue aims to share the lessons learned from the Development Account 14 Tranche project, "Mobilizing external financial resources beyond COVID- 19 for greener, more equal and sustainable development in selected vulnerable SIDS in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

The event will highlight the relevance and practical value of the financial strategy and roadmap developed under the project for mobilizing external climate finance, which may be adapted and used by non- beneficiary countries in the future.

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10:00–10:40	Opening Session: Welcome Remarks and Opening Statements (UNECA, UNCTAD, Governments of Cabo Verde and the Union of Comoros)
10:40–11:10	Overview of the project and presentation of its key innovative aspects of the project
11:10–12:50	Financial strategy and roadmap for implementation for Comoros
12:50–13:30	Financial strategy and roadmap for implementation for Cabo Verde
13:30-14:30	Lunch Break
14:30–15:30	Discussion Session with reflections and feedback from Regional Peers
15:30–16:00	Closing Remarks: UNECA and UNCTAD

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10 Dec 2025

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