The IDFC Facility, hosted on May 28, 2024 an event in Nairobi at the Trade and Development Bank Group Operations Hub, TDB Tower under the leadership of its Co-Chair, Mr. Serge EKUE, President of BOAD entitled “Rallying Financial and Technical Support from Donors”

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Amongst the participants, representatives of the philanthropic world namely: the (Bill & Melinda Gates, Children Investment Fund Foundation, Bankers without Borders, UNICEF , Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

This multi-stakeholder engagement strategy for climate and biodiversity is driven by the IDFC Co-Chairs ambitions to rally more support for the IDFC Facility to ensure co-creation, collaboration, and acceleration to unlock solutions and drive bolder results.

Hosting the event in parallel with the African Development Bank Annual meeting, the IDFC Co-Chairs are determined to close the climate finance gaps and accelerate climate action through cross-sectoral partnerships and collaboration.

The side-event presented key climate priorities related to the IDFC climate Action Agenda which includes:

• • fast-tracking a just and orderly energy transition
  • fixing climate finance

• putting nature, lives and livelihoods at the heart of climate action and underpinning everything with full inclusivity

Indicative support from Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, UNICEF, Bankers without Borders and the FiCS Lab was mostly appreciated.