ENC: Communications Update: New CIF Blogs and News Articles on the CIF from global media outlets

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Assunto: Communications Update: New CIF Blogs and News Articles on the CIF from global media outlets

 

Dear CIF Partners,

We would like to share with you recent updates to the CIF Voices blog, videos  and news articles on the CIF Partnership Forum and projects.

CIF 2014 Partnership Forum

June 2014 Newsletter
Special edition featuring press releases. CIF Voices video blogs and highlights from Jamaica

Does size matter in transformational change? Billion vs. million dollar CIF projects
The panel Billion vs. Million Dollar CIF Projects: Does Size Matter in Transformational Change? discussed the impact of mega-projects and smaller-scale projects. Barbara Buchner, Senior Director, Climate Policy Initiative talked to IISD about the effect of the amount of finance on delivering transformational change.

“4° Turn Down the Heat” scientific panel
Hans Joachim Shellnhuber, Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, illuminated the recent IPCC report on climate science and impacts, citing an urgent need to act immediately to lower emissions. He also gave a historical overview of greenhouse gas concentrations over time.

Multi-nationals and SMEs working together: Sustainable supply chains for the future
Jason Clay, Senior Vice President of Market Transformation, WWF looks forward after moderating the panel Multi-National Corpotations and SMEs Working Together: Sustainable Supply Chains for the Future. He notes the importance of sustainable agriculture and adaptability in business plans and development strategies.

Unlocking climate finance for the private sector
An afternoon panel focused on the need to ramp up private sector investment in climate-smart development. Ethan Zindler, Head of Americas for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, reflected on the role of the CIF in paving the way for private investment in renewable energy.

Mainstreaming Climate Resilience: Jamaica Experience
Evan Thompson, Manager of the Weather Branch of the Jamaican Meteorological Service, describes how his country has prioritized science-based resilience planning.

Lessons from the CIF
Amal-Lee Amin, Associate Director of E3G, reflects on the origins of the CIF. She explains why it was important, and novel, to develop a partnership between the multilateral development banks.

Opening Plenary
How has the CIF benefitted Jamaica? Why is partnership such an important aspect of CIF? Jamaica's Ian Hayles, the State Minister in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, and a Member of Parliament, explains.

Stakeholder Day 2014: IISD Video Blog - Rose May Guignard
Joining us from afternoon session entitled Stakeholder Engagement in the CIF: Advances, Challenges, and Promises, Rose May Guignard of Haiti reflects on what stakeholder engagement really means. At the close of Stakeholder Day, she commends having a full day dedicated to stakeholder engagement within the CIF.

Stakeholder Day 2014: IISD Video Blog - Andrea Rodriguez
In the first session of the CIF Stakeholder Day, Reaching into the Roots of Partnership: Experience from the Ground, panelists discussed lessons learned and next steps on effective stakeholder engagement in the CIF and other global funds. Panelist Andrea Rodriguez, Legal Advisor for the Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense-Americas (AIDA), reflects on the session.

CIF Voices (Blogs)

Reducing the costs of CSP
July 25
 Concentrated solar power (CSP) is an innovative, low-carbon power generation technology of great promise. However, because of its high costs and hefty upfront capital needs, global deployment is still low at around 3GW. To achieve cost reductions, CSP needs to see further deployment. But, for now all CSP technologies need some form of public support.

What the CIF teaches us on leverage
July 22
At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Copenhagen in 2009 developed countries committed to “a goal” of raising $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries to cut carbon emissions and to reduce the dangerous impacts of climate change on their economic development.  

CIF News

A 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan has applied for a €54m ($72.2m) loan from the EBRD
Evwind, July 30
The development, one of the country’s first big wind power projects, is part of a 300MW wind farm in the northern region of Yereymentau. A 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan has applied for a €54m ($72.2m) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.. The total cost will reportedly be €90m, with €18m provided by the Clean Technology Fund and the rest coming from other developers and private sponsors.

EBRD signs its largest project in Tajikistan to date
EBRD, July 28
The total cost of the project is approximately US$ 75.7 million. The EBRD loan will be complemented by US$ 21 million in donor funds – a US$ 10 million loan and a US$ 11 million grant – from the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) under the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The remaining US$ 4.7 million includes additional donor financing provided by the governments of Austria and the United Kingdom, and the EBRD’s Shareholder Special Fund for consultancy services.

World Bank to Help Fund Climate Change Adaptation in Bolivia
World Bank, July 25
Funding is provided by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and seeks to realize the second phase of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR II), whose aim is to improve institutional capacity and the comprehensive management of river basins and water resources, as well as to finance investments in infrastructure sub-projects.

Innovative ADB Loan to Help Unlock Indonesia’s Clean Energy Potential
ADB, July 22
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a loan of up to $50 million, supported by the Clean Technology Fund, to share risks with the private sector during the project development and exploration phase of the Rantau Dedap geothermal project in Indonesia. “This innovative loan demonstrates the depth of ADB support for deploying clean energy technologies that can significantly displace coal and oil-fired power,” said Lazeena Rahman, Investment Specialist in ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department. “In addition, it will help unlock Indonesia’s geothermal potential by bridging a key financing gap in the market.”

5 lessons on climate change financing
GreenBiz, July 11
After returning from a week of meetings of the Climate Investment Funds in Jamaica, we can’t say that we saw much of the beautiful country, but we did get a glimpse of some hot topics in climate change financing.

Please look out for further updates soon.

Sincerely,

Steven Shalita
Senior Communications Officer
Administrative Unit
Climate Investment Funds