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Hanns Seidel Foundation Hosts its Regional Sustainability Network Annual Gathering Pre-Cop 29
Attended by participants from various Hanns Seidel Foundation‘s partner organisations in Sub-Shahara Africa, the Regional Sustainability Network is a network initiative developed in 2018 to provide a platform for region-wide dialogue for partners active in the climate field from different HSF project countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa division.
Triple Capital Supports MEFT and the COP29 Namibian Pavilion
Triple Capital made a contribution of NAD20,000.00 to the Namibian Pavilion which will host Namibian side events and act as an office of COP29 programming and operations during the UNFCCC COP29 negotiations. The contributions were facilitated by the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia together with the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.
EIF Host its Economics and Climate Change Workshop for Collaborative Solutions
Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) hosted its inaugural Economics and Climate Change Dialogue. Entitled “Assessing and Optimizing the Namibian Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Economics Skill Set”, the event focused on Environmental Economics (EE)/ Natural Resource Economics (NRE) in the context of climate change. It aimed to identify skill gaps and devise strategies for enhancing national capacity in these critical areas.
Panel Discussion: The roots of climate resilience in Africa’s drylands: catalysing synergies between land restoration, community building and peace.
Louise Brown recently joined other experts for a discussion on The roots of climate resilience in Africa’s drylands: catalysing synergies between land restoration, community building and peace, at the Accelerating Nature-based Solutions Conference convened from 11th to 15th March 2024 in Livingstone, Zambia by Global Evergreening Alliance.
H.E Dr Hage G. Geingob (1941-2024)
Triple Capital joins the Namibian nation in mourning the loss of Namibia’s 3rd President H.E Dr Hage Gottfried Geingob who passed on 4th February 2024. Our condolences to his wife, children and family.
Triple Capital at COP28
Triple Capital is represented by Louise Brown and Toini Amutenya at the recent UNFCCC COP28 undergoing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. COP28 kicked off on 30 November and is expected to conclude negotiations on 12 December 2023. Triple Capital is participating as part of the Namibian Delegation following matters and positions on climate finance and that of the global goal on adaptation. The Namibian position at COP28 can be found here (Country Position at COP28).
Policy Paper: Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Conflict-affected and Vulnerable Communities
In July, the Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate convened another workshop at the Caux Palace, Switzerland, organised around “Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Conflict-affected and Vulnerable Communities”. The workshop attracted participants from various corners of the globe, strengthening the discussion on the vulnerability of conflict-affected communities towards climate change and, solutions for climate resilience.
COP28 Gender Equality Day: Alliances for Women Empowerment Discussion
The Namibian Pavilion and partners at the UNFCCC COP28 being held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, joined other parties to celebrate and observe the Gender Equality thematic Day with a panel discussion on the Alliances for Women Empowerment: Experiences from the Global South.
Triple Capital Supports the National Youth Climate Change Summit
The Namibian youth held their inaugural National Youth Climate Change Summit and the second Local Conference of Youth from the 11th to 13 July 2023 under the theme “empowering youth for climate action”.
The 2023 Summer Academy on Climate, Land and Security
The 2023 Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate was held in Caux Switzerland from 17 to 19 July. The workshop was held under the theme “Strengthening climate resilience of conflict-affected and vulnerable communities” and was co-organized by Triple Capital, Initiatives of Change Switzerland, and Geneva Centre for Security Policy and with support from Earthbanc.
Webinar: Lessons From the Field
On March 16, 2023, the CSO-GCF Project Partners, Namibia Nature Foundation and Triple Capital hosted a webinar on Lessons from the Field on the EDA pilot project implemented in Namibia. The Enhanced Direct Access Project, implemented by the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF), is the first project of its kind in Namibia and globally to be funded by Green Climate Fund.
Triple Capital Engages in Side-Events at COP27 Namibian Pavilion
Triple Capital played an active role in ensuring the success of the Namibian Pavilion at COP27. In addition to being a co-sponsor of the Pavilion, the Triple Capital team led the organization of the finance day and youth day events in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, and spoke at several other events.
Triple Capital Trains Young Professionals on Climate Change Policy and Finance
Louise Brown, the Director of Triple Capital, awarded six young professionals with their certificates for the successful completion of a professional training programme on climate change policy and finance in Windhoek on 16th September 2022.
EIF/MEFT Round Table Discussion on Gender Mainstreaming and Climate Finance
The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) together with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) recently held a consolidated Round Table Discussion on Gender Mainstreaming and Climate Finance, with emphasis on drawing back on lessons learned from the various projects financed and implemented in Namibia to understand how best climate finance impacts gender mainstreaming in national strategies and frameworks.
The Civil Society Organizations readiness for the Green Climate Fund “Focus Africa” Project held its Training of Trainers Workshop.
The Africa Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs) readiness for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Project led by CARE, PACJA, ENDA Senegal, and GermanWatch hosted their training of trainers’ workshop in Senegal on 3-4 February 2022
Webinar: Namibia on the Road to COP26
The Namibia Nature Foundation in partnership with Triple Capital hosted its second webinar series under the topic; Namibia on the Road to COP26. The webinar aimed at sharing Namibia’s expectation in terms of decisions to tackle climate change, climate finance resources to avert climate crises and youth expectation of inclusivity in the decision making.
Webinar: Introduction to Climate Finance and its relevance for Namibia
The Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) in partnership with Triple Capital hosted its first public webinar under the project “Civil Society Readiness for the Green Climate Fund”. The webinar was a panel discussion aimed at increasing public understanding of climate finance and its relevance to Namibia.
The 2021 Virtual Summer Academy on Climate, Land and Security was a great success
The Summer Academy on Climate, Land, and Security, hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in partnership with Initiatives of Change Switzerland and Triple Capital concluded on 30th July 2021 with awarding certificates to the 30 participants who spend a week exploring solutions at the nexus of land, security and climate change issues.
Toini Amutenya wins Youth Action SD award
Toini Amutenya wins the Youth Action for Sustainable Award at the recently held Namibia Sustainable Development awards hosted by the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia. Toini who is a youth activist for climate justice and a youth leader and representative for Namibian youth on international and regional youth platforms.