Understanding entrepreneurship in informal settlements in Katutura, Windhoek: Results of a pilot study
December 2024
This report presents the outcomes of a pilot survey of businesses in the informal settlements of Windhoek in July 2021. Triple Capital undertook the study in collaboration with the Development Workshop of Namibia. The pilot survey sought to understand the types of businesses operating in informal settlements, to understand the economics of these businesses, and to assess the various social, financial, economic and environmental challenges and barriers affecting day-to-day business activities. It further explored potential areas of opportunity for supporting entrepreneurs to strengthen and scale up their businesses in ways that are sustainable and enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Namibia’s Landscape of Climate Finance 2018-2022
December 2024
This report is based on desktop assessments of all climate change projects financed in Namibia between 2018 and 2022, using the OECD-DAC database, Namibia’s Development Budget Books, Accountability Reports and data from the Private Sector. The publication aims to provide a preliminary estimate of climate finance flows in Namibia during these five years versus the estimated needs of the second-updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Namibia, which will inform future efforts to mobilise climate finance.
Empowering Community-Led Adaptation: Experiences and lessons learned from the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia’s Empower to Adapt project
May 2024
This report is jointly published by the Namibia Nature Foundation, Triple Capital and the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, and presents the experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of the EIF’s Empower to Adapt project, and sets out recommendations for the Green Climate Fund and other funders looking to support locally-led adaptation interventions. It also sets out recommendations for the EIF and other developing country institutions looking to implement similar projects. It draws on information provided through interviews with project beneficiaries and a range of other project stakeholders, as well as project documentation provided by the EIF.
CSO Monitoring of GCF Supported Projects: The Case of Namibia’s Enhanced Direct Access Project “Empower to Adapt” of the Environmental Investment Fund
April 2024
This factsheet was developed under the Civil Society Organisation Readiness for the Green Climate Fund-Focus Africa Phase-2 Project, implemented by the Namibia Nature Foundation in partnership with Triple Capital, with support from GermanWatch. The insights presented in this publication are based on researchers’ observations and interviews with stakeholders who played a role in the project implementation; from the Project Management Unit to communities at grassroots level in Namibia’s Community-Based Organisations.
Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Conflict-affected and Vulnerable Communities
November 2023
This policy paper was compiled by Louise Brown based on insights shared by participants at the workshop on Strengthening the Climate Resilience of Conflict-affected and Vulnerable Communities held in July 2023 as part of the Summer Academy on Land, Security, and Climate. (More about the summer academy)
EIF’s Journey with the GCF
April 2022
The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) was one of the first institutions in Africa to access climate finance directly from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). It was accredited to the GCF in 2016, following a rigorous assessment of its capacities to manage funding for climate change projects. Since then, it has successfully raised a total funding amount of nearly USD 40 million (more than NAD 500 million) from the GCF for four projects which are building the resilience of vulnerable communities in Namibia to the negative impacts of climate change. These projects are now well into their implementation, with the first two nearing completion, and many lessons have been learned along the way. (Read full report)