The outturn is anticipated to enhance greater confidence amongst international and domestic investors, thereby boosting an enabling environment for integrated public-private financing, investments, and decision-making. Another key consideration is factoring Gender into the development of green finance initiatives as we recognise that women are amongst the most vulnerable and most affected by climate disaster events.
The importance of undertaking a bottom-up approach to consultations cannot be understated and we need greater involvement of our target audiences in policy development. It is therefore important that we incorporate women’s input and viewpoints early in the planning and design stages to improve the effectiveness of IGF products and services.