Mobilising more finance for climate action
With their climate smart avocado, beans and bees project, Birk Agri Company is the winner of the Mobilising More 4 Climate (MoMo) Tanzania Challenge 2019. With this project they contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation in Tanzania.
The finals of MoMo Tanzania will be held on March 5th at the SAGCOT Centre in Dar es Salaam. During the final event the 5 most innovative and sustainable business concepts from Tanzania will compete in the final event to win the MoMo grant award of € 25,000 (Tsh 66,000,000). These 5 best ideas were selected by the MoMo panel out of the 50 high-quality MoMo's that were submitted this year. On 5 March, each of the 5 finalists will present their proposal. The audience & MoMo expert jury will vote for the most promising proposal.
With an innovative idea for sustainable timber plantation management, the organisation Viet Nature is the winner of the Mobilising More 4 Climate (MoMo) challenge 2018. With this project, they contribute to both climate adaptation and mitigation in Vietnam.
The call for business proposals for Mobilising More 4 Climate in Tanzania is now closed. Keep an eye out on our website for the announcement of the finalists for the MoMo 4 Climate Business Challenge in Tanzania.
We are happy to announce the finalists of MoMo4Climate 2018!
Do you have an idea for climate mitigation or adaptation in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) with the potential to attract private investors? Join the Mobilising More for Climate Tanzania Challenge and submit your idea before 30 September 2018. The best proposal will be granted € 25.000 (TZS 66.5 million) to further develop and implement their business case.
Today, IUCN NL and the Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta organised the final pitch event of MoMo Indonesia 2017. Six entrepreneurs with climate change mitigation or adaptation projects in Indonesia competed for the 25,000 Euro prize money. The winner was Aqysta, with their plan for the introduction of sustainable water pumps on the Island of Sumba in the East of Indonesia.
Masterclass Water and Finance: Financing International Water Projects
On 17 and 18 January 2018, the Netherland Water Partnership (NWP) organizes for the second time the two-day masterclass Water & Finance with the support of the Partners for Water program. The masterclass focuses on how to get funding for international water projects. The masterclass will be lectured by Gerbrand van Bork (Ecorys), Jarit van der Visch (Royal HaskoningDHV) and Hessel Schuurman (NWP), which are experienced designers of business cases, financial models and project proposals for water projects. In addition, the course will contain short cases and presentations from external experts and fund managers.
Emergi won the Mobilising More (MoMo) grant of € 25.000 euro to implement their innovative business idea. With their Cool Tainer, a solar-powered freezer, they aim to create positive climate impact in developing countries. This was announced during the MoMo finals at the National Sustainability Congress on 9 November.
MoMo4Climate organises the finals of the Dutch MoMo business competition 2017 during the Nationaal Sustainability Congres in Den Bosch on 9 November. The Nationaal Sustainability Congres aims to catalyse sustainable development by purpose and impact.
Are you an investor that is looking for impact, then this is your chance to meet green entrepreneurs with promising business models.
We are happy to announce the finalists of MoMo4Climate 2017!
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Indonesia opens the fourth and last call of 2017 for proposals as part of the Mobilising More (MoMo) for Climate initiative. Entrepreneurs, companies and non-government organisations are challenged to bring up an innovative proposal with a business case that aims to attract private investment for a climate mitigation or adaptation project in Indonesia.
The 8 finalists of the Dutch MoMo4Climate challenge will be announced on Monday 23 October. Exciting!
For the third and last time this year MoMo4Climate is calling on you to submit your innovative and sustainable business plan and win € 25.000.
Lees nu het nieuwe opiniestuk van IUCN NL hier
The second round for this year's MoMo proposals has now been launched.
The Dutch private climate finance challenge ‘MoMo4Climate’ calls for fresh proposals. MoMo is interested in ideas that attract private investment for climate mitigation or adaptation programs. The challenge is to send us a proposal that can attract private investors. The deadline for this second call is 1 August. Please use the registration form to submit your proposal.
The first round of MoMo delivered many promising private climate finance proposals already. If you also have a good idea to mobilise climate finance at scale, then please stay tuned for the second call for proposals on this website. New opportunities for MoMo support will be launched in June 2017. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be notified for new calls for proposals.
“For 1 euro investment, you will get 3 euros in return. And what’s more, you will help restore the critical river ecosystem here in Benin.” Gautier Koffi Amoussou, working for Eco-Benin NGO, and Kpati Komlan Zomavo Aguey of COSOL PG, an NGO located in Togo, pitched their dredging business plan to restore Benin’s river ecosystems. This plan earned them the prize for the most promising green business case during last week’s Green Finance Academy, hosted by IUCN NL, Nyenrode Business University, Wageningen Environmental Research and EY.
Embassy of the Netherlands in Indonesia calls for climate adaptation and mitigation proposals!
The newest knowledge product from IUCN NL, 'The missing link', provides practical steps to mobilise climate and landscape finance at scale. It describes what investors, governments, entrepreneurs and NGOs can contribute to finance Integrated Landscape Management (ILM). The practical steps are based on detailed analysis of four examples that have integrated elements of ILM into their investment model. Readers can take these recommendations and best practices and embed them into their existing policies and practices.
