Value That Protects: Turning Evidence into Investment at GCF
Speaker: Bapon Fakhruddin, Water Resources Management Senior Specialist, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
In this video, Bapon Fakhruddin explains why socioeconomic benefit (SEB) assessments are essential for accessing and scaling climate finance. He describes how clear evidence of return on investment helps ministries and donors allocate funding, and how SEB studies support proposals to the Green Climate Fund and other financial mechanisms by demonstrating real, quantifiable benefits for communities and economies.