Private mobilisation fund for climate resilience investments in land-use and water

The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) is listed under the Global Gateway Africa Tracker as a private mobilisation fund targeting climate resilience investments in land-use and water across Sub-Saharan Africa. It is classified as funded and committed (Phase 3 of 5), yet the investment figure is not publicly disclosed, and neither IATI disbursement records nor EIB project database entries have been identified for this instrument. The absence of both signals is a meaningful gap: IATI data and EIB records are among the most reliable indicators of financial progress, and their absence means there is currently no independently verifiable evidence of committed or disbursed capital flowing through this mechanism under the Global Gateway umbrella. The DFCD itself is not a new creation. It was established in 2019 as a partnership between SNV, WWF, FMO, and Climate Fund Managers, with backing from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its mandate to support early-stage climate adaptation and mitigation projects, helping them reach bankable scale, predates the Global Gateway initiative, which was launched in 2021. The EU's classification of the DFCD as a Global Gateway project therefore appears to reflect a retrospective alignment of an existing instrument with the Global Gateway branding rather than a new financial commitment made under that framework. This is a pattern observed elsewhere in the Global Gateway portfolio and is worth noting when assessing additionality. No independent news coverage has been identified that specifically addresses this project or its progress under Global Gateway.