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The fertiliser plant in Kingisepp. Photo: Seppo Knuuttila
The fertiliser plant ‘Phosphorit’, downstream from the town of Kingisepp in North-West Russia, will receive the Russian Director of HELCOM’s BALTHAZAR Project, Russian authorities and media to visit the plant today.
The NCF provides grants for climate projects in low income countries. Photo: Patrik Rastenberger
The Third Call for Proposals for the Nordic Climate Facility (NCF), which closed 16 January 2012, generated altogether some 130 applications.
The Ascension Cathedral in Gurievsk.
The road to Gurievsk (formerly Neuhausen) in Russia is flanked by long rows of white-washed tree trunks and barren tree tops. Similar park lanes planted during the German era are typical for countless main roads in the Kaliningrad Province.
Vitebsk MPP produces smoked salami. Photo: Colourbox
NEFCO and Vitebsk Meat Packing Plant, have signed a loan agreement for the modernisation of meat production facilities in Vitebsk, Eastern Belarus.
NEFCO has released a new video, which highlights environmental pollution from the nickel mining industry and wastewater treatment facilities in the Kola Peninsula in Northwestern Russia.
Axzon A/S produces some 650,000 pigs per year
The Ukrainian agricultural company, Danosha Ltd, and NEFCO have signed a loan agreement to finance the production of biogas from pig farms in the Kalush region of Western Ukraine.
Nordic initiative aims at reducing emissions in Peru and Viet Nam.
The Nordic countries renew their shared commitment to combat climate change with a new emissions reductions programme, The Nordic Partnership Initiative supported by the countries along with the Nordic Council of Ministers. The NPI will help Peru and Viet Nam cut their greenhouse gas emissions in highly polluting sectors like waste and cement.
Sergey Tomilov, General Director of the local waterworks OKOS in Svetlogorsk, Photo: Patrik Rastenberger
Imagine a yellowed photograph depicting moustached gentlemen in straw hats and light summer suits holding a walking stick by its silver-clad handle with urbane elegance.
Combating climate change is one of NEFCO's priorities.
The UNEP - Bilateral Financial Institutions Climate Change Working Group (BFI-CCWG), of which NEFCO is a member, has launched two reports on climate change financing. The reports were presented at a side event of the UNFCCC COP/MOP meeting last Friday in Durban, South Africa.
The Bay of Kandalaksha. Photo: Elisabet Paulig-Tönnes
Some 36 municipally owned buildings in Kandalaksha, which is situated in Northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula, will benefit from an energy saving scheme, which is being financed by NEFCO’s Facility for Energy Saving Credits.
