Climate and Energy Response Facility (CERF)

CERF is a government-to-government facility for Dutch diplomatic missions, with a focus on climate change mitigation. It supports climate diplomacy dialogue between the Netherlands and selected partner countries. Climate change mitigation is the effort to reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases. Its effect will limit the amount of future warming.

CERF focuses on sharing expertise on climate change mitigation in a number of high impact sectors. Important CERF themes are, among others, offshore wind, hydrogen, solar energy and circular economy.
CERF facilitates the follow-up of policy dialogues on climate mitigation ambitions and actions between Dutch diplomatic missions and partner countries. The facility focuses on solving challenges and co-creating practical solutions that suit the local context. CERF also aims to mobilise experts from different professional disciplines, financiers and local stakeholders to speed up transition pathways.

CERF finances activities aimed at:

• knowledge sharing;
• policy advice; and
• capacity strengthening;while connecting supporting instruments and establishing partnerships. This includes financial partnerships.

Dutch diplomatic missions in selected partner countries design a tailored, multi-annual CERF intervention approach for one or two specific (sub)sectors. In other selected countries, CERF supports quick, short-term interventions. The approach and interventions must be in line with the missions’ multi-annual country strategies.

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency supports these Dutch diplomatic missions.
CERF runs from 2022 to 2025.

Remark

A portion of the budget for the CERF programme is not published in IATI, as it pertains to non-ODA (Official Development Assistance) activities.

For more information: Climate action in developing countries and Renewable energy for all (on english.rvo.nl)