Namibia is set to intensify its lobbying efforts for the bid to host the Green Climate Fund (GCF)'s African Regional Hub during the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.

The conference, also known as COP30, will take place from 6 to 21 November in Belém, Brazil.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah confirmed that Namibia has already submitted its bid.

She noted that hosting the African regional office would further strengthen the country's environmental management efforts in various areas.

The President, who spoke to NBC News shortly before her departure to Belém, said Namibia remains among the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

As a result, she said, the government has been actively implementing the three Rio Conventions on Biodiversity, Desertification, and Climate Change.

"And we are benefitting; for example, if you look at the Environmental Management Fund, it has really benefited from the Green Climate Fund, and we still want to benefit more, because we really have areas, particularly Kunene, that are most hit by climate change, so going to this conference, we are trying to see how we can benefit. Another thing is the question of water, which is a challenge, and climate change and water are discussed together, and that is why Namibia is part of the Global Partnership Water Programme."

While the list of bids has not yet been made public, ten other African countries are also vying to host the GCF's African Regional Hub. 

The GCF Board is expected to soon adopt a formal process for evaluating all submissions.

President Nandi-Ndaitwah, however, expressed confidence that Namibia's prior experience strengthens its case, recalling the bid to host the Fund's main Secretariat in 2012.

"We narrowly missed the opportunity to host the Fund's main Secretariat in 2012 due to the competition among seven countries, with Namibia emerging as a runner-up alongside Korea, which ultimately won the bid. But now the idea is to have two regional offices in Africa, and as Namibia, we have already registered that time, so should the time come for a regional office, Namibia is ready, and we are still on that."

Other key issues to be discussed at COP30 include reviewing progress on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, focusing on efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the presentation of new national action plans, and progress on the finance pledges made at COP29.

Climate experts are further calling for better alignment between trade and climate agendas to help businesses and societies worldwide decarbonise.