Industrial Decarbonization
Production of industrial materials contribute to over a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reconciling the growth of industrial output with global climate ambitions remains one of our toughest challenges.
CPI leverages its expertise across sectors, actors, and geographies to support industrial decarbonization, including work to develop a roadmap for financing industrial decarbonization and policy interventions that best enable the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies required for long-term decarbonization of the largest emitting industrial sectors.
Featured work
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Analysis: Costs and Impacts of Low-Carbon Technologies for Steel and Cement Sectors in India
This piece discusses key policy recommendations from the steel and cement sectors in India based on our analysis of low-carbon solutions (LCS), which are critical in policy-making and investment decisions.
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Blog: The Path to Decarbonizing India's Steel and Cement Industry
This blog highlights the urgent need for strong public policy and financial support in India to align two of the country’s largest CO2-emitting industrial sectors with long-term, low-carbon pathways.
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Policy Brief: Policies and Enabling Environment to Drive Private Investments for Industrial Decarbonization in India
This brief aims to support policymakers in making informed decisions and prioritize actions that can drive climate-aligned private investments to bridge the financing gap for low-carbon development of industries in India.
Latest work
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Tracking the Climate Transition of the Global Financial System: Insights from the Net Zero Finance Tracker
Drawing on an assessment of 1,500 of the world’s major financial institutions, this report examines progress across climate targets, implementation, and real-economy outcomes. It identifies where institutions are advancing, where challenges remain, and actions needed to accelerate the transiti...
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COP30 Presidency Roadmap on Enhancing Efforts Towards Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030 Platform
Resource hub for updates and technical materials on the Roadmap on Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030.
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Guarding development gains: finance ministries and adaptation investment
A new blog for the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action (CFMCA) explores how finance ministries can unlock more funding for adaptation and reduce the costs of climate shocks.
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Adaptation and Resilience Finance in an Overshoot World: The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2026
Global adaptation finance reached USD 69 billion in 2024, but the most climate-vulnerable countries remain underserved. In an overshoot world, volume alone cannot show whether finance is working. Five questions follow finance past the point of commitment to show progress on long-lasting resilience.
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Adaptation Asia – Panra Fund
A USD 50 million private debt vehicle that aims to unlock climate adaptation investment across Southeast Asia by financing agriculture-focused SMEs while supporting the climate resilience of smallholder farmers.
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Amazon Andes Fund
A USD 30 million private debt and equity vehicle deploying flexible capital to develop regenerative value chains that reduce deforestation and strengthen forest livelihoods in the Andean Amazon.
