Decarbonization and Net Zero Goals
An important part of CPIs’s work is developing analysis and tools to ensure public and private efforts on Paris Agreement targets are feasible, of integrity, and scalable. CPI work in this area includes the Framework for Sustainable Finance Integrity and the Net Zero Finance Tracker.
Featured work
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Paris Misaligned?
Globally, 29% of new power investment in 2018, or approximately USD 129 billion, was invested in fossil fuel power putting the world on a temperature trajectory of over 3.2°C – more than double the level targeted in the Paris Agreement.
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Framework for Sustainable Finance Integrity
A framework to guide financial system integrity and smooth the financial sector’s move to sustainability and net zero.
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Net Zero Finance Tracker
The UK beta version of the Net Zero Finance Tracker is a first-of-its-kind interactive database to assess all financial actors’ response to climate change.
Latest work
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Climate finance tracking: From data to ambition to action
The EU REDD Facility, Climate Policy Initiative, and the United Nations Development Programme gathered experts from governments, donor agencies, and organizations tracking climate finance to take stock of progress, in an online workshop.
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Recovery Bonds
This paper assesses the potential for Recovery Bonds to help sovereigns raise capital to fund a sustainable and climate-resilient post-COVID recovery.
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Results-Based Financing
This report assesses the potential for Results-based Finance (RBF) to expand post-COVID recovery funds while improving sustainability efforts.
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Debt for Climate Swaps
DFC swaps can reduce the level of indebtedness, freeing up fiscal resources to be spent on green investments.
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FAST-Infra
FAST-Infra aims to close the USD 3 trillion sustainable infrastructure investment gap with urgency by establishing a global sustainable infrastructure labelling system, along with financial mechanisms to mobilize private investment at scale for the financing of labelled projects.
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Scaling Climate Finance in China
Recent developments indicate that China is taking serious steps to meet its climate ambition, with finance playing a center role.
