CPI at the 2026 Spring Meetings
Climate Policy Initiative experts will host and present at several events during the 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.
All times below are EST
15th Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
📅 Wednesday, April 15; 8:00 – 9:30am
This discussion will examine how finance ministries can harness the economic opportunities of a green and resilient transition to drive growth, productivity, job creation, competitiveness, and energy security by building a credible enabling environment that unlocks private sector investment.
CPI’s CEO Barbara Buchner will participate in the meeting.
Accelerating Systems Support for Public Development Bank Innovation
📅 Thursday, April 16; 9:00 – 11:30am
Public development banks (PDBs) are key players to drive climate finance at scale, with over 540 PDBs worldwide holding 18.7 trillion USD in assets, delivering approximately 10% of annual global investment. PDBs, particularly national and sub-national development banks, are uniquely positioned to support their governments’ climate and development priorities and deliver on the scale and quality of climate finance required to reach Paris Agreement goals. Since the signing of the Paris Agreement, PDBs have been increasing their focus on climate change. Sixty percent of PDBs had institutional climate commitments in 2024, up from just 5.9% in 2016. In 2023, PDBs provided over 400 billion USD in climate investment. There is strong demand from PDBs to build out their climate finance strategies and products.
This high-level roundtable convened by IDB, CPI, and FiCS will shed light on the ambitious and innovative approaches PDBs are pursuing to deliver climate finance and barriers they face, and highlight how to connect these efforts with international sources of climate finance.
Integrating Localization into Blended Climate Investments
📅 Thursday, April 16; 1:00 – 2:30pm
The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) Learning Hub will host an invite-only roundtable discussion on designing and implementing localization strategies for blended climate finance structures.
The session will highlight the CC Facility’s experience in advancing its own localization approach, alongside insights and lessons learned from its grantees.
Localization strategies in climate finance (those that integrate local expertise, partnerships, and investment) are increasingly vital for achieving effective and sustainable outcomes. Locally anchored initiatives tend to perform better, as local actors and investors bring deeper knowledge of regulatory environments, market dynamics, and sector-specific risks, enabling more relevant and implementable project design. This improves project viability and the ability to mobilize domestic and regional capital. As global climate finance needs grow and traditional international funding sources decline, leveraging domestic public and private capital becomes essential to closing the financing gap and ensuring durable climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.
The event is organized by Climate Policy Initiative and Convergence Blended Finance.
