As the financial sector starts to mainstream climate action into its strategy and operations, we need to address four fundamental questions to ensure a credible path to net zero by 2050:

1. Where are we? What is the current state of climate finance by geography and sector.

2. Where are we currently headed? What is our current climate finance pathway based on announced commitments by public and private entities.

3. Where do we need to be? What is the gap between current commitments and commitments that would actually produce net zero by 2050.

4. How do we get there? What policies and implementation tools would help shift financial systems towards credible alignment and maximize investment opportunities.

At CPI, our work helps governments, businesses, and financial institutions answer each of these four questions by:

Understanding and defining the integrity of commitments—and their real economy impacts—through the development of assessment frameworks and methods.

Our work in this area includes:

• The Framework for Sustainable Finance Integrity
• Private Financial Institutions Paris Alignment Commitments
• Public Financial Institutions Paris Alignment Commitments
• A Proposed Method for Measuring Paris Alignment of New Investment

Measuring progress in financial systems via tracking analysis and tools.

Our work in this area includes:

• Climate Finance Tracking Program
• Net Zero Finance Tracker
• Paris Misaligned – Finance in the Power Sector
• Paris Alignment of Power Sector Finance Flows in India
• Paris Alignment of Power Sector Finance Flows in Indonesia

Designing and supporting implementation through decision-making frameworks and actor-specific guidance.

Our work in this area includes:

• An Innovative IFI Operating Model for the 21st Century
• Credible Transition Plans
• Guidelines for Financing Credible Coal Transitions
• Paris Alignment Implementation for Development Finance Institutions
  Proposal for a Global Credit Guarantee Facility

Convening networks of practitioners to share data and knowledge, provide local context, guide development, and champion action within their spheres of influence.

Our work in this area includes:

• San Giorgio Group
• The Advisory Council for Sustainable Finance Integrity
• The Climate Aligned Finance Tracking Group

All supported by CPI’s rigorous methodology approach and sophisticated data science tools.