CPI’s Financial Innovation Structuring and Advisory work is focused on the design and development of innovative financial vehicles that can mobilize private capital for climate mitigation and adaptation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs). We aim to build a pipeline of investable and scalable climate finance solutions that aligns with investor risk-return expectations and drives investments towards sectors and regions where critical capital gaps exist. 

This workstream is highlighted by two flagship programs: (i)The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab), and the (ii) Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility), an incubator and accelerator supporting the structuring, launching, and scaling of climate finance solutions, each targeting different stages in the development process

As Lab and CC Facility-supported financial vehicles are deployed, they begin to channel capital towards investee projects, companies, and funds in target sectors and geographies. This methodology brief outlines the comprehensive approach CPI has established for tracking capital mobilized by CPI-supported vehicles.

We operationalize our definition of capital mobilization by tracking financing flows across four key pathways, which are unlocked via incubation and acceleration of climate finance vehicles through CPI. These pathways represent the primary mechanisms by which capital is mobilized following technical assistance and catalytic grant funding delivered by the Lab and CC Facility:

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