The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance identifies, develops, and launches innovative finance instruments that can drive billions in private investment to action on climate change and sustainable development.
The Lab is led by its members, who include over 100 institutions in government, development finance, philanthropy, and the private sector. Climate Policy Initiative serves as the Secretariat and analytical provider.
Since 2014, the Lab has launched 87 solutions that have mobilized over USD 4.4 billion to address climate change.
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A Self-sustaining, Scalable Climate Finance Ecosystem in India is in the Works
As climate solutions move from concept to credibility, locally grounded, bankable models are making climate finance mainstream—turning it from alternative finance into simply finance.
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Scaling Climate and Nature Investment in Latin America: Insights from Climate Action Week Mexico
Insights from the event “Scaling Climate and Nature Investments” during Climate Action Week Mexico highlight how Latin America is scaling climate and nature finance through blended capital.
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Scaling Productive Restoration in Brazil: Financial Innovation and Investment Pathways
CPI, with support from the Embassy of the Netherlands, convened a roundtable discussion to explore practical pathways for scaling finance for the restoration of Brazil’s degraded pastures.
Latest work
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The Seeded Initiative
The Seeded Initiative funds native seedling nurseries in Brazil, ensuring financial stability through guarantees and long-term purchase agreements.
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Community Equity Opportunity Fund
The Community Equity Opportunity Fund (CEOF) is a blended-finance facility that helps local communities invest in renewable energy projects across Latin America.
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IREN Agri
The IREN Agri initiative sets out to accelerate agricultural transition and financial inclusion across agricultural commodity chains in Africa, starting with Côte d’Ivoire and neighboring West African nations.
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Clean Economy Fund
The Clean Economy Fund (CEF) is a USD 75 million structured equity fund that invests in first-of-a-kind climate technologies.
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Tropical Resilience Fund
Impact Earth is launching the Tropical Resilience Fund (TREF), starting from the Amazon Biome area and expanding into the broader Tropical Belt.
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Carbon Neobank
A USD 100 million digital green banking fintech providing asset and micro-finance to climate mitigation Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), facilitating both debt and carbon transactions with a presale of carbon credits to buy down interest rates.
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Agri-Smallholder Resilience Fund (ASRF)
Agri-Smallholder Resilience Fund (ASRF) finances climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture projects.
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Páramo Wildfire Resilience Facility
The Páramo Wildfire Resilience Facility provides rapid funding for early response and long-term resilience against wildfire damage and human-induced degradation in Colombia’s Páramos ecosystems.
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Price Risk Facility
The Price Risk Facility addresses the challenges of price volatility in agriculture, which significantly impact the financial stability of smallholder farmers and agribusinesses.
