Industrial Decarbonization
Production of industrial materials contribute to over a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reconciling the growth of industrial output with global climate ambitions remains one of our toughest challenges.
CPI leverages its expertise across sectors, actors, and geographies to support industrial decarbonization, including work to develop a roadmap for financing industrial decarbonization and policy interventions that best enable the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies required for long-term decarbonization of the largest emitting industrial sectors.
Featured work
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Analysis: Costs and Impacts of Low-Carbon Technologies for Steel and Cement Sectors in India
This piece discusses key policy recommendations from the steel and cement sectors in India based on our analysis of low-carbon solutions (LCS), which are critical in policy-making and investment decisions.
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Blog: The Path to Decarbonizing India's Steel and Cement Industry
This blog highlights the urgent need for strong public policy and financial support in India to align two of the country’s largest CO2-emitting industrial sectors with long-term, low-carbon pathways.
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Policy Brief: Policies and Enabling Environment to Drive Private Investments for Industrial Decarbonization in India
This brief aims to support policymakers in making informed decisions and prioritize actions that can drive climate-aligned private investments to bridge the financing gap for low-carbon development of industries in India.
Latest work
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2025 Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Impact Report
Learn how the Lab’s investor-led model transforms early-stage ideas into investment-ready vehicles.
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Catalyzing Green Capital After COP30: Lessons from Brasília and Belém for Scaling Productive Restoration in Brazil
This brief identifies pathways to scale bankable investment in Brazil’s degraded pasture restoration, drawing on discussions from two events.
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Guidebook on Implementing Sustainable MSME Business Models: Mitigation Action
The Guidebook on Implementing Sustainable MSME Business Models: Mitigation Action is a comprehensive reference for micro, small, and medium enterprises, financial institutions, and other stakeholders in supporting the transformation of MSMEs toward sustainable and inclusive business practices.
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Tracking Capital Mobilized by Innovative Climate Finance Vehicles
This methodology brief outlines the comprehensive approach CPI has established for tracking capital mobilized by CPI-supported vehicles.
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Financing Sustainable Agriculture in the Cerrado Biome
In this report researchers from CPI/PUC-RIO combine quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify key conditions under which financial instruments can more effectively drive sustainable agricultural development, as well as the structural barriers that must be addressed to enhance their impact.
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Scaling Nature-based Solutions Finance Through Standardization, Data, and Transparent Processes
This blog unpacks the persistent barriers to NbS investment, and what it will take to overcome them.
