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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Scaling Uptake of Insurance in the Municipal Climate Resilience Toolkit
Parametric insurance can strengthen municipal climate resilience in emerging markets by providing fast, affordable post-disaster funding while helping cities reduce financial disruption and manage climate risks more effectively.
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Roadmap on Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030 Platform
Resource hub for updates and technical materials on the Roadmap on Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030.
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Mapping the landscape of net-zero nature-positive finance: A review of definitions and frameworks
This report reviews global definitions and frameworks for net-zero, nature-positive, and climate-nature finance, mapping where they align and where gaps limit consistent implementation. It establishes a shared knowledge base for the Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Integrated Programme.
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The Water Resilience Debt Platform: A New Model for Catalyzing Investment
CPI explores a new financing model mobilizing private capital for water infrastructure in South Africa
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Assessing Climate Finance Quality in Practice: Lessons from Six Cases
This report examines six public climate finance case studies to explore what constitutes high-quality climate finance in practice. It analyzes design choices, implementation, and trade-offs to identify lessons for assessing and improving the quality of public climate finance.
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Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2026
The most comprehensive overview of global climate finance flows, provided by Climate Policy Initiative.
