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The State of Cities Climate Finance

Priscilla Negreiros, Valérie Furio, Angela Falconer, Morgan Richmond, Kristiina Yang, Laura Jungman, Bella Tonkonogy, Aleksandra Novikova, Marianne Pearson, Ian Skinner, Sandrine Boukerche, David Mason, Jamie Boex and Jan Whittington

June 30, 2021
Recovery Bonds

Vikram Widge, Nicole Pinko, Dhruba Purkayastha, Vijay Nirmal Gavarraju and Arsalan Ali Farooquee

May 10, 2021
Results-Based Financing

Donovan Escalante and Carla Orrego

May 10, 2021
Debt for Climate Swaps

Divjot Singh and Vikram Widge

May 10, 2021
The Potential for Scaling Climate Finance in China / 中国扩大气候金融规模的潜力

June Choi and Thomas C. Heller

February 4, 2021
Scaling Innovative Climate Finance Instruments: Experience from the Lab

Bella Tonkonogy, Morgan Richmond and Jane Chu

November 18, 2020
Enhancing Decentralized Renewable Energy Investment in Indonesia

Muhammad Ery Wijaya, Alke Rabinsa Haesra and Brurce Muhammad Mecca

May 14, 2020
Measuring the Private Capital Response to Climate Change: A Proposed Dashboard

Padraig Oliver, Alex Clark and Angela Falconer

October 28, 2019
Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2019

Federico Mazza, Chavi Meattle, Rahul Barua, Valérie Furio, Jolly Sinha, Morgan Richmond, Elysha Davila and Caroline Dreyer

October 22, 2019
The Lab: 2018-2019 Cycle Instrument Analysis

Dario Abramskiehn, Morgan Richmond, Ricardo Narvaez, Ben Broché, Valérie Furio, Sarah Conway, Federico Mazza, Felipe Borschiver, Amanda Lonsdale, Valerio Micale, Hélène Van Caenegem, Daniela Chiriac, Soumaila Diakite, Rosaly Byrd and Randy Rakhmadi

October 2, 2019
Cooling as a Service (CaaS)

Dario Abramskiehn and Morgan Richmond

September 27, 2019
Blockchain Climate Risk Crop Insurance

Valerio Micale and Hélène Van Caenegem

September 27, 2019
Solar Securitization for Rwanda

Felipe Borschiver and Amanda Lonsdale

September 27, 2019
Restoration Insurance Service Company (RISCO)

Federico Mazza

September 27, 2019
The Breathe Better Bond Initiative

Ricardo Narvaez, Ben Broché and Valérie Furio

September 27, 2019
Implementing Alignment: Recommendations for the International Development Finance Club

Alex Clark, June Choi, Bella Tonkonogy, Valerio Micale and Cooper Wetherbee

September 19, 2019
Alternative Investment Funds as a Potential Pathway for Refinancing Clean Energy Debt in India

Divjot Singh, Dhruba Purkayastha and Gireesh Shrimali

July 10, 2019
Developing a Guarantee Instrument to Catalyze Renewable Energy Investments in Indonesia

Randy Rakhmadi and Melisa Sudirman

June 3, 2019
Understanding and Increasing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries

Valerio Micale, Bella Tonkonogy and Federico Mazza

December 13, 2018
Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2018

Federico Mazza, Chavi Meattle, Saurabh Trivedi, Randy Rakhmadi, Alke Rabinsa Haesra, Elysha Davila and Caroline Dreyer

November 12, 2018
Drivers and Challenges for Rooftop Solar Loans to Small and Medium Enterprises in India

Jolly Sinha, Sagar Srijan Joshi and Gireesh Shrimali

October 31, 2018
The Lab: 2017-2018 Cycle Instrument Analysis

Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Rosaly Byrd

October 12, 2018
Responsible Commodities Facility

Federico Mazza, Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe Borschiver

September 28, 2018
Smallholder Forestry Vehicle

Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline Hallmeyer

September 28, 2018
Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise (GATE)

Joseph Mabe and Xueying Wang

September 28, 2018
Pay As You Save for Clean Transport

Dario Abramskiehn and Alex Clark

September 28, 2018
The Residential Rooftop Solar Accelerator

Divjot Singh, Jolly Sinha and Gireesh Shrimali

September 28, 2018
Caaporã | The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund

Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe Borschiver

September 28, 2018
PopLuz | Distributed Energy for Social Housing (DESH)

Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Rosaly Byrd

September 10, 2018
Financing for Low-Carbon Auto Rickshaws

Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Labanya Prakash Jena

September 10, 2018
Smallholder Forestry Vehicle

Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline Hallmeyer

September 10, 2018
Deep decarbonization by 2050: Rethinking the role of climate finance

Jessica Brown and Ilmi Granoff

July 18, 2018
Transitional Foreign Exchange Debt Platform

Vinit Atal, Dhruba Purkayastha and Gireesh Shrimali

June 18, 2018
Addressing Off-Taker Risk in Renewable Projects in India

Vinit Atal, Gireesh Shrimali and Vaibhav Pratap Singh

May 8, 2018
Getting to India’s Renewable Energy Targets

Labanya Prakash Jena, Chavi Meattle and Gireesh Shrimali

March 15, 2018
Supporting the Momentum of Paris

Padraig Oliver, Bella Tonkonogy, David Wang and Xueying Wang

March 7, 2018
Scaling up Rooftop Solar Power in India: The Potential of Solar Municipal Bonds

Saurabh Trivedi, Indro Ray and Gregor Vulturius

February 22, 2018
Blended Finance in Clean Energy: Experiences and Opportunities

Bella Tonkonogy, Jessica Brown, Valerio Micale, Xueying Wang and Alex Clark

January 25, 2018
The Lab: 2016-2017 Cycle Instrument Analysis

Ricardo Narvaez, Joseph Mabe, Angela Falconer, Bella Tonkonogy, Gloria Coleman, Karoline Hallmeyer, Valerio Micale, Dario Abramskiehn, Tatiana Alves, Laura Jungman, Felipe Borschiver, Donovan Escalante, Divjot Singh, Saurabh Trivedi, Gireesh Shrimali, Vivek Sen and Vaibhav Pratap Singh

September 20, 2017
Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism

Ricardo Narvaez, Joseph Mabe and Angela Falconer

September 19, 2017
Green FIDC

Donovan Escalante, Paulo Todaro and Laura Jungman

September 19, 2017
Lab Instrument Analysis: CRAFT

Bella Tonkonogy, Gloria Coleman, Karoline Hallmeyer and Valerio Micale

September 19, 2017
Clean Energy Investment Trust: financial innovation for pension funds & insurers

Uday Varadarajan, Matthew Huxham, Brian O'Connell, David Nelson, David Posner and Brendan Pierpont

August 8, 2017
Overcoming barriers to institutional investments in renewables

Matthew Huxham, Uday Varadarajan, Brian O'Connell and David Nelson

August 8, 2017
The Next Step Towards Climate Change Mitigation: Improving Productivity of Brazil’s Agricultural Lands

Juliano J. Assunção

May 23, 2017
Lessons and Innovations to Spur Green Investment in Developing Countries

Jane Wilkinson

April 4, 2017
Reaching India's Renewable Energy Targets: The Role of Institutional Investors

Vivek Sen, Kuldeep Sharma and Gireesh Shrimali

December 21, 2016
India Innovation Lab for Green Finance: 2015-2016 Cycle Instrument Analysis

Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal, Gireesh Shrimali and Vivek Sen

October 25, 2016
Ecopec | Climate Smart Cattle Ranching (CSCR)

Tatiana Alves, Laura Jungman and Felipe Borschiver

September 30, 2016
Distributed Energy Generation for Cooperatives (DGC)

Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Laura Jungman

September 30, 2016
Sustainable Energy Bonds (SEBs)

Vivek Sen, Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Gireesh Shrimali

September 30, 2016
Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance - 2015-2016 Cycle Instrument Analyses

Valerio Micale, Karoline Hallmeyer, Jessica Williams, Donovan Escalante, Dario Abramskiehn, James Falzon, Chiara Trabacchi, Bella Tonkonogy, Angela Falconer, Randy Rakhmadi, Padraig Oliver, Federico Mazza and David Wang

June 27, 2016
Lab Instrument Analysis: Energy Efficiency Enabling Initiative

Valerio Micale, Karoline Hallmeyer and Jessica Brown

June 27, 2016
Beyond YieldCos

Uday Varadarajan, David Nelson, Andrew Goggins and Morgan Hervé-Mignucci

June 27, 2016
Improving Land Productivity through Fiscal Policy

Angela Falconer, Tiza Mafira and Guntur Sutiyono

December 16, 2015
Lab Instrument Analysis: Climate Investor One

Padraig Oliver and Gianleo Frisari

April 7, 2015
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance: Phase 2 Instrument and Synthesis Reports

Donovan Escalante, Arsalan Ali Farooquee, David Wang, Valerio Micale, Jeff Deason, Padraig Oliver, Martin Stadelmann, Chiara Trabacchi, Sarah Jo Szambelan, Angela Falconer, Gianleo Frisari, Fiona Messent, Federico Mazza and Rodney Boyd

November 24, 2014
San Giorgio Group Brief: Early Lessons on Introducing Energy Performance Contracts in Italy - Milan's Energy Efficiency Program

Valerio Micale, Jeff Deason and Morgan Hervé-Mignucci

September 3, 2014
Getting the most from your green: A case study for using public money effectively for large-scale renewable energy in California

Jeff Deason, Uday Varadarajan and Patricia Levi

July 1, 2014
Opportunities for a Green Bank in California

Jeff Deason, Karen Laughlin, Patricia Levi, Sarah Jo Szambelan and Uday Varadarajan

January 15, 2014
Mapping the World Bank Group Risk Mitigation Instruments for Climate Change

Valerio Micale, Gianleo Frisari and Federico Mazza

September 26, 2013
The Role of Development Finance Institutions and Development Banks in Scaling Up Green and Climate Investments

Barbara Buchner, Chiara Trabacchi, Claire Painter and Jane Wilkinson

September 4, 2013
The Role of National Development Banks in Catalyzing International Climate Finance

Diana Smallridge, Barbara Buchner, Chiara Trabacchi, Maria Netto, José Juan Gomes Lorenzo and Lucila Serra

March 27, 2013
Risk Gaps

Gianleo Frisari, Morgan Hervé-Mignucci, Valerio Micale and Federico Mazza

January 21, 2013
The San Giorgio Group Inaugural Meeting: Proposed Analytical Program

Barbara Buchner

January 1, 2012
Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Finance

Jessica Brown, Barbara Buchner, Gernot Wagner, Katherine Sierra, Miriam Chaum, Chris Faris, Angela Falconer and Chiara Trabacchi

November 23, 2011

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Blog

Scaling Climate Finance in China

June Choi

February 4, 2021
Climate Finance in Indonesia: Our top stories from 2020

Tiza Mafira

February 1, 2021
Debt-for-climate swaps — are they really a good idea, and what are the challenges?

Vikram Widge

January 6, 2021
Rethinking the future of rural energy in Indonesia amid COVID-19

Muhammad Ery Wijaya and Brurce Muhammad Mecca

July 28, 2020
Optimizing Public Payment Support to Enhance the Credit Rating of Renewable Projects in India

Gireesh Shrimali, Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Vinit Atal

June 29, 2018
Mobilizing Institutional Investment in Indian Renewables

Chavi Meattle

June 12, 2018
Solar Municipal Bonds: Unlocking India’s Energy Potential

Gireesh Shrimali and Saurabh Trivedi

June 7, 2018
Blending finance for risk mitigation

Valerio Micale

April 18, 2018
Greening institutional investment in India

Chavi Meattle and Labanya Prakash Jena

March 20, 2018
A recipe for $1 billion in sustainable investment

Barbara Buchner, Bella Tonkonogy and Ben Broché

March 15, 2018
Blended Finance in Clean Energy: Experiences and Opportunities

Bella Tonkonogy

January 25, 2018
Financial institutions identify opportunities to accelerate climate action

Barbara Buchner

June 28, 2017
Powering climate action - the 2016 Fire winners

Gloria Coleman

November 28, 2016
A call for innovative green finance ideas to help India meet its climate goals

Gireesh Shrimali

November 24, 2016
Millennials: the new power generation fueling the future with clean energy

Uday Varadarajan

October 12, 2016
Proterra Electric Bus Battery Service Agreements

September 30, 2016
From Talking the Talk to Walking the Walk on Climate Finance

Ben Broché

April 18, 2016
Two instruments for attracting foreign investment to renewable energy in India

Gireesh Shrimali

March 17, 2016
Instruments of Change: Raising Investments for India's Climate Commitments

Gireesh Shrimali

December 18, 2015
Institutional Investors Can Help India Meet Its Climate Action Pledge

Gireesh Shrimali

October 8, 2015
Climate-Smart Lending Platform

Randy Rakhmadi and Angela Falconer

September 25, 2015
Rooftop Solar Private Sector Financing Facility

Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal, Vivek Sen and Gireesh Shrimali

September 25, 2015
FX Hedging Facility

Gireesh Shrimali, Arsalan Ali Farooquee and Saurabh Trivedi

September 25, 2015
Loans4SME

Vivek Sen, Labanya Prakash Jena, Gireesh Shrimali and Kuldeep Sharma

September 25, 2015
Water Financing Facility

Federico Mazza, David Wang and Padraig Oliver

September 25, 2015
Oasis Platform for Catastrophe and Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation

Chiara Trabacchi and Bella Tonkonogy

September 25, 2015
Investor Confidence Project

September 25, 2015
Developing Harmonized Metrics for PayGo Solar

September 25, 2015
Affordable Green Homes

September 25, 2015
Global Renewable Independent Power Supplier (GRIPS)

Rodney Boyd, Rodney Boyd and Federico Mazza

September 25, 2015
Charting a low-carbon course to economic growth

Maggie Young

August 13, 2015
How to spread new technology in agriculture: the importance of geographic conditions and learning-from-peers

Pedro Hemsley

November 7, 2013
What’s Next for Green Growth?

Thomas C. Heller

October 22, 2012
Thomas Heller: The new world order is green

Tim Varga

January 13, 2012

CPI in the News

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June 30, 2021
Meet The Entrepreneur Whose Kenyan ‘Airbnb For African Forests’ Just Raised $28 Million

Forbes

July 27, 2020
Food security’s large need for small doses of sustainable finance

Landscape News

June 23, 2020
Five trees or a latte? Coastal communities seek crowdfunding for mangroves

Reuters

April 7, 2020
How Coronavirus Could Help Us Fight Climate Change: Lessons From The Pandemic

Forbes

March 30, 2020
Catalytic capital: Reshaping risks and rewards to make markets work in 2020

Impact Alpha

December 19, 2019
Climate Change Lags Behind Other Issues On Charitable Giving Despite Large Donations

NPR

October 4, 2019
Miami Battles Rising Seas

The New York Times

February 20, 2019
Climate Policy Initiative reveals green financing tools for India

Business Standard

November 23, 2016

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Press Releases

New study calls for urgent increase in funding for climate action in cities

June 30, 2021
Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Launches New Program to Increase Impact Through Replication

May 10, 2021
Brazil’s first FIDC and CRI issued as climate bonds raise USD 50 million

April 8, 2021
The Lab selects six new ideas that create climate investment opportunities for a sustainable economic recovery in emerging economies

March 2, 2021
Report: China Requires Innovative Approaches to Scale up Climate Finance

February 4, 2021
The Lab opens call for innovative climate finance ideas

November 6, 2020
The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action and green recovery

September 29, 2020
The Lab’s 41 climate finance instruments accomplish $2 billion in sustainable investment

December 13, 2019
Investors launch new solutions for climate action targeting blue carbon, clean energy access, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable cities in developing countries

October 2, 2019
Investor initiative chooses ideas that will mobilize investment for sustainable cities, energy access, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture in developing countries

March 5, 2019
Investors launch new financial instruments for low-carbon transit, sustainable land use, and clean energy in developing countries

September 27, 2018
The Lab’s 2018 class of nine innovative vehicles for sustainable investment makes progress towards launch

May 30, 2018
The Lab is named one of the "Top 11 Best Bets" of the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition

December 20, 2017
The Lab launches a new class of sustainable finance instruments

September 20, 2017
Pension funds and insurers could accelerate energy transition by lowering cost of clean electricity 17%

August 8, 2017
New class of transformative green finance instruments for India

February 24, 2017
Investor network launches three new instruments to accelerate millions to renewable energy and green growth in India, and opens a new call for ideas

October 25, 2016
Global coalition of governments, investors, and foundations launch four new financial instruments to catalyze billions for developing country climate action

June 28, 2016
The India Lab selects four innovative ideas to drive finance to renewable energy and green growth in India

February 25, 2016
India Innovation Lab for Green Finance, Supported by Business and Government Leaders, Opens Call for Ideas

November 23, 2015
India Innovation Lab for Green Finance, a New Initiative Supported by Government and Business Leaders, Seeks Innovative Ways to Drive Finance to Cleaner Growth in India

November 13, 2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies and partners launch third annual FiRe climate finance challenge

October 13, 2015
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance seeks new initiatives to drive billions of dollars to climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries

October 7, 2015

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Events

Scaling Innovative Climate Finance in China / 扩大中国气候金融创新线上讨论会

Virtual

March 17, 2021
Webinar: Scaling Innovative Climate Finance - Experience from the Lab

Webinar

November 23, 2020
Webinar: seleção de soluções financeiras inovadoras para o Lab 2021

Virtual

November 19, 2020
Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2021

November 18, 2020
Climate Investment Summit

November 3, 2020
The Lab: Demo Day 2020

October 22, 2020
CPI at COP25

Madrid, Spain

December 13, 2019
Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2020

December 3, 2019
Webinar: Chamada de Ideias Sustentáveis - The Lab

November 26, 2019
CPI at Innovate4Climate 2019

Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore

June 4 to 7, 2019
R20 Austrian World Summit 2019

Hofburg, Vienna

May 28 to 29, 2019
Scaling up Green Finance in Asia: The Role of Policies and Regulations

Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore

April 30, 2019
The Seventh Annual Meeting of the San Giorgio Group

Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

March 21 to 22, 2019
Chartered Banker Institute: Can Banks and Bankers Save The World? Green Finance and the Transition to a Low-Carbon World

Edinburgh, Scotland

February 28, 2019
Globe Capital 2019

Toronto, Canada

February 27 to 28, 2019
World Sustainable Development Summit 2019

India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

February 11 to 13, 2019
CAFRAL Program on Sustainable Finance

Colaba, Mumbai

June 14, 2018
Bus Karo 2018

India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

April 5 to 6, 2018
Webinar: Climate Finance 101

November 29, 2017
Webinar, Nov 21 – O Lab: Fomentando o Investimento Sustentável

November 21, 2017
30th anniversary of the Economics Graduate School (PPGE): Innovation in Agribusiness and Family Farming

November 9, 2017
Webinar: The Lab - Driving Sustainable Investment

November 2, 2017
AgriFin 2017 Forum: Financing Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture

London, UK

September 12 to July 13, 2017
Catalysts of the Climate Economy: A National Innovation Summit

Burlington, Vermont

September 6 to July 8, 2017
FT Climate Finance Summit: Scaling up Finance for Climate Action

London, UK

May 23, 2017
MIT Finance & Sustainability workshop

Cambridge, MA

April 3 to 4, 2017
UN Launch of New Financial Innovation Platform to Support Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations, New York

October 10, 2016
International Energy Conference

Vadodara, India

October 6, 2016
Webinar: Update on the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

September 27, 2016
Webinar: Tools and Strategies to Finance the NDCs

March 2, 2016
COP21 Side Event: Growth, the Driver of Climate Change Action

COP21

December 8, 2015
Learning Lab on New Utility Business Models and Electricity Market Structures of the Future

Boston

July 29, 2015
Investing in a New Climate

Palo Alto, CA

February 25, 2015

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