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Davila and Caroline Dreyer October 22, 2019 The Lab: 2018-2019 Cycle Instrument Analysis Dario Abramskiehn, Morgan Richmond, Ricardo Narvaez, Ben Broche, 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 Solar Securitization for Rwanda Felipe Borschiver and Amanda Lonsdale September 27, 2019 Blockchain Climate Risk Crop Insurance Valerio Micale and Hélène Van Caenegem September 27, 2019 Restoration Insurance Service Company (RISCO) Federico Mazza September 27, 2019 The Breathe Better Bond Initiative Ricardo Narvaez, Ben Broche 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 Pay As You Save for Clean Transport Dario Abramskiehn and Alex Clark September 28, 2018 Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise (GATE) Joseph Mabe and Xueying Wang September 28, 2018 Smallholder Forestry Vehicle Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline Hallmeyer September 28, 2018 Caaporã | The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe Borschiver September 28, 2018 The Residential Rooftop Solar Accelerator Divjot Singh, Jolly Sinha and Gireesh Shrimali 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 Recent Hydropower Plants In Brazil Lead To Varying Local Economics Effects Juliano J. Assunção, Dimitri Szerman and Francisco Costa November 17, 2017 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 Green FIDC Donovan Escalante, Paulo Todaro and Laura Jungman September 19, 2017 Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism Ricardo Narvaez, Joseph Mabe and Angela Falconer September 19, 2017 Lab Instrument Analysis: CRAFT Bella Tonkonogy, Gloria Coleman, Karoline Hallmeyer and Valerio Micale September 19, 2017 Overcoming barriers to institutional investments in renewables Matthew Huxham, Uday Varadarajan, Brian O'Connell and David Nelson August 8, 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 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 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 Ecopec | Climate Smart Cattle Ranching (CSCR) Tatiana Alves, Laura Jungman and Felipe Borschiver September 30, 2016 Beyond YieldCos Uday Varadarajan, David Nelson, Andrew Goggins and Morgan Hervé-Mignucci June 27, 2016 Lab Instrument Analysis: Energy Efficiency Enabling Initiative Valerio Micale, Karoline Hallmeyer and Jessica Brown June 27, 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 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 More Publications + Blog 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 Broche 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 Broche 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 More Blog + CPI in the News 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 More CPI in the News + Press Releases 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 More Press Releases + Events 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 More Events +
