Tracking Climate Finance by Sector
CPI is the leading authority on tracking and analyzing climate finance flows. We work to assess the scale of finance, identify the main actors in the market, reveal investment gaps, and highlight opportunities to mobilize finance to fulfill investment potential in key sectors with the potential for positive climate impact.
Our sectoral climate finance tracking work covers a wide range of topics, including:
- the first comprehensive analysis of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems globally;
- a comprehensive analysis of commitments flowing to energy access in high impact countries;
- the first comprehensive assessment of methane abatement finance;
- and innovative methods to better measure finance for climate adaptation.
Featured work
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Landscape of Methane Abatement Finance 2023
The latest insights on global methane abatement finance covering trends in 2021 and 2022
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Landscape of Climate Finance for Agrifood Systems
This report presents the first comprehensive analysis of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems globally.
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Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023
This third edition of the biannual joint report by IRENA and CPI analyses investment trends by technology, sector, region, source of finance and financial instrument in the period 2013-2020.
Latest work
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Working Paper: Exploring Financial Institutions' Action on Methane
Methane abatement is a high-impact, underfinanced climate lever, and financial institutions are key to driving related investment. This working paper provides a review of the transition plans and climate disclosures of 10 leading banks and institutional investors across targets and implementation.
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From Data to Direction: CPI's Climate Finance Tracking Impact Highlights in 2024
This report highlights the impact of CPI’s Climate Finance Tracking Program in 2024, showcasing how our data and insights supported decision-making, guided investment, and strengthened understanding of global climate finance flows.
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Methane Abatement in Sustainable Taxonomies
This joint CPI–Climate Bonds Initiative report delivers the first cross-regional review of how five sustainable finance taxonomies cover methane abatement. It identifies gaps, highlights best practices, and provides guidance to drive investment into high-impact mitigation.
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Tracking the Quality of Climate Finance: From Theory to Practice
The growing interest in understanding climate finance quality requires clear ways to track it. This paper identifies practical indicators across project, market, and system levels, laying the groundwork for consistent evidence, comparison, and more strategic use of scarce public climate finance.
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Global Landscape of Energy Transition Finance 2025
This fourth edition of the Global Landscape of Energy Transition Finance, produced by IRENA and CPI, provides an updated view of global investments across renewables and wider transition sectors. With granular data and new supply chain analysis, it offers insights that help policymakers and investor...
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The Clean Energy Equity Investment Gap
Emerging markets and developing economies face a USD 215 billion annual equity gap for clean energy investment. This report highlights the critical role of equity, especially catalytic equity, in scaling projects, mobilizing private capital, and accelerating the net zero transition.
