Tracking Climate Finance by Geography
As governments work to implement the Paris Agreement, they need to understand domestic flows of finance so they can better align them with their climate goals, identify gaps, and unlock the private investment needed for green, resilient development.
Our tracking work supports these efforts and is used to provide robust analysis of how much climate finance is flowing in and to high impact emerging economies at the regional, national and subnational level. We work directly with governments to identify the enabling conditions that are most likely to drive investment to support low carbon, climate resilient growth.
To date, more than 15 countries have used our methodology to track financial progress on NDCs, including:
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The South African Climate Finance Landscape 2023
The report aims to provide consistent information on current climate investments in South Africa to highlight existing gaps, spotlight opportunities, and provide a foundation to mobilize and scale climate finance.
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Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa
The most comprehensive overview of climate investment flows in Africa.
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Landscape of Green Finance in India 2022
An update to India’s first-ever effort to track green investment flows that measures both public and private sources of capital for FY 2019-20
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Landscape of Climate Finance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s climate finance landscape tracks mitigation and adaptation flows from 2019–2023, revealing gaps between investment needs and available finance. It highlights sources, uses, and priorities that support climate action in one of Africa’s fastest-growing and climate-vulnerable economies.
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Climate finance in China - can adaptation investment mirror the successes of mitigation finance?
Against a backdrop of more frequent and intensifying climate hazards threatening long-term growth and prosperity, China has built a robust enabling environment. The opportunity now lies in translating ambition into progress on adaptation finance.
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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.
