Financial Innovation
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Deploying the trillions needed to address global climate adaptation and mitigation requires more than just shifting investments. It requires novel ways to attract and deploy those investments with financial innovation.
CPI researches and develops innovative climate finance policies, financial instruments, and business models that create measurable impact and can scale quickly. It has particular expertise in combining blended finance models with early-stage technical assistance to ensure bold ideas move from concept to implementation quickly and with as little risk as possible.
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Climate Finance Innovation for Africa
Meeting Africa’s climate finance needs will require significantly higher levels of investment, especially from the private sector. This publication provides a framework for how financial and non-financial solutions can be efficiently deployed to overcome barriers to finance and capitalize climate so...
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Cost of Capital for Renewable Energy Investments in Developing Economies
A credit guarantee facility could help address cost-of-capital issues for renewable energy, allowing countries with high solar potential to significantly increase their installed capacity.
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Vietnam Industrial Decarbonization Accelerator (VIDA)
A USD 24.5 million private debt fund financing mid-sized project developers bringing renewable energy solutions to Viet Nam’s industrial parks.
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2026 Catalytic Climate Finance Facility Impact Report
In under three years, the program has supported 17 scalable vehicles that have raised $308 million in new commitments since joining the program and unlocked more than $700 million.
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Unlocking Finance for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Indian Cities
Building on previous research on financing urban Nature-based Solutions in India, this report examines nine case studies to explore how financing and business mechanisms have been applied in practice, key implementation challenges, and lessons to inform future NbS investments.
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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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Connecting Capital within African Agrifood Systems
Drawing on CPI’s experience supporting both financial vehicles and agrifood enterprises, this report identifies high-impact, practical actions to help capital flow more effectively and strengthen Africa’s agrifood investment ecosystem.
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Closing the water finance gap: Five lessons from a decade of practice
Five lessons for closing the water finance gap, drawn from a decade of practice.
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From Commitment to Catalyst: Unlocking the Full Potential of VCEFs
With concessional climate finance becoming increasingly scarce, public funds must be deployed strategically to stimulate larger investments in emerging markets and developing economies.
