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Abha Nirula October 3, 2024 CoolPact Capital India Fund Arun Krishnan and Aanandita Sikka October 3, 2024 Structured Finance for Nature Norman Tilos, Benjamin Thomas and Ishrita Gupta October 3, 2024 The Landbanking Group Amanda Lonsdale, Jide Olutoke and Holly Page October 3, 2024 SPV for Silvopasture Scaling María Ruiz Sierra, Guillermo Martinez and Joshua Doyle October 3, 2024 Regenera Ventures Fund Amanda Brasil - Leigh, Ken Schell-Smith and Taarika Peres October 3, 2024 A Decade of Climate Finance Innovation: Impact Lessons from the Lab Barbara Buchner, Ben Broché, Carla Orrego, Jonathan First, Morgan Richmond, Amanda Brasil - Leigh, Ricardo Narvaez, Phillipe Kafer, Rosaly Byrd, Arun Krishnan, Haysam Azhar, Benjamin Thomas and Megan Sager September 25, 2024 2023 Lab Impact Report November 27, 2023 Low-Carbon Agriculture Transition Mechanism Phillipe Kafer and Pedro de Aragão Fernandes September 28, 2023 Impact Financing Facility for Climate-Focused Social Enterprises Arun Krishnan September 28, 2023 Lendable Decarbonization Fund Ricardo Narvaez, Amanda Brasil - Leigh and Haysam Azhar September 28, 2023 Climate Resilient Landscape Finance Megan Sager and Lara Rabinowitz September 28, 2023 Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund Morgan Richmond, Benjamin Thomas and Guillermo Martinez September 28, 2023 Social Infra Ventures Amanda Lonsdale and Elena Bagnera September 28, 2023 Reservoir Methane Capture Mechanism Manuella Cantalice, Pedro de Aragão Fernandes and Felipe Borschiver September 29, 2022 The Fund for Nature Amanda Lonsdale and Haysam Azhar September 29, 2022 Financing Steel Decarbonization Yash Kashyap and Vivek Sen September 29, 2022 Green, Affordable Housing Finance Kyle Blocher and John Michael LaSalle September 29, 2022 The Green Guarantee Company (GGC) Megan Sager, Elvis Wakaba, David Hazell and Lara Rabinowitz September 29, 2022 Climate Smart Shrimp Fund Ricardo Narvaez and Benjamin Thomas September 29, 2022 Climate Insurance-Linked Resilient Infrastructure Financing (CILRIF) Morgan Richmond and Angela Ortega Pastor September 29, 2022 Leveraging Policy Tools to Improve Impact of Financial Instruments in Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Rosaly Byrd October 18, 2021 Cooling as a Service (CAAS) with Virtual Cold Chain Assistant (VCCA) Divjot Singh October 4, 2021 The Smallholder Resilience Fund Kyle Blocher and Federico Mazza September 30, 2021 The ACT Fund Ricardo Narvaez and Cooper Wetherbee September 30, 2021 P-REC Aggregation Fund September 30, 2021 Data-Driven Energy Access for Africa Amanda Lonsdale and Matthew Solomon September 30, 2021 Amazônia Sustainable Supply Chains Mechanism Rosaly Byrd September 30, 2021 Guarantee Fund for Biogas Felipe Borschiver and Matheus Chacur September 30, 2021 Scaling Innovative Climate Finance Instruments: Experience from the Lab Bella Tonkonogy, Morgan Richmond and Jane Chu November 18, 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility Felipe Borschiver and Rosaly Byrd September 29, 2020 GreenStreet Africa Ricardo Narvaez and Cooper Wetherbee September 29, 2020 Climate Adaptation Notes Amanda Lonsdale and Morgan Richmond September 29, 2020 Conexsus Impact Fund Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe Borschiver September 29, 2020 GROVE: Forestry Smart Ledger Divjot Singh, Rajashree Padmanabhi and Muhammad Zeki September 29, 2020 Monetizing Water Savings Federico Mazza and Matthew Solomon September 29, 2020 Rural Prosperity Bond Paul Rosane September 29, 2020 Sub-national Climate Finance Initiative Hélène Van Caenegem and Jane Chu September 29, 2020 The Lab: 2018-2019 Cycle Instrument Analysis Dario Abramskiehn, Morgan Richmond, Ben Broché, Valérie Furio, Sarah Conway, Federico Mazza, Felipe Borschiver, Amanda Lonsdale, Valerio Micale, Hélène Van Caenegem, Soumaila Diakite, Rosaly Byrd and Randy Rakhmadi October 2, 2019 The Breathe Better Bond Initiative Ben Broché, Ricardo Narvaez and Valérie Furio September 27, 2019 Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Dario Abramskiehn and Morgan Richmond September 27, 2019 Restoration Insurance Service Company (RISCO) Federico Mazza 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 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 Caaporã | The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund 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 Battery Subscription Facility Saurabh Trivedi and Chavi Meattle September 28, 2018 Smallholder Forestry Vehicle Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline Hallmeyer September 10, 2018 Financing for Low-Carbon Auto Rickshaws Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Labanya Prakash Jena September 10, 2018 PopLuz | Distributed Energy for Social Housing (DESH) Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Rosaly Byrd September 10, 2018 Designing Technical Assistance Activities for Adaptation and Resilience Companies Karoline Hallmeyer and Bella Tonkonogy May 21, 2018 The Lab: 2016-2017 Cycle Instrument Analysis Joseph Mabe, Angela Falconer, Bella Tonkonogy, Gloria Coleman, Karoline Hallmeyer, Valerio Micale, Dario Abramskiehn, Tatiana Alves, Felipe Borschiver, Donovan Escalante, Divjot Singh, Saurabh Trivedi, Gireesh Shrimali, Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Ricardo Narvaez September 20, 2017 Green FIDC Donovan Escalante and Paulo Todaro 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 Lessons and Innovations to Spur Green Investment in Developing Countries Jane Wilkinson April 4, 2017 India Innovation Lab for Green Finance: 2015-2016 Cycle Instrument Analysis Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal and Gireesh Shrimali October 25, 2016 SunSHIFT Global Fleet of Modular Moveable Megawatt Scale Solar Assets September 30, 2016 The Matchmaker Service Labanya Prakash Jena, Jolly Sinha and Gireesh Shrimali September 30, 2016 Renewable Energy Scale-Up Facility (RESF) Bella Tonkonogy, Dario Abramskiehn and Valerio Micale September 30, 2016 Distributed Energy Generation for Cooperatives (DGC) Felipe Borschiver and Tatiana Alves September 30, 2016 Ecopec | Climate Smart Cattle Ranching (CSCR) Tatiana Alves and Felipe Borschiver September 30, 2016 Sustainable Energy Bonds (SEBs) Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Gireesh Shrimali September 30, 2016 Solar Investment Trusts (SEITs) Divjot Singh, Saurabh Trivedi 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 Lab Instrument Analysis: Energy Savings Insurance Valerio Micale, Martin Stadelmann and Leonardo Boni July 22, 2015 Lab Instrument Analysis: Climate Investor One Padraig Oliver and Gianleo Frisari April 7, 2015 More Publications + Blog Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Surpasses 100-Member Organizations April 29, 2024 Supported by CLIC, MazaoHub raises $200,000 from Lab proponent Catalyst Fund April 25, 2024 Seeking ideas to unlock finance for high integrity forests Phillipe Kafer and Haysam Azhar December 14, 2023 Gender-smart climate finance: Three things you need to know ahead of COP27 Rosaly Byrd and Elena Bagnera November 10, 2022 Blending finance for risk mitigation Valerio Micale April 18, 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 Powering climate action - the 2016 Fire winners Gloria Coleman November 28, 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 Instruments of Change: Raising Investments for India's Climate Commitments Gireesh Shrimali December 18, 2015 Global Renewable Independent Power Supplier (GRIPS) Rodney Boyd and Federico Mazza September 25, 2015 Affordable Green Homes September 25, 2015 Developing Harmonized Metrics for PayGo Solar September 25, 2015 Investor Confidence Project September 25, 2015 Oasis Platform for Catastrophe and Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation Chiara Trabacchi and Bella Tonkonogy September 25, 2015 Climate-Smart Lending Platform Randy Rakhmadi, Angela Falconer and Ricardo Narvaez September 25, 2015 Water Financing Facility Federico Mazza, David Wang and Padraig Oliver September 25, 2015 Loans4SME Labanya Prakash Jena, Gireesh Shrimali and Kuldeep Sharma September 25, 2015 FX Hedging Facility Gireesh Shrimali, Arsalan Ali Farooquee and Saurabh Trivedi September 25, 2015 Rooftop Solar Private Sector Financing Facility Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal and Gireesh Shrimali September 25, 2015 Six climate finance themes out of Lima that will shape 2015 Barbara Buchner December 17, 2014 Agricultural Supply Chain Adaptation Facility Chiara Trabacchi, Sarah Jo Szambelan and Angela Falconer September 26, 2014 Long-Term FX Risk Management Donovan Escalante and Gianleo Frisari September 26, 2014 More Blog + CPI in the News Organização internacional quer incentivar tecnologia para comercializar metano em hidrelétricas brasileiras O Globo March 4, 2022 How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change World Economic Forum February 8, 2022 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 Catalytic capital: Reshaping risks and rewards to make markets work in 2020 Impact Alpha December 19, 2019 Interview with Nico Wolf, CFO, Endless Energy – Winner of the EIT Climate-KIC Finance Incubator Competition EIT Climate-KIC March 27, 2019 Cooling as a service pegged as ‘top idea’ of 2019 HVAC&RNews March 12, 2019 Investing in China’s low-carbon transition, farmer financing in India, alt-consumer credit in Chile, six ideas for mobilizing climate finance ImpactAlpha March 5, 2019 Miami Battles Rising Seas The New York Times February 20, 2019 Institutional Finance Update: Climate Finance Flows on the Rise, but Improved Data Needed to Track Progress on Mitigation and Adaptation Pathways IISD SDG Knowledge Hub January 29, 2019 Climate Action Barometer: 12 Charts Explain Where We Are Today, and Where We Need to Be in 2020 World Resources Institute January 21, 2019 Nine financing structures to overcome barriers to low-carbon solutions ImpactAlpha February 23, 2018 Financing initiative to boost the renewable sector India Climate Dialogue February 23, 2018 New Finance Instruments Will Help Fund India’s Green Infrastructure Targets CleanTechnica November 21, 2017 More CPI in the News + Press Releases The Lab’s 10th cohort presents over USD 490 million in climate investment opportunities October 3, 2024 The Lab launches Pre-Seed Capital Facility to accelerate the implementation of climate finance solutions September 26, 2024 Lab to open 2025 call for innovative climate finance ideas on September 26 September 12, 2024 Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Celebrates 10th Anniversary with first-ever Lab Summit and blog series June 12, 2024 Climate Policy Initiative opens South Africa Office May 15, 2024 The Lab announces historic 2024 cohort to overcome climate finance barriers across the Global South March 14, 2024 Lab solutions surpass USD 4 billion in climate finance mobilization December 13, 2023 The Lab Kicks off its 10th Year with next Call for Ideas October 17, 2023 The Lab launches six new climate finance instruments to accelerate climate action in emerging markets September 28, 2023 India Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance along with IIT Madras and CPI Organize G20 side event to facilitate discussions on Mobilizing Climate Finance in India June 21, 2023 Convergence and CPI launch USD 12 million Catalytic Climate Finance Facility to accelerate the implementation of climate finance solutions May 9, 2023 Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance announces new class of ground-breaking solutions to drive public and private investment in emerging markets March 16, 2023 U.S. announces USD 2 million to support the Lab in developing financial innovation toward private investment in adaptation November 11, 2022 Applications open for the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance October 24, 2022 Innovators launch 7 new climate deals ready for the market, from sustainable steel to methane capture to green, affordable housing September 29, 2022 Accelerating climate finance — Lab leads innovation in finance with 7 new deals from methane to affordable housing to climate-smart shrimp March 3, 2022 Lab portfolio surpasses USD 3 billion in sustainable investment December 15, 2021 The Lab wins UN Global Climate Action Awards for Climate Financing October 12, 2021 The Lab launches six new finance solutions to drive climate action towards a net zero economy September 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 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 Among Top 100 Proposals Eligible for MacArthur $100 Million Grant February 20, 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 reaches $1 billion milestone in sustainable investment March 6, 2018 The Lab picks top finance instruments for action on climate change in developing countries, particularly Brazil, India, and in Sub-Saharan Africa February 15, 2018 The Lab is named one of the "Top 11 Best Bets" of the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition December 20, 2017 Investor group launches new investment vehicles for clean energy in India October 27, 2017 The UK government commits £50 million to the Climate Development and Finance Facility to help developing countries tackle climate change May 29, 2015 New Initiative Seeks to Unlock Billions in Private Investment to Tackle Climate Change in Developing Countries June 3, 2014 More Press Releases + Events Learn how to join the Lab in 2025 – Latin America and The Caribbean Program October 18, 2024 Learn how to join the Lab in 2025 - Brazil Program October 17 to 10, 2024 Learn how to join the Lab in 2025 – Africa, India, and the Philippines programs October 16, 2024 Learn how to join the Lab in 2025 October 16, 2024 The Lab Demo Day 2023 Virtual October 19, 2023 CPI at Climate Week NYC 2023 New York City September 17 to 24, 2023 Webinar: Seleção de ideias para o Lab 2023 November 30, 2022 Webinar: the Lab Call for Ideas 2023 November 29, 2022 The Lab Demo Day 2022 Virtual October 19, 2022 Webinar: Climate Investment Opportunities – Updates from the Lab June 8, 2022 Webinar: Accelerating Climate Finance for Sustaining Peace in Africa: Towards Integrated, Sustainable and Innovative Financing November 4, 2021 CPI at COP26 Glasgow, United Kingdom November 1 to 12, 2021 The Lab Demo Day 2021 October 20, 2021 Webinar: Enhancing impact of AFOLU finance instruments September 29, 2021 Webinar: Nature-based Solutions for Brazil’s Hydropower Sector September 14, 2021 Webinar: Investing in Smallholders' Regenerative Practices Virtual August 26, 2021 Introduction to the Lab Virtual August 25, 2021 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 The Lab: Demo Day 2020 October 22, 2020 Live Q&A: How to improve smallholders’ access to finance in sustainable farming systems Virtual Session June 3, 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 Driving private finance to achieve 1.5-degree objectives London July 1, 2019 CPI at Innovate4Climate 2019 Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore June 4 to 7, 2019 Innovate4Climate Frankfurt, Germany May 22 to 24, 2018 C40 Financing Sustainable Cities Forum 2018 New York April 10, 2018 Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit New York April 9 to 10, 2018 Webinar, Nov 21 – O Lab: Fomentando o Investimento Sustentável November 21, 2017 Webinar: The Lab - Driving Sustainable Investment November 2, 2017 MIT Finance & Sustainability workshop Cambridge, MA April 3 to 4, 2017 Webinar: Update on the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance September 27, 2016 Africa High-Level Bonn Challenge Roundtable Kigali, Rwanda July 26 to 27, 2016 Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Manila, Philippines June 9, 2016 Webinar: Tools and Strategies to Finance the NDCs March 2, 2016 COP 20 Side Event: The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance U.S. Center, UNFCCC Conference of Parties 20, Lima, Peru December 11, 2014 Webinar: New Finance Instruments that Can Drive Billions to Developing Countries October 7, 2014 Inaugural Meeting of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance London June 3, 2014 Selected ideas London June 3, 2014 More Events +
