Neil Chin is a Senior Analyst at CPI, based in San Francisco. He is primarily focused on designing, evaluating, and scaling innovative solutions that accelerate global climate investment.  

Neil leads monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) of the UK Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3), a market mechanism that leverages private equity to mobilize finance towards low-carbon climate-resilient enterprises in emerging markets. He also supports the Climate Finance Tracking program by developing artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled tools to measure and raise climate ambition among public development banks. Additionally, Neil draws on financial modeling and impact assessment expertise to accelerate deployment of blended finance vehicles through the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. 

Prior to joining CPI, Neil worked with World Resources Institute (WRI), researching national and sub-national pathways towards net zero targets. He was also formerly a research assistant with the Northwestern Workforce Science Project, where he utilized machine learning and Big Data to examine linkages between higher education decisions and job market outcomes. Neil received his master’s degree from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and completed undergraduate studies at Northwestern University and the London School of Economics (LSE).