Private Finance
The private financial sector is a crucial component of achieving our global climate and sustainability goals, from the power of directing its own assets and investments, to its leverage in evaluating “counterparties,” in other words the clients and assets in its portfolios.
CPI collaborates directly with the private financial sector—asset managers, asset owners, banks, corporates, and insurers—to establish frameworks, increase transparency, and develop new financial models and instruments that accelerate the transition of global finance flows towards net zero emissions and climate-resilient development. The effectiveness of our private financial sector work is enhanced by CPI’s ability to bring key actors outside the private sector to the table, ensuring coordinated, mutually-agreeable approaches that accelerate adoption and implementation.
Featured work
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Private Financial Institutions’ Commitments to Paris Alignment
A thorough tracking and analysis of public commitments to address climate change from more than 350 private financial actors across four financial sectors (asset owner, asset manager, commercial bank, insurer).
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Private Financial Institutions’ Paris Alignment Commitments: 2022 Update
A thorough tracking and analysis of public commitments to address climate change from more than 450 private financial actors across four financial sectors (asset owner, asset manager, commercial bank, insurer).
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What Makes a Transition Plan Credible? Considerations for Financial Institutions
The brief highlights six necessary elements that every climate transition plan should address for a credible transition plan.
Latest work
Blog
Empowering Indonesia’s Path to Net Zero: Highlights from 2023
In 2023, momentum continued to build around Indonesia’s transition towards a more sustainable and net zero economy. Here are key highlights from our climate finance tracking, sustainable finance, and just energy transition workstreams to empower Indonesia’s path to net zero, as well as as a preview of what is in stock for 2024.
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Financing Green Buildings in Indonesian Cities
This report is the third of a three-part series by CCFLA to promote a better understanding of the financing barriers and solutions for implementing net zero carbon buildings. It assesses the current use of financial instruments that can promote the development of Indonesia’s green buildings sector. It also explores how national and subnational regulatory frameworks can address the identified barriers to private and public investment.
Data Visualization
Methane Abatement Finance
Bringing CPI’s recent Landscape of Methane Abatement Finance to life, this data visualization shows that funding for methane abatement is at its highest level yet, but needs to increase by at least 3.5x by 2030 and be targeted effectively to achieve global climate goals.
Blog
Developing a Legal and Regulatory Framework for Low Carbon Transition of Indian economy on the path to Net Zero
While India has ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and net-zero targets, it lacks a legal framework to achieve economy-wide net-zero targets. Despite policies like the National Action Plan for Climate Change, India lacks formal climate legislation. Recent sectoral laws promote renewable energy but lack a comprehensive focus on emission reduction. To address this, a net-zero bill has been introduced in the Indian parliament. A potential solution involves consolidating existing laws under a comprehensive Climate/Environment Act and redefining institutions to align with low-carbon objectives.
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The (Lack of) Control of Legal Deforestation in MATOPIBA: Regulation and Governance of Authorizations for the Suppression of Vegetation
CPI/PUC-Rio provides three recommendations to enhance legal deforestation control in the Matopiba region.
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Inclusive Climate Finance: Improving Access for Marginalized Populations in Indonesia
This report, developed in partnership with Hivos Indonesia, aims to assess the current climate finance landscape in Indonesia and explore possible ways in which climate finance can be mobilized to target the marginalized populations.
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Forest Restoration in Brazil: Essential Factors for Promoting Restoration at Scale
The new publication from CPI/PUC-Rio analyzes where, how, and why to promote the restoration of forests and other forms of vegetation, identifying three essential factors to drive large-scale restoration in Brazil.
Blog
Blog: Urban climate finance is a low-hanging fruit of MDB reform
Cities are not receiving the finance they need to adapt to the effects of climate change. Multilateral development banks, by leveraging their balance sheets and technical expertise, can be a cornerstone in attracting the financing needed for cities in low- and middle-income countries to realize their climate action plans.
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Public Financial Institutions' Climate Commitments: 2023 Update
This report examines PFIs’ approaches, commitments, and actions on climate finance in order to help identify gaps and opportunities for further action. In addition to tracking the commitments of largest PFIs, CPI has reviewed the climate strategies of 49 micro- to medium-sized PFIs in emerging markets and developing economies to identify examples of best practices.