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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The Lab’s portfolio hits USD 5 billion, demonstrating scalable climate finance solutions for emerging markets
It includes more than USD 1.5 billion in investment from institutions within the Lab network and nearly USD 1.9 billion in private finance, representing commitments from more than 150 public and private investors.
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Unlocking Climate Risk Insurance: The Role of Public Development Banks
Rising climate risks demand stronger economic resilience. While vital for everything from small farms to infrastructure, insurance remains limited in EMDEs. Our report explores how scaling these solutions can protect physical assets and unlock capital for high-risk markets.
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DBSA: Financial instrument design for an effective carbon market in South Africa
The Development Bank of Southern Africa, in partnership with the FiCS Innovation Lab Incubator, has developed two novel financial instruments designed to transform carbon credits from complex assets into de-risked, bankable products.
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The Regenerative Agriculture Fund: A scalable blueprint for Agri-innovation in EMDEs
EMDE agriculture faces a double-bind: it’s a climate risk driver and its biggest victim. BDMG’s RA Fund breaks this cycle. Using a three-tiered approach to de-risk, empower, and align incentives, this model turns policy into reality. Download the report to explore the future of agri-innovation...
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Tracking Capital Mobilized by Innovative Climate Finance Vehicles
This methodology brief outlines the comprehensive approach CPI has established for tracking capital mobilized by CPI-supported vehicles.
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Unlocking Finance for Nature-based Solutions in Indian Cities
Guidebook and repository by the India Forum for NbS providing a three-step framework to assess policy, strengthen project models, and unlock finance for urban Nature-based Solutions in Indian cities. Includes best practices and stakeholder insights to support scale and investment readiness.
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A key to unlock billions in private investment: the GGG Guarantee Directory
The GGG Guarantee Directory, a product of the Green Guarantee Group, developed with support from the Climate Policy Initiative, is the first public, global platform designed to map, organize, and compare climate-aligned guarantee instruments.
