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A Decade of Climate Finance Innovation: Impact Lessons from the Lab
September 25, 2024 -
Managing Currency Risk to Catalyze Climate Finance
August 27, 2024 -
Blended Finance and the Gender-Energy Nexus: A Stocktaking Report
Ayesha Bery, Robin Ivory, Ishwari Sawant, Ilsa Weinstein-Wright, William Wallock, Rosaly Byrd, Jide Olutoke and Yihan WangJuly 30, 2024 -
Approaches to meeting the Paris Agreement goals
July 2, 2024 -
Landscape of Guarantees for Climate Finance in EMDEs
February 22, 2024 -
Enhancing MDB-NDB cooperation: Understanding climate finance flows and Paris alignment
Neil Chin, Elena Bagnera and Nicole PinkoDecember 4, 2023 -
2023 Lab Impact Report
November 27, 2023 -
Proposal for a Global Credit Guarantee Facility
Kushagra Gautam, Dhruba Purkayastha and Vikram WidgeOctober 13, 2023 -
Low-Carbon Agriculture Transition Mechanism
September 28, 2023 -
Impact Financing Facility for Climate-Focused Social Enterprises
Arun KrishnanSeptember 28, 2023 -
Lendable Decarbonization Fund
September 28, 2023 -
Climate Resilient Landscape Finance
September 28, 2023 -
Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund
September 28, 2023 -
Social Infra Ventures
Amanda Lonsdale and Elena BagneraSeptember 28, 2023 -
Cost of Capital for Renewable Energy Investments in Developing Economies
Kushagra Gautam, Dhruba Purkayastha and Vikram WidgeJune 21, 2023 -
Climate Finance Innovation for Africa
August 11, 2022 -
Financial Aggregation for Cities
June 28, 2022 -
Exploring Viable Energy Efficiency Business Models in Indonesia
Muhammad Ery Wijaya, Muhammad Zeki and Albertus Prabu SiagianNovember 9, 2021 -
The Smallholder Resilience Fund
Kyle Blocher and Federico MazzaSeptember 30, 2021 -
The ACT Fund
Ricardo Narvaez and Cooper WetherbeeSeptember 30, 2021 -
P-REC Aggregation Fund
September 30, 2021 -
Data-Driven Energy Access for Africa
September 30, 2021 -
Amazônia Sustainable Supply Chains Mechanism
September 30, 2021 -
Guarantee Fund for Biogas
Felipe Borschiver and Matheus ChacurSeptember 30, 2021 -
The State of Cities Climate Finance
Priscilla Negreiros, Valérie Furio, Angela Falconer, Morgan Richmond, Kristiina Yang, Bella Tonkonogy, Aleksandra Novikova, Marianne Pearson, Ian Skinner, Sandrine Boukerche, David Mason, Jamie Boex and Jan WhittingtonJune 30, 2021 -
Recovery Bonds
Vikram Widge, Nicole Pinko, Dhruba Purkayastha, Vijay Nirmal Gavarraju and Arsalan Ali FarooqueeMay 10, 2021 -
Results-Based Financing
Donovan Escalante and Carla OrregoMay 10, 2021 -
Debt for Climate Swaps
Divjot Singh and Vikram WidgeMay 10, 2021 -
The Potential for Scaling Climate Finance in China / 中国扩大气候金融规模的潜力
June Choi and Thomas C. HellerFebruary 4, 2021 -
Scaling Innovative Climate Finance Instruments: Experience from the Lab
Bella Tonkonogy, Morgan Richmond and Jane ChuNovember 18, 2020 -
Enhancing Decentralized Renewable Energy Investment in Indonesia
Muhammad Ery Wijaya, Alke Rabinsa Haesra and Brurce Muhammad MeccaMay 14, 2020 -
Measuring the Private Capital Response to Climate Change: A Proposed Dashboard
Padraig Oliver, Alex Clark and Angela FalconerOctober 28, 2019 -
Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2019
Federico Mazza, Chavi Meattle, Rahul Barua, Valérie Furio, Jolly Sinha, Morgan Richmond and Caroline DreyerOctober 22, 2019 -
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 RakhmadiOctober 2, 2019 -
The Breathe Better Bond Initiative
Ben Broché, Ricardo Narvaez and Valérie FurioSeptember 27, 2019 -
Cooling as a Service (CaaS)
Dario Abramskiehn and Morgan RichmondSeptember 27, 2019 -
Restoration Insurance Service Company (RISCO)
Federico MazzaSeptember 27, 2019 -
Solar Securitization for Rwanda
Felipe Borschiver and Amanda LonsdaleSeptember 27, 2019 -
Blockchain Climate Risk Crop Insurance
Valerio Micale and Hélène Van CaenegemSeptember 27, 2019 -
Implementing Alignment: Recommendations for the International Development Finance Club
Alex Clark, June Choi, Bella Tonkonogy, Valerio Micale and Cooper WetherbeeSeptember 19, 2019 -
Alternative Investment Funds as a Potential Pathway for Refinancing Clean Energy Debt in India
Divjot Singh, Dhruba Purkayastha and Gireesh ShrimaliJuly 10, 2019 -
Developing a Guarantee Instrument to Catalyze Renewable Energy Investments in Indonesia
Randy Rakhmadi and Melisa SudirmanJune 3, 2019 -
Understanding and Increasing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries
Valerio Micale, Bella Tonkonogy and Federico MazzaDecember 13, 2018 -
Energizing Finance: Understanding the Landscape 2018
Federico Mazza, Chavi Meattle, Saurabh Trivedi, Randy Rakhmadi, Alke Rabinsa Haesra and Caroline DreyerNovember 12, 2018 -
Drivers and Challenges for Rooftop Solar Loans to Small and Medium Enterprises in India
Jolly Sinha, Sagar Srijan Joshi and Gireesh ShrimaliOctober 31, 2018 -
The Lab: 2017-2018 Cycle Instrument Analysis
Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Rosaly ByrdOctober 12, 2018 -
Responsible Commodities Facility
Federico Mazza, Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe BorschiverSeptember 28, 2018 -
Caaporã | The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund
Tatiana Alves, Rosaly Byrd and Felipe BorschiverSeptember 28, 2018 -
Smallholder Forestry Vehicle
Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline HallmeyerSeptember 28, 2018 -
Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise (GATE)
Joseph Mabe and Xueying WangSeptember 28, 2018 -
Pay As You Save for Clean Transport
Dario Abramskiehn and Alex ClarkSeptember 28, 2018 -
The Residential Rooftop Solar Accelerator
Divjot Singh, Jolly Sinha and Gireesh ShrimaliSeptember 28, 2018 -
Smallholder Forestry Vehicle
Bella Tonkonogy and Karoline HallmeyerSeptember 10, 2018 -
Financing for Low-Carbon Auto Rickshaws
Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Labanya Prakash JenaSeptember 10, 2018 -
PopLuz | Distributed Energy for Social Housing (DESH)
Felipe Borschiver, Tatiana Alves and Rosaly ByrdSeptember 10, 2018 -
Deep decarbonization by 2050: Rethinking the role of climate finance
Jessica Brown and Ilmi GranoffJuly 18, 2018 -
Transitional Foreign Exchange Debt Platform
Vinit Atal, Dhruba Purkayastha and Gireesh ShrimaliJune 18, 2018 -
Addressing Off-Taker Risk in Renewable Projects in India
Vinit Atal, Gireesh Shrimali and Vaibhav Pratap SinghMay 8, 2018 -
Getting to India’s Renewable Energy Targets
Labanya Prakash Jena, Chavi Meattle and Gireesh ShrimaliMarch 15, 2018 -
Supporting the Momentum of Paris
Padraig Oliver, Bella Tonkonogy, David Wang and Xueying WangMarch 7, 2018 -
Scaling up Rooftop Solar Power in India: The Potential of Solar Municipal Bonds
Saurabh Trivedi, Indro Ray and Gregor VulturiusFebruary 22, 2018 -
Blended Finance in Clean Energy: Experiences and Opportunities
Bella Tonkonogy, Jessica Brown, Valerio Micale, Xueying Wang and Alex ClarkJanuary 25, 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 NarvaezSeptember 20, 2017 -
Green FIDC
Donovan Escalante and Paulo TodaroSeptember 19, 2017 -
Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism
Ricardo Narvaez, Joseph Mabe and Angela FalconerSeptember 19, 2017 -
Lab Instrument Analysis: CRAFT
Bella Tonkonogy, Gloria Coleman, Karoline Hallmeyer and Valerio MicaleSeptember 19, 2017 -
Overcoming barriers to institutional investments in renewables
Matthew Huxham, Uday Varadarajan, Brian O'Connell and David NelsonAugust 8, 2017 -
Clean Energy Investment Trust: financial innovation for pension funds & insurers
Uday Varadarajan, Matthew Huxham, Brian O'Connell, David Nelson and David PosnerAugust 8, 2017 -
Lessons and Innovations to Spur Green Investment in Developing Countries
Jane WilkinsonApril 4, 2017 -
Reaching India's Renewable Energy Targets: The Role of Institutional Investors
Kuldeep Sharma and Gireesh ShrimaliDecember 21, 2016 -
India Innovation Lab for Green Finance: 2015-2016 Cycle Instrument Analysis
Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal and Gireesh ShrimaliOctober 25, 2016 -
Distributed Energy Generation for Cooperatives (DGC)
Felipe Borschiver and Tatiana AlvesSeptember 30, 2016 -
Ecopec | Climate Smart Cattle Ranching (CSCR)
Tatiana Alves and Felipe BorschiverSeptember 30, 2016 -
Sustainable Energy Bonds (SEBs)
Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Gireesh ShrimaliSeptember 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 WangJune 27, 2016 -
Lab Instrument Analysis: Energy Efficiency Enabling Initiative
Valerio Micale, Karoline Hallmeyer and Jessica BrownJune 27, 2016 -
Beyond YieldCos
Uday Varadarajan, David Nelson, Andrew Goggins and Morgan Hervé-MignucciJune 27, 2016 -
Improving Land Productivity through Fiscal Policy
Angela Falconer, Tiza Mafira and Guntur SutiyonoDecember 16, 2015 -
Lab Instrument Analysis: Climate Investor One
Padraig Oliver and Gianleo FrisariApril 7, 2015 -
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance: Phase 2 Instrument and Synthesis Reports
Donovan Escalante, Arsalan Ali Farooquee, David Wang, Valerio Micale, Jeff Deason, Padraig Oliver, Martin Stadelmann, Chiara Trabacchi, Sarah Jo Szambelan, Angela Falconer, Gianleo Frisari, Fiona Messent and Federico MazzaNovember 24, 2014 -
San Giorgio Group Brief: Early Lessons on Introducing Energy Performance Contracts in Italy - Milan's Energy Efficiency Program
Valerio Micale, Jeff Deason and Morgan Hervé-MignucciSeptember 3, 2014 -
Getting the most from your green: A case study for using public money effectively for large-scale renewable energy in California
Jeff Deason, Uday Varadarajan and Patricia LeviJuly 1, 2014 -
Opportunities for a Green Bank in California
Jeff Deason, Karen Laughlin, Patricia Levi, Sarah Jo Szambelan and Uday VaradarajanJanuary 15, 2014 -
Mapping the World Bank Group Risk Mitigation Instruments for Climate Change
Valerio Micale, Gianleo Frisari and Federico MazzaSeptember 26, 2013 -
The Role of Development Finance Institutions and Development Banks in Scaling Up Green and Climate Investments
Barbara Buchner, Chiara Trabacchi, Claire Painter and Jane WilkinsonSeptember 4, 2013 -
Risk Gaps
Gianleo Frisari, Morgan Hervé-Mignucci, Valerio Micale and Federico MazzaJanuary 21, 2013 -
Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Finance
Jessica Brown, Barbara Buchner, Gernot Wagner, Katherine Sierra, Miriam Chaum, Chris Faris, Angela Falconer and Chiara TrabacchiNovember 23, 2011
Blog
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Green Guarantee Group
September 30, 2024 -
Seeking ideas to unlock finance for high integrity forests
December 14, 2023 -
Climate Finance in Indonesia: Top 10 highlights from 2021
February 21, 2022 -
Scaling Climate Finance in China
June ChoiFebruary 4, 2021 -
Climate Finance in Indonesia: Our top stories from 2020
February 1, 2021 -
Rethinking the future of rural energy in Indonesia amid COVID-19
Muhammad Ery Wijaya and Brurce Muhammad MeccaJuly 28, 2020 -
Optimizing Public Payment Support to Enhance the Credit Rating of Renewable Projects in India
Gireesh Shrimali, Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Vinit AtalJune 29, 2018 -
Solar Municipal Bonds: Unlocking India’s Energy Potential
Gireesh Shrimali and Saurabh TrivediJune 7, 2018 -
Blending finance for risk mitigation
April 18, 2018 -
Greening institutional investment in India
Chavi Meattle and Labanya Prakash JenaMarch 20, 2018 -
A recipe for $1 billion in sustainable investment
March 15, 2018 -
Powering climate action - the 2016 Fire winners
Gloria ColemanNovember 28, 2016 -
A call for innovative green finance ideas to help India meet its climate goals
Gireesh ShrimaliNovember 24, 2016 -
Millennials: the new power generation fueling the future with clean energy
Uday VaradarajanOctober 12, 2016 -
Proterra Electric Bus Battery Service Agreements
September 30, 2016 -
Two instruments for attracting foreign investment to renewable energy in India
Gireesh ShrimaliMarch 17, 2016 -
Instruments of Change: Raising Investments for India's Climate Commitments
Gireesh ShrimaliDecember 18, 2015 -
Institutional Investors Can Help India Meet Its Climate Action Pledge
Gireesh ShrimaliOctober 8, 2015 -
Global Renewable Independent Power Supplier (GRIPS)
Rodney Boyd and Federico MazzaSeptember 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 TonkonogySeptember 25, 2015 -
Climate-Smart Lending Platform
Randy Rakhmadi, Angela Falconer and Ricardo NarvaezSeptember 25, 2015 -
Water Financing Facility
Federico Mazza, David Wang and Padraig OliverSeptember 25, 2015 -
Loans4SME
Labanya Prakash Jena, Gireesh Shrimali and Kuldeep SharmaSeptember 25, 2015 -
FX Hedging Facility
Gireesh Shrimali, Arsalan Ali Farooquee and Saurabh TrivediSeptember 25, 2015 -
Rooftop Solar Private Sector Financing Facility
Labanya Prakash Jena, Vinit Atal and Gireesh ShrimaliSeptember 25, 2015 -
Charting a low-carbon course to economic growth
Maggie YoungAugust 13, 2015 -
How to spread new technology in agriculture: the importance of geographic conditions and learning-from-peers
Pedro HemsleyNovember 7, 2013 -
What’s Next for Green Growth?
October 22, 2012 -
Thomas Heller: The new world order is green
Tim VargaJanuary 13, 2012
CPI in the News
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Food security’s large need for small doses of sustainable finance
Landscape NewsJune 23, 2020 -
Five trees or a latte? Coastal communities seek crowdfunding for mangroves
ReutersApril 7, 2020 -
How Coronavirus Could Help Us Fight Climate Change: Lessons From The Pandemic
ForbesMarch 30, 2020 -
Catalytic capital: Reshaping risks and rewards to make markets work in 2020
Impact AlphaDecember 19, 2019 -
Miami Battles Rising Seas
The New York TimesFebruary 20, 2019 -
Climate Policy Initiative reveals green financing tools for India
Business StandardNovember 23, 2016
Press Releases
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CC Facility opens new round of applications, deadline October 24
September 19, 2024 -
Lab to open 2025 call for innovative climate finance ideas on September 26
September 12, 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 -
Applications open for the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
October 24, 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 opens call for innovative climate finance ideas
November 6, 2020 -
The Lab launches a new class of sustainable finance instruments
September 20, 2017 -
New class of transformative green finance instruments for India
February 24, 2017
Events
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Learn how to join the Lab in 2025
October 16, 2024 -
Learn Why and How to Apply to the CC Facility
October 9, 2024 -
The Lab to host Four webinars for 2024 Call for Ideas
November 14, 2023 -
The Lab Demo Day 2023
VirtualOctober 19, 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
VirtualOctober 19, 2022 -
Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference
Tokyo, Japan; VirtualJuly 20 to 21, 2022 -
The Lab Demo Day 2021
October 20, 2021 -
Webinar: Enhancing impact of AFOLU finance instruments
September 29, 2021 -
Webinar: Investing in Smallholders' Regenerative Practices
VirtualAugust 26, 2021 -
Introduction to the Lab
VirtualAugust 25, 2021 -
Scaling Innovative Climate Finance in China / 扩大中国气候金融创新线上讨论会
VirtualMarch 17, 2021 -
Webinar: Scaling Innovative Climate Finance - Experience from the Lab
WebinarNovember 23, 2020 -
Webinar: seleção de soluções financeiras inovadoras para o Lab 2021
VirtualNovember 19, 2020 -
Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2021
November 18, 2020 -
Climate Investment Summit
November 3, 2020 -
The Lab: Demo Day 2020
October 22, 2020 -
CPI at COP25
Madrid, SpainDecember 13, 2019 -
Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2020
December 3, 2019 -
Webinar: Chamada de Ideias Sustentáveis - The Lab
November 26, 2019 -
CPI at Innovate4Climate 2019
Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, SingaporeJune 4 to 7, 2019 -
R20 Austrian World Summit 2019
Hofburg, ViennaMay 28 to 29, 2019 -
Scaling up Green Finance in Asia: The Role of Policies and Regulations
Heng Mui Keng Terrace, SingaporeApril 30, 2019 -
The Seventh Annual Meeting of the San Giorgio Group
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, VeniceMarch 21 to 22, 2019 -
Chartered Banker Institute: Can Banks and Bankers Save The World? Green Finance and the Transition to a Low-Carbon World
Edinburgh, ScotlandFebruary 28, 2019 -
Globe Capital 2019
Toronto, CanadaFebruary 27 to 28, 2019 -
World Sustainable Development Summit 2019
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, IndiaFebruary 11 to 13, 2019 -
CAFRAL Program on Sustainable Finance
Colaba, MumbaiJune 14, 2018 -
Bus Karo 2018
India Habitat Centre, New DelhiApril 5 to 6, 2018 -
Webinar: Climate Finance 101
November 29, 2017 -
Webinar, Nov 21 – O Lab: Fomentando o Investimento Sustentável
November 21, 2017 -
Webinar: The Lab - Driving Sustainable Investment
November 2, 2017 -
AgriFin 2017 Forum: Financing Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture
London, UKSeptember 12 to July 13, 2017 -
Catalysts of the Climate Economy: A National Innovation Summit
Burlington, VermontSeptember 6 to July 8, 2017 -
FT Climate Finance Summit: Scaling up Finance for Climate Action
London, UKMay 23, 2017 -
MIT Finance & Sustainability workshop
Cambridge, MAApril 3 to 4, 2017 -
UN Launch of New Financial Innovation Platform to Support Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations, New YorkOctober 10, 2016 -
International Energy Conference
Vadodara, IndiaOctober 6, 2016 -
Webinar: Update on the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
September 27, 2016 -
Webinar: Tools and Strategies to Finance the NDCs
March 2, 2016 -
COP21 Side Event: Growth, the Driver of Climate Change Action
COP21December 8, 2015 -
Investing in a New Climate
Palo Alto, CAFebruary 25, 2015
