Op-Ed: Carbon Credits can be Used by Poor Farmers to Get Climate Insurance
Can we use carbon credits for poor farmers to get climate insurance? Jan Stockhausen, Chief Legal Architect at Etherisc and 2019 Lab proponent of Blockchain Climate Risk Crop Insurance, wrote about it for BeInCrypto. “The autonomous nature of blockchain...Webinar: Climate Investment Opportunities – Updates from the Lab
DOWNLOAD SLIDES The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance hosted a webinar to showcase opportunities for investment and provide updates on the progress and status of past Lab instruments. “Climate Investment Opportunities – Updates from the Lab” took place...
Project Finance for Nature-Based Solutions
Overview A project finance facility that aggregates high-integrity nature-based carbon projects with pre-purchase offtake agreements from high-integrity carbon credit buyers. The idea also proposes to include a technical assistance facility as a de-risking mechanism....
Climate Insurance-Linked Resilient Infrastructure Financing (CILRIF)
Overview Long-term climate insurance to cities at pre-arranged and below market rate premiums, linked to a financial product that would allow municipalities to invest in resilient infrastructure. The Problem Worldwide, communities and economies face increasing...
Climate Smart Shrimp Fund
Overview A USD 100 million revolving loan facility supporting SME shrimp farmers to adopt controlled intensification and other responsible aquaculture practices to increase shrimp yields and profits, while contributing to ecosystem restoration that offers mitigation...
Green, Affordable Housing Finance
Overview A green mortgage instrument that provides data-driven alternative credit assessments for IFC-EDGE certified green homes to underwrite borrowers with low and informal incomes. The Problem The market for affordable housing in Kenya remains critically...Accelerating climate finance — Lab leads innovation in finance with 7 new deals from methane to affordable housing to climate-smart shrimp
LONDON – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) has selected seven new climate finance ideas for its 2022 acceleration program. The Lab will develop cutting-edge financial concepts that tackle barriers to investment and unlock sustainable...How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change
Lab instrument The ACT Fund was featured in an article on the World Economic Forum website, authored by Brad Handler and Morgan Bazilian of the Colorado School of Mines, as an example of innovative approaches to using public funds can reorient their investment...Lab instruments mobilized USD 816 million in 2021
Lab instruments mobilized USD 816 million in 2021, making it the best Lab year so far for total mobilization figures. Since the Lab’s inception in 2014, Lab instruments have surpassed USD 3.2 billion in climate investments, with roughly USD 1 billion coming from the...Abiogás chooses managers for biogas guarantee fund
2021 Lab proponent Abiogás launched an open call to select a manager for the Guarantee Fund for Biogas, Monitor Mercantil reports. The Guarantee Fund for Biogas is a new financial instrument to accelerate biogas investments in Brazil. Abiogas aims to reach 30 million...Lightsmith Group Closes Inaugural USD 186 Million Growth Equity Climate Fund, the First to Focus on Climate Resilience and Adaptation
2017 Lab proponent Lightsmith announced the final closing of Lightsmith Climate Resilience with USD 186 million of commitments. Lightsmith Climate Resilience is the first private equity fund to have focused on climate resilience and adaptation, investing in...Lab portfolio surpasses USD 3 billion in sustainable investment
The 55 Lab-developed ideas have mobilized USD 3 bn in climate investments High engagement from the Lab’s member network of 70+ public and private financial institutions mobilized 6x in additional investment Recent portfolio progress includes investments in water and...Lab ultrapassa marca de USD 3 bi em investimentos sustentáveis
Green FIDC, primeiro instrumento acelerado no Brasil, contribuiu com USD 50 milhões do montante com conclusão da captação esse ano Laboratório Global de Inovação em Finanças Climáticas já desenvolveu 55 instrumentos em áreas como agricultura sustentável, energia limpa...CRAFT secures USD 100 milion from Green Climate Fund in adaptation finance for projects in six countries
Lab instrument CRAFT is one of the 13 new projects for mitigation and adaptation action selected by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and has secured USD 100 million. From the original announcement: “GCF’s commitment of USD 100 million in catalytic capital to CRAFT...From Concept to Commercialization: Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation in Emerging Economies
On November 9 2021 at COP26, Climate Policy Initiative participated in an event organized by UK BEIS on accelerating the commercialization of innovative approaches in developing countries, to support clean energy transitions and energy access. Dr. Barbara Buchner,...Scaling Private Finance for Climate Risk Adaptation: Bridging the Resilience Gap
On November 8th, CPI organized an event at COP26 on scaling private finance for climate risk adaptation, with the objective of hearing from investors and implementers from the network of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab). Dr. Barbara Buchner,...Webinar: the Lab Call for Ideas 2022
SLIDES The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is accepting proposals for innovative climate finance solutions to accelerate the transition to a Net Zero economy. The deadline for application is December 22. In this webinar, we cover the Lab’s 2022 cycle...TerraFund for AFR100 launches at COP26
2020 Lab proponent World Resources Institute partnered up with One Tree Planted and Realize Impact to launch TerraFund for AFR100 at the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland (COP26). Learn more about how it is funding 100 small-scale and locally led land...The Lab at COP26
The Lab network will be represented at COP26 during events that will cover emerging instruments to drive sustainable finance, approaches to closing the investment gap for climate projects, and other topics. Private Finance for Climate Risk Adaptation: Bridging the...El Lab abre convocatoria para ideas innovadoras de financiación climática
Las ideas deben abordar los obstáculos a la inversión climática en los mercados emergentes y al mismo tiempo apoyar la transición a una economía de cero emisiones netas de carbono. Las ideas seleccionadas recibirán siete meses de diseño de instrumentos, análisis de...Lab abre inscrições para ideias inovadoras de investimentos sustentáveis no Brasil
Inscrições para o ciclo de 2022 podem ser feitas até 22 de dezembro Ideias escolhidas serão aceleradas pelo Lab durante sete meses para desenvolvimento de instrumentos financeiros para dar viabilidade às soluções apontadas Empresas com agenda ESG, ONGs, instituições...The Lab opens 2022 call for innovative climate finance ideas
Ideas should address barriers to climate investment in emerging markets while supporting a net zero economy transition Successful ideas will receive seven months of instrument design, market analysis, and funder, investor, and implementation partner networking support...The Lab wins UN Global Climate Action Awards for Climate Financing
Award recognizes most innovative, scalable, and replicable examples of climate action Other than the Lab, the list of 11 winners includes Microsoft and the City of Paris Winning projects will be showcased during COP 26, in November BONN, Germany – The Global...The Lab Demo Day 2021
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance hosted a virtual Demo Day on 20 October to present its 2021 groundbreaking climate finance ideas to the world. Each year, Lab ideas represent the latest and greatest in sustainable investment, and...The Lab launches six new finance solutions to drive climate action towards a net zero economy
New instruments seek to unlock USD 380 million in climate finance for sustainable energy access, food systems, and urban infrastructure Virtual Demo Day will showcase solutions to investors on October 20 The Lab has now a portfolio of 55 instruments and celebrates USD...Webinar: Enhancing impact of AFOLU finance instruments
Download the presentation slides In the Climate Finance for Sustainable Agriculture: The Lab Webinar Series, developed for IFAD, the Lab presents some of its innovative financial instruments to catalyze greater investment into the sustainable agriculture sector,...Webinar: Investing in smallholders’ regenerative practices
Download the presentation slides In the Climate Finance for Sustainable Agriculture: The Lab Webinar Series, developed for IFAD, the Lab presents some of its innovative financial instruments to catalyze greater investment into the sustainable agriculture sector,...Introduction to the Lab
REGISTER NOW Next October, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) will open a call for innovative climate finance ideas that can unlock sustainable investments in emerging economies. Successful applications will be selected based on four criteria:...Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Launches New Program to Increase Impact Through Replication
The new program focuses on the scale-up of successful climate finance solutions in new markets For 2021, the Lab will support the replication of three initiatives from the Lab’s portfolio Brazil and India are the target markets for the new program’s first replication...Three Lab instruments with potential for replication in China
SAN FRANCISCO – In March, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) hosted the workshop “The Potential for Scaling Innovative Climate Finance in China,” in collaboration with the German Society for International Cooperation in China (GIZ China). This workshop was part of a...Brazil’s first FIDC and CRI issued as climate bonds raise USD 50 million (BRL 281.6 million)
RIO DE JANEIRO – Albion Capital and Órigo Energia announced the close of Green FIDC Solar GD, the first FIDC issued as a climate bond in Brazil, at USD 35.8 million (BRL 201.5 million). The announcement comes two weeks after the close of Brazil’s first Green CRI, a...
Data-Driven Energy Access for Africa
By 2030, nine out of ten people in the world without energy access will be in Africa. Decentralized renewable energy is one of the most cost-effective ways of scaling electrification, but due in part to stagnating investments in the space, the rate of energy access...
The ACT Fund
Africa is urbanizing rapidly. Africa’s cities will be home to an additional 950 million people in the next 30 years, yet there is an annual infrastructure funding gap estimated to be between USD 68-108 billion. Decisions made today on how the infrastructure to serve...
The Smallholder Resilience Fund
Africa’s smallholders represent the largest climate-vulnerable population on the planet. Their livelihood is entirely reliant on the environment, extremely vulnerable to even minor changes in temperature or rainfall. As a result, climate change threatens to have...The Lab selects six new ideas that create climate investment opportunities for a sustainable economic recovery in emerging economies
Selected ideas will tackle investment barriers in key sectors across Africa, Asia and Latin America Since 2014, the Lab has incubated 49 ideas that have mobilized USD 2.4 billion to date LONDON – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) has...Sub-national Climate Finance Initiative (Lab 2020) secures USD 150 mn commitment from GCF
The Lab is pleased to share the news that the Sub-national Climate Finance Initiative (SCF), one of the eight climate finance instruments incubated during the Lab’s 2020 cycle, has launched with an initial commitment from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) of up to...Research: Scaling Innovative Climate Finance Instruments–Experience from the Lab
Download the report: Scaling-Innovative-CF-Instruments-Nov-2020 The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab) identifies, develops, stress tests, and helps launch innovative financial instruments that address investment barriers and drive private finance for...The Lab opens call for innovative climate finance ideas
Climate finance entrepreneurs can apply for the Lab’s 2021 development cycle Ideas should address barriers to climate investment in emerging markets, as well as challenges for a post-COVID, green economic recovery The deadline is 22 December 2020; selected ideas will...Convocatoria: Laboratorio Global de Innovación para el Financiamiento Climático busca ideas en América Latina
Emprendedores pueden presentar sus ideas para el ciclo 2021 del Lab Las ideas deben proponer soluciones a obstáculos para la inversión climática en sus países Soluciones para una recuperación económica sostenible son bienvenidas La fecha máxima para enviar ideas es el...Lab abre inscrições de ideias inovadoras para atrair investimentos sustentáveis; ideias do Brasil têm programa especial
Empreendedores podem inscrever suas ideias de investimentos sustentáveis para o ciclo de 2021 do Lab Propostas com foco no Brasil são prioridade As ideias devem abordar as barreiras ao investimento sustentável, bem como os desafios para uma recuperação econômica verde...Webinar: seleção de soluções financeiras inovadoras para o Lab 2021
O Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance está atualmente recebendo propostas de soluções financeiras inovadoras com potencial para atrair investimentos climáticos. Essas ideias devem ser capazes de enfrentar alguns dos desafios mais difíceis do clima e do...Webinar: Scaling Innovative Climate Finance – Experience from the Lab
Date: Mon 23 November 2020 Time: 7a PT / 10a ET / 11a BRT / 16h CET Duration: 1 hour Register: Scaling Innovative Climate Finance Founded in 2014, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (“the Lab”) has incubated 49 innovative climate finance instruments that,...Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2021
Download the webinar slides here. The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is currently accepting proposals for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult climate and sustainable development challenges, especially...The Lab – Demo Day 2020
The Lab’s Virtual Demo Day 2020 presented this year’s class of 8 climate finance instruments to an audience of more than 300 funders, investors, implementation partners and other climate finance enthusiasts. If you missed the live session, no worries! We...Inside the scramble for solar financing as frontline public health clinics confront COVID
Lab instrument GreenStreet Africa was featured in an ImpactAlpha focus piece on the severe energy access gap for the majority of frontline public health clinics in sub-Saharan Africa, which don’t have electricity for refrigerators and medical devices, to charge phones...The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action and green recovery
Today, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) launched eight innovative finance solutions to drive private resources to climate action in developing economies. After a thorough process of analysis, development and stress-testing, these solutions are...
Demo Day 2020
THE LAB: DEMO DAY 2020 Investment Opportunities The Lab’s Demo Day introduced this year’s instruments to potential investors, funders, and implementation partners. About the investment opportunities The Lab’s class of 2020 targets four main areas: nature-based...Protected: 2020 Lab Endorsement Meeting Materials
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Forbes: Meet The Entrepreneur Whose Kenyan ‘Airbnb For African Forests’ Just Raised $28 Million
2018 Lab proponent Komaza has secured the first close of $28m of the company’s planned $33m Series B equity financing. This is one more step towards fundraising for the Smallholder Forestry Vehicle. “Komaza is a vertically integrated forestry company. We work on the...PAYS for Clean Transport: Analysis for Bus Electrification in Lima
28 May 2020 Lab instrument PAYS for Clean Transport recently released a study on the feasibility of electric bus conversion in Lima, which has one of the highest levels of air pollution in Latin America. Potential cost and carbon savings are significant. Congrats to...Live Q&A: How to improve smallholders’ access to finance in sustainable farming systems
Download presentation As a part of Global Landscape Forum Digital Summit, CPI Senior Analysts Daniela Chiriac and Tatiana Alves participated in a live Q&A session on how to improve smallholders’ access to finance in sustainable farming systems. Five entrepreneurs...
Member Spotlight: IFAD
One of the strengths that sets the Lab apart from other climate finance incubators is the diversity and involvement of its membership. While the Lab team provides analytical rigor, networking opportunities and management support to nurture Lab-endorsed...Water Finance Facility (WFF) signs MoU with WaterworX to expand sustainable water facilities in Kenya
Water Finance Facility, endorsed by the Lab in 2016, has signed an MoU with WaterworX to realise cooperation in the Kenyan Water and Sanitation sector. Beyond Kenya, WFF and WaterWorX will partner to build sustainable water facilities in developing countries and help...
Five trees or a latte?
2020 Lab finalist GROVE: Forestry Smart Ledger was featured by Reuters, in an article highlighting the catalytic potential of the instrument. GROVE “plans to launch an app and website in the next six months using blockchain technology to crowdsource donations...BASE announces winners of first CaaS incubator
Lab proponent BASE has announced the winners of the CaaS incubator, which aims to help organizations implement the innovative and disruptive Cooling-as-a-Service (CaaS) model, endorsed in 2019 by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. Applications for CaaS...Enabling Low Emission and Climate Resilient African Communities at Scale Through Credit Scoring Application
Enabling Climate Resilient African Communities Through Credit Scoring is a novel credit scoring and portfolio monitoring application that helps distributed energy companies underwrite solar-powered productive use equipment and monitor portfolio health, by helping...New Energy Nexus grows investment to build cKers Finance Sustainable Energy Bond
New Delhi — New Energy Nexus recently announced that it is increasing its exposure in India by investing in the cKers Finance Sustainable Energy Bond (SEB), a specialized green bond instrument developed in partnership with the Global Innovation Lab for Climate...The Lab selects new green finance instrument to drive sustainable investment in India
India program also welcomes new members GoMassive Earth Network and RIDA Capital, and new observers AGNi and Startup India March 5, New Delhi – Today, members of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) announced the top green finance idea in India,...The Lab announces 2020 program winners to mobilize investment for sustainable cities, energy access, nature-based solutions, and sustainable agriculture
Mar 5, 2020 LONDON – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab), an investor-led initiative that identifies, develops, and launches promising solutions to drive critical public and private investment to action on climate change in developing countries,...The Lab Among Top 100 Proposals Eligible for MacArthur $100 Million Grant
San Francisco, California, United States — The MacArthur Foundation today unveiled The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) as one of the top 100 highest-scoring proposals in its second 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help...Lab proponent BASE to host matchmaking event for Cooling as a Service in Cape Town
Lab proponent BASE is hosting the first-ever matchmaking event for Cooling as a Service, March 9 in Cape Town. The event will include round table sessions to help South African providers, end-users, and funders of cooling technology learn more about the CaaS model....BASE launches Cooling as a Service Incubator and opens call for applications
Lab proponent BASE is accepting applications for the recently launched Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Incubator. It aims to help organizations implement the innovative and disruptive CaaS model, endorsed in 2019 by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. Learn...The Lab’s 41 climate finance instruments accomplish $2 billion in sustainable investment
Since 2014, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has launched 41 innovative climate finance instruments that have collectively mobilized $2 billion in investments from public and private investors. It is currently accepting ideas of innovative instruments for...Lab busca ideias inovadoras de instrumentos financeiros para o ciclo 2020
O Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (Lab) está buscando ideias de instrumentos inovadores de investimento sustentável para projetos de mitigação e adaptação climática em países em desenvolvimento. Este ano, há uma chamada especial para ideias de acesso à...The Lab at COP25
Experts from the Lab network will host and present at several events at COP25 that cover the Lab and innovative instruments to drive sustainable finance, as well as the global landscape of climate finance, climate alignment in the financial sector, approaches to...Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2020
Download here the presentation for this webinar. The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is currently accepting proposals for financial instruments that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult sustainable development challenges. In five...The Lab partners with the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP25
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) is pleased to announce a partnership with the 10th Sustainable Innovation Forum 2019 convened alongside the UNFCCC’s COP 25. The Forum has a reputation as one of the largest business focused event at COP,...BASE has launched the Cooling as a Service Alliance
Cooling as a Service (CaaS), endorsed by the Lab in September as part of the 2019 cycle, is launching the CaaS Alliance, a partnership between technology providers, cooling customers, investors, and other stakeholders in the model. The alliance aims to create a...The New Times: Rwanda’s solar energy ambition receives $9 million boost
The 2019 Lab Instrument Solar Securitization for Rwanda was featured in The New Times, a newspaper from Rwanda. The article describes how the instrument fits into the country’s energy ambition and says that “by 2024, off-grid solutions will contribute up...Business Green: Major investors embark on green farming, cities, and clean energy financing drive
Business Green, a UK’s specialized media outlet on green economy and environmental issues, has published a note about the Lab’s 2019 endorsement meeting, which took place on October 2nd at The Rockefeller Foundation, in New York. It quotes Lab director...Investors launch new solutions for climate action targeting blue carbon, clean energy access, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable cities in developing countries
Today, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance announced the endorsement and launch of six innovative financial instruments for climate-related projects in developing countries. The Lab, an initiative of over 60 public and private investors and institutions,...Forbes: How Private Equity Can Fight Climate Change
Forbes interviewed Jay Koh, Co-founder and Managing Director of The Lightsmith Group and the proponent of 2017 Lab instrument CRAFT (Climate Resilience and Adaptation Finance & Technology Transfer Facility). He talked about how private equity can help address the...Marketplace: At UN Climate Summit, both anger and the need for money are palpable
Marketplace published an article about the UN Climate Summit telling how climate finance is a much more tangible topic than it used to be just five years ago. The publication quotes Barbara Buchner, Executive Director of the Climate Finance program at Climate Policy...Apolitical: Inside the innovation lab solving climate financing
Apolitical spoke with Ben Broche, program manager of the Lab, about the many climate finance instruments incubated by the Lab and how it “aims to create sustainable development financial products that are innovative to attract private investors and donor governments.”...2018 Lab instrument DESH signs MoU with municipality of Belo Horizonte
An instrument from the Lab’s 2018 cycle, Distributed Energy for Social Housing (DESH) signed a memorandum of understanding with the municipality of Belo Horizonte on July 22nd. DESH offers cheaper distributed solar energy for low-income tenants. Through this...
Instrumento do Lab de 2018, DESH assina parceria com prefeitura de Belo Horizonte
Instrumento lançado pelo Lab no Brasil em 2018, Distributed Energy for Social Housing (DESH) assinou um memorando de entendimento com a prefeitura de Belo Horizonte, no dia 22 de julho. O serviço oferece energia solar mais barata a condomínios de baixa renda. Através...Climate Investor One, 2015 Lab instrument, reaches final close at USD 850 million
Climate Fund Managers today announced the final close of the Climate Investor One Stichting Development Fund and Coöperatief Construction Equity Fund U.A. at a combined USD 850 million. The fund focuses on financing for renewable energy in emerging markets and...Investor initiative chooses ideas that will mobilize investment for sustainable cities, energy access, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture
LONDON – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, an investor-led initiative that identifies, develops, and launches promising solutions to drive critical investment to action on climate change in developing countries, has selected its top six ideas for 2019. At...Germany invests EUR 50 million in Lab proponent TCX for long-term FX risk management
11 December 2018 The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX) has announced that the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has invested EUR 50 million in TCX up to 2045. EUR 20 mln is a new investment and EUR 30 mln is an extension...IFAD and the Lab launch new partnership to drive finance to African smallholder farmers combating climate change
28 September, 2018 New York — Today, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) announced a new partnership that will help build...Oasis Platform to be used for catastrophe modelling in the Philippines and Bangladesh
2016 Global Lab instrument Oasis, an open source catastrophe modelling platform, is pleased to announce a major project funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety...Climate Investor One Third Close at USD 535 Million
Climate Fund Managers, the fund manager of the innovative blended finance facility Climate Investor One (CIO), announces the Third Close at USD 535 million. The Third Close increases the facility by an additional ca. USD 75 million. Climate Investor One, a 2015...Landscape News: Blue energy initiative restores cloud forests, boosts hydropower
Many companies are taking steps to lower their impact on the environment, but what if a greater number could be convinced that investing in restoration was worth their while? For environmentalists it is a compelling idea, and a new initiative by The Nature...CRAFT, a 2017 Global Lab instrument, receives USD 1.6 million from Nordic Development Fund and Global Environment Facility
Bonn, Germany – November 13, 2017 View the original press release from the Lightsmith Group here. The Lightsmith Group (Lightsmith) – the proponent of the 2017 Global Lab instrument CRAFT – today announced that it is receiving $1.6 million in funding from Nordic...Dinheiro Vivo: Inovação portuguesa no financiamento do clima apresentada em Nova Iorque
Get2C foi distinguida pela competição internacional The Lab, cuja sessão de apresentação decorre à margem da Semana do Clima de Nova Iorque. Read more:...Reuters: Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches
Latin American cloud forests, energy-saving street lights in Rio de Janeiro and sustainable cattle ranching in the Amazon will get a boost from new financial instruments to channel capital for tackling climate change, their backers said. The Lab, a network of programs...
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance AboutMembersIdeasNews & EventsContact About Members Data-Driven Energy Access for AfricaThe technology aggregates and leverages multiple data sources, including the customer repayment data and geospatial data layers, to...Climate Investor One announces first close at USD 412mn
Climate Investor One is the inaugural financing facility launched by Climate Fund Managers (CFM), and incubated and developed within the auspices of the Global Lab. It is the first of an intended series of climate finance initiatives designed to combat the detrimental...Open Data Hub Launches with Aims to Narrow $125 Billion Natural Hazard “Protection Gap”
The Launch of Oasis HUB introduces a transparent data exchange to accelerate the ability of communities to adapt and protect themselves against the worst disasters, backed by funding from Climate-KIC and H2020. The Oasis Platform was endorsed in June 2016 by the...Closing the Climate Protection Gap through Collaboration & Open Data
Total economic losses to property and infrastructure from natural disasters have averaged around USD $180 billion annually in the last decade, 70% of which are uninsured (Swiss Re, 2015). Ever-increasing climate-related disasters are driving up insured and uninsured...Netherlands Government commits EUR 10mn to Water Financing Facility, marking a milestone for water finance and climate adaptation
New York, April 26, 2017— Today, during a meeting of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, the Dutch government announced EUR 10mn for an innovative facility that will enable private finance for otherwise difficult-to-fund water projects in emerging markets,...Wall Street Journal on CRAFT and the Lab
Lightsmith Group, a new firm founded by former Siguler Guff & Co. partner Jay Koh, is getting closer to launching a private-equity fund to invest in protecting communities from droughts, floods and threats from a changing global climate. The New York firm is...MoMo4Climate opens first call for proposals
The Dutch private climate finance challenge ‘MoMo4Climate’ calls for fresh proposals. MoMo is interested in ideas that attract private investment for climate mitigation or adaptation programs. The challenge is to send a proposal that can attract private investors....Financial Times: The drive for a social purpose
“What if that bond in your fixed income portfolio not only paid you a decent interest rate but also saved a giant forest from succumbing to wildfires? What if your latest venture capital investment not only earned you a fat return but also provided jobs for...Energy Savings Insurance scales across Latin America and beyond
March 2, 2017— Energy Savings Insurance overcomes investment barriers to energy efficiency by providing an insurance product for projected energy savings for efficiency projects undertaken by small and medium sized enterprises. Endorsed by the Global Innovation Lab...Lab instrument helping to connect 500 African homes to solar each day
March 2, 2017–The Long-Term FX Risk Management instrument, developed and endorsed by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, aims to increase financing for low-carbon projects by providing foreign exchange and interest rate risk management instruments. TCX –...Oasis Platform pilot moves forward in Asia
March 1, 2017–The pilot of the Oasis Platform for Climate and Catastrophe Risk Assessment in Asia has passed the pre-selection process of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear...Reuters article: Could restoring Latin America’s cloud forests boost hydropower?
Cloud Forest Blue Energy Mechanism, new Lab instrument proposed by Nature Conservancy and Conservation International, featured in Reuters. Read moreUS-Brazil investor group picks three financial instruments that can drive funds for climate action
Rio de Janeiro, February 9, 2017 — Brazil aims to reduce emissions by 37% by 2025, mostly through changes in its land use and energy sectors. Like in many emerging economies, however, funding to meet these targets remains a challenge. This week, a group of public and...New Global Lab instruments in development
December 6, 2016, London – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has selected three new ideas for climate finance instruments to move forward for further analysis, development, and preparation for launching in its 2016-2017 cycle – a cloud forest conservation...Netherlands government commits development funding to establish Climate-Smart Lending Platform
The Climate-Smart Lending Platform will assist local lenders, including banks, microfinance institutions and cooperatives, adopt climate-smart lending practices and manage climate risk in their agricultural loan portfolios, while incentivizing the adoption of...Oasis Platform receives endorsement from two key players to take the pilot demonstration forward
November 15, 2016-The Oasis Platform for Catastrophe and Climate Change Risk Assessment, which works to provide access to transparent and standardized analytics to improve understanding and management of risks in regions vulnerable to extreme climate-related events,...UN learns from Lab model to launch Financial Innovation Platform to support Sustainable Development Goals
Dr. Barbara Buchner, Head of the Lab Secretariat, presented the Lab at a high-level finance gathering at the United Nations on Monday, October 10th. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said, “This global initiative can support the identification and piloting of innovative...Economist article: The green light
Economist features Energy Savings Insurance in article about the Green Climate Fund’s progress. Read moreInvestor network seeks powerful, actionable ideas to drive finance for a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy
Submit ideas at http://www.ClimateFinanceIdeas.org New York—Today, in the margins of Climate Week, a network of investors, governments, businesses, and foundations launched a call for ideas to accelerate finance for climate mitigation and adaptation. “Nations and...Green Climate Fund approves USD 21.7 million for Energy Savings Insurance to expand to El Salvador
1 July 2016 – In its first round of approvals this year, the Green Climate Fund approved funding for Energy Savings Insurance (ESI). The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) endorsed Energy Saving Insurance in 2015. It has been developed and led by the...Reuters: New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action
“The innovation lab has so far mobilized close to $600 million in seed money for initiatives from its backers, which include the British, Danish, Dutch, German and U.S. governments, as well as banks, foundations and other investors.” Read moreGlobal coalition of governments, investors, and foundations launch four new financial instruments to catalyze billions for developing country climate action
London, June 27, 2016—Today the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab) announced endorsement for four new investment vehicles that are ready to pilot in developing countries. This announcement is in partnership with The Lab members, including the Danish,...Philanthropy’s Role in Financing a Climate-Resilient World
The Rockefeller Foundation cites The Lab in a new commentary piece on philanthropy’s role in resilience finance. Read moreCan Philanthropy Spur the Massive Climate Finance the Developing World Needs?
The Lab and two of its funders, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Rockefeller Foundation, are mentioned as examples of innovative philanthropic solutions to scale up finance for development and climate needs. Read moreUSAID Partners with Climate Investor One
Climate Fund Managers, the Fund Manager to Climate Investor One recently announced a new association with USAID through their Power Africa programme. USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency working to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic...Climate Investor One sign first term sheet
During the Making Solar Bankable conference of 18-19 February 2016 in Amsterdam, Climate Investor One witnessed the signing of its first term sheet – a significant operational milestone in what has already been an exciting start to 2016 for Climate Fund Managers, the...Development Finance Magazine features The Lab model and instruments
Five new instruments to drive investment in developing countries have been chosen for development by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. Three ideas are based on enhancing climate resilience and two are mitigation-focused. The Lab selected the proposals in...The Lab selects six new ideas to drive finance for climate adaptation and mitigation
PARIS–The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has selected six new ideas for additional analysis, stress-testing, and development in the next phase of its second year. During its Call for Ideas, which was open from October 7th through November 7th, The Lab...Germany to provide €30mn to TCX for currency hedging instruments
PARIS – During the Lima-Paris Action Agenda from COP21, The German Environmental Ministry announced it will provide €30million to the hedging specialist TCX, one of the implementing entities of the Long-Term FX Risk Management Instrument alongside IFC. The Ministry...Dutch Government announces €50m commitment to Climate Investor One
PARIS—At COP21, during a launch event for Climate Investor One, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mrs Lilianne Ploumen announced a EUR 50 million commitment to the instrument. Climate Investor One (formerly...India Innovation Lab for Green Finance, a sister to The Global Lab
With the endorsement of the Government of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, The India Innovation Lab builds on the successes of The Global Lab, but adapts them to India’s unique opportunities and challenges. Read moreThe Rockefeller Foundation urges a scale up of private adaptation finance, calls for ideas to The Lab
In a piece titled, “It’s Time to Scale Up Finance for Climate Resilience and Adaptation,” The Rockefeller Foundation outlines why adaptation finance is more important now than ever. Read moreThe Lab featured on Environment and Energy TV’s On Point
Dr. Barbara Buchner discusses the need to scale up private climate finance, and the next round of The Lab. Read moreThe Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance seeks new initiatives to drive billions of dollars to climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries
Building on hundreds of millions of dollars in initial funding for Lab initiatives and G7 endorsement, The Lab is now launching a second cycle Submit ideas here, deadline: November 6th LIMA— Today, financial leaders gather in Lima, Peru to review pledges to provide...President Obama’s climate change action plan includes The Lab
At the United Nations on September 23, President Obama participated in the Climate Summit — a meeting of world leaders to showcase climate action commitments from governments, local leaders, and the private sector. Part of the White House action plan is to mobilize...The Lab seeks a Senior Associate
The Lab Secretariat is looking for a talented and a motivated individual at Senior Associate level. This position will play a key role in the initiative, and over the next year will work to help shape and launch the Second Lab Cycle, incorporating learning and...The World Bank features The Lab in climate finance lessons blog
Climate change presents serious and growing risks to the global economic system, with a number of recent studies showing the impact that climate change is already having on livelihoods and business models… Read moreG-7 voices support for The Lab
Group of Seven leaders met in Bavaria, Germany June 7-8. In the communique released following their meetings, the G-7 committed to accelerating access to renewable energy in developing countries by building on The Lab and other initiatives. Read moreThe UK government commits £50 million to the Climate Development and Finance Facility to help developing countries tackle climate change
London – The UK government has announced a £50 million commitment of existing funding to the Climate Development and Finance Facility that will help fast-track renewable energy projects in developing countries. The Climate Development and Finance Facility has been...The World Bank Decarbonizing Development Report Features The Lab Instruments
Stabilizing climate change entails reducing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. This report outlines three principles to guide countries in their efforts to create a zero-carbon future….. Read moreThe Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance launches four initiatives to drive billions in climate investment
Initiatives begin fundraising efforts, collectively raise over $100 million in initial funding NEW YORK – As nations work to address climate change, access to finance has emerged as a critical element particularly in developing countries, which are often unable to...ClimateWire features Energy Savings Insurance
From the article featuring The Lab instrument, Energy Savings Insurance: “The idea — which is among four proposals from nearly 100 applications — is to underwrite energy efficiency investments. The Inter-American Development Bank has pledged a $20...Michael Liebreich Held A Webinar On FiRe 2015
Michael Liebreich, the founder of Finance for Resilience (FiRe) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) held a webinar on FiRe 2015. Discussion topics included a background to FiRe, the different FiRe roles, the achievements of FiRe 2014 and what qualifies as a good...Banking Exchange: 5 “green” resolutions for bankers
From the article featuring The Lab: “A wave is building, formed of billions, even trillions of dollars in available financing for “green” purposes and projects. Banks and asset managers have seen an upsurge in the preference for “green” investments, exemplified...RMI Holds Kick-Off Event For Business Renewables Center
The FiRe winner “Business Resource Center (BRC)” launched by the Rocky Mountains Institute (RMI) hosted its kick-off event on 3 November in New York. With over 60 participants ranging from Fortune 500 corporations, project developers to service providers and...IDB blogs about The Lab and ASCAF
Kelle Bevine is Chief of Strategy within IDB’s Structured and Corporate Finance Department (SCF). She recently blogged about The Lab’s process and one of the ideas – the Agricultural Supply Chain Adaptation Facility. Read moreNew Initiative Seeks to Unlock Billions in Private Investment to Tackle Climate Change in Developing Countries
The UK, German, and U.S. governments today launch the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, a global public-private initiative that will identify, design, and support the piloting of new climate finance instruments with the aim of unlocking billions of dollars of...MaliVerde / MaliBuluu – The Savings Groups Nature-Based Solutions Climate Fund
MaliVerde / MaliBuluu – The Savings Groups Nature-Based Solutions Climate Fund is a US $1.2 billion fund designed to increase small-scale producers’ climate resilience through improving their access to credit. The fund utilizes community savings groups to create a...Great Sea Reef Development Company (GSR DevCo)
Great Sea Reef Development Company (GSR DevCo) creates an investment fund to support early-stage businesses and commercial projects contributing to the protection and restoration of the Great Sea Reef (GSR) in Fiji. The idea addresses the gap for equity risk capital...Accelerating Sustainable Public Lighting Africa
Accelerating Sustainable Public Lighting Africa is a rent-to-own delivery model that accelerates the installation of sustainable public lighting by overcoming financial barriers in areas that do not have resources to initiate street lighting at all. Through Energy...LandscapeCPR
LandscapeCPR is a sustainable farm development and asset management business to acquire and restore degraded farmland. Restored farmland becomes “nucleus farms,” which serve as the center for smallholder-outgrower operations to improve sustainable agriculture...
GreenStreet Africa Development Company
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the largest Energy Access gaps on the planet: Less than half of the region’s population has access to reliable electricity. This problem extends beyond households to civic life, where hospitals, schools and other essential services lack...
Monetizing Water Savings
Inefficient water use by agricultural producers in water-stressed regions of emerging markets is increasing the vulnerability of smallholder rural farmers in arid and semi-arid areas, while also affecting regional water supply and food production security. Improving...
TerraFund | Rural Prosperity Bond
In November 2021, TerraFund for AFR100 launched at the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland (COP26). Learn more about how it is funding 100 small-scale and locally led land restoration enterprises and non-profits across Africa at africa.terramatch.org. *** As...
Sub-National Climate Finance Initiative (SCF)
Over two-thirds of the global population is expected to live in cities by 2050. Urban infrastructure built over the next 30 years to accommodate this growth will largely determine whether the world locks in a high-emissions, non-resilient future or reaches global...MaliBuluu / MaliVerde
Overview MaliBuluu (Blue Wealth) / MaliVerde (Green Wealth) is a large scale grant fund mechanism for climate adaptation and mitigation projects for smallholder farmers and fishers in African countries. The majority of this group is not investable in by the...Clean Energy Bank for Smallholder Farmers
Overview The Clean Energy Bank for Smallholder Farmers aims to enhance income and as an extension quality of life for smallholder farmers in Nigeria, as well as increase clean energy access. It is a micro-finance facility that offtakes smallholder produce, returning...Cocoa Climate Resilience Fund
Overview Cocoa Climate Resilience Fund aims to accelerate climate adaptation measures for smallholder farmers in the cocoa sector in West Africa, such as shading and crop diversification. By financing these measures, the fund aims to protect and improve farmers’...Pact Global Solar Fund
Overview Pact Global Solar Fund aims to expand access to energy and accelerate economic development in emerging markets by providing low-cost consumer and small business finance solutions for solar home systems and productive use equipment. The Problem Over one...Blue Carbon Resilience Credit
Overview Blue Carbon Resilience Credit aims to mobilize finance for adaptation and resilience of vulnerable coastal communities. It is a hybrid blue carbon and resilience credit, where corporations seeking to offset their carbon footprint can buy credits to fund...Capital Markets Solutions for Urban Resiliency
Overview Capital Market Solutions for Urban Resiliency aims to drive critical investment to climate resilience infrastructure in cities in Latin America. It is a bond mechanism that pools small cities and municipalities to finance climate resilient projects,...
The West African Initiative for Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate change is impacting agricultural productivity in West Africa. Smallholder farmers, who supply up to 80% of produce in the region, are among the most vulnerable to its effects. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can offer smallholders a way to better absorb...
Blockchain Climate Risk Crop Insurance
In developing countries, only 20% of smallholder farmers have access to agricultural insurance coverage, and in sub-Saharan Africa this falls further to just 3%. At the same time, climate vulnerability of crops is increasing and smallholders have not yet fully...
Solar Securitization for Rwanda
Currently, 185 million people in East Africa are without access to electricity, relying on high-cost and carbon intensive diesel generators or hazardous kerosene lamps. Off-grid solar home systems offer a clean, reliable, and affordable energy solution for homes in...
Restoration Insurance Service Company (RISCO)
Mangroves are critical for climate adaptation and mitigation. Globally, mangroves protect more than 18 million people and lessen the flood damage to coastal properties and assets by more than US$ 82 billion a year. At the same time, mangroves provide enormous...
The Breathe Better Bond Initiative
Globally, four out of every five people living in cities are exposed to polluted and unsafe air. In addition, cities are a major contributor to climate change, responsible for around 70% of global CO2 emissions. And cities are growing. An estimated 2.5 to 3 billion...
Cooling as a Service (CaaS)
Limiting emissions from air conditioning and cooling systems is critical to achieving global climate goals. Space cooling accounts for 10% of global electricity consumption, and fugitive emissions of refrigerants like hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) can have 200-20,000...
Pay As You Save for Clean Transport
Electrifying transportation is critical to meeting climate goals. Electric transit buses offer a strong starting point: they have a compelling business case, and can reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. With declining battery costs and lower fuel and...
Green Aggregation Tech Enterprise (GATE)
Africa faces the challenge of providing electricity to 600 million people. Most sub-Saharan Africans without power live in remote areas. Mini-grids, small-scale systems that can operate without being connected to a centralized grid, represent an opportunity to provide...
Smallholder Forestry Vehicle
In Africa, 65% of land is affected by degradation, reducing the resilience of communities to drought, flood, and other effects of climate change. At the same time, as African economies grow and urbanize, demand for domestic industrial wood products continues to rise,...
Climate Resilience and Adaptation Finance & Technology Transfer Facility (CRAFT)
*In January 2022, the Lightsmith group announced the final closing of Lightsmith Climate Resilience, based on CRAFT. Read more. In addition to being selected to move forward in the 2016-2017 Global Lab cycle, CRAFT was also a finalist in the 2016 Fire Awards. Between...
Blue Energy Mechanism
Deforestation threatens food security, clean water, and the livelihoods of local communities. Deforestation also increases the probability and severity of extreme events such as flooding and landslides (World Bank, 2016). In addition, it is a key driver of climate...
Renewable Energy Scale-Up Facility (RESF)
Total renewable energy investment in developing countries falls far short of what’s needed to prevent catastrophic climate change and develop low carbon economies. In particular, renewable energy project developers in many emerging markets do not have access to the...
Water Financing Facility
Climate change poses a threat to water resources, particularly for poor communities who are more vulnerable to extreme weather events. To meet 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, annual investment in water supply and sanitation in developing countries needs to...
Greenfi | Climate-Smart Lending Platform
The productivity and income levels of many of the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers could be improved with better access to finance, modern technologies, and improved farming practices. Smallholder finance is growing in scale, but a USD 150 billion financing gap...
Oasis Platform for Catastrophe and Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation
Insurance, in the context of broader disaster risk management strategies, can increase community resilience and reduce recovery times when disaster strikes. Total economic losses to property and infrastructure from natural disasters averaged around USD 180 billion...
Energy Efficiency Enabling Initiative
Energy efficiency has enormous potential to help achieve global climate objectives, but current investment levels fall far short of what is needed to stay within a 2°Celsius climate scenario. The IEA estimates that USD 13.5 trillion in cumulative investment will be...Small-Scale Renewables Financing Facility
Small-scale renewable energy can play a key role increasing energy access and driving low-carbon development. However, obtaining adequate financing for small projects can be a major challenge. This instrument aims to increase investment in small-scale renewables from...Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA)
In addition to being selected as a shortlisted idea for the Global Lab 2015-2016 cycle, CEIA was also a finalist in the 2016 Fire Awards. Private investors require high-quality, vetted and de-risked projects that are “construction ready” (e.g. all permits, licenses,...
Energy Savings Insurance
Energy efficiency upgrades can make small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in developing countries more competitive and more productive, saving them money while reducing their emissions of harmful greenhouse gases. However, the market for such upgrades is typically...
Long-Term FX Risk Management
Currency risk is one of the biggest and most persistent barriers to renewable energy and climate investment in developing countries. In countries with underdeveloped capital markets, like the majority of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the only viable option is to...
Agricultural Supply Chain Adaptation Facility
Climate change threatens agricultural production, posing challenges to the stability of supply chains. Farmers will need to adapt their practices to become less vulnerable, but often lack skills, incentives, and access to medium- to long-term finance at affordable...Renewable Energy Platform for Institutional Investors (REPIN)
Renewable energy investments offer long horizons, predictable cash-flows, diversification, and excess yields. These attributes can align well with the needs of many institutional investors, a group that collectively manages over USD 70 trillion in assets. However,...
Climate Investor One
In recent years, many developing countries have established supportive regulatory frameworks for private investment in renewable energy projects. However, finance for these projects remains a challenge: Projects can fail or face severe delays due to lack of expertise...Debt Fund for Prepaid Energy Access
Almost 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. Off-grid renewable energy has the potential to significantly increase access to energy, however, lack of upfront capital to pay for these systems is a key barrier preventing this technology...