by Julio Lubianco | Sep 29, 2022
Seven instruments seek to unlock USD 1 billion for climate action in challenging sectors through financial innovation with insurance, guarantees, credit scoring, and other financial tools The Lab now has a portfolio of 62 instruments, which have mobilized over USD 3.3...
by Kathleen Maeder | Sep 29, 2022
Steel is a highly emission-intensive sector responsible for around 10% of energy emissions in India, the world’s second-largest steel producer. Alignment with the Paris Agreement and India’s target to achieve net zero by 2070 will therefore require the sector to...
by Julio Lubianco | Mar 3, 2022
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...
by Julio Lubianco | Feb 4, 2022
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...
by Angel Jacob | Oct 4, 2021
More than 40% of food produced in India is wasted—cumulatively at the farm, transport, and retail level—before it reaches the customer (FAO Food Waste Index, 2021). One way to address the problem at the farm level is that farmers, especially smallholder farmers, are...
by Julio Lubianco | May 10, 2021
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...
by Rob Kahn | Oct 28, 2020
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...
by Julio Lubianco | Sep 28, 2020
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...
by Julio Lubianco | Sep 23, 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...
by Rob Kahn | Aug 31, 2020
New Delhi—The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (“the Lab”) is pleased to announce that ECube Climate Finance (ECF) has joined as a member of the Lab. ECF co-founders Harish HV and Shankar Venkateswaran will immediately join the Lab’s India panel. “ECF was...
by Julio Lubianco | May 27, 2020
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...
by Rob Kahn | Apr 7, 2020
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...
by Rob Kahn | Mar 12, 2020
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...
by Julio Lubianco | Mar 11, 2020
Yahoo News reports that the financial innovation program of New Energy Nexus announced that it is increasing its exposure in India by investing in the cKers Finance Sustainable Energy Bond (SEB). The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance endorsed SEB in 2017, via...
by Angel Jacob | Mar 5, 2020
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,...
by Julio Lubianco | Mar 5, 2020
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,...
by Julio Lubianco | Dec 9, 2019
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...
by Julio Lubianco | Nov 19, 2019
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...
by myoung | Sep 17, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO: The Innovations arm of the California Clean Energy Fund announced that it is investing $3 million in cKers Finance’s Sustainable Energy Bond issuance for India. These bonds are a new and innovative instrument, incubated by the India Innovation Lab for...
by Angel Jacob | Feb 23, 2018
A public-private initiative composed of experts in sustainable investment from governments, development finance institutions and the private sector — called the Lab — has picked a new class of investment vehicles to drive much-needed finance to low-carbon,...
by Angel Jacob | Nov 21, 2017
Two new green finance instruments launched at the end of October by the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance are intended to help India meet its green infrastructure goals. The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance is one of four “Labs” set up by The Lab, a clean...
by myoung | Oct 26, 2017
New Delhi, 27 October 2017 – The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance – a group of investors and government representatives that accelerates green finance instruments to meet India’s green infrastructure goals – launched two new instruments that could help catalyze...
by Anne Barkett | Jul 26, 2017
The Lab in India AboutMembersIdeasNews & EventsContact About Members Financing Steel DecarbonizationThe mechanism combines technical assistance, low-cost patient capital, and implementation stage support to prepare, invest in, and de-risk decarbonization technology...
by Angel Jacob | Jun 21, 2017
The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance – a group of public and private investors and finance experts on clean energy and green growth in India – continues to make progress on analysis and development of four innovative ideas for green finance instruments, with...
by Angel Jacob | Apr 30, 2017
Loans4SME is a 2015-2016 India Lab instrument that launched in April 2016 as a marketplace to catalyze cash-flow based loans for small businesses. Since July 2016, it has closed transactions with a total deal size of INR 38 crore, or USD $5.7 million. 80% of these...
by Angel Jacob | Mar 27, 2017
New Delhi – The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance has selected three new ideas for green finance instruments to move forward for further analysis, development, and preparation for piloting. The new instruments for the India Lab’s 2016-2017 cycle could help...
by wpengine | Dec 16, 2016
Delhi, India, 16 December 2016—Today, during a signing ceremony at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi, the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) initiative announced its formal launch. The launch of USICEF marks a critical milestone on the commitment made between the...
by Angel Jacob | Oct 25, 2016
New Delhi, 25 October 2016 Today, the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance (the India Lab) announced endorsement of three innovative investment vehicles that will help drive millions of dollars of needed investment to India’s clean energy and green growth targets....
by Wen Hoe | Oct 25, 2016
The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance (the India Lab) announced endorsement of three innovative investment vehicles that will help drive millions of dollars of needed investment to India’s clean energy and green growth targets. They include a rooftop solar...
by Wen Hoe | Sep 19, 2016
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...
by Wen Hoe | Feb 26, 2016
The India Innovation Lab builds on the successes of The Global Lab, but adapts them to India’s unique opportunities and challenges. Following a successful call for ideas, the India Lab has selected four new ideas for green finance instruments to move forward in...
by Angel Jacob | Feb 22, 2016
New Delhi – The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance has selected four new ideas for green finance instruments to move forward for development in the next phase of its inaugural year. Lab Members, consisting of experts from government, finance, renewable energy, and...
by Angel Jacob | Nov 12, 2015
Call for ideas to boost investment in green infrastructure in India to open November 23, ahead of COP21 NEW DELHI– Today, with the endorsement of the Government of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, a first of its kind initiative has been launched to...
by Wen Hoe | Nov 12, 2015
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 more
by Julio Lubianco | Mar 16, 2020
Financing for Last Mile Cargo Three-Wheeler Electric aims to unlock the electric three-wheel last-mile delivery market in India. This idea creates a debt financing platform to address the upfront cost barrier of obtaining delivery electric vehicles, and leverages a...
by Julio Lubianco | Mar 5, 2020
India has pledged to create a carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tons through 2030, for which it would require USD 15 billion annually. Mangroves can typically store four times more carbon than rainforests and are inexpensive – making them arguably the most efficient carbon...
by Julio Lubianco | Dec 19, 2022
by myoung | Feb 15, 2018
Electrification of transport in India is crucial to meeting the nation’s climate goals. The transport sector alone accounts for 13% of energy related carbon emissions and over 40% of the total particulate matter emissions in cities. Electrification of buses in public...
by myoung | Feb 15, 2018
India has 9 of the 10 most polluted cities in the world. Auto-rickshaw fleets in Indian cities on average are responsible for around 10% of this pollution. Also, most auto-rickshaw drivers opt to rent their vehicles instead of own them, due to the high cost of...
by myoung | Feb 15, 2018
To date, India has achieved 2.5 GW of rooftop solar installations, mostly on commercial and industrial roofs. In the residential market specifically, there is vast potential of over 60 GW, but only 0.5 GW had been installed as of March 2018. Although there are several...
by Angel Jacob | Oct 26, 2017
Around $40-50 billion of capital investment is required to meet India’s rooftop solar capacity target of 40 GW by 2022, an ambitious leap from current capacity of 1.3 GW. However, currently there are several key barriers which prevent the sector from attracting the...
by Angel Jacob | Oct 25, 2017
Sustainable energy projects in India – including distributed renewable energy (small-scale and off-grid solutions), energy efficiency projects for buildings or in industries, projects for increasing energy access, and projects to encourage sustainable...
by Angel Jacob | Jun 20, 2017
Cities in India need to invest heavily in climate mitigation and adaption projects. According to International Finance Corporation (IFC), India’s climate-smart urban infrastructure investment potential is USD 1.7 trillion by 2020. However, there is a huge financing...
by myoung | Oct 26, 2016
A formidable risk in the renewable energy sector is weather variability, especially for wind energy. Weather variability translates to revenue variability, which has a direct effect on the ability of projects to meet their debt obligations. Banks take a conservative...
by myoung | Oct 25, 2016
Meeting the Indian government’s target of 40 GW of rooftop solar power by 2022 will require significant financial resources, estimated at USD $34 billion. Even with a more realistic deployment target of 14GW by 2022, the solar rooftop sector would still need...
by myoung | Oct 25, 2016
The Government of India has set targets to achieve 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022. To meet this target, around USD 189 billion of investment will be required from 2016 to 2022. It would be extremely difficult to meet this investment requirement...
by myoung | Oct 25, 2016
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will require USD 44 billion in debt financing, to 2022, to harness the opportunities presented by renewable energy and energy efficiency in India. Currently, bank lending is the most common source of external finance for many SMEs...
by Julio Lubianco | Jan 22, 2023
