The Lab in Brazil
About
Driving finance for climate action in Brazil
Brazil aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 37% below 2005 levels by 2025, and by 43% by 2030. To this end, the country intends to achieve zero illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and to restore 12 million hectares of forests, while also increasing the use of renewables to 45% of the energy mix, among other measures. However, like in many emerging economies, funding to meet these targets remains a challenge.
To overcome this problem, in October 2016, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) established a local network of public and private investors and leaders to identify, develop, and launch transformative investment solutions that can drive funds for Brazil’s national climate priorities.
The Brazil program of the Lab was initially launched under the auspices of the Brazil-U.S. Climate Change Working Group in 2016 and is now funded by the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection, and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU), through implementation support from the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Climate Policy Initiative serves as the Secretariat and analytical provider.
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Impulsionando o financiamento climático no Brasil
O Brasil pretende reduzir as emissões de gases de efeito estufa em 37% abaixo dos níveis de 2005 até 2025. Para isso, o país quer atingir zero desmatamento ilegal na Amazônia e restaurar 12 milhões de hectares de florestas, ao mesmo tempo em que aumenta o uso de energias renováveis para 45% da matriz energética, entre outras medidas. No entanto, como em muitas economias emergentes, o financiamento para atingir essas metas continua sendo um desafio.
Para superar esse problema, em outubro de 2016, o Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (Lab) criou uma rede local de investidores e líderes dos setores público e privado para identificar, desenvolver e lançar soluções de investimento transformadoras que podem direcionar recursos para as prioridades climáticas brasileiras.
O programa do Lab no Brasil foi lançado em 2016, inicialmente sob os auspícios do Grupo de Trabalho Brasil-EUA sobre Mudanças Climáticas, e agora é financiado pelo Ministério Federal do Meio Ambiente, Proteção da Natureza e Segurança Nuclear da Alemanha (BMU), com apoio à implementação da Sociedade Alemã para Cooperação Internacional (GIZ). A Climate Policy Initiative faz a gestão do programa.
Members
Brazil Steering Group
Anja Wucke
Program Director, GIZ
Raquel Souza
Technical Advisor, GIZ
Brazil Panel Members
Marilia Rabassa
Finance Working Group Coordinator, ABSOLAR
Camila Ramos
Board Member and VP of Finance, ABSOLAR
Rodrigo Sauaia
CEO, ABSOLAR
Nabil Kadri
Chief of Environment and Amazon Fund, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Marcio Macedo
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Raphael Stein
Coordinator, Environmental Department, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Mauricio Moura Costa
Director, BVRio
Pedro Moura Costa
Founder and Director, BVRio
Morenno de Macedo
Caixa
Ana Toni
Executive Director, Climate and Society Institute (iCS)
Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
Chief Executive Officer, Desenvolve SP
Betina Ferraz
Chief Risk Officer, Deutsche Bank (DB)
Rui Fernando Ramos Alves
Head of Legal, Deutsche Bank (DB)
Anja Wucke
Program Director, GIZ
Raquel Souza
Technical Advisor, GIZ
Gustavo Amaral
International Fundraising and Market Relations Manager, Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG)
Cinthia H. de Oliveira Bechelaine
Effectiveness Manager, Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG)
Adauto Modesto Junior
Chief- Economist, Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG)
Camila Moreira de Castro
Presidency Advisor, Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG)
Paul Logt
Dutch Embassy in Brazil
Anibal Wadih
Managing Partner, GEF Capital
Tiago Gomes
Head of ESG for Latin America, GEF Capital
Luciano Schweizer
Senior Projects Coordinator, German KfW Development Bank
Gustavo Pinheiro
Low Carbon Economy Portfolio Coordinator, iCS
Orlando Lima
Financial Markets Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Diogo Bardal
Associate Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Oliver Page
Senior Climate and Environment Specialist, International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Fernanda Rocha
Senior Regional Technical Specialist, Rural Institutions for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Marcio Sztutman
Nature Based Solution Director, Partnerships for Forests (P4F)
Luiz Almeida
Global Manager, Partnerships for Forests (P4F)
Carolina Learth
Santander
Maria Gabriela da Rocha Oliveira
Head of Global Renewable Solutions, Shell New Energy Ventures
Ana Gutierrez
Climate Finance Senior Manager, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Karine Bueno
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Sustainable Banking Expert & PRB Implementation Programme Manager
Brazil Observers
Sebastian Sommer
GIZ
Matheus Amorim
Engie
Lutz Morgenstein
German Embassy in Brazil
Martin Schroeder
German KfW Development Bank
Renata Piazzon
Instituto Arapyau
Luis Laranja
Kaeté Investimentos
Fernando Russo
Meraki Fund
Keyvan Macedo
Natura
Sabrina Molina
Socopa
Anna Lucia Horta
Marcos Gambi
Paula Peirao
Tomas Kovensky
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Matheus Couto
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Danielle Carreira
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Reservoir Methane Capture Mechanism
A facility that finances methane capture technology in the turbined-waters of hydroelectric plants. The methane feeds biogas energy generators, providing multiple sources of revenue.
Amazônia Sustainable Supply Chains Mechanism
A mechanism to provide upfront finance for input providers in the Brazilian Amazon based on offtake agreements, conditioned on fostering sustainable supply chains that contribute to forestry preservation.
Guarantee Fund for Biogas Projects
The first guarantee mechanism that will provide financial guarantees on credit lines for biogas projects in Brazil, leveraging lending by private and public banks.
Off-balance sheet financing structure for energy efficiency performance contracting
The structure aims to unlock more than US $500 million in off-balance-sheet energy efficiency projects and serve as a lighthouse project for energy efficiency in Brazil. It provides capital for ESCOs and off-takers without compromising their balance-sheets.
Revolusolar
The organization seeks to promote the sustainable development of low-income communities in Rio, through distributed solar energy. With solar energy in a rental model, they operate a community fund to make energy affordable and sustainable.
Conexsus Impact Fund
The fund creates a business platform that can develop a variety of financial products tailored to specific communities and enterprises, addressing the gap in the way small-scale farms and forest-dwellers in Brazil access available financing.
Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility
The Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility provides customized bundled loans that match the farmers’ needs and takes into account specific ICLF parameters.
PopLuz | Distributed Energy for Social Housing
A vehicle to enable distributed solar energy for low-income tenants in Brazil who cannot make the investments or don’t have access to credit, by providing a robust legal and financial structure to make it an attractive and low-risk investment option
Caaporã | The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund
A fund to increase forest restoration in the Amazon by investing and providing technical assistance to restore degraded lands in smallholders’ farms with agroforestry systems and, at the same time, developing and facilitating sales of their products
Responsible Commodities Facility
A vehicle to promote the responsible production of commodities, particularly soy, in the Brazilian Cerrado biome, through incentives to plant in already cleared and degraded lands
Ecopec | Climate Smart Cattle Ranching (CSCR)
A business model to provide resources and technical assistance to intensify and increase cattle production in Brazil, while also restoring degraded pastures and forests, and decreasing deforestation
Green Receivables Fund (Green FIDC)
An instrument to package and securitize the cashflows of renewable energy projects and sell shares in local capital markets, providing long-term finance for projects in Brazil
Distributed Energy Generation for Cooperatives (DGC)
An instrument to finance distributed renewable energy systems in agricultural and transport cooperatives, which can help Brazil increase its share of renewables in its power supply and mitigate its carbon emissions
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Abiogás chooses managers for biogas guarantee fund
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Webinar: Seleção de soluções financeiras inovadoras para o Lab 2022
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The Lab Demo Day 2021
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Webinar: Nature-based Solutions for Brazil’s Hydropower Sector
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Brazil’s first FIDC and CRI issued as climate bonds raise USD 50 million (BRL 281.6 million)
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The Lab selects six new ideas that create climate investment opportunities for a sustainable economic recovery in emerging economies
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The Lab opens call for innovative climate finance ideas
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Lab abre inscrições de ideias inovadoras para atrair investimentos sustentáveis; ideias do Brasil têm programa especial
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Webinar: seleção de soluções financeiras inovadoras para o Lab 2021
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Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2021
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The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action and green recovery
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Live Q&A: How to improve smallholders’ access to finance in sustainable farming systems
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Projeto #Colabora: Brazilian initiatives to finance sustainability
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Valor: Plan wants to make ‘green’ investment feasible
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The Lab announces 2020 program winners to mobilize investment for sustainable cities, energy access, nature-based solutions, and sustainable agriculture
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Estadão: Banks unite to support sustainable projects
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The Lab’s 41 climate finance instruments accomplish $2 billion in sustainable investment
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Lab busca ideias inovadoras de instrumentos financeiros para o ciclo 2020
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Webinar: The Lab Call for Ideas 2020
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2018 Lab instrument DESH signs MoU with municipality of Belo Horizonte
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Instrumento do Lab de 2018, DESH assina parceria com prefeitura de Belo Horizonte
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Convergence awards grant to Albion Capital & Climate Policy Initiative to develop innovative asset-backed securitization for green projects in Brazil
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Folha: Fundo financiará agricultor brasileiro em US$ 1 bi para evitar desmatamento
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Financial Times: $1bn green bonds to boost sustainable Brazilian farming launched
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Responsible Commodities Facility, 2018 Brasil Lab instrument, launches at London Climate Action Week
July 4, 2019Today, Sustainable Investment Management Ltd (SIM) launched The Responsible Commodities Facility, a 2017-2018 Lab instrument, at London Climate Action Week. The instrument will supply international markets with a different class of soy that is not linked to any deforestation (including legal) in the Brazilian Cerrado. It aims to channel low cost loans to 600 farms, […]
Webinar, Nov 21 – O Lab: Fomentando o Investimento Sustentável
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Dinheiro Vivo: Inovação portuguesa no financiamento do clima apresentada em Nova Iorque
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Reuters: Climate investment incubator branches out into cloud forests, cattle ranches
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Three instruments move forward to drive investment for climate action in Brazil
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US-Brazil investor group picks three financial instruments that can drive funds for climate action
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Contact
Tatiana Alves
Brasil Lab Lead
tatiana.alves@cpirio.org