The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

We’re thrilled to share that the 2025 Lab Call for Ideas has set a new record with 334 applications—a 70% increase from last year! ?? The top-ranked ideas, evaluated against the Lab criteria, must now submit their full applications by December 12. In February, Lab Members will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, to vote and select the nine groundbreaking ideas that will shape the 2025 Lab cohort. Stay tuned! ??? https://lnkd.in/dBYAJPzZ

? We are very proud that the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) has selected two Lab Alumni as part of their second cohort of grantees! ??Congratulations to Maelis Carraro and Maxime Bayen from the Catalyst Fund (2023 Lab Class) and Katie Retz and Sherwin Das from Energy Peace Partners (2021 Lab Class). ?? The CC Facility awards up to USD 500,000 to selected five grantees to test, structure, launch, and expand their climate finance solutions. ?? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dfipwihX

?? Learn from Experts: The Lab convened over one hundred climate finance practitioners for its 10th Anniversary Summit during New York Climate Week to reflect on the progress made in mobilizing climate finance over the past decade. In this blog, we highlight five key takeaways gathered from Lab members, observers, government agencies, development finance institutions, philanthropic organizations, and private sector institutions focused on sustainable investment in emerging markets. ?? Read the full blog post for deep-dive tips: https://lnkd.in/dCrn5pan Barbara Buchner, Ben Broché, Vikram Widge, Rachael Axelrod, Carla Orrego, Amanda Brasil-Leigh, Phillipe K?fer, Arun K., María Ruiz Sierra, Norman Tilos, Jonathan F., Megan Sager, Ricardo Narvaez C., Benjamin Thomas, Guillermo Martinez Currielche, Morgan Richmond, Joe Leavenworth Bakali, William Wallock, Peter Sweatman, Elvira Lefting, Andrew Johnstone, Pallavi Sherikar, Robin Guy, Michael Reddaway, Priya Shankar #climatefinance #climateinnovation #climateweeknyc #climateprojects

With COP29 Azerbaijan underway in Baku, we’re excited to spotlight the 2024 Lab class—our largest cohort yet! ?? Celebrating a decade of climate finance innovation, the Lab's 10th class showcases 10 groundbreaking solutions poised to scale up climate action in Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines, Uganda, and developing countries around the world. ?? The combined investment opportunities in this class total $490.5 million, targeting philanthropic, public, and private investors. ?? #climatefinance #climateaction #greenfinance #sustainabledevelopment #COP29 Impact Bank Mzansi Clean Energy Capital Traive Instituto Folio Grameen Foundation Regenera Ventures Fund by SVX MX ICLEI Africa The Nature Conservancy Forest Carbon Climake Coolpact Capital Advisors The Landbanking Group

?? Opportunity for fund managers! Our colleagues from ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator are taking applications for their 2025 cohort. Their program is designed specifically for climate fund managers.?Check it out ??

??The Lab’s 2025 Call for Applications deadline is coming up this Thursday! ??The Lab is looking for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult climate and sustainable development challenges and investment opportunities for a net zero and resilient economy. ?Proposed sustainable finance vehicles should offer returns for private investors, create jobs and other local economic benefits, sustain biodiversity, improve climate resilience and/or decrease emissions. ?? Submit your preliminary application by November 7th at 11:59pm PST. ?? https://lnkd.in/eK5XQeU

In an interview with Climate Home News reporter Matteo Civillini, CPI’s Adaptation and Resilience workstream manager Morgan Richmond explains that private investments in adaptation are likely vastly underestimated due to major tracking challenges. Using a more advanced tracking method, Climate Policy Initiative increased private adaptation finance tracked by more than four times from the USD 1 billion previously tracked from 2019 to 2022. While much more remains to be done to fully capture private sector investment in adaptation, the analysis represents a significant advancement towards better identification and visibility of finance flows, which will hopefully encourage more businesses and investors to engage in the adaptation space. ?? https://ow.ly/EAOj50TXwS2

?? Exciting News! ?? The IFC - International Finance Corporation is investing USD 1.2 million in the 2021 Lab instrument, Amazonia Viva (formerly the Amaz?nia Sustainable Supply Chains Mechanism)! We are very proud to see Lab member IFC and Lab proponents Natura and VERT Capital coming together to support sustainable economic development in the Brazilian Amazon, showcasing the transformative power of blended finance and public-private partnerships.

?? There’s still time to apply to be part of the Lab’s 2025 Class of Ideas! 9?? We will select nine innovative financial solutions seeking to overcome barriers to climate investments in emerging markets and support the transition to a net-zero economy. ???? 2?? The Lab will introduce a new two-phase application process to reach a broader pool of financial instruments. ??? Submit your preliminary application by November 7. ???? ?? https://lnkd.in/eK5XQeU

Norman Tilos, who leads the Lab’s Philippine program, presented the 2025 call for ideas in Manilla to an audience of climate finance innovators and experts. ?? For 2025, the Lab is seeking one innovative climate finance solution that mobilizes private climate finance investment in the Philippines. ?? The successful idea will focus on blended finance and financial innovation in nature-based solutions with the potential to scale across the Asia-Pacific region. UNDP Philippines and the Government of Canada support the Lab's regional program in the Philippines. ?? The deadline for applications is November 7th. https://lnkd.in/dbGzS29h