The Lab Kicks off its 10th Year with next Call for Ideas
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
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The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance will support a record 10 solutions in 2024.
San Francisco, 17 Oct 2023 – The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) launched today an open call for innovative solutions to address barriers to climate investments in emerging markets while supporting a net zero economy transition. The Lab will select ten ideas to develop in 2024. The deadline for submissions is December 27. Apply here .
2024 will mark the Lab’s tenth anniversary, and the upcoming class is set to be the largest ever. The Lab is introducing two new regional programs — one in Latin America and the Caribbean and another in the Philippines — and launching a new thematic stream targeting high-integrity forests.
The Lab, an initiative of over 70 public and private investors and institutions, accelerates solutions to drive private investment at scale and support sustainable development goals in emerging markets. Created in 2014, the Lab has launched 68 instruments that have collectively mobilized over USD 3.5 billion.
“We are thrilled to announce the Lab’s most prolific Call for Ideas to date, targeting a wide array of barriers to climate investment across the adaptation and mitigation spectrum,” ?said?Climate Policy Initiative’s Associate Director Ben Broché , who leads the Lab’s efforts. “We are particularly excited about our new themes and regions – supporting adaptation and the low-carbon transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, driving nature-based solutions in the Philippines, and finding financial solutions to protect the world’s remaining high-integrity forests.”
The five regional programs are:
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The four global themes are:
The Lab will host four informational webinars covering the application process, selection criteria, and the Lab process:
About the Lab
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance identifies, develops, and launches innovative finance instruments that can drive billions in private investment to action on climate change and sustainable development. Bloomberg Philanthropies , 联合国开发计划署 , Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada , Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz , the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero , Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the 美国国务院 fund the Lab’s 2024 programs. Climate Policy Initiative serves as the Secretariat and analytical provider.
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Samuel Goodman Communications Associate [email protected]
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Systems Ecologist at ESSA Technologies
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