This report by the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System investigates the main barriers to the scaling up of blended finance for climate action in the Global South, and provides recommendations for how to address these.
This briefing to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women shows that climate finance flows remain largely exclusionary to women and girls. One of the reasons is that most climate finance is provided as loans, which are less accessible to women. It recommends different ways in which financing institutions can guarantee greater access … Continue reading “Gender-responsive climate finance: The key to just climate action and tackling inequalities”
This is an impact report about a fund in Bolivia that supports women-owned businesses to access the energy technology they need.
This paper shares lessons for donors, policymakers in beneficiary governments, and financial institutions on whether and how best to deploy blended finance in the clean energy sector.
This report explores ways to identify and mitigate energy transition investment risks in the low- and middle-income countries, pointing out 1) that better energy planning can attract greater investment in renewable energy, 2) that sustainable fuels will play an important role in delivering the energy transition, and 3) that the social dimensions of the transition … Continue reading “A Just and Inclusive Energy Transition in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies: Energy Planning, Financing, Sustainable Fuels and Social Dimensions”
This report identifies and analyses key risks and barriers to private-sector investment in interconnected mini-grids in Nigeria, and evaluates policy and financial instruments designed to address them.
This report highlights evdience on key unit economics drivers for clean cooking, with the aim to better articulate the value of clean cooking, reduce transaction costs, support actors across the ecosystem to capitalize on commercial and impact opportunities, and ultimately unlock more investment capital for the sector.