Leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development

The document highlights the necessity of private sector finance to meet the Paris Agreement's targets and the International Energy Agency's investment requirements for limiting temperature increase to 2°C. It provides a set of strategic lessons for governments and stakeholders to attract private investment, emphasizing context-specific approaches, public policy, risk-sharing measures, and the involvement of private actors in project design.

• Meeting the 2°C temperature limit requires cumulative low-carbon infrastructure investment of US$53 trillion by 2035, which translates to annual investments between US$780 billion and US$2.3 trillion by 2020 and 2035. Public sector funding is insufficient to cover these needs.

APA

Ellis, C., & Pillay, K. (2017). Leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/resource/working-paper-leveraging-private-sector-finance-forclimate-compatible-development

Chicago

Ellis, Charlotte, and Kamleshan Pillay. Leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2017. https://cdkn.org/resource/working-paper-leveraging-private-sector-finance-forclimate-compatible-development.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ellis2017leveraging, author = {Ellis, Charlotte and Pillay, Kamleshan}, title = {{Leveraging private sector finance for climate compatible development}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = oct, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/working-paper-leveraging-private-sector-finance-forclimate-compatible-development}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }