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The Climate Insurance Linked Resilient Infrastructure Financing (CILRIF) is a financial innovation designed to provide municipalities with long-term climate insurance and capital for resilient infrastructure. By linking insurance premiums to the implementation of adaptation measures, CILRIF incentivizes cities to invest in resiliency to reduce their long-term insurance costs and overall financing expenses.

The Climate Policy Initiative describes a proposed loan product delivered via a non-banking financial company (NBFC) to enable auto-rickshaw drivers in India to transition from renting conventional vehicles to owning electric ones.

This case study by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) proposes a 'Transitional Foreign Exchange (FX) Debt Platform' to enable foreign currency debt for the rooftop solar sector in India. It addresses the barriers that prevent small-scale project developers from accessing foreign capital, primarily the risks associated with currency fluctuations and the inability of these developers to access commercial hedging instruments due to poor credit profiles.

The Socio-Climate Benefits Fund (SCBF), proposed by Kaeté Investimentos, is a financial instrument designed to reverse small-scale deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by incentivizing the adoption of agroforestry systems among smallholders through long-term investment and training.

The Energy Efficiency Enabling Initiative is a proposed private equity fund designed to mobilize private investment in energy efficiency, particularly in emerging economies, by using donor-backed concessional equity and risk mitigation instruments to address the current funding gap.

The Climate Smart Shrimp Fund (CSSF), proposed by Conservation International, is a financial mechanism designed to help shrimp farmers transition to sustainable production systems while restoring mangrove ecosystems. The fund combines a technical assistance facility with a revolving debt facility to improve farm efficiency, reduce disease risks, and increase carbon sequestration.

The Financing Steel Decarbonization (FSD) instrument is designed to mobilize private finance for low-carbon technologies in the steel sector, specifically targeting technology adopters and providing technical assistance. It consists of two entities: the Steel Decarbonization Financing Facility (SDF), a blended debt fund, and the Steel Decarbonization Initiative (SDI), a service provider for project implementation.

The FX Hedging Facility is a customizable currency hedging product designed by the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance to reduce the costs of currency risk for foreign investors in India's renewable energy sector. By targeting 'tail risk' (extreme currency depreciation) rather than overall currency risk, the facility aims to mobilize foreign investment more efficiently than traditional subsidies or commercial cross-currency swaps.

The Green Affordable Housing Finance instrument, developed by Reall and the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, uses a coordinated system of construction and mortgage loan guarantees to incentivize local lenders to finance sustainable affordable housing for low-income households in Africa and South Asia.

The Rooftop Solar Private Sector Financing Facility is a proposed financial instrument designed to accelerate the deployment of rooftop solar PV in India by bundling small projects into structured investments to attract institutional investors and reduce the cost of debt capital.