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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and KCB Bank Kenya Limited propose a 10-year, USD 96.9 million blended finance programme to increase climate resilience and reduce GHG emissions in Kenya. The programme targets 'hardest-to-reach' MSMEs and farmers, particularly in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), through a tiered vulnerability cluster framework. Key interventions include a USD 65 million CST facility consisting of concessional loans and a USD 20.3 million GCF guarantee to de-risk lending. The project aims to reduce 3.93 million tCO2e and reach 935,692 beneficiaries, with a strong focus on women-led enterprises and the integration of digital lending and climate risk assessment tools.

The 'Resilient Puna' project is a 6-year initiative in the Southern High Andes of Peru (SHAP) designed to restore and conserve 23,914 hectares of Puna ecosystems (peatlands, wetlands, and grasslands). The project focuses on enhancing the resilience of 60,715 direct beneficiaries, primarily Quechua Indigenous Peoples, by integrating ancestral knowledge with modern science to implement EbA measures and develop Climate Resilient Value Chains (CRVC). A central feature is the 'Puna Facility,' a financial mechanism managed by Profonanpe that provides non-repayable and repayable grants to local initiatives. The project also aims to mainstream EbA into national and regional governance, improve water security for over 2 million indirect beneficiaries, and achieve a mitigation co-benefit of 407,657 tCO2eq.

The project proposes an $810 million facility to overcome financial and technical barriers to compressed bio-gas (CBG) development in India. By providing a blend of ADB loans, GCF grants, and partial credit guarantees, the project aims to encourage participating financial institutions (PFIs) to lend to CBG developers. The initiative targets a reduction of 124 million tCO2eq over 10 years by replacing fossil-fuel-based compressed natural gas (CNG) and reducing crop residue burning. It includes a $10 million technical assistance component to build capacity in the CBG value chain, from feedstock collection to offtake.

The Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIF), developed by WWF and Finance Earth, aims to scale the transition to sustainable fisheries by providing consistent, upfront funding for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs). The fund addresses barriers such as inconsistent funding and low private sector participation by implementing a repayment mechanism based on the volume of fish purchased through FIPs. Supported by industry leaders including Cargill, Skretting, and the Walmart Foundation, the FIF is launching a pilot project to create a replicable global blueprint for blue finance.

The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 4 million tCO2eq over 15 years and increase the resilience of 250,000 rice farmers in 15 Thai provinces. It focuses on scaling up climate-smart technologies—such as Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) and Laser Land Levelling (LLL)—while addressing financial barriers through the creation of the Thai Green Farmers’ Facility (TGFF). The project integrates mitigation and adaptation by promoting water-saving practices and diversifying crops to combat increasing water scarcity and drought.

FAST-Infra is a public-private partnership involving banks, asset managers, governments, and development banks aimed at accelerating private investment in sustainable infrastructure in developing countries. The initiative is developing a sustainable infrastructure labelling system to guide governments, developers, and institutional investors, alongside four pilot market mechanisms: a technology-enabled securitization platform, a global off-take/revenue guarantee provider, an open-sourced managed co-lending portfolio programme, and a sustainable financing facility for national development banks.