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This report by NatureFinance and the World Bioeconomy Forum analyzes the current state and future potential of the global bioeconomy, focusing on the financial instruments and policy frameworks needed to transition toward a sustainable, nature-positive, and equitable economy. It proposes a strategic spectrum to categorize bioeconomic activities and highlights the critical role of international cooperation, particularly through the G20, to align finance with biodiversity and climate goals.

This fact sheet from the Climate Policy Initiative explains first- and second-loss facilities as credit enhancement tools used to de-risk climate and energy transition investments. It details how these layered capital structures absorb initial losses to attract private investment into high-risk sectors, the institutional capacities required to manage them, and provides examples of blended finance vehicles operating in emerging markets and developing economies.

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.

This guide by the Climate Policy Initiative defines grants as direct fund transfers used to support projects with low commercial potential or to make them investment-ready. It details the types of grants, the risks they mitigate, the providers involved, and the capacity requirements for recipients across different market maturity levels.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative and Yayasan Humanis dan Inovasi Sosial analyzes the climate finance landscape in Indonesia, specifically focusing on the structural barriers that prevent marginalized populations from accessing funds. It argues that current top-down approaches prioritize financier agendas over local needs and recommends a shift toward blended finance and targeted capacity building to ensure an equitable energy and climate transition.

The Green Outcomes Fund (GOF) is a pioneering climate finance instrument launched in January 2020 to incentivise investment in South Africa's green small, medium, and micro-enterprises (SMMEs). By using an outcomes-based payment model, the GOF provides grant funding to Catalytic Finance Partners (CFPs) who deploy private capital into green SMMEs, with reimbursements triggered by the creation of verified green outcomes, primarily permanent direct jobs.

This case study describes the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), a global technical assistance programme funded by the UK Government to help promising climate projects become more bankable and attractive to investors.

This conceptual review by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the role of risk and the cost of capital in utility-scale renewable energy investments, with a specific focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It analyzes how risk mitigation and transfer (RMT) instruments can be used to lower the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and improve the Net Present Value (NPV) of projects to attract private investment in developing countries.

The African Cities Water Adaptation Fund (ACWA Fund), a key instrument of the Urban Water Resilience Initiative led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), aims to finance innovative urban water resilience projects across 100 African cities by 2032. The fund employs a blended finance model—combining grants, concessional loans, equity, and debt—to address a $66 billion infrastructure investment backlog in sub-Saharan Africa. It operates through a three-stage process: developing city-region scale water resilience action plans, preparing and investing in a standardized 'investment menu' of low-cost solutions, and maturing these programs through standardized toolkits and policy reform to enable scaling.

The African Cities Water Adaptation Platform (ACWA Platform) is a pan-African coalition designed to accelerate urban water resilience across Africa. Led by WRI Africa and a diverse group of partners, the platform coordinates research, technical assistance, and advocacy to address projected tripling of water demand by 2050. It operates in tandem with the African Cities Water Adaptation Fund (ACWA Fund), a blended finance instrument providing grants and investments to transform strategic water plans into investment-ready projects.

This document outlines Impact Goal 3 of the WWF South Africa Strategy 2030, which focuses on mobilising new scales of finance to support people and nature. It identifies a significant global biodiversity finance gap and proposes three pathways: scaling up land and seascape finance opportunities, increasing private investment in bankable nature solutions, and improving financial inclusion for small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) and local community enterprises.