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This report by the Green Guarantee Group (GGG) provides a roadmap to scale the use of green guarantees to mobilize private capital for climate action in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It identifies systemic barriers—including regulatory constraints under the Basel Framework, currency risks, and data gaps—and proposes four primary recommendations to optimize guarantees as a catalytic investment tool to help meet global climate finance targets.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) examines the role of green guarantees in mobilizing private capital for the climate transition in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It identifies key structural barriers—including complexity, lack of technical assistance, high costs, and time horizon misalignments—and presents case studies of innovative solutions from organizations such as the World Bank Group, Green Guarantee Company, TCX, GuarantCo, and a partnership between Sida and IFU.