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Collaboration in action: How to collectively work towards systems change

Impact Europe
This report examines how diverse capital providers collaborate to achieve systems change. It identifies catalytic capital as a pivotal tool for de-risking investments and mobilising private funds. Key findings highlight the necessity of trust, long-term partnerships, and shared metrics to overcome structural barriers and address the $4 trillion SDG financing gap.
Research
16 January 2026

UDB Currency Risk-Sharing Facility: Instrument design report

Climate Policy Initiative
The UDB Currency Risk-Sharing Facility manages foreign exchange risks for climate lending in Uganda. By combining partial hedging with tail-risk guarantees, it offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional instruments. This facility enables affordable local-currency financing while protecting the bank's balance sheet against significant Ugandan shilling depreciation.
Research
19 May 2026

Developing regional climate resilience investment plans and project pipelines: Implementation guidance to support regions through the Adaptation Investment Cycle

This guidance outlines the six-phase Adaptation Investment Cycle for European regions to develop Climate Resilience Investment Plans. It details how to address financing barriers, conduct economic appraisals, and structure bankable project pipelines, aiming to bridge the adaptation funding gap through strategic public and private sector engagement.
Research
10 September 2026

Guidebook: Mobilising private sector finance for climate change adaptation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
This guidebook provides a structured framework for designing and financing climate change adaptation projects in India. It addresses barriers to private sector participation, offers methodologies for risk and impact assessment, and explores diverse funding mechanisms, including blended finance, green bonds, and catastrophe insurance, to bridge the significant adaptation funding gap.
Research
1 March 2019

Opening the black box on the impact of inclusive credit

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
This report examines inclusive credit's impact using a five-factor framework: who, how, what for, where, and when. Drawing on 405 studies and machine learning analysis, it advocates for "precision credit"—matching product design to borrower circumstances—to move beyond average effects and ensure meaningful developmental outcomes in emerging markets.
Research
8 June 2026

Sovereign risk ceilings: Rethinking methodology through risk disaggregation

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
This report critiques sovereign ceiling practices in credit ratings for emerging market infrastructure. It proposes a disaggregated framework to assess eight specific transmission channels and mitigants, arguing that empirical data shows high survival rates for well-structured projects during sovereign crises, contrary to current blanket rating caps.
Research
1 May 2026

Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit

A framework and diagnostic tool developed by the American Society of Adaptation Professionals to help climate projects move from planning to investment-ready status. It provides criteria for assessing project maturity, equity, and financial feasibility.
Online tool/database
14 December 2023

CLIMATEFIT

CLIMATEFIT
CLIMATEFIT is an EU-funded initiative that provides public authorities and investors with tools, databases, and methodologies to develop bankable climate adaptation projects and bridge the resilience finance gap.
Resource hub
10 October 2023

Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) Pricer

Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Developed by the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, the SLB Pricer helps investors value the embedded options and step-up features of Sustainability-Linked Bonds. It provides a quantitative framework to ensure bond structures remain robust and ambitious.
Online tool/database

Hidden in plain sight: Unlocking actionable insights in client data

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
CGAP introduces Precision Causal Modelling to help financial providers identify which product configurations work for specific client segments. Piloted across five institutions, the methodology revealed delivery gaps of 32 to 84 percentage points. Key findings highlight the importance of right-sizing loans and monitoring delinquency trajectories to improve client outcomes.
Research
19 September 2026

Measuring financial health: A framework

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
This working paper introduces a multidimensional framework for measuring financial health, grounded in 70 global initiatives. It translates G20/GPFI definitions into 17 indicators across six constructs, providing financial sector authorities with practical tools for diagnostic, evaluative, and early warning analysis using administrative and survey data.
Research
14 September 2026

Beyond commitments: Assessing real capital deployment for net zero across 26 high-emitting companies, against the IGCC Capital Allocation Alignment Framework

This research assesses capital allocation alignment with net-zero commitments across 26 high-emitting companies using the IGCC Framework. It finds that while climate strategies are strong, capital sourcing and fossil fuel phase-down plans lag. European companies lead in performance, while the Americas and oil and gas sectors trail significantly.
Research
21 May 2026

Advancing competition for financial inclusion: Six policy considerations for financial sector authorities

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
This report provides six policy considerations for financial sector authorities to promote competition and advance financial inclusion. Drawing on eight country case studies, it explains how regulators can use existing mandates, coordinate across sectors, and leverage infrastructure design to address market concentration and support digital financial innovation.
Research
13 May 2026

Solutions to protect consumers from fraud in digital finance

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Curating 56 successful fraud protection solutions, this report details strategies across intelligence sharing, telecom security, and biometrics. It highlights how AI-driven oversight and multi-sector collaboration, such as Malaysia's NSRC and UK's reimbursement rules, can reduce losses and restore consumer trust in digital financial ecosystems.
Research
14 May 2026

Financing the energy transition: A credit perspective on India’s power sector

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
This report examines India’s power sector transition from a credit perspective. It highlights the structural divergence between renewable and thermal assets, identifies bottlenecks in domestic debt markets, and recommends strategies to unlock large-scale financing, including the pivotal role of NTPC and the need for deeper institutional investor participation.
Research
6 April 2026

Redirecting sovereign capital to accelerate Indonesia’s energy transition

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
This report examines Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, and its role in the energy transition. It highlights the fiscal risks of subsidy-dependent energy SOEs and recommends a strategic shift towards renewables. Drawing on global SWF experiences, it advocates for portfolio diversification to ensure long-term profitability and national energy security.
Research
7 May 2026
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