The link between climate finance and development impacts is confirmed by a recent independent evaluation commissioned by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). On May 3, 2023, an international panel of evaluators, project implementers, country partners and policymakers came together for a webinar to delve deeper into the data and evidence of the “Ev...

A new independent evaluation confirms what many have long suspected: climate finance can lead to positive, wide-ranging social, economic, and environmental development impacts. The study, Evaluation of the Development Impacts from CIF’s Investments, was commissioned by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to better understand the links between clim...

After a short and very choppy ride through the Bay of Samaná, my little speed boat entered the mouth of the Yuna River, one of the most important river systems in the Dominican Republic. The Yuna is at the center of the country’s ambitions to deploy Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the resilience of ...

Today, the Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) CEO Mafalda Duarte, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to establish a framework for future cooperation between UNFCCC, the Secretariat (i.e., the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agre...

ReACT is the latest CIF study that was launched at a global event on March 30, co-hosted by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, Germany), CIF, and the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA). High-level stakeholders from the private and public sectors; donor and recipient countries; multilateral development banks (MDBs), a...

The impact of climate risks on health is disproportionate and contingent on geodemographics, health conditions, and sociopolitical and economic factors. The message of this year’s World Health Day is health for all. Amid the single biggest health threat facing humanity (i.e., climate change) the theme is more urgent than ever. According to the Wo...

Tracking and analyzing results achieved through climate finance is crucial to ensure we continue to progress towards our goals. For an issue as multifaceted and context dependent as climate resilience, putting forward the right approach is essential. CIF’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) deploys a unique, country-led monitoring & ...

Climate finance can be instrumental in achieving wider social and economic development impacts. This emerged from a new, independent evaluation commissioned by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to assess and analyze the broader development impacts it can derive from its interventions. The report, Evaluation of the Development Impacts from CIF’s ...