Mobilizing over $11.3 billion in donor contributions for climate change mitigation and adaptation investments in developing countries. Generating 12.8. gigawatts in clean power capacity worldwide, strengthening the capacity of over 15 million people to cope with climate change. Bringing 372 million hectares of forests under sustainable management. ...

A two-day gathering in Brasilia last week brought together key stakeholders in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to celebrate 15 years of innovation and partnerships for ambitious climate action, opening and closing with mística rituals born out of Brazil’s landless workers movement.The first day of the 15th anniversary gathering included two f...

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) brings to COP27 nearly 15 years of experience in supporting energy transition in developing countries. Three of CIF’s energy experts discuss the state of play in this transition, explore what CIF has learned over its years in operation, and reveal how climate finance is driving the transition to cleaner energy: ...

When the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)’ CEO Mafalda Duarte travelled to Burkina Faso in early 2020, she met in a local forest a young man who had a new bicycle and a new cell phone. She learned that this young man’s job was to go into the forest, and check for fires. His equipment had been made available as a result of CIF funding, but it is n...

Adaptation & Agriculture Day on 12 November is one of COP27’s 11 thematic days. Given the increased food insecurity, scientific evidence showing unpreparedness for the impending extreme weather events, and need for further climate financing, discussions today address ways to increase agriculture productivity; enhance resilience and livelihood...

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 ...

On this International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, let’s hear directly from community leaders as they reflect on the legacy and prospects of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Dedicated Grant Mechanism (DGM).Kapupu Diwa Mutimanwa was the first member of his community, the Pygmy peoples of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to attend univ...

The science is inescapable: climate change presents an existential threat to global ecosystems. Human actions — at least the unsustainable ways in which we manage natural resources—significantly increase the threat to our forests, rivers, farmlands, coastal systems, marine environments, and the intricate web of life supported by all these habit...

As one of the largest global climate finance mechanisms, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have accumulated since 2009 a wealth of data on investments’ contributions toward net-zero emissions and adaptive, climate-resilient, just, and socially inclusive development pathways. With its rigorous and inclusive monitoring and reporting, CIF goes abov...