The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) has selected eight early-stage climate finance solutions with the potential to unlock approximately USD 600 million in investment for nature restoration, resilient agriculture, and industrial decarbonization projects across emerging markets, including Brazil, the Andean Amazon, Vietnam, India, Madagascar, Mexico, and the Philippines. The ideas were chosen from a record 1,172 applications through a global vetting process and a final vote held in London.
Selected initiatives will enter a seven-month incubation period, receiving technical support and guidance from experts in the Lab’s network of public and private investors. Following incubation, each project will be eligible for grant funding of up to USD 250,000 to advance from design to implementation. The Lab aims to create financial structures that attract private investment to underfunded climate solutions.
The chosen solutions include funds and platforms for climate-smart agriculture, SME resilience, regenerative value chains, conservation, and industrial decarbonization. Examples include a USD 50 million agribusiness debt fund in the Philippines that monetizes adaptation benefits through digital and sensor technologies, a USD 90 million credit facility enabling insured lending for climate-smart farming in India, and a USD 50 million blended finance fund supporting ecosystem restoration in Madagascar. Other initiatives focus on climate-resilient coffee production in Latin America, conservation investments in Southern Africa, and industrial decarbonization projects in Vietnam.
These eight new solutions will join the Lab’s existing portfolio, which has launched 87 instruments mobilizing nearly USD 4.5 billion in public and private investment for emerging markets. The Lab’s work is supported by over 100 institutions from government, development finance, philanthropy, and the private sector, and its 2026 programs are funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the UN Development Programme, and the governments of Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with Climate Policy Initiative serving as the Secretariat.
