Climate Finance : Engaging the Private Sector
This paper is focused on climate-related investment in developing countries. It provides the reader with an overview of climate-related activities, clarifies the terminology and discusses the sources of finance and public support. Section 1 gives a...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/495271468337214058/Climate-finance-engaging-the-private-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27817 |
Summary: | This paper is focused on climate-related
investment in developing countries. It provides the reader
with an overview of climate-related activities, clarifies
the terminology and discusses the sources of finance and
public support. Section 1 gives an overview of current
investment in climate-related activities. Section 2 defines
a typology of private sector investment according to stage
of technology development and type of project/investment.
Section 3 outlines the risks faced by a private investor in
emerging markets, how these risks are typically mitigated,
and discusses how barriers to low carbon investment can
exacerbate these risks. Section 4 discusses the different
types of support relevant for the private sector and,
building on the experience of the EBRD and IFC, the leverage
associated with the different project types and support
sources. Case studies of innovative use of concessional
finance are also provided. Section 5, using the two main
available sources of information, assesses the level of
investment that will be required for a 2 degrees celsius
pathway and concludes with a description of the support
mechanisms that will be needed to mobilize private flows. An
annex provides a list of interesting initiatives being
implemented by other intergovernmental organizations and
agencies that also speak to improving private sector
engagement in the climate investment space. |
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