EBRD, CTF and E5P Fund $US 17.7 Million to Modernize Heating Efficiency in Ukraine

Project will maximize energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions and improve heating services for nearly 150,000 residents in Lutsk. District heating systems account for 20% of Ukraine's emissions and consume nearly 44% of its heat energy resources. Read More

Ukraine district heating systems investments will increase energy and cost efficiencies, and improve financial sustainability.

EBRD, CTF and E5P Fund $US 17.7 Million to Modernize Heating Efficiency in Ukraine

AfDB and SREP help promote renewable energy in Mali

With support from AfDB, Mali received US $1.5 million from SREP. The SREP financing will benefit the Project for Scaling-up Renewable Energy in Mali (PAPERM). Read more.

Map of Mali. Shutterstock/Jcomp

AfDB and SREP help promote renewable energy in Mali

San Giorgio Group Report: The Role of Public Finance in Deploying Geothermal

This is a background paper and the first in a series of analytical pieces CPI will produce over the coming months exploring the effect use of public finance to scale up geothermal deployment in developing countries. The report provides a snapshot of the status and trends in the global geothermal landscape. Read here.

Global Geothermal Development Plan Roundtable, Copenhagen

Decision-makers from ten countries with CIF-financed geothermal investments are among the more than 90 participants gathered in Copenhagen for two days of learning, focusing on mitigating geothermal exploration risk. The CIF is supporting a portfolio of $748 million in geothermal investments through the CTF and SREP. Follow @CIF_Action for more.

CIF partnering with ESMAP and the CPI on the 2nd Global Geothermal Development Roundtable

Global Geothermal Development Plan Roundtable, Copenhagen

In a Changing Climate, We Can’t Do Conservation as Usual

How can nature help countries and communities adapt to climate change? Ecosystem-based adaptation or using nature’s own defense characteristics to reduce the vulnerability of people and capital, is an essential component of climate-resilient development. Read blog.

Co-family affected by floods

In a Changing Climate, We Can’t Do Conservation as Usual

EBRD’s investment in Tajikistan’s Qairokkum hydropower plant

The EBRD’s investment in the rehabilitation of Qairokkum hydropower plant in Tajikistan serves as an excellent demonstration of how climate resilience can be integrated into an infrastructure investment. Read more.

Tajikistan’s Qairokkum hydropower plant

Expansion of Morocco’s Largest Solar Complex to Provide 1.1 Million Moroccans with Clean Energy

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$519M project to support Morocco’s ongoing efforts to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels by developing its renewable energy resources. Read more.

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Expansion of Morocco’s Largest Solar Complex to Provide 1.1 Million Moroccans with Clean Energy

EBRD: Joining Forces to Accelerate Climate Investments

Addressing the challenges of climate change requires cooperation, collaboration, and commitment. The EBRD has responded to calls to finance clean energy projects through its own investments and by participating in the implementation of multi-donor funds. Read more.

Innovative Financing: ‘Growing’ Resources for Climate-Smart Agriculture

CIF AU staff contribute to The Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014 : Climate Change and Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by using two examples, Burkina Faso (FIP) and Niger (PPCR). Article starts on page 103. Read more.

Ghana and Mexico to Explore Forest Accounts

As a follow-up to the workshop on forest accounting in May 2014, organized by the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services Partnership (WAVES) in Washington, DC, work will begin in Ghana and Mexico to explore the potential for forest accounts. Read more.

MULTIMEDIA

CIF 2014 Partnership Forum Shows Value in Sharing Knowledge Among Partners

Multimedia | August 20, 2014

Knowledge Sharing Key to CIF Partnership Forum Success

Through a series of testimonials filmed by IISD Reporting Services, CIF partners, stakeholders and forum participants spoke of the value of sharing knowledge between countries, MDBs, the private sector, civil society and indigenous peoples.

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) include four key programs that help 48 developing countries pilot low-emissions and climate resilient development:
Clean Technology Fund (CTF) more>	Pilot Program Climate Resilience (PPCR) more>
Forest Investment Program (FIP) more>	Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) more>