Unlocking investment in emerging markets is one of the most important levers to drive climate action; annual investment levels need to increase by at least 4x over the next decade. The good news is that climate opportunities are becoming increasingly commercially attractive. Technology tipping points are making low-carbon and nature-positive solutions investable.
Even so, capital is not flowing fast enough or at scale to capture these opportunities – exacerbated by a challenging macro-environment, high perception of country risk, lack of liquidity, limited pipeline and inefficiencies and market failures across the financial system.
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Unlocking investment in emerging markets is one of the most important levers to drive climate action; annual investment levels need to increase by at least 4x over the next decade. The good news is that climate opportunities are becoming increasingly commercially attractive. Technology tipping points are making low-carbon and nature-positive solutions investable.
Even so, capital is not flowing fast enough or at scale to capture these opportunities – exacerbated by a challenging macro-environment, high perception of country risk, lack of liquidity, limited pipeline and inefficiencies and market failures across the financial system.
CLIMATE FINANCE
Climate Capital
Mobilization Accelerator (CCMA)
The Climate Capital Mobilization Accelerator (CCMA) is a global collaborative launched by Ambition Loop to drive accelerating levels of capital flows towards climate solutions in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). We bring together a group of Commissioners who are impatient, practical problem solvers engaged in allocating capital in EMDEs.
It builds on the experience of UN Climate Champions in mobilizing radical collaboratives behind global campaigns.
Our mission is to mobilize
$2.4trn per year by 2030.
The CCMA has four core priorities: building investable pipeline, strengthening the financial system architecture, developing better de-risking mechanisms and using the power of narrative to tell the exciting story of innovation and opportunity.
CLIMATE FINANCE
Investable Pipeline Platform
This growing collaboration with multiple partners, including UN Climate Champions, connects projects with finance. Capital for Climate (C4C) has developed a climate finance platform in Brazil to curate investment opportunities in Nature Based Solutions (NBS). Together we are rolling out this solution to new geographies and sectors to aggregate and accelerate opportunities for private sector investment. By focussing on the practical issues blocking capital flow, we use this collaboration as a mechanism to learn and remove bottlenecks within the finance system.
CLIMATE FINANCE
Working Groups on Financial Systems Architecture & Cost of Capital
Working with a rich ecosystem of partners including UN Climate Champions, UN Economic commissions, GFANZ, Capital for Climate, AUDA-NEPAD, Cap-A, the CCMA works to drive exponential growth in climate finance. We have working groups focusing on international financial architecture reform [domestic resource mobilization, changing the rules of the game, adaptation finance] and reducing the cost of capital [innovating and promoting de-risking solutions].
CLIMATE FINANCE
Strategic Sharing Actions
There are many brilliant partners innovating policies, funds, instruments and deal structures - we bring the ecosystem together to elevate best practices, share insights and experiences, and develop momentum on climate capital mobilization in African, Latin America, and Asia. By facilitating exchanges between regional ecosystems these calls also serve as a docking point for global partners interested in the dynamic opportunities in emerging and developing economies.
CLIMATE FINANCE
Comissioners
Amar Bhattacharya
Babatunde Soyoye
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Helios
Bogolo Kenewendo
Carolina Aguirre
Special Advisor, High-level Climate Champion
Growald Foundation
Jay Collins
Jean-Paul Adam
Citi
UNECA
Climate Champion COP27
Kathy Baughman McLeod
Mahmoud Mohieldin
Climate Resilience
for All
Manfred Schepers
Mark Napier
ILX
FSD Africa
Nadia Nikolova
Patricia Espinosa
Former Executive Director of the UNFCCC
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Shami Nissan
Victoria Miles
Partner Actis
ImpactA
Alejo Cantón
Eirik Mofoss
President Sistema B Argentina
Managing Director Center for Long-Term Policy
Sara Lemniei
Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO at Metabolic
SLK Group Capital
Gonzalo Muñoz
Mark Gallogly
Climate Change High-Level Champion
Three Cairns Group
Uday Khemka
Nazmeera Moola
SUN Group
NinetyOne
Andrew Johnstone
Rhian-Mari Thomas
Climate Fund Managers
Green Finance Institute
Angela Homsi
Frannie Leautier
Ignite Power
SouthBridge Investment
Tom Tyler
Sagarika Chatterjee
Aviva
Climate Champion
Jérôme Schmitt
Stephen Hammer
Columbia & C-4ward
NY Climate Exchange
John Murton
Ekhosuehi Iyahen
Standard Chartered Bank
Secretary General of IDF
Jenny Koh
Marc-André Blanchard
3iadvisory
CDPQ
Manuel Pulgar Vidal
Daniel Hojman
Líder Global WWF
CEO of Banco Estado
Ricardo Cuesta D.
Hilen Meirovich
Director Junta Directiva Promerica Financial Corp
Head of Climate Change IDB Invest (IDB Group)
Olga Cantillo
Marcelo Mena
Executive President & CEO FIAB
CEO of Global Methane Hub
Maria Netto
José Pugas
Executive Director iCS
Founder JPG Credito
Peter Hall
Managing Director at Resonance for Climate Impact Advisory
CCMA
Co-Chairs
Catherine Koffman
Development Bank of
Southern Africa
Nigel Topping
Climate Change High-Level Champion COP26
CCMA
Secretariat
Jacinda Njike
Managing Director
CLIMATE FINANCE
Partner Organizations
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Established by UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping, the Climate Champions Team works to enhance ambition and strengthen the engagement of non-State actors in supporting Parties, working with the Marrakech Partnership, to deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Capital for Climate works with large-scale investors to focus primary capital on the highest leverage opportunities to achieve decarbonization tipping points across all key sectors within this decade.
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Using their own innovative model, Onepoint5 quantifies how businesses can maximize their return on investment and impact through a marriage of financial & environmental modeling.
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A diverse network of change-makers committed to sharing strategic insights, inspiration and impactful specific opportunities to crack the crises of climate, covid, conflicts and inequalities and achieve our Sustainable Development Goals.
Interested in partnering with Ambition Loop on Climate Finance?
Global Events Calendar
Ambition Loop values the opportunity to converge with and expand our network of collaborators at events, conferences, and engagements around the world.
We encourage our network to explore our Global Events Calendar of upcoming events.
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UN Biodiversity Conference 2024
Oct 21, 8:00 AM to Nov 1, 4:00 PM
Cali, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaThe Conference encompasses the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization.
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Methane Mission: Investment in Municipal Waste Management Systems to Tackle the Climate and Plastic Crisis
November 5th, 09:30 to 11:30 EST
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SUN Movement Global Gathering
Nov 25, 8:00 AM to Nov 28, 8:00 PM
Kigali, Kigali City, RwandaThe SUN Global Gathering in Rwanda, themed ‘NutritiON: Power the Change’, is the SUN Movement's flagship event. It will bring together over 900 stakeholders including policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from 66 member countries, to seize opportunities presented by the political agenda, especially in the lead up to the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit where high level commitments are expected to be made.
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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 (COP29)
11 November - 22 November 2024
Baku, AzerbaijanThe Conference of the Parties (COP), is held annually, with the Presidency rotating between the five recognised UN regions.
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UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution Fifth Session (INC-5)
25 November - 1 December 2024
Busan, Republic of KoreaThe fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5)…
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UNCCD 16th session of the Conference of the Parties
2-13 December 2024
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaUNCCD COP 16 is more than a critical milestone – it represents a moonshot moment to raise global ambition and accelerate action on land and drought resilience through a people-centered approach.
