Funders

Explore bilateral and multilateral funds, development finance and philanthropy supporting climate action.

24 funders

Green Climate Fund

External
GCF

The world’s climate fund for developing countries, with $20.4 billion allocated to mitigation and adaptation projects across 135 countries.

Climate financeAdaptation & resilienceGlobal South

Well corroborated

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GEF

A multilateral fund financing biodiversity, climate, land and international-waters projects across developing countries.

Climate financeForests & natureGlobal South

Well corroborated

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CIF

Almost $14 billion of concessional climate finance, delivered through the multilateral development banks for clean technology, energy access, climate resilience and sustainable forests in developing and middle-income countries.

Climate financeEnergyGlobal South

Well corroborated

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Adaptation Fund

External
Adaptation Fund

Finances concrete adaptation projects in developing countries, pioneering direct access for national implementing entities.

Climate financeAdaptation & resilienceGlobal South

Well corroborated

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International Finance Corporation

The World Bank Group’s private-sector arm mobilising climate investment in emerging markets, including green bonds and blended finance.

Climate financeEnergyGlobal South

Well corroborated

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AfDB

The African Development Bank’s climate work: resilience and low-carbon investment across the continent, the climate funds it hosts, and flagship programmes such as its support for the Great Green Wall.

Climate financeEnergyAdaptation & resilienceAfrica

Well corroborated

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BII (UK DFI)

The UK’s development finance institution, established in 1948, with a £6.6 billion portfolio across 899 businesses in Africa and 760 in Asia, including clean-energy and climate-resilience investments.

Climate financeEnergyGlobal South

Corroborated

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Bezos Earth Fund

External
Bezos Earth Fund

A $10bn philanthropic commitment funding climate and nature, including monitoring systems and carbon-market integrity.

Climate financeForests & natureGlobal

Well corroborated

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Breakthrough Energy

A network of investment vehicles and programmes founded by Bill Gates to fund hard-to-abate clean-energy innovation.

Climate financeEnergyGlobal

Well corroborated

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BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank)

A REDD+ mechanism managed by Brazil’s development bank BNDES, raising donations for non-reimbursable investment against Amazon deforestation. Its site reports 151 supported projects, $1.279 billion in support and $632 million disbursed.

Forests & natureClimate financeCarbon marketsLatin America & Caribbean

Well corroborated

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Public service agency under Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance

Indonesia’s Environment Fund Management Agency under the Ministry of Finance, channelling environmental and climate funds including GCF results-based REDD+ payments and FCPF Carbon Fund projects. It reports Rp4.293 trillion disbursed across 285 regions (August 2026).

Forests & natureClimate financeCross-cuttingAsia-Pacific

Well corroborated

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Government of Rwanda

Rwanda’s environment and climate change investment fund, which reports $247 million mobilised for 46 projects, with flagship work including Green Gicumbi and Green City Kigali.

Adaptation & resilienceClimate financeCross-cuttingAfrica

Well corroborated

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NABARD, Government of India

An Indian central-sector scheme set up in 2015 for adaptation in vulnerable states, with NABARD as National Implementing Entity. Government reporting cites 30 projects sanctioned across 27 states and union territories.

Adaptation & resilienceAgriculture & landClimate financeAsia-Pacific

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Public institution, Ministry of Living Environment, Benin

Benin’s national environment and climate fund under the environment ministry, accredited to the Green Climate Fund and re-accredited to the Adaptation Fund. It finances local adaptation and environmental projects.

Adaptation & resilienceClimate financeCross-cuttingAfrica

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UNDP-hosted; Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office

A 2015 partnership between donor countries and six Central African nations to curb forest loss, operating as both a trust fund and a policy platform. It provides performance-based finance tied to National Investment Frameworks.

Forests & natureClimate financeAfrica

Well corroborated

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African Development Bank

A multi-donor trust fund established in 2014 and hosted by the African Development Bank, giving small grants that help African countries access climate finance through capacity building, direct project support and enabling policy.

Adaptation & resilienceClimate financeCross-cuttingAfrica

Well corroborated

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BDEAC; Congo Basin Climate Commission

The financing tool of the Congo Basin Climate Commission, based at the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) and created by 17 African countries to finance green and blue-economy projects across the basin.

WaterForests & natureClimate financeAfrica

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&Green Fund

External
Managed by SAIL Investments

An evergreen blended-finance fund investing in agri-commodity businesses that protect tropical forests and empower communities, with a portfolio spanning Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam, Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia.

Forests & natureAgriculture & landClimate financeGlobal South

Corroborated

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UNDP, UNEP, UNCDF and partners

A UN-backed blended-finance fund for coral reefs, with $248M secured toward a $740M target and a 2030 goal of 3 million hectares of reef under improved management.

WaterClimate financeGlobal South

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Livelihoods Venture; corporate investors

A series of carbon funds launched since 2011 (LCF1 2011, LCF2 2017, LCF3 2021) financing agroforestry, mangrove restoration and rural energy across Africa, Asia and Latin America, remunerated through result-based carbon credits.

Agriculture & landForests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South

Corroborated

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Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

A philanthropic foundation whose climate programme accelerates clean technology across key sectors and supports transitions in Africa, China, East and Southeast Asia, Europe and India.

EnergyClimate financeCross-cuttingGlobal

Corroborated

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Government of Canada

A Government of Canada programme funding climate-adaptation partnerships in developing countries, including SUNCASA (US$28.7 million, announced September 2023, implemented by IISD for nature-based urban resilience in Ethiopia, Rwanda and South Africa).

Adaptation & resilienceCross-cuttingGlobal South

Well corroborated

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