Sustainable Finance
Financing the transformation to low-carbon and resilient global food systems will require much larger investments in climate-smart agriculture, specifically from domestic budgets and the private sector. To overcome this financing gap, it will be necessary to use international public finance (both development finance and climate finance) more effectively to develop enabling policies, leverage private capital and deliver adaptation and mitigation outcomes.
Blending public and private finance will be crucial in helping to achieve climate-smart agriculture objectives while meeting the risk-return profile of different investors. In addition, innovative financial mechanisms and delivery channels will need to be developed to ensure that smallholder farmers and agribusiness can access the capital they need to increase their productivity, build their resilience and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
CCAFS works with leading public and private partners to contribute to achieving these goals.
Activities
Past
- Jun 25, 2020: Unlocking billions in sustainable finance
- Nov 30, 2019: Global Landscapes Forum 2019: Unlocking sustainable finance to transform food systems
- Dec 12, 2018: Food systems finance advantage: Enabling scaled climate action (COP24 event)
Resources
- Report: Financing the transformation of food systems under a changing climate (and 2-page brief version)
- Report: The Business Advantage: Mobilizing private sector-led climate actions in agriculture
- Blog: Scaling sustainable investments to transform food system
- News update: Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil awarded impact investment fund of the year