Scaling Climate Finance to Reach the Trillions

Scaling climate finance must reach the trillion mark and flow notably to the Global South which needs the capital the most to transition as they trail far behind. Climate investments must deliver superior returns and align with investor risk appetites, in other words, opportunities that are better than business as usual as institutional investors are not going to subsidize net zero. Institutional investors are attracted to large and scalable projects, so tackling the scalability issue is key to enable trillions of climate capital to flow. Large scale investments will flow more readily to areas where: governments implement supportive policies, regulatory frameworks and tax incentives are intact, innovation and technology unlock new opportunities, reliable and timely data is available, transparency inspires investor confidence and, finally, where risk is mitigated via legal recourse.