We assess the EIB’s transport-related investment portfolio 2015-2019 and propose evaluation criteria to align transport investments with the Paris Agreement. Read More
Aligning transport investments with the Paris Agreement
Multilateral Development Banks Have Made Progress Towards Paris Alignment, but Still Need to Fill in Critical Details
Principles and recommendations for MDBs to align their lending with the Paris Agreement. Read More
Six Memos on the Multilateral Development Banks’ Paris Alignment Approach
Principles and recommendations for robust alignment of MDB lending activities from NewClimate, Germanwatch, and the World Resources Institute. Read More
Moving beyond climate finance towards Paris-aligned investing – How do MDBs climate finance eligibility criteria compare to Paris-aligned investing criteria?
This blog compares the criteria for climate finance from the multilateral development banks to our categorisation of Paris-aligned investments. Read More
Four Ways Development Banks Can Support the Paris Agreement
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) can play a critical role in limiting climate change and helping communities adapt to its impacts. Since 2011, they have provided nearly $200 billion in finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation (so-called “climate finance”). The World Bank Group’s recent announcement that it will increase its climate-related investments means this number is likely to grow. Read More
Toward Paris Alignment: How the Multilateral Development Banks Can Better Support the Paris Agreement
This report describes a new Paradigm for Multilateral Development Banks to contribute to the fight against climate change, and provides recommendations on how the MDBs can transition from the current Climate Finance Paradigm to the new Paris Alignment Paradigm. Read More
Aligning Investments with the Temperature Goal of the Paris Agreement
This working paper assesses how Multilateral Development Banks can support the global temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. It illustrates how the banks could strengthen existing tools to align their portfolios and activities with the globally agreed mitigation goal. Other finance institutions can also profit from many of the approaches included in the paper. Read More