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3 Opportunities for Funders at the Frontlines of Inclusive Carbon Markets
Based on CGAP’s conversations with funders and carbon project developers, this blog post explores the role of donors, development finance institutions, and impact investors in supporting inclusive carbon project innovation.Blog
Rural Women in Tanzania Build Financial Resilience Through Groups
BRAC Tanzania Finance Ltd. (BTFL) supports rural women with tailored loans, financial guidance, and a "phygital" approach, helping them build resilience and sustainable livelihoods despite the unique challenges they face.Blog
Social Protection + Financial Inclusion = A Path to Climate Resilience
Social protection programs hold immense potential for climate adaptation. Financial inclusion can further these climate goals, but while promising examples exist, they are still emerging—representing a promise waiting to be realized.Blog
Inclusive Finance Can Deliver Climate Funding Into the Hands of People Who Need It Most
Climate change disproportionately affects people experiencing poverty, yet they often lack the financial tools needed to adapt. Focus must shift to ensuring that climate funding reaches the individuals and communities most impacted.Blog
Charting the Path to Belém: Inclusive Finance Is the Key to Climate Action
Talks around climate finance dominated COP29, but sourcing funding is only one part of the puzzle. Now the NCQG – the newly agreed global funding target – has been agreed, it's time to focus squarely on how the money will be disbursed and to whom.Blog
From Protection to Resilience: Rethinking Insurance for All
True resilience against risk requires an inclusive approach that integrates risk management across sectors and leverages the insurance industry to ensure a just transition. CGAP and AXA will work to rethink insurance and build resilience.Blog
Driving Change: Hello Tractor and ABERA
CGAP, IDH, FSD Network & FSD Kenya are working with Hello Tractor as part of ABERA, which empowers rural women in agriculture. We aim to address gender and climate challenges while strengthening Hello Tractor's business and financial service links.Blog
Are Climate-Related Financial Sector Policies Inclusive for All?
Climate-driven financial policies could inadvertently end up undermining financial inclusion efforts. Authorities and funders must understand the pathways through which risks could occur and the opportunities for supporting green finance effectively.Blog
How Do Financial Systems Support Climate Resilience?
The third in our three-part blog series with Decodis and MSC discusses our finding that different climate events, and different phases of those events, drive different needs for financial services.Blog
Adapting to or Just Muddling Through Climate Change?
The second blog in our series with Decodis and MSC explores our research finding that many poor households are just muddling through climate events rather than strategically adapting to long-term climate change in ways that enhance their resilience.Blog
How Can Insurance Help Build a Green, Resilient & Inclusive Future?
To ensure those living in poverty benefit from emerging models in insurance, we need to focus beyond traditional risk transfer and look at broader risk management. This blog outlines three priorities for driving systems change in inclusive insurance.Blog
Facing Climate Events in Nigeria, Farmers Left With Scarce Options
Based on interviews with hundreds of farmers in Nigeria, we unpack how households use financial services in responding to climate events.Blog
Lessons From 4 Examples on the Leading Edge of Climate-Focused G2P
All G2P programs contribute to climate adaptation to some extent, with examples in India, Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Philippines showing us how specific program design features can support greater climate adaptation for recipients and their households.Blog
Inclusive Voluntary Carbon Markets Could Finance a Just Transition
New CGAP research suggests that voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) hold the potential to finance a green transition across low and middle-income countries.Blog
Climate-Focused G2P: Beyond Disaster Response
The current focus of G2P programs on emergency response is insufficient to support long-term climate change adaptation. Long-term adaptation must be considered, and designed into programs, to reduce intergenerational vulnerability to climate change.Blog
How Are Climate, Financial Inclusion & Financial Stability Linked?
As financial authorities across the world develop plans to respond to the changing climate, they have opportunities to create a positive feedback loop of expanded financial inclusion and reduced climate risk.Blog
Climate Resilience Through Financial Services: Farzana’s Story
Women, especially those in low-income countries, are faced with higher risk, greater vulnerability, and fewer tools to cope with the impacts of climate change. Financial services can empower women to manage climate risks and build resilience.Blog
Financial Inclusion: An Entry Point to Climate Adaptation for Funders
Development funders are thirsty for guidance and good practices on funding for climate adaptation, not just mitigation. Here, we discuss how funding to support inclusive financial systems may be a great place for them to start.Blog
State of the Climate-Responsive Financial Product Landscape
EMDEs are hit hardest by climate-related disasters and environmental impacts and will need a variety of financial services to adapt and grow more resilient to climate change. Are they getting them? Our product scan provides preliminary insights.Blog