Carbon Finance
 

Mission: To design and promote carbon finance programs that will reach the most vulnerable and result in the creation of improved livelihoods for women and drive public and private sector funding to underfunded areas in carbon finance.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, Mercy Corps

Participating Institutions: MasterCard Foundation, Technoserve, PayPal, One Acre Fund, FSD Africa, IUCN, Omnivore, BII
 

Knowledge Products: 

• Inclusive and Nature-based Carbon Markets: A Path to Resilient Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Metrics (CARmet)
 

Mission: Better metrics are needed that focus on how innovation can specifically address climate resilience, as a way to inform impactful investment and drive fintech platform development at scale. The goal is to collectively think around the idea of defining feasible, and scalable metrics on the resilience of the communities that are served by startups.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, UNIDO

Participating Institutions: Atlas AI, Maze, GIZ, Deetken Impact, Catalyst Fund, Technoserve, NZGIF, The GEF, CAMCO, Accion, GARI, ANDEN, Race to Resilience/UN, UNIDO, 60 Decibels, Vivid Economics, Village Capital, The Lightsmith Group, PFAN

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Knowledge Products: 

• A benchmark analysis of frameworks for measuring climate resilience and adaptation

• Impact Investment in Climate-Resilient Drought Insurance

Blockchain for Resilience
 

Mission: Accelerate blockchain-based climate innovations that mitigate GHG emissions and build the resilience of underserved populations. Two initial areas of focus for this WG: a) undertake a landscape analysis and, b) showcase innovators in this space.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, PayPal

Participating Institutions: FSD Africa, Mercy Corps, Plan Vivo Foundation, IUCN
 

Knowledge Products: 

• Blockchain for Climate Innovation

Climate Resilient Agriculture
 

Mission: Strengthening the climate resilience smallholder farmers, particularly women. To do so it will track and, where possible, support, the development, deployment, upscaling, and dissemination of digital technology for agri-food systems.

 

Co-Lab Leader: Microsave

Participating Institutions:
 

United Nations Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, British International Investment, ISF, Walker Institute, CGAP, MicroSave Consulting, World Resources Institute, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. FSD Africa, GSMA.

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Knowledge Products: 

• Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRAg) white paper

Climate Tech Venture Investors
 

Mission: A dynamic community dedicated to shaping a climate-resilient future through visionary investments. The Co-Lab is tailored for forward-thinking investors who are either actively engaged in climate tech innovation across emerging markets or keen to explore this transformative space. VC investors, DFIs, family offices, foundations and individuals can join a collaborative environment where knowledge flows freely, and insights are shared openly.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, Mercy Corps, Catalyst Fund

Participating Institutions: FSD Africa, Gawa Capital, BII, Temasek, IUCN, Omnivore, Microsave
 

Knowledge Products: 

The Co-lab developed a compendium of startup case studies highlighting the business case for investing in climate resilience,  the impact case and return potential. It also started a series of brown bags called Climate Tech Unveiled: Investor Series, featuring promising climate tech startups and their investors unveiling the ins and outs of innovations in emerging markets and why investors are betting on them.

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• Fintech for Climate Resilience: A compendium of startup innovations building resilience in emerging markets

• Investment Brief: The Opportunity in Digital Finance for Climate Resilience

Universal Climate Resilience
 

Mission: An action-project which will aim to offer the private sector mechanism for loss and damage

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, FSD Africa

Participating Institutions: Africa Risk Capacity, Atlantic Council, BFA Global, Celo Climate Collective, Celo Foundation, Climate Champions, Data Kind, Equity Bank, FSD Africa, Give Directly, IDEO, KIVA, Lawrence Berkely Lab, Mastercard Foundation + Mastercard Inc, Mercy Corps Ventures, MetLife Foundation, MTN MoMo / Ayo, PayPal, Swiss Capacity Building Facility
 

Knowledge Products: 

• Universal Climate Resilience

Africa Blue Wave
 

Mission: Advisors to the Africa Blue Wave, on areas of opportunity, business models and climate strategy counseling.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global

Participating Institutions: Ocean Hub, AquaRech LTD, CORDIO East Africa, Technoserve, FSD Africa, We Forum, ABALOBI, IUCN
 

Knowledge Products: 

• Africa Blue Wave

Elevating the Voices of Affected People
 

Mission: Ensuring that the customer is at the center of The CIFAR Alliance efforts. It will do so by bringing the latest evidence on how vulnerable customers, especially women, are impacted by climate risks, and where financial services can play a role in supporting their resilience and adaptation to ongoing climate shocks and stresses.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: CGAP, Microsave

Participating Institutions: BFA Global

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Knowledge Products: 

• Elevating the voices of affected people in climate adaptation

• Enabling and financing locally-led adaptation

Climate Smart Innovation Hub
 

Mission: The Hub will explore fintech solutions for climate vulnerable users, ultimately aiming to understand and provide guidance for how such solutions can create new or improved climate resilient livelihoods.

 

Co-Lab Leaders: BFA Global, MasterCard Center For Inclusive Growth

Participating Institutions: AfricArena, Better Than Cash Alliance, Catalyst Fund, BFA Global, CGIAR, GreenCape, GSMA, International Rescue, JP Morgan Chase, Mercy Corps, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, TAPT4 Design Consulting, UCT Financial Innovation, VUA Inc, World Bank, WRI
 

Knowledge Products: 

• Climate Smart Innovation Hub