Funders active in South Asia
256 matching capital sources on the AESFIP database.
South Asia carries some of the largest adaptation needs and some of the deepest domestic capital markets in the emerging-market set. The result is an unusually wide funder range, from sovereign-facing multilaterals to commercial climate funds.
These funders have an active mandate covering South Asia.
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- NDF Co-financing WindowNordic Development FundRolling
- KOICA Inclusive Business SolutionKorea International Cooperation AgencyRolling
- EFSD+ Guarantee Windows (Asia-Pacific)EU Global Gateway - Asia and the PacificRolling
- Danish Climate Investment Fund IIIFU - Danish Investment Fund for Developing CountriesRolling
- MIGA Political Risk InsuranceMultilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyRolling
- GGGI Project Preparation and Structuring SupportGlobal Green Growth InstituteRolling
- JCM Financing Programme & Credit IssuanceJapan Joint Crediting MechanismRolling
- Adaptation Fund Single-Country & Regional ProjectsAdaptation FundRolling
- IFC Scaling Solar / Scaling Mini-GridsInternational Finance CorporationRolling
- ADB Private Sector Operations - Climate FinanceAsian Development BankRolling
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- International Finance CorporationMDB · United StatesPrivate-sector arm of the World Bank Group, investing in climate-smart businesses and infrastructure in Africa.DebtEquityMezzanine
- U.S. International Development Finance CorporationDFI · United StatesUS development finance institution mobilising private capital into emerging markets.DebtEquityPolitical Risk Insurance
- FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development BankDFI · NetherlandsDutch development bank focused on energy, agribusiness and financial institutions in Africa.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Green Climate FundClimate Fund · South KoreaLargest dedicated global climate fund supporting mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.GrantsConcessional DebtEquity
- British International InvestmentDFI · United KingdomUK development finance institution investing in productive, sustainable and inclusive African businesses.DebtEquityMezzanine
- ProparcoDFI · FrancePrivate-sector arm of Agence Française de Développement, active across Francophone and Anglophone Africa.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- European Investment BankMDB · LuxembourgEU lending arm financing large-scale climate and infrastructure projects in Africa.DebtConcessional DebtGuarantees
- Rockefeller FoundationFoundation · United StatesPhilanthropic foundation funding energy access and climate resilience initiatives in Africa.GrantsCatalytic CapitalGuarantees
- Export-Import Bank of the United StatesExport Credit Agency · United StatesUS export credit agency financing US goods and services exported to Africa.GuaranteesExport CreditInsurance
- Climate Fund ManagersBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsBlended finance fund manager developing and constructing climate infrastructure in Africa.Development CapitalEquityDebt
- DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und EntwicklungsgesellschaftDFI · GermanyGerman DFI providing long-term finance to private enterprises in Africa.DebtEquityMezzanine
- Global Environment FacilityClimate Fund · United StatesMultilateral fund financing biodiversity, land degradation and climate mitigation projects.GrantsConcessional DebtTechnical Assistance
- SwedfundDFI · SwedenSwedish DFI investing in sustainable businesses and energy access in Africa.DebtEquityFund Investments
- Climate Investment FundsClimate Fund · United StatesMulti-donor concessional climate finance vehicle deployed through MDBs.Concessional DebtGrantsGuarantees
- UK Export FinanceExport Credit Agency · United KingdomUK export credit agency providing guarantees and direct lending for projects sourcing from the UK.GuaranteesExport CreditDirect Lending
- Asian Development BankMDB · PhilippinesThe principal multilateral development bank for Asia and the Pacific, financing climate mitigation and adaptation through sovereign lending, private sector operations, guarantees and technical assistance. ADB has committed to $100bn of cumulative climate finance to 2030 and hosts the Energy Transition Mechanism.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Open Road AllianceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesProvides bridge loans and contingency capital to social and climate impact organisations facing unexpected roadblocks that threaten an otherwise viable project.DebtCatalytic CapitalGrants
- Nordic Development FundClimate Fund · FinlandNordic climate finance institution providing concessional finance for adaptation and mitigation.GrantsConcessional Debt
- NorfundDFI · NorwayNorwegian investment fund for developing countries with a strong renewable energy focus.DebtEquityMezzanine
- AcumenImpact Investor · United StatesImpact investor providing patient capital to companies serving low-income African communities.EquityPatient Debt
- MirovaCommercial Investor · FranceSustainable investment manager with dedicated natural capital and land degradation funds for Africa.EquityDebt
- responsAbility InvestmentsImpact Investor · SwitzerlandSwiss impact asset manager investing in climate finance and financial inclusion in Africa.DebtEquity
- Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure FundBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomPrivate Infrastructure Development Group debt facility for African infrastructure.DebtMezzanine
- Adaptation FundClimate Fund · United StatesFinances concrete climate adaptation projects in developing countries.GrantsTechnical AssistanceProject Preparation
- The DIV FundFoundation · United StatesAn independent nonprofit fund launched in February 2026 by former USAID Development Innovation Ventures leaders and backed by approximately $48 million in philanthropic funding. It continues the evidence-based, tiered innovation-funding model while operating separately from the U.S. government and USAID.GrantsResults-based FinanceTechnical Assistance
- Private Infrastructure Development GroupCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United KingdomDonor-backed group combining project development, early-stage risk capital, guarantees and technical assistance to bring African infrastructure projects to financial close.Project PreparationConcessional EquityGuarantees
- P4G - Partnering for Green GrowthCatalytic & Enabling Capital · DenmarkPublic-private partnership platform providing start-up and scale-up facilitation funding to green business partnerships in Africa, Asia and Latin America.GrantsProject PreparationTechnical Assistance
- GEF Small Grants ProgrammeClimate Fund · United StatesUNDP-implemented GEF window giving small grants directly to community organisations for biodiversity, land degradation, climate and chemicals projects across African countries.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- Catalytic Climate Finance FacilityBlended Finance Facility · CanadaFacility hosted by Convergence that funds the design and scale-up of blended finance vehicles mobilising private capital for climate action in emerging markets.GrantsTechnical AssistanceCatalytic Capital
- Convergence Blended FinanceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · CanadaGlobal network for blended finance providing design funding, market data and deal matchmaking to vehicles mobilising private capital into emerging markets, with a heavy Africa pipeline.GrantsProject PreparationTechnical Assistance
- Elemental ImpactCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesNon-profit climate investor providing project and growth capital plus deep deployment support to climate technology companies, increasingly including African market entry.Catalytic CapitalEquityProject Preparation
- FinDev CanadaDFI · CanadaCanada's bilateral development finance institution, providing debt, equity and guarantees with a focus on climate, women's economic empowerment and market development in Africa.DebtEquityGuarantees
- Global Innovation Lab for Climate FinanceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United KingdomPublic-private lab that selects, refines and launches new climate finance instruments each year, providing design support and investor access rather than balance-sheet capital.Project PreparationTechnical AssistanceAdvisory
- Global Innovation FundImpact Investor · United KingdomNon-profit investment fund providing grants, risk capital and equity to innovations that improve the lives of the poor, including climate adaptation and energy access in Africa.GrantsEquityConcessional Debt
- Common Fund for CommoditiesBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsIntergovernmental financial institution providing loans, equity and grants to commodity value chain projects, with a strong focus on smallholder-linked agribusiness in Africa.DebtEquityGrants
- EIB GlobalMDB · LuxembourgThe EIB's dedicated arm for operations outside the EU, delivering the bank's Global Gateway commitments through sovereign and private lending, guarantees and intermediated credit lines in emerging markets.DebtConcessional DebtGuarantees
- Global Fund for Coral ReefsBlended Finance Facility · MultilateralGlobal blended finance vehicle co-founded by UNCDF, UNEP and UNDP funding reef-positive businesses and community initiatives. Runs active portfolios across Kenya, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar and Seychelles.GrantsEquityCatalytic Capital
- GSMA Mobile for DevelopmentFoundation / Philanthropy · United KingdomMobile industry body running innovation funds that finance digital and climate solutions in low- and middle-income countries, including across Africa.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions)Programme Window · United KingdomThe UK's climate capability programme, funding technical assistance and skills-sharing partnerships that accelerate mitigation policy and project readiness in partner countries including Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, India, China, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- MacArthur Foundation Catalytic Capital ConsortiumCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesConsortium mobilising catalytic capital - debt, equity and guarantees that accept disproportionate risk or concessionary return - to close capital gaps, including in African climate and inclusive finance.Catalytic CapitalConcessional DebtGuarantees
- Private Financing Advisory NetworkProgramme Window · AustriaGlobal network providing free early-stage project development coaching and investor matchmaking for clean energy and climate adaptation projects, heavily active in Africa.Project PreparationAdvisoryTechnical Assistance
- Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private SectorDFI · Saudi ArabiaPrivate-sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group providing Shariah-compliant direct financing, equity, lines of finance to banks/FIs, and advisory services for private enterprises across IsDB member countries, including North, West and East African markets, with a published online eligibility/application form.DebtEquityMezzanine
- Ayrton Fund (UK International Climate Finance)Programme Window · United KingdomUK government clean energy innovation fund (£1bn) under UK International Climate Finance, backing research, demonstration and early deployment of clean energy technologies in developing countries, with a strong Africa focus. Deployed through delivery partners and programmes such as Transforming Energy Access (TEA), Ayrton Challenge Funds, MECS and Climate Compatible Growth rather than direct project finance.GrantsTechnical AssistanceResults-based Finance
- UK MOBILISTProgramme Window · United KingdomA UK government programme (FCDO) that anchors and lists investment products on public exchanges to mobilise institutional capital into climate and development assets across emerging markets.Anchor InvestmentEquityTechnical Assistance
- Global Agriculture and Food Security ProgramBlended Finance Facility · United StatesMulti-donor trust fund hosted at the World Bank providing grants and concessional finance for food security and climate-smart agriculture in low-income countries, with a dedicated private sector window through IFC.GrantsConcessional DebtTechnical Assistance
- CIF - Forest Investment Program (FIP)Climate FundThe Forest Investment Program (FIP), is one of three targeted programs that make up the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs). The FIP addresses the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation by supporting developing countries’ efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), while promoting sustainable forest management. FIP provides financing to developing countries for developing institutional capacity, and for public and private investments that are identified through REDD readiness strategies. Along with supporting the public sector, FIP's Private Sector Set Asides (PSSAs) allocate concessional financing to projects that engage the private sector in sustainable forestry. The FIP’s Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (DGM), is designed and led by representatives of indigenous peoples groups and local communities to set priorities and implement programs aimed at conserving their natural environment, and to enhance capacity in engaging with local, national, and international REDD+ dialogue and actions. The FIP has four objectives: Initiate and facilitate transformational change in developing countries’ forest related policies and practices; Facilitate the leveraging of additional and sustained financial resources for REDD, including through a possible UNFCCC forest mechanism, leading to an effective and sustained reduction of deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing the sustainablConcessional DebtDebtGrants
- CIF - Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)Climate FundThe PPCR is designed to provide programmatic finance for climate resilient national development plans with four main objectives: Pilot and demonstrate approaches for integration of climate risk and resilience into development policies and planning Strengthen capacities at the national levels to integrate climate resilience into development planning Scale-up and leverage climate resilient investment, building on other on-going initiatives Enable learning-by-doing and sharing of lessons at country, regional and global levels. In addition, for regional programmes, the PPCR aims to strengthen cooperation and capacity at the regional level to integrate climate resilience into national and appropriate regional development planning and processes.PPCR’s tangible targets for the 31 recipient countries and 11 regional programmes it currently supports include: Bringing livelihood benefits to over 55 million people Developing over 835 plans or strategies at the local, sectoral and national levels Producing over 600 knowledge products, systems and studies Providing climate resilience training to over 200,000 government officials and public beneficiaries.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- NACAG - Nitric Acid Climate Action GroupGovernment AgencyThe long-term objective of Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) is to incentivise the installation of effective N2O abatement technology in every nitric acid plant worldwide. NACAG’s vision is for the N2O emissions of an entire industrial sector to be mitigated on a global scale. The NACAG was launched by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in order to increase mitigation action in the chemical industry. Considering technical and economic aspects, GHG abatement in the nitric acid sector is generally easy to implement and can be done at relatively low cost. This is the reason why this sector was chosen in the first place. The NACAG initiative offers financial and technical support to individual nitric acid plant operators until the end of 2023. While the technical support is available to all governments and nitric acid producers worldwide, the financial support is bound to the condition that the government of the country in which the plant is located commits to sustaining the emission abatement from year 2024 onwards. Support is available through grants and climate auctions. This support covers not only the procurement and installation of the abatement technology and monitoring equipment required, but also any necessary plant modifications and labour costs related to monitoring and maintenance.Grants
- Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Program (ASAP)Climate FundThe Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme is the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) main programme for channelling climate and environmental finance to smallholder farmers. The programme is incorporated into IFAD’s regular investment processes and is subject to rigorous quality control and supervision systems. Since starting its operations in 2012, ASAP funding in two distinct phases (ASAP1 and ASAP2) has received USD 300 million in contributions and has helped eight million vulnerable smallholders in 43 countries cope with the impact of climate change and build more resilient livelihoods. In 2021, the Enhanced Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP+) was launched by IFAD as an expansion of the original ASAP initiative.Grants
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)Climate FundESMAP is a think tank whose world-class experts gather and analyze data on energy access, cooking practices, renewable energy expansion, and end-use decarbonization solutions in hard-to-abate sectors including energy efficiency practices. Drawing from multiple sources, their teams develop global and country-specific data sets whose comprehensive rigor has gained the confidence of partners including governments, private investors, utility managers, and policymakers, among others.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- Access to Energy FundGovernment AgencyThe Access to Energy Fund supports energy generation, transmission, and distribution projects in emerging economies, with a focus on sustainable energy solutions. The fund invests in clean cooking, the productive use of energy, hard-to-electrify areas, transmission and distribution, and other innovative and scalable energy solutions.Concessional DebtDebtTechnical Assistance
- Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT)Climate FundGEF support for the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) was established shortly after the adoption of the Paris Agreement to provide quick-access support to countries and to boost their capacity to enhance the transparency of inventories and action as well as the transparency of support received. As such, the CBIT is a key channel of the GEF’s support for successfully implementing the Paris Agreement and its key pillars of transparency and accountability. It does so by enhancing institutional arrangements for climate transparency, strengthening national Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems, and informing NDC enhancement and decision-making. The Paris Agreement requested the GEF to support the establishment of the CBIT through voluntary contributions during GEF-6 and future replenishment cycles. Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement at UN Climate Change Conference COP21, the GEF established the CBIT Trust Fund in six months and began supporting national projects by COP22 thanks to high levels of donor support and successful engagement with countries and other key stakeholders. CBIT support is available to countries upon request and is provided in a timely manner. In GEF-8, the CBIT has been fully integrated into the climate change focal area’s strategy, with new CBIT projects now being supported directly by the GEF Trust Fund. All developing country Parties that have ratified the Paris Agreement canGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal ProtocolClimate FundThe Multilateral Fund was set up by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to assist developing countries to comply with the terms of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement that sets out a timetable for the phase-out of ODS in both developed and developing countries. The Multilateral Fund provides assistance to countries that are Parties to the Montreal Protocol and whose annual per capita consumption and production of CFCs and halons is less than 0.3 kg on the date of entry into force of the Montreal Protocol or any time thereafter until 1 January 1999. The developing countries that meet these criteria are referred to as Article 5 countries. Contributions to the Multilateral Fund are provided by the non-Article 5 countries. The Kigali Amendment, which was adopted at the Twenty-eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP) on 15 October 2016, added HFCs, non-ODS greenhouse gases that do not damage the ozone layer but have a high global-warming potential (GWP), to the list of substances controlled under the Protocol. The Kigali Amendment entered into force on 1 January 2019. As at 5 February 2020, it has been ratified by 93 Parties. The Montreal Protocol’s timetable for the phase-down of HFCs in both Article 5 and non-Article 5 countries is set out in Annex F of the Protocol. A group of 17 non-Article 5 Parties has provided fast-start support for the implementation of the Kigali Amendment, that is additional to their regular contributions to the Fund. TGrants
- Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Trust FundClimate FundThe Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund (ORCATF) was established in March 2023 to increase the quantity and quality of investments in ocean health (including resilience and the blue economy) and coastal adaptation.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- South PoleCarbon Finance Mechanism · SwitzerlandGlobal carbon project developer and financier offering upfront project development finance and market access for African carbon projects, connecting developers to global buyers.Project PreparationCarbon Credits / ERPAAdvisory
- Blue Catalyst FundBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomCatalytic funding and technical assistance programme from Finance Earth and Fair Carbon bridging early-stage mangrove/blue carbon projects to investment-readiness, with an open application process.Catalytic CapitalTechnical AssistanceProject Preparation
- Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Forest Carbon FundClimate FundThe Carbon Fund is set up to pilot incentive payments for REDD+ efforts in developing countries. FCPF participant countries that have made significant progress in their REDD+ readiness endeavors may be selected to participate in the Carbon Fund, which became fully operational in May 2011. Carbon Funds payments are designed to help countries and their stakeholders achieve long-term sustainability in financing forest conservation. They are intended to help reduce climate change impacts from forest loss and degradation by making forests more valuable standing than cut down. The Carbon Fund remunerates participant countries in accordance with negotiated contracts for verifiable emission reductions (ERs)Technical Assistance
- CIF- Clean Technology Fund (CTF)Climate FundThe Clean Technology Fund (CTF) is part of the CIF, which were originally designed with a ‘sunset clause,’ stipulating that operations would wind down once a new financial architecture under the UNFCCC, such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), became fully operational. The clause allows for any remaining CTF funds to be transferred to a fund with similar objectives. However, given ongoing demand, a strong implementation track record, and the complementary role of the CIF alongside the GCF, the CTF continues to operate with new programming approved by its governing body. As of now, there is no active plan to implement the sunset clause or transfer remaining funds. The CTF promotes scaled-up financing for the demonstration, deployment, and transfer of low-carbon technologies with strong potential for long-term greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Its objectives include: Provide positive incentives, through public and private sector investments, for the demonstration of low carbon development and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions Fund low carbon programmes and projects that are embedded in national plans and strategies, scaling up development and accelerating the diffusion and transfer of clean technologies Realise environmental and social co-benefits, illustrating the potential for low-carbon technologies in contributing to sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals Support international cooperation on climate change Utilise skills and capabilities of the MDConcessional DebtDebtGrants
- CIF - Scaling up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries Program (SREP)Climate FundThe Scaling up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries Program (SREP) is one of three targeted programs that make up the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs). SREP empowers transformation in developing countries by demonstrating the economic, social and environmental viability of renewable energy. Channeled through five multilateral development banks (MDBs), SREP financing supports scaled-up deployment of renewable energy solutions to increase energy access and economic opportunities, with a focus on low-income countries. SREP also contains dedicated Private Sector Set Asides (PSSAs), which allow concessional financing to projects that engage the private sector. It has five objectives: Assist low income countries foster transformational change to low carbon pathways by exploiting renewable energy potential; Highlight economic, social and environmental co-benefits of renewable energy programs; Help scale up private sector investments to achieve SREP objectives; Enable blended financing from multiple sources to enable scaling up of renewable energy programs; and Facilitate knowledge sharing and exchange of international experience and lessons SREP’s targets include: Generating over 3 million MWh per year of renewable energy Improving access to energy for over 140,000 businesses and 17.3 million people Reducing 2.5 million tons of GHG per year.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF)Government AgencyThe GCPF is a debt fund focusing on small scale energy efficiency and renewable energy investments either directly or via local financial institutions. Senior debt between $5 million and $15 million is available for climate focused companies while $10 million to $30 million of senior or subordinated debt is available for financial institutions in developing economies.Concessional DebtDebt
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