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Climate Investment Funds

Climate Fund
United States
iSustain score 90Complex· 12–24 months

Multi-donor concessional climate finance vehicle deployed through MDBs.

Geographic focus

Central Asia
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East
North Africa
Pacific Islands
Pan-African
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Sector appetite

Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Just Transition
Climate Adaptation
Forestry
Resilient Infrastructure
Industry

Finance instruments

Concessional Debt
Grants
Guarantees
Equity
Results-based Finance
Technical Assistance

Project stages

Feasibility
Development
Construction
Scale-up
Operational

Typical ticket size

$1m – $300m

Readiness requirements

Country investment plan endorsed by government

Partnership preferences

Deployed exclusively through MDB partners

Contact

CIFAdminUnit@worldbank.org

iSustain relevance score

  • Regional focus & relevance30/30
  • Access & contactability25/25
  • Financing programmes & instruments — 1 open or rolling8/15
  • Instrument breadth12/15
  • Data freshness15/15

Weighted 0–100: Africa focus 30, access & contactability 25, live windows 15, instrument breadth 15, data freshness 15.

Access difficulty

Complex· 12–24 months

Sovereign or government counterparty required; published application route; minimum ticket $5m+.

  • Counterparty requirement — Sovereign or government counterparty5/5
  • Application process — Published application route0/3
  • Ticket floor — Minimum ticket $5m+2/3
  • Readiness burden — 0 readiness requirements identified0/2
  • Internal approval process — Board / institutional approval cycles2/2

A rating of how hard this capital is to reach — not a prediction of whether an application will succeed. Built from the counterparty required, the published application route, the minimum ticket, the readiness evidence expected and the internal approval process.

Instruments & programmes

What a client can actually approach this organisation for, and how access works.

CIF Clean Technology & Investment Programmes

Programme
Concessional Debt
Open

Concessional finance channelled through MDBs for renewable energy, energy access, resilience, forests and coal transition.

Access route

Sovereign / government only

Ticket size

$10m+ — Country programme allocations, typically $30m–$500m

Geographic focus

Global
Eastern Europe
Latin America & Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Pacific Islands
Pan-African
Middle East
Central Asia
North Africa

Sector focus

Renewable Energy
Climate Resilience
Forestry
Energy Access

Project stages

Development
Construction

Eligibility

Selected countries; capital deployed via MDB partners.

How to access

Governments engage the MDB focal point during country programming.

Climate Investment Funds Country Investment Programmes

Facility
Concessional Debt
Rolling

Concessional finance channelled through the multilateral development banks for country-level programmes on clean technology, renewable energy access, resilience, forests, industry decarbonisation and coal transition.

Access route

Sovereign / government only

Ticket size

— — Programme envelopes typically $50m–$500m

Geographic focus

Global
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa

Sector focus

Renewable Energy
Energy Access
Industry
Forestry

Project stages

Development
Construction
Scale-up

Eligibility

Governments of eligible CIF countries, working with an MDB partner such as the World Bank, IFC, ADB, AfDB, IDB or EBRD.

How to access

Governments express interest through the relevant CIF programme, then co-develop an investment plan with their MDB partner.

How to access Climate Investment Funds

How are Climate Investment Funds accessed?

CIF finance flows through its partner development banks (AfDB, ADB, EBRD, IDB, IFC and the World Bank) under country investment plans.

What does CIF fund?

Clean technology, energy access, forests, adaptation, renewable energy integration and industry decarbonisation, mostly on concessional terms.

Can private companies benefit from CIF?

Yes, through the private sector arms of the partner banks, which blend CIF concessional finance into commercial deals.

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