The Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev)
The Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) is a World Bank trust fund that mobilizes private finance for clean energy access in low-income countries. It delivers results-based finance to innovative and transformative business models driven by the private sector. Ci-Dev comprises two reinforcing components, the Readiness Fund and the Carbon Fund. The Readiness Fund finances capacity building activities in least developed countries to develop standardized baselines and technical assistance for energy access programs. It supports the development of new methodologies and proposals for simplified Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) rules, and dissemination of results. Where needed, it also provides technical assistance to the projects and programs supported by the Carbon Fund. The Carbon Fund provides performance-based payments to low-carbon investments in the form of purchases of certified carbon emission reductions.
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