Climate Finance
Accelerating the Global Financial Sector's Transition to Climate Alignment and the Financing of a Just, Equitable, and Secure Net Zero Future
$125T
investment required to reach net zero by 2050
70%
proportion of investment needed from private sources
$1.3T
annual financing needs of the Global South in 2025–2030
We Must
Ensure global financial institutions execute their net-zero strategies in line with Earth’s carbon budget
Harmonize the financial sector’s actions with those of policymakers and companies
Increase capital deployed to the global south to mitigate and adapt to climate change tenfold
RMI Will
Clarify what robust net-zero commitments mean for different types of financial institutions
Enable financial institutions to work together to finance the transition of carbon-intensive sectors like steel, shipping, and aviation to net-zero emissions.
Expand opportunities for investments, address systemic barriers, and empower local actors to increase the flow of capital to the Global South.
RMI is helping the financial sector turn its climate commitments into reality.
Market Levers
Policy
Enable regulators to send clear and robust policy signals to the financial sector
Technology
Accelerate commercial-scale financing of new, low-carbon technologies
Data Transparency
Provide decision-useful information to and about the financial sector
What We Do
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Center for Climate-Aligned Finance
Helping financial institutions partner with their clients to develop practical and scalable solutions to the barriers to climate alignment
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Climate Finance Access Network
Unlocking climate finance by building lasting capacity in developing countries.
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PACTA
PACTA is a free, open-source climate scenario analysis methodology and tool for financial institutions and regulators that measures the alignment of investment and lending portfolios with climate change scenarios and their associated sectoral decarbonization pathways.
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Research & Analysis
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Commentary
The Fed’s Climate Tests Are Missing the Next Big Failure
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Article
Navigating the Financial Industry’s Blurred Lines Between Climate Commitments and Greenwash
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Article
Five Ways to Finance Early Coal Phaseout
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Article
Financing 1.5°C: Six Trends to Watch in 2023
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Report
Metrics and Mechanisms to Finance a Managed Coal Phaseout
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Report
Getting Down to Business: Enabling Action and Enhancing Credibility in Net-Zero Banking Using a Portfolio-Led Approach
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Article
Banks Bet on Green Steel
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Article
The Right Nudge: Targeted Interventions to Accelerate the Technology Shift in Buildings
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Article
Finding Signals in Noise: Transition-Relevant Data and Metrics
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News
Global Banks Representing $23 billion in Steel Loans Sign Onto Sustainable STEEL Principles
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Article
The Sustainable STEEL Principles: Forging a New Paradigm
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Article
Hot Property: Why the Financial Sector Must Lead Real Estate Decarbonization
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Article
The Future of Climate Reporting: Alignment, Impact, and Risk
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Article
Financing 1.5°C: Annual General Meetings Season Went Better Than You Think
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News
Three Global Banks Jointly Tackle Aluminum Decarbonization
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News
2° Investing Initiative Transfers Stewardship of PACTA to RMI
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Story
You Might Be Paying for a Worthless Gas Plant
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Article
Introducing the IMPACT+ Principles for Climate-Aligned Finance
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Article
Financing 1.5°C: Five Trends to Watch in Climate-Aligned Finance in 2022
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Article
We Read a 130-Page Report on Climate Regulation So You Don’t Have To
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Article
Private Financial Institutions Are Stepping in to Decarbonize Steel
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Article
Clearing the AIR: Introducing a Climate Alignment, Impact, and Risk Toolbox for Financial Institutions
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Story
Climate Finance 101: Demystifying Financial Mechanisms for the Global Coal Transition
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Article
Financing 1.5°C: In a Booming ESG market, the SEC Has Some Questions
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Article
The Crisis of Climate Finance: “Access Means Survival”
