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
The Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA) is an open-source and free of charge software application that enables users to measure the alignment of financial portfolios with climate scenarios as well as analyze specific companies.
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Engage and Act
Engage & Act provides data and insights into an electric utility’s past and projected future emissions to help stakeholders assess if it’s on track to meet climate goals.
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Transition Finance
The most comprehensive resource available for financial institutions to learn more about how to accelerate transition finance in their institution.
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Research & Analysis
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Article
On the Climate Bill’s Second Birthday, Surging Successes — But a Split Reality
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Article
Finding (Re)Purpose: The Power of a Pre-Feasibility Analysis in Coal Repurposing
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Article
Transition Finance 101
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Article
Finding (Re)Purpose: Demystifying Coal Repurposing in the Global Energy Transition
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Report
Coal-to-Clean Success Stories
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Transition Finance Case Studies: Logan and Chambers — Renegotiate, Refinance, Redevelop
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Transition Finance Case Studies: ACEN — Project Sale to Special Purpose Vehicle
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Transition Finance Case Studies: Tocopilla Units 14 and 15 — Results-Based Loan Incentive
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Article
Unpacking Five Key Barriers to Transition Finance
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Article
Why Sectoral Target-Setting Finance Frameworks Are Key to Industrial Decarbonization
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News
RMI and five global banks launch the Pegasus Guidelines—a voluntary emissions measurement and reporting standard for the aviation sector
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Article
Steel Sector Financiers Disclose Climate Alignment for the First Time — and There’s More Work to Do
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Article
Overcoming Three Finance Dilemmas for US SAF Producers in 2024
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Article
Transition Credits Are Gearing Up to Support Global Energy Transformation
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Report
Financing Building Decarbonization
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Article
90 Percent of Euro-Area Banks Are Out of Step with Paris Goals. How Can They Get on Track?
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Article
How Global Banks See Transition Finance in 2024
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Article
Financing the Transition: Four Trends to Watch in 2024
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Article
Clean Energy 101: Why and How to Fund the Decarbonization of Aluminum
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News
At COP28, RMI launches the first finance framework to support the decarbonization of aluminum production: the Sustainable Aluminum Finance Framework
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Article
Defining Transition Finance: Exploring Its Purpose, Scope, and Credibility
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Article
A Global Call to Action on Transition Finance at COP28
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How Financing Industrial Decarbonization Is Moving from Disclosures to Dealmaking
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Article
Five Lessons for Industrial Project Finance from H2 Green Steel
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Article
Pioneering Study Measures Alignment of Brazilian Asset Manager Portfolios with Climate Scenarios