Paris Alignment

The “IDB Group Paris Alignment Implementation Approach” (PAIA) contains the methodology, set of principles, and technical guidance on energy, water and sanitation, transportation, agri-food systems, manufacturing, digital economy, buildings, and operations with financial institutions, to carry out this assessment. Furthermore, the IDB uses its Disaster and Climate Risk Methodology as a key input to align its operations to the adaptation goal of the Paris Agreement. This helps shape the technical design of operations and informs our dialogue with clients.

The PAIA has been designed with embedded flexibility to acknowledge different national contexts, and is to be updated on the basis of evolving knowledge, feedback, and lessons learned by all Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). This is part of the process that IDB Group shares with other development finance institutions, as we begin to apply the principles of the “Joint MDB Methodological Principles for Assessment of Paris Agreement Alignment of New operations” which are the basis for the PAIA and were developed by IDB Group in collaboration with other MDBs. 

The principles represent the outcome of work amongst the MDBs since the Paris Agreement was signed. MDBs committed to align their financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement in 2017. 

Download the Joint MDB Methodological Principles for Assessment of Paris Agreement Alignment of New operations for:

You can also download de MDB list of activities considered universally aligned with the Paris Agreement's mitigation goal and universally not aligned with the Paris Agreement's mitigation goal: