Green finance represents an opportunity for transitioning the Latin America and Caribbean region toward an inclusive and low-carbon economy while also tackling physical climate risks.
To develop the green finance market and leverage private investments, CMF offers bespoke capital market and financing solutions such as thematic bonds, institutional capability building, and dedicated public-private dialogues among financial sector agents and key actors of the real economy. Over the last years, CMF has leveraged — through public-private financial products and thematic bond issuance — investments with high potential for socio-economic, environmental, and climate benefits.
The Green Finance LAC Platform (GFL) is a knowledge exchange Platform that has been developed to respond to a demand of National Development Banks (NDBs), financial institutions of the private sector and players of the financial market for sharing information and knowledge about green financing.
The Green Bond Transparency Platform is an initiative developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with the objective of supporting the harmonization and standardization efforts on LAC green bond reporting.
The Financial Innovation LAB is a place to exchange ideas about financing techniques for climate change mitigation and adaptation investments.
REDES is an initiative of the IDB, in collaboration with ASBA, and financial regulators and supervisors in Latin America and the Caribbean. REDES promotes sustainable regulation and supervision among Latin American and Caribbean countries and consolidates a regional forum to identify common challenges and facilitate the coordination of policies and initiatives in the face of the global agenda.