Catalysing Low-carbon Growth in Developing Economies - Public Finance Mechanisms to Scale up Private Sector investment in Climate Solutions

UNEP’s Green Economy initiative is about meeting the multiple challenges on a planet of six billion people rising to over nine billion by 2050, by maximising the impact and opportunities of different investment choices in order to globally propel low carbon, resource efficient growth.

Encouraging financial flows between rich and less well-off countries is key as is the involvement of the private finance sector and global investment community. UNEP has been actively engaged with financial institutions around the world for over 15 years to facilitate more sustainable investment patterns.

This report focuses on the kinds of public finance mechanisms needed to incentivise and scale-up private sector investment.