GCBC White Paper on Capacity Building

What unlocks climate finance in EMDEs? How can funders, providers, and end-users scale demand-driven, high-impact capacity building?

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Building Capacity. Unlocking Capital.

A world leading platform to help financial institutions seize the opportunities of the transition to clean and resilient economies.

Strengthening capacity building to unlock climate and transition finance at scale. We work to streamline access, improve availability and enhance effectiveness of climate capacity building and technical assistance, with a focus on emerging markets and developing economies.

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GCBC Leadership Paper

GCBC White Paper on Capacity Building

What unlocks climate finance in EMDEs? How can funders, providers, and end-users scale demand-driven, high-impact capacity building?


Founding members ( ), observers (----) and supporting members (-) of the Coalition Include:


A Test BankAfrican Development BankAsian Development BankAsian Infrastructure Investment BankBloomberg PhilanthropiesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFinance in CommonGlasgow Financial Alliance for Net ZeroGreen Climate FundInter-American Development Bank
A Test BankAfrican Development BankAsian Development BankAsian Infrastructure Investment BankBloomberg PhilanthropiesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFinance in CommonGlasgow Financial Alliance for Net ZeroGreen Climate FundInter-American Development Bank
A Test BankAfrican Development BankAsian Development BankAsian Infrastructure Investment BankBloomberg PhilanthropiesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFinance in CommonGlasgow Financial Alliance for Net ZeroGreen Climate FundInter-American Development Bank
A Test BankAfrican Development BankAsian Development BankAsian Infrastructure Investment BankBloomberg PhilanthropiesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentFinance in CommonGlasgow Financial Alliance for Net ZeroGreen Climate FundInter-American Development Bank
International Monetary FundInternational Sustainability Standards BoardKaran Test OrgNetwork of Greening the Financial SystemPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentThe Global Blended Finance AllianceThe World Bank GroupUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme Finance InitiativeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
International Monetary FundInternational Sustainability Standards BoardKaran Test OrgNetwork of Greening the Financial SystemPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentThe Global Blended Finance AllianceThe World Bank GroupUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme Finance InitiativeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
International Monetary FundInternational Sustainability Standards BoardKaran Test OrgNetwork of Greening the Financial SystemPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentThe Global Blended Finance AllianceThe World Bank GroupUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme Finance InitiativeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
International Monetary FundInternational Sustainability Standards BoardKaran Test OrgNetwork of Greening the Financial SystemPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentThe Global Blended Finance AllianceThe World Bank GroupUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme Finance InitiativeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)B Test BankBlended Finance TaskforceCambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipCapacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI)Capitals CoalitionCatalytic Finance FoundationCeresChartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW)Chartered Institute for Securities and InvestmentClimate Action Center of Excellence (CACE)Climate ArcClimate Bonds InitiativeClimate Finance Accelerator (CFA)Climate InteractiveClimate Investment Fund (CIF)Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)Climate Safe Lending NetworkColumbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)ConvergenceDevelopment Bank of KazakhstanEllen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)Finance in Motion (FiM)Frankfurt School of Finance and ManagementFSD AfricaGIINGlobal Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Green Digital Finance AllianceGreen Finance In titute (GFI)Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA)Insititue of Bankers in IrelandInstitute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)International Federation of AccountantsKS Supporting Member Test OrgLuxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions (I4CE)National Banking Institute Limited (NBI)National Business Initiative (NBI)National Institute of Banking and Finance Pakistan (NIBAF)NDC PartnershipOpen Climate CurriculumOxford Sustainable Finance GroupPan African Federation of AccountantsPrivate Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)Renewable Academy (RENAC)Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)Sustainable Finance Education CharterThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Theia Finance LabsUnited Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE)USAIDWorld Alliance of International Financial Centers
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)B Test BankBlended Finance TaskforceCambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipCapacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI)Capitals CoalitionCatalytic Finance FoundationCeresChartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW)Chartered Institute for Securities and InvestmentClimate Action Center of Excellence (CACE)Climate ArcClimate Bonds InitiativeClimate Finance Accelerator (CFA)Climate InteractiveClimate Investment Fund (CIF)Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)Climate Safe Lending NetworkColumbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)ConvergenceDevelopment Bank of KazakhstanEllen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)Finance in Motion (FiM)Frankfurt School of Finance and ManagementFSD AfricaGIINGlobal Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Green Digital Finance AllianceGreen Finance In titute (GFI)Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA)Insititue of Bankers in IrelandInstitute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)International Federation of AccountantsKS Supporting Member Test OrgLuxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions (I4CE)National Banking Institute Limited (NBI)National Business Initiative (NBI)National Institute of Banking and Finance Pakistan (NIBAF)NDC PartnershipOpen Climate CurriculumOxford Sustainable Finance GroupPan African Federation of AccountantsPrivate Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)Renewable Academy (RENAC)Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)Sustainable Finance Education CharterThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Theia Finance LabsUnited Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE)USAIDWorld Alliance of International Financial Centers
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)B Test BankBlended Finance TaskforceCambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipCapacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI)Capitals CoalitionCatalytic Finance FoundationCeresChartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW)Chartered Institute for Securities and InvestmentClimate Action Center of Excellence (CACE)Climate ArcClimate Bonds InitiativeClimate Finance Accelerator (CFA)Climate InteractiveClimate Investment Fund (CIF)Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)Climate Safe Lending NetworkColumbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)ConvergenceDevelopment Bank of KazakhstanEllen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)Finance in Motion (FiM)Frankfurt School of Finance and ManagementFSD AfricaGIINGlobal Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Green Digital Finance AllianceGreen Finance In titute (GFI)Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA)Insititue of Bankers in IrelandInstitute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)International Federation of AccountantsKS Supporting Member Test OrgLuxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions (I4CE)National Banking Institute Limited (NBI)National Business Initiative (NBI)National Institute of Banking and Finance Pakistan (NIBAF)NDC PartnershipOpen Climate CurriculumOxford Sustainable Finance GroupPan African Federation of AccountantsPrivate Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)Renewable Academy (RENAC)Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)Sustainable Finance Education CharterThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Theia Finance LabsUnited Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE)USAIDWorld Alliance of International Financial Centers
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)B Test BankBlended Finance TaskforceCambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipCapacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI)Capitals CoalitionCatalytic Finance FoundationCeresChartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW)Chartered Institute for Securities and InvestmentClimate Action Center of Excellence (CACE)Climate ArcClimate Bonds InitiativeClimate Finance Accelerator (CFA)Climate InteractiveClimate Investment Fund (CIF)Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)Climate Safe Lending NetworkColumbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)ConvergenceDevelopment Bank of KazakhstanEllen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)Finance in Motion (FiM)Frankfurt School of Finance and ManagementFSD AfricaGIINGlobal Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI)Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Green Digital Finance AllianceGreen Finance In titute (GFI)Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA)Insititue of Bankers in IrelandInstitute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)International Federation of AccountantsKS Supporting Member Test OrgLuxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions (I4CE)National Banking Institute Limited (NBI)National Business Initiative (NBI)National Institute of Banking and Finance Pakistan (NIBAF)NDC PartnershipOpen Climate CurriculumOxford Sustainable Finance GroupPan African Federation of AccountantsPrivate Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)Renewable Academy (RENAC)Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)Sustainable Finance Education CharterThe Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)Theia Finance LabsUnited Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE)USAIDWorld Alliance of International Financial Centers

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