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Climate finance: agriculture
investments
November 9th, 2017, Bonn
Angela Falconer, PhD
Associate Director, CPI Climate Finance
angela.falconer@cpiclimatefinance.org

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In public finance, land use received least climate
finance for mitigation in 2015/2016
3 bn
5 bn
7 bn
22 bn
34 bn
39 bn
Agriculture, forestry, land-use, & natural
resource management
Transmission & distribution systems
Others / cross-sectoral
Sustainable transport
Renewable energy generation
Energy efficiency
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Mitigation
Dual Benefits
Climate Finance in 2015 (bn USD)
Agriculture Forests Multiple

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A larger sum was invested in making land use
more climate resilient
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
Adaptation
Dual Benefits
Climate Finance in 2015 (bn USD)
Agriculture Forests Multiple

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$320bn p.a. investment needs to unlock $2.3
trillion p.a. opportunity in food and agri SDGs

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The Lab: a public-private partnership to
promote innovation
Funders
Members
Secretariat

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Overview
The Distributed Generation for Cooperatives
Fund aims to scale up distributed renewable
energy by partnering with cooperatives in
agriculture and other sectors
Target impact
The pilot instrument aims to mobilize USD 62
million in investments, reducing carbon
emissions by 470 thousand ton CO2e and
providing cost savings of nearly USD 26 million
to cooperatives along its lifetime
Next Steps
• Build project pipeline & establish MOUs with
cooperatives
• Raise commercial & concessional capital
• Launch 23 MW pilot project in the state of Rio
Grande do Sul
Type
Facility & Platform
Focus
Mitigation
Geography
Brazil
Stage
Endorsed
Endorsement
2017 Brasil Lab
Distributed Energy Generation for Cooperatives

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