Mobilizing capital for a low-carbon, resilient and inclusive future

Our mission is to promote a model of growth that is low-carbon, sustainable, resilient, and inclusive. We work with our Member States to translate climate and development ambitions into real investments that drive economic growth while protecting people and the planet. Our work spans the full investment value chain, from policy design to project development and financing, ensuring that countries have both the strategies and the capital required to implement sustainable development.

Our delivery model

We work with our members across three interconnected levels: policy, projects, and finance mobilization.

1. Policy
We support governments in the design and development of national, sub-national, and sectoral climate strategies that guide the transition toward sustainable economies. This includes technical support for frameworks such as:

• Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
• National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
• Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategies (LT-LEDS)
• Other national or subnational, economy-wide, or sector specific low carbon development strategies

These strategies establish national priorities and provide the policy foundation needed to guide sustainable investment.

2. Projects

To translate policies into action, we work with public and private sector partners to originate, design, and structure project pipelines. This includes:

• Conceptualizing or identifying investment opportunities aligned with national climate priorities
• Supporting feasibility studies and project preparation
• Structuring projects to meet requires of investors and capital providers

Through this work, we help countries move from policy commitments to concrete investment-ready projects.

3. Finance Mobilization

The final step is ensuring that these projects are financed. We work with public and private financial institutions, enterprises and investors to mobilize capital toward these project pipelines, enabling countries to implement their climate and development priorities.
The objective is to ensure coherence across the full value chain, from policy design to pipeline development, to financial structuring and capital mobilization.

What do we do?

When it comes to finance mobilization and sustainable finance, our award-winning interventions are structured around three pillars.

1. Build the foundations

We work with Ministries of Finance and financial sector regulators to establish the foundations for greening financial systems. This includes supporting countries in developing:

• National sustainable finance strategies
• NDC and NAP investment strategies
• Green taxonomies
• Climate and nature-related financial risk standards
• Disclosure and reporting frameworks
• Green public procurement and public-private partnership frameworks
• Accreditation processes with international climate funds such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and Adaptation Fund (AF)

We also support the establishment of climate finance units or national climate finance platforms within Ministries of Finance, helping strengthen institutional capacity to manage sustainable finance. These enabling conditions create the regulatory and institutional environment needed for sustainable capital flows.

2. Develop sustainable finance instruments

We act as a structuring and advisory partner to public and private sector actors, including sovereign governments, sub-sovereign entities, state-owned enterprises, local financial institutions, and corporates. We support the design and structuring of innovative financial instruments such as:

• Thematic bonds
• Sustainable and sustainability-linked loans
• Guarantee mechanisms
• Insurance and risk-sharing solutions
• Debt for nature and climate swaps

We work across both use-of-proceeds instruments (where funds are earmarked for specific projects) and outcome- or sustainability-linked instruments. Our support spans the entire transaction lifecycle, including:

• Pre-transaction design and structuring
• Investor engagement and market preparation
• Post-transaction monitoring and reporting

These instruments allow countries and institutions to mobilize capital at scale for climate and sustainable development investments.

3. Ensure transparency, monitoring and reporting
Transparency is essential for building trust in sustainable finance markets. We support partners in strengthening transparency, monitoring, and accountability through:

• Climate finance Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems
• Transaction-level allocation and impact reporting
• Alignment with international sustainability disclosure frameworks

All the financial transactions we support are accompanied by independent third-party verification or assurance, ensuring credibility for investors and stakeholders.

Results since 2015

Our sustainable finance work has helped translate climate ambition into real financial outcomes.

Since 2015, GGGI has supported 50+ transactions mobilizing approximately USD 12.8 billion in investment across multiple financing structures including:

• USD 10+ billion in green, social and sustainability bonds
  These are fixed-income securities issued by governments, development banks, or companies to raise capital specifically for projects with environmental or social benefits, such as renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, or climate resilience investments.
• USD 920 million in debt-for-nature swaps
  These arrangements reduce a country’s external debt in exchange for commitments to invest in conservation or climate action, allowing governments to redirect debt payments toward protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.
• USD 1.1 billion in sustainable loans and credit facilities
  These are financing arrangements that support projects aligned with sustainability objectives, often linking loan conditions or interest rates to environmental or social performance targets.

GGGI-supported transactions received six awards at the 2026 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards, including Social Loan of the Year (Ecuador), Green Bond of the Year – Local Authority (Bogotá, Colombia), Green Bond of the Year – Financial Institution (Sri Lanka), Innovation Award – Blue Bond (Sri Lanka), and two awards for Cambodia’s SchneiTec Dynamic green project bond.