Finance and Investment Programme

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Our Programme on Finance and Investment aims to ensure that countries and communities in North Africa as well as elsewhere in ​Africa and the Arab region are able to access predictable and affordable finance from different sources to achieve their climate and development goals, advancing sustainable finance leadership and engendering green and resilient financial systems.

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Overcoming financing gaps means understanding the political economy of scaling financial flows, and recognizing longstanding structural barriers to financing sustainable development and climate action in Africa and the Arab region, notably in the unaffordability of capital.

 

Building green and resilient financial systems requires systemic reforms, improved data disclosure, and enhanced management of climate-related and other ESG-related financial risks and opportunities — in addition to better mobilization of local African and Arab capital to meet local societal needs.

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Looking internationally, however, there is an imperative to enhance diplomacy and cooperation around international financing for climate and development, and reforms to the general international financial architecture, engaging across the UN, MDBs, and other fora.