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Windmills in a field

Reducing Risks of Renewable Energy Investments through Parametric Insurance

September 24, 2020
Santiago Enriquez
Announcements
During this next event in a series of joint Climatelinks-CEADIR webinars , the author of this assessment will present findings and opportunities. Representatives of global reinsurance companies SwissRe and MunichRe will also join to discuss their experiences with parametric insurance for utility-scale VRE in Latin America and beyond. Find out more about this Oct. 1 event , and register to attend .
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Keywords: 
adaptation, carbon, clean energy, climate finance, climate policy, Climate Risk Management, infrastructure, insurance, low emission development strategies, mitigation, private-sector engagement, resilience, Self-reliance, vulnerability assessment, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
Madagascar countryside

Scaling Up Clean Energy, Sustainable Landscapes, and Climate Adaptation Financing

August 19, 2020
Dr. Eric Hyman
Blog Post
The amount of development assistance available for clean energy, sustainable landscapes, and climate adaptation investment is relatively small...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, carbon, clean energy, climate finance, climate policy, Climate Risk Management, development donors, forest/forestry, insurance, land use, low emission development strategies, mitigation, partnership, private-sector engagement, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Global
Terraced farming photo Madagascar

Announcing the First Webinar of the New Climatelinks-CEADIR Webinar Series!

July 29, 2020
Eric Hyman
Announcements
To enable scaling of climate programs, development assistance organizations can help partner countries leverage new sources of financing, including institutional investors, impact investors, and international and domestic capital markets. However, new approaches are necessary to achieve impacts on a much larger scale. USAID funded a Climate Finance Assessment that identified opportunities, challenges, and experiences in leveraging international and domestic private and public sector investment for clean energy, sustainable landscapes, and climate adaptation. This report will be discussed in a webinar on August 6 .
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, carbon, clean energy, climate finance, climate policy, land use, low emission development strategies, mitigation, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), resilience, sustainable landscapes, Training, water
Geography: 
Global
Terraced field in Madagascar

Assessing Opportunities to Accelerate Climate Finance

June 25, 2020
Eric Hyman
Blog Post
The amount of development assistance funds available for climate mitigation and adaptation is small relative to the increasing need for it and...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate finance, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Global
CEADIR DCA

DCA Guarantees Support Clean Energy Lending in El Salvador

November 6, 2017
Santiago Enriquez
Eric Hyman
Blog Post
On September 28, USAID/ El Salvador signed agreements with three commercial banks in El Salvador to offer more than $53 million in partial loan...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate finance, mitigation, private-sector engagement, Training
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean