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The GEF issues call for proposals for blended finance global program
The Global Environment Facility has issued a call for proposals under its Non-Grant Instrument Program which provides blended finance for selected initiatives that catalyze investments from private investors and capital markets.
While most of the GEF’s financing support is provided as grants, it also deploys a wide array of blended finance instruments such as debt, equity, and guarantees to attract private sector investment and deliver global environment benefits beyond business as usual.
Guide for Understanding and Accessing Blended Finance
Increasingly, stakeholders across the public and private sector are seeking to follow the guidance of global environmental conventions that the GEF supports and engage in protecting the global environment. This guide is a resource on the GEF Council guidance and policies that helped shape the Global Environment Facility's approach to blended finance. It may also help private sector, CSO, and potential project developers navigate the application process to become investment partners in innovative blended finance projects.
Innovation drives Seychelles blue economy approach
Our oceans provide everything from food for billions around the world, to protecting communities and economies from storms—bringing it at least $1.5 trillion to the global economy every year. But they also face a barrage of threats, from marine pollution and dwindling fish stocks, to the dramatic effect of climate change on coastal communities. Such challenges require new ways of thinking and innovative financing tools that address both the health and economic wealth of our oceans.
Innovative finance project for sustainable fisheries launched with leading investors
The Meloy Fund, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership has been launched with a first close of US $10 million.
GEF Innovations in Blended Finance: A Summary
Transforming the world's energy systems, cities, and land-use systems to become low-carbon and resilient will require a large-scale change in global finance flows. The magnitude of financing is in the order of trillions of dollars per year, of which a large amount comes from the private sector. It is therefore critical that scarce public resources are deployed in a way that catalyzes the required redirection of finance. Blended finance aims to achieve exactly that, and therefore has attracted significant interest in recent years.