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09.05.2013

Private Sector CCA investment/finance examples

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At an accelerating rate, the private sector is getting more and more involved in CCA – mostly through developing products and services. Micro-insurance, reinsurance, technology development (agricultural and other), value chain strengthening, and risk assessments, among many other areas, are seeing increasing levels of private sector involvement and innovation.  The UNFCCC Private Sector Initiative gives very good coverage of these activities in the form of to-the-point case studies, and relevant links: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/private_sector_initiative/items/6547.php

From the CCA finance perspective, however, it seems that the private sector has not yet enthusiastically embraced investment in CCA projects on a large scale. The IFC recently provided an $8m loan to a Turkish paper company for wastewater recovery (http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/pressroom/IFCPressRoom.nsf/0/112F0B2EDA873C6385257B2B005301E7). In addition to this project, however, I have been having trouble finding other good examples for private sector financing of CCA projects.

Does anyone know of any good examples?