Emerging Market
Climate Action Fund
Climate Action Fund
Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (EMCAF) is an innovative blended finance Fund of Funds created in partnership by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The Fund provides highly catalytic early-stage equity financing to greenfield climate mitigation and adaptation projects in emerging and developing markets by backing fund managers and project developers active in this area. The Fund will create a long-lasting tangible impact by building up real assets on the ground as well as fuelling private market ecosystems that will sustain a low carbon economy over the long-term, allowing the target countries to become energy independent and resilient.
Moving away from fossil fuel dependency
EMCAF targets two key investment areas
Renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors represent a substantial majority of our investments with additional investment in related climate mitigation and adaption areas such as e.g. sustainable transport, forestry, rehabilitation/restoration of degraded land water supply and waste water, and the circular economy.
How do private investors benefit?
Attractive returns and positive outcomes are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Scarce public financing resources need to be complemented with private capital to fill the funding gap. EMCAF’s private investors can be part of the growing global commitment to clean energy, reducing risks to supply chains, preserving access to natural resources, and sharing responsibility for
Helping to create a more sustainable future
Climate Impact Lighthouse Initiative
EMCAF is a large ‘lighthouse impact initiative’. It will mobilise up to EUR 10bn to fill in the climate finance gap in emerging and developing markets. It will catalyse around 9-10 GW of clean energy capacity. The fund will comply with EIB’s Environmental & Social (“E&S”) standards.
Conference of Parties (COP)
The 21st UN Conference of Parties COP 21 created a multilateral agreement, known as the Paris Agreement, with the goal of limiting global warming to below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. More recently, COP 26, held in 2021, concluded the Glasgow Climate Pact building on the work achieved at COP 21. By providing financing to climate transition, EMCAF will directly contribute to the Paris Climate Goals.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The UN SDGs comprise of 17 goals and 169 underlying targets calling for collective action to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Achieving the environmental targets will be crucial to the success of the goals. As a public-private partnership, EMCAF contributes to the fight against climate change by targeting investments that align with the climate related SDGs:
The Fund’s strategy is underpinned by a triple bottom line approach of “People, Planet, Prosperity”. Due to the fundamental commitment to financial, environmental and social sustainability principles that are mutually reinforcing, EMCAF’s investments will accelerate achievement of at least additional six SDGs beyond the four primary focus SDGs.
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Emerging Market Climate Action Fund
A collaboration between two global leaders, Allianz Global Investors and the European Investment Bank, who are committed to tackling climate change and working towards a greener more sustainable future for all.
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