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Climate riskNovember 28 2023

Gaia platform aims to fill the climate finance gap

The Gaia platform’s blended investment model aims to address the issues presented by climate change and a lack of access to credit in the world’s least developed countries.
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Gaia platform aims to fill the climate finance gapBoys play in a dried up dam in Khawlan, Yemen, one of the world’s most water-stressed countries. Image: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

Banks and financial institutions looking to make climate-linked investments in developing countries may be wary of the potential risks attached to some of the poorest jurisdictions around the world.

Looking to bridge the climate finance gap between the global north and the global south, a group of institutions that include Japanese bank MUFG, Canadian financial solutions firm FinDev and a consortium of UN partners have launched Gaia, a $1.5bn platform designed to bring in climate-linked investments to support developing countries.

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