Climate Policy Initiative

Not to be confused with International Center for Climate Governance or Initiative on Climate Change policy and Governance.

The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is an independent non-profit research group and international climate policy organization based in San Francisco, California with other offices worldwide.^[3][4] CPI is supported primarily by philanthropic organizations and government development finance.^[5][6][3]

Climate Policy Initiative

Climate Policy Initiative
Abbreviation	CPI
Formation	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Founder	Thomas Heller
Type	Nonprofit research group and international climate policy organization
Location	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Global Managing Director	Barbara Buchner^[1]^[2]
Website	www.climatepolicyinitiative.org

External videos
Climate Policy Initiative Youtube channel
“A Conversation with Climate Policy Initiative”, Yale Center for Business and the Environment, April 21, 2020.

With over 100 analysts and advisors^[5] the climate think tank works to improve energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance.^[7][8] It is considered a leader expert group in tracking global climate finance.^[2][9][10] Beginning with the Landscape of Climate Finance (2011), CPI has published a series of annual reports which examine both public and private financial flows worldwide. CPI also publishes in-depth case studies on the public sector's mobilization of private investment.^[11] As of 2021, CPI reported that flows of climate-related finance in and between countries account for only about 0.7% of the world’s GDP, far below the amount that is projected to be needed for climate mitigation and adaptation.^[12] The San Giorgio Group (SGG), a working group established by CPI and others in 2011, focuses on ways in which financing can support green low-emissions investment.^[13][11]

History

Founded in 2009 by Thomas Heller,^[3] CPI is headquartered in San Francisco (United States).^[4] It also has offices in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),^[14] New Delhi (India),^[15] Jakarta (Indonesia),^[16][17] and London (United Kingdom).^[18] As of 2020, the Global Managing Director of the Climate Policy Institute is Barbara Buchner.^[1][2]

Current fields of research

• Renewable energy & energy efficiency
• Policy & institutions
• Carbon finance
• Climate & development (for the scientific journal see Climate and Development)
• Forestry & land use

Publications

CPI has published about 200 studies on the previously listed fields of research, mainly in English, with some in Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia (Malay). The studies are freely downloadable in its publications web page.^[19]

See also

• Climate Finance
• Global warming

External links

• Climate Policy Initiative official website

References

1. Dávila, Elysha (January 27, 2020). "CPI appoints Dr. Barbara Buchner as Global Managing Director, Vikram Widge as Senior Advisor". CPI. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
2. Herculano, Gabriela (March 31, 2021). "Interview with Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative". www.iclima.earth. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
3. "Climate Policy Initiative - MacArthur Foundation". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
4. Timperley, Jocelyn (20 October 2021). "The broken $100-billion promise of climate finance — and how to fix it". Nature. 598 (7881): 400–402. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02846-3. PMID 34671142. S2CID 239050707.
5. . CPI. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
6. Schwencke, Ken; Roberts, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon (9 May 2013). "Climate Policy Initiative Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 7 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. "Climate Policy Initiative a lead contributor to G7 report on long-term climate finance". Climate Policy Initiative. June 8, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
8. "Climate Policy Initiative awarded multi-year grant for Production & Protection work in Brazil". Climate Policy Initiative. February 3, 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
9. Burg, Natalie (April 20, 2022). "Who Funds the Fight Against Climate Change?". Means and Matters. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
10. "El Club de Bancos para el Desarrollo aumenta en USD 30.000 millones su financiamiento verde". CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina. CAF. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
11. Illman, Julia (2014). Practical methods for assessing private climate finance flows (PDF). Nordic Council Of Ministe. p. 23. ISBN 978-92-893-2704-6. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
12. Chidambaram, Ravi; Khanna, Parag (1 August 2022). "It's Time to Invest in Climate Adaptation". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
13. "San Giorgio Group Meets on Increasing Funding for Low-Emissions Development". World Bank. September 20, 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
14. Meyers, Glenn (26 May 2011). "Climate Policy Initiative Opens Rio Center". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
15. "India needs to invest more in renewables: Climate Policy Initiative". The New Indian Express. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
16. "Mainstreaming climate change into investments through climate budget tagging". Jakarta Investment Center. July 19, 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
17. Halimanjaya, Aidy Halimanjaya; Maulidia, Martha (2014). The coordination of climate finance in Indonesia (PDF). London: Overseas Development Institute. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
18. "Offices and Contact". Climate Policy Initiative. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
19. "Publications". CPI. Climate Policy Initiative. Retrieved 31 May 2018.