How does the Climate Fund evaluate the emissions reduction potential of investment targets?

The term “emissions reduction potential” often appears when talking about Climate Fund investment targets, but what does emissions reduction potential mean and how is it evaluated?

We have compiled a more detailed overview of the assessment and monitoring of the emissions reduction potential related to the Climate Fund’s operations.

In addition to general information, the periodically updated overview is useful e.g. for those interested in funding of the Climate Fund and the application of climate-related criteria in investment activities.

The document includes:

  • the calculation of the emissions reduction potential based on the operating principles of the Climate Fund,
  • a detailed overview of the terms and concepts underlying the calculation of the emissions reduction potential,
  • the basis for calculating the emissions reduction potential in the funding of the Climate Fund,

as well as more concise reviews of:

  • the monitoring the emissions reduction potential of Climate Fund investment targets,
  • the emissions reduction potential of the 2021 investment targets, and
  • the perspectives on the emissions reduction potential of the Climate Fund’s future operations

You can find the document here.

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