Welcome to the Inclusive Climate Finance Guidebook!
This resource was created by Climate KIC in collaboration with Bopinc, and funded by the European Institute for Innovation and Technology & Irish Aid.
Find more info on the organisations behind this work and Licensing & Attribution below. For any questions or feedback regarding this Guidebook, please contact [email protected].
:ck-target-ink: This guidebook is for you if…
:ck-direction-pink: You’re an early–growth stage climate investor (VC), investing in innovation-driven solutions.
:ck-view-pink: You’re a mission-driven fund or impact-first organisation with a small or mid-sized team and limited internal ESG/ inclusion capacity.
:ck-idea-pink: You’re a regional or thematic climate fund manager who wants lightweight, context-appropriate inclusion tools that fit your speed and resources.
:ck-voice-ink: You may also find this guidebook useful if…
:ck-toolkit-pink: You’re a corporate or corporate venture/accelerator investing in or partnering with climate ventures and want more inclusive pipelines and portfolios.
:ck-discussion-pink: You’re an accelerator, ecosystem actor, or NGO supporting climate entrepreneurs and looking to understand how investors can integrate inclusion.
:ck-system-pink: You’re a Development Financial Institution (DFI) or multilateral interested in how inclusion can be translated into light-touch practices for earlier-stage or smaller funds you work with.
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:ck-woman-pink: Although this guidebook is developed for climate organisations, the tools and guidance are relevant across impact-driven sectors, including health, agri-food, education and inclusive finance. Many of the tools themselves will be transferable, though practitioners in other sectors will need to adapt to context-specific examples.
It is designed for busy investment teams who want to make meaningful progress with realistic effort.
While this guidebook is written with climate investors as the primary audience, the inclusion dynamics it addresses - such as access, adoption, incentives, and power - are equally relevant in other impact-driven sectors, including health, agri-food, education, and inclusive finance. The climate lens mainly adds urgency and system complexity- the tools themselves can be applied beyond climate with minimal adaptation.
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