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The Aurora Wind Farm is one of the largest in Chile and the largest of its kind operating in the region.

IMF Photo/Tamara Merino, 15 June 2021, Llanquihue, Chile

The Sonnedix photovoltaic plant contains about half a million solar panels that produce 470Gwh of clean electricity per year, connecting to the substation of the Lagunas National Electric System.

IMF Photo/Tamara Merino, 23 June 2021, Pica, Chile

Electric buses are being charged in the charging terminal “Electroterminal Los Espinos”.

IMF Photo/Tamara Merino, 7 July 2021, Santiago, Chile

Scotland’s largest electric vehicle charging hub at Falkirk’s soccer stadium between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

IMF Photo/Crispin Rodwell
14 April 2021
Falkirk, Scotland
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A card to allow electric vehicle charging is touched to a screen at Scotland’s largest electric vehicle charging hub at Falkirk’s soccer stadium in Falkirk, Scotland.

IMF Photo/Crispin Rodwell
14 April 2021
Falkirk, Scotland
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View of a flooded forest area at the Balbina Lake Dam, Amazonas, Brazil.

IMF Photo/Raphael Alves
1 December 2017
Amazonas, Brazil
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Employees with Fazenda Solar Bemol inspect the plates of the first stage of a solar farm.

IMF Photo/Raphael Alves
22 April 2021
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Many houses with poor structure are still seen in areas at risk of flooding in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

IMF Photo/Raphael Alves
21 April 2021
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Climate Change Organizations

Adaptation Fund
Finances projects and programs that help vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change.
BIS - Climate Change and Green Finance
Gathers the various strands of work produced by the BIS, its committees and hosted associations, as well as its stakeholders on topics relating to climate change, green finance and sustainability.
C40 Cities
C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change.
CDP
CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.
Carbon Tracker
Independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels.
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change
Climate Bonds Initiative
An international organization working to mobilize global capital for climate action. Developer of the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme.
Climate Investment Coalition
Works to accelerate climate action and a green recovery to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and the net-zero transition by mobilising investments for clean energy and climate by 2030.
Climate Investment Funds
Accelerates climate action by empowering transformations in clean technology, energy access, climate resilience, and sustainable forests in developing and middle income countries.
Coalition for Rainforest Nations
International organization of over 50 rainforest nations. Created the global rainforest conservation mechanism REDD+ which now protects 90% of the world’s tropical rainforests.
Environmental Defense Fund
Nonprofit environmental advocacy group.
FAO - Climate Change
Supports countries to both mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change through a wide range of research based and practical programs and projects.
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
GFANZ, chaired by Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, unites over 160 firms (together responsible for assets in excess of US$70 trillion) from the leading net zero initiatives across the financial system to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.
Green Climate Fund
World’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways.
IEA
The IEA is committed to shaping a secure and sustainable energy future for all
Inside Climate News
Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides essential reporting and analysis on climate change, energy and the environment, for the public and for decision makers.
IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
NDC Partnership
The NDC Partnership brings together more than 200 members, including more than 115 countries, developed and developing, and more than 80 institutions to create and deliver on ambitious climate action that helps achieve the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
NGFS
The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is a group of Central Banks and Supervisors willing, on a voluntary basis, to exchange experiences, share best practices, contribute to the development of environment and climate risk management in the financial sector, and to mobilize mainstream finance to support the transition toward a sustainable economy.
OMFIF Sustainable Policy Institute
A community designed to meet the policy, regulatory and investment challenges posed by ESG factors
REDES
The Network of Regulators for Sustainable Development (REDES) aims to promote sustainable regulation and supervision among Latin American and the Caribbean countries and consolidate a regional forum to identify common challenges and facilitate the coordination of policies and initiatives in the face of the global agenda.
TCFD
The Financial Stability Board created the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to improve and increase reporting of climate-related financial information.
TNFD
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will deliver a framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks, to support a shift in global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and toward nature-positive outcomes.
UNDP Climate Promise
Tackling the climate crisis requires that all countries make bold pledges under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause global warming. The Climate Promise is our commitment to ensure that any country wishing to increase the ambition of their national climate pledge is able to do so.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Leading global environmental authority
World Climate Foundation
An impact-oriented organisation that works with inspiring leaders from government, business, financial institutions and civil society organisations to build resilience, and enabling the necessary transformation that addresses both the climate change and biodiversity crises.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.

Climate Change: Organizations

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