Finance
The mission of WRI’s Finance Center is to promote the shift of finance away from environmentally unsustainable activities and toward sustainable ones. We do this through the production of data-driven, policy-actionable research and knowledge products and by convening coalitions of key stakeholders that can drive action on the ground.
Our team is multidisciplinary and brings together experience from academia and the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Helping to meet Global Challenges
The Finance Center supports the rest of WRI as we seek to tackle WRI’s Global Challenges. We do so through deep, multi-year partnerships with a subset of WRI Programs, through cross-cutting activities designed to influence financial institutions and markets, and through the provision of tailored technical advice to WRI’s programs and international offices.
Our work is structured around five key themes: (1) financing NDC implementation, (2) “greening” private sector finance, (3) strengthening public financial institutions, (4) encouraging the U.S. and China to be sustainable finance champions, and (5) strengthening investment in adaptation and resilience.
Top Finance Outcomes
What's a top outcome?
Top outcomes are WRI's biggest success stories. They occur when our analysis, solutions, or partnerships result in significant change in the world.
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Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
WRI Finance Center
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Strengthening Public Financial Institutions
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Strengthening Public Financial Institutions
Strengthen key policies and governance elements in strategically-important institutions in order to promote financing for sustainable activities and discourage financing for unsustainable ones.
Financing NDC Implementation
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Financing NDC Implementation
Promote NDC financing by identifying key capacity bottlenecks developing products designed at loosening those constraints.
Greening Private Finance
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Greening Private Finance
Advancing sustainable investment practices in the mainstream investor marketplace through tailored data, research, and peer-to-peer learning.
Encouraging US and China to be Sustainable Finance Champions
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Encouraging the US and China to be Sustainable Finance Champions
Fostering and encouraging the United States and China to lead by example and serve as sustainable finance champions.
Strengthening Investment in Adaptation
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Strengthening Investment in Adaptation and Resilience
Finance for adaptation and resilience remains modest relative to estimated needs, and adaptation remains largely dependent on grant funding from public sources. Yet, public finance for resilience can be invested more effectively.
Experts
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Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Global Director, Sustainable Finance Center -
Michael Westphal
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Giulia Christianson
Senior Associate, Finance Center -
Gaia Larsen
Senior Associate, Finance Center -
Niranjali Manel Amerasinghe
Senior Associate -
Joe Thwaites
Associate, Finance Center -
Ariel Pinchot
Research Analyst -
Indira Masullo
Associate, Finance Center -
Lihuan Zhou
Associate I -
Ye Wang
Program Coordinator/Research Assistant, Sustainable Finance, WRI China -
Devika Jaipuriar
Project Coordinator -
Lauren Sidner
Research Analyst -
Jack McClamrock
Research Analyst I -
Caitlin Smith
Research Analyst -
Taoyu Liu
Climate Finance Data Intern -
Patricia Quijano Vallejos
Research Analyst II -
Jessica Bahsoon
Project Coordinator I -
Rebekah Ackerman
Sustainable Investment Intern -
Ichiro Sato
Senior Associate, Climate Program/Sustainable Finance Center
COMMENTARY: Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact
The world will need an estimated $140 billion per year — or more — to help adapt to the damaging impacts of climate change. But funders have gotten caught up in drawing bright lines between adaptation and development programs. To get the most out of scarce adaptation dollars, the world needs to move past this false distinction.