Climate finance and financial gradients: perspectives and methods

Abstract

The present debate in Climate Finance is whether there is a misplaced focus on public sources of funds from developed countries instead of investment grade financial resources. In other words, financing climate action via public funds is proving to be a constraint. Similar constraints also exist in programmes for Energy Access using Renewable Energy, and other resources in the sustainable development domain. To address these constraints, financial and business strategies are often developed. While analyzing such strategies, the concept of “financial gradients” emerged. This paper espouses the idea of financial gradients, which is a potential methodology for a financial mechanism for sustainable development action.