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The Playbook for Climate Finance

Investing in a Thriving Planet

Updated November 02, 2026 | September 23, 2025

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A Honu Ea A Honu Ea, or Hawksbill turtle, friend swims by. © A Honu Ea, or Hawksbill turtle, swims by a coral reef.

The Playbook for Climate Finance is a call to action: a roadmap for unlocking the flow of finance to the solutions our planet urgently needs. It gathers a decade of breakthroughs into one guide and includes ten bold approaches that prove we can tackle climate change, protect nature and strengthen communities at scale. These tools in this playbook are designed for leaders who are ready to finance solutions that deliver for people, nature and climate.

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For 2026 we developed a special edition of the Playbook focused on Asia and the Pacific. With 60% of the world’s population and an economy in which around 75% of output depends on nature, this is where the urgency and the opportunity for climate action meet.  As COP31 puts this region's priorities at the center of negotiations, this Asia-Pacific addendum shares practical, partnership-driven models for leaders ready to scale finance for solutions that deliver for people, nature and climate.

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About the Playbooks

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Collecting Coral TNCʻs Bryant Grady collects broken pieces for coral to reattach to the reef. © Kaikea Nakachi and Hui Kahuwai

What's Inside

  • Ready-To-Use Models: community-driven solutions, ecosystem insurance, blue carbon ventures, carbon markets, traceability tools and more

  • Finance Strategies that Scale: from guarantees and concessional capital to performance incentives that draw in private investment

  • Policy Pathways: clear options for governments to mainstream Natural Climate Solutions from community plans to national budgets

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Borneo Rainforest A stately giant rises from the floor of the Wehea Protection Forest in East Kalimantan, Borneo. © Arhaus/Peter Larson

Why they matter

  • Clarity Builds Confidence: Each case lays out the mechanics, partners, risks and results so investors and policymakers can act quickly.

  • Equity at the Core: Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities are partners and leaders, not just beneficiaries. 

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Investing in Sustainability A man examines a plant in a soy field at a livestock farm in Chaco, Argentina. © Alejandra Pinzón

Who they're for

The Playbooks are for investors, philanthropists, governments, development banks and community leaders ready to finance solutions that deliver for people, nature and climate.

 

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