Three steps for climate-ready investment across Africa
Across Africa, financial institutions are learning that accessing climate finance is not just about securing funds, but readiness, innovation, and inclusion. Through science-based tools and partnerships, the Alliance pf Bioversity and CIAT is helping financial institutions and development actors integrate climate intelligence into real-world decisions that reach farmers and strengthen food systems.
Three steps for climate-ready investment across Africa
Across Africa, financial institutions are learning that accessing climate finance is not just about securing funds, but readiness, innovation, and inclusion. Through science-based tools and partnerships, the Alliance pf Bioversity and CIAT is helping financial institutions and development actors integrate climate intelligence into real-world decisions that reach farmers and strengthen food systems.
As climate impacts intensify across Africa’s food systems, financial institutions face a new reality. The challenge is not just raising funds for adaptation but using them effectively. Billions of US dollars in international climate finance exist, yet far too little reaches the local banks, cooperatives, and small enterprises that drive agricultural resilience. As Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg of the Alliance explains,
“Through our collaboration with AFRACA and over a dozen financial institutions across Africa, The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT has been working to understand and address the delivery bottlenecks. What we’ve learned is that success depends on action at three levels: institutional access, innovations around climate and finance, and user-centered delivery.”