This report presents challenges and policy recommendations from the Inclusive Green Finance Working Group and is intended as a tool for regulators or policymakers who are developing environmental and social risk management (ESRM) guidelines.

This Special Report identifies inclusive green finance (IGF) as a subset of sustainable finance, shows that a successful IGF framework rests on six building blocks, and identifies five policy tools that further the framework.

Considerations for supply side data, funding sources, risk management and reporting

This report shows how digital payment platforms, digital financial products, and enabling policies can make a difference in helping the most vulnerable populations adapt to and mitigate climate risk and environmental degradation.

This special report elaborates on policy considerations for the implementation of a credit guarantee scheme that can be used to support green lending by financial institutions (such as commercial banks, credit cooperatives or microfinance institutions) to MSMEs.

There is a pressing need to promote regulation and policies that strengthen the adaptive capacity and resilience of women to environmental change while empowering them to take part in mitigation efforts and environmental-related decision-making.

This guideline note aims to support AFI member institutions to accelerate the development of IGF policies that enhance sustainable potential for economic growth and to manage the financial risks associated with the impacts of climate change.

This special report examines how central banks and other financial regulatory institutions are involved in efforts to green the financial system through provision policies.

This Guideline Note discusses a first approach to demand-side data collection to support financial regulators and financial service providers to measure the needs and perspectives of the target populations related to the impact of climate-related events.

This case study details specific conditions that make Armenia’s agricultural sector vulnerable to climate change, and steps that the Central Bank of Armenia has taken to cope with the effects of a warming climate.