{{Short description|U.S. non-profit organization}} {{distinguish|International Center for Climate Governance|Initiative on Climate Change policy and Governance}} {{infobox organization |full_name = Climate Policy Initiative |image = |caption = |abbreviation = CPI |formation = {{start date and age|2009}} |type = Nonprofit research group and international climate policy organization |headquarters = |location = San Francisco, California, U.S. |leader_title = Global Managing Director |leader_name = Barbara Buchner<ref name="Dávila"/><ref name="Herculano"/> |founder = Thomas Heller |revenue = |revenue_year = |expenses = |expenses_year = |website = {{url|https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/}} }} {{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/c/ClimatePolicyInitiativeOrg Climate Policy Initiative] Youtube channel |video2= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFs2q9NrIos&ab_channel=YaleCenterforBusinessandtheEnvironment “A Conversation with Climate Policy Initiative”], Yale Center for Business and the Environment, April 21, 2020.}}
'''Climate Policy Initiative''' (CPI) is an independent non-profit research group and international climate policy organization based in San Francisco, California with other offices worldwide.<ref name="MacArthur">{{cite web |title=Climate Policy Initiative - MacArthur Foundation |url=https://www.macfound.org/grantee/climate-policy-initiative-10093952/ |website=John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Timperley">{{cite journal |last1=Timperley |first1=Jocelyn |title=The broken $100-billion promise of climate finance — and how to fix it |journal=Nature |date=20 October 2021 |volume=598 |issue=7881 |pages=400–402 |doi=10.1038/d41586-021-02846-3 |pmid=34671142 |s2cid=239050707 |language=en|doi-access=free }}</ref> CPI is supported primarily by philanthropic organizations and government development finance.<ref name="CPI"/><ref name="Schwencke">{{cite web |last1=Schwencke |first1=Ken |last2=Roberts |first2=Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon |title=Climate Policy Initiative Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/264129153 |website=ProPublica |access-date=7 September 2022 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="MacArthur"/>
With over 150 analysts and advisors<ref name="CPI">{{cite web |title=Mission & History |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/about-cpi/what-we-do/mission-history/ |website=CPI |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901210551/https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/about-cpi/what-we-do/mission-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the climate think tank works to improve energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance.<ref name="G7">{{cite news |title=Climate Policy Initiative a lead contributor to G7 report on long-term climate finance |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/press-release/climate-policy-initiative-a-lead-contributor-to-g7-report-on-long-term-climate-finance/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Climate Policy Initiative |date=June 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Brazil">{{cite news |title=Climate Policy Initiative awarded multi-year grant for Production & Protection work in Brazil |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/press-release/climate-policy-initiative-awarded-multi-year-grant-production-protection-work-brazil/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Climate Policy Initiative |date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> It is considered a leading expert group in tracking global climate finance.<ref name="Herculano"/><ref name="Burg">{{cite news |last1=Burg |first1=Natalie |title=Who Funds the Fight Against Climate Change? |url=https://meansandmatters.bankofthewest.com/article/sustainable-living/taking-action/who-funds-the-fight-against-climate-change/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Means and Matters |date=April 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=El Club de Bancos para el Desarrollo aumenta en USD 30.000 millones su financiamiento verde |url=https://www.caf.com/es/actualidad/noticias/2017/12/el-club-de-bancos-para-el-desarrollo-aumenta-en-usd-30000-millones-su-financiacion-verde/ |website=CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina |publisher=CAF |date= 12 December 2017 |accessdate=31 May 2018 }}</ref> Beginning with the ''Landscape of Climate Finance'' (2011), CPI has published a series of annual reports which examine both public and private financial flows worldwide. CPI also publishes in-depth case studies on the public sector's mobilization of private investment.<ref name="Illman">{{cite book |last1=Illman |first1=Julia |title=Practical methods for assessing private climate finance flows. |date=2014 |publisher=Nordic Council Of Ministers |isbn=978-92-893-2704-6 |page=23 |url=https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:702970/FULLTEXT01.pdf |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> As of 2021, CPI reported that flows of climate-related finance in and between countries account for only about 0.7% of the world’s GDP, far below the amount that is projected to be needed for climate mitigation and adaptation.<ref name="Chidambaram">{{cite news |last1=Chidambaram |first1=Ravi |last2=Khanna |first2=Parag |title=It's Time to Invest in Climate Adaptation |work=Harvard Business Review |date=1 August 2022 |url=https://hbr.org/2022/08/its-time-to-invest-in-climate-adaptation |access-date=7 September 2022 |issn=0017-8012}}</ref> The San Giorgio Group (SGG), a working group established by CPI and others in 2011, focuses on ways in which financing can support green low-emissions investment.<ref name="SGG">{{cite news |title=San Giorgio Group Meets on Increasing Funding for Low-Emissions Development |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2012/09/20/san-giorgio-group-low-emissions-development |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=World Bank |date=September 20, 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Illman"/>
==History== Founded in 2009 by Thomas Heller,<ref name="MacArthur"/> CPI is headquartered in San Francisco (United States).<ref name="Timperley"/> It also has offices in Rio de Janeiro,<ref name="Meyers">{{cite news |last1=Meyers |first1=Glenn |title=Climate Policy Initiative Opens Rio Center |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/26/climate-policy-initiative-opens-rio-center/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=CleanTechnica |date=26 May 2011}}</ref> New Delhi,<ref>{{cite news |title=India needs to invest more in renewables: Climate Policy Initiative |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/aug/12/india-needs-to-invest-more-in-renewablesclimate-policy-initiative-2486760.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=12 August 2022}}</ref> Jakarta,<ref name="Jakarta">{{cite news |title=Mainstreaming climate change into investments through climate budget tagging |url=https://invest.jakarta.go.id/news/84/mainstreaming-climate-change-into-investments-through-climate-budget-tagging |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Jakarta Investment Center |date=July 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Halimanjaya">{{cite book |last1=Halimanjaya |first1=Aidy Halimanjaya |last2=Maulidia |first2=Martha |title=The coordination of climate finance in Indonesia |date= 2014 |url=http://cdn-odi-production.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media/documents/9333.pdf |publisher=Overseas Development Institute |location=London |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> London,<ref name="Offices">{{cite web |title=Offices and Contact |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/about-cpi/offices/ |website=Climate Policy Initiative |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> Washington DC,<ref>https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/press-release/climate-policy-initiative-opens-first-washington-d-c-office-moves-into-new-san-francisco-location/</ref> and Cape Town.<ref>https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/press-release/climate-policy-initiative-opens-south-africa-office/</ref>
As of 2020, the Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative is Barbara Buchner.<ref name="Dávila">{{cite news |last1=Dávila |first1=Elysha |title=CPI appoints Dr. Barbara Buchner as Global Managing Director, Vikram Widge as Senior Advisor |url=https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/press-release/cpi-appoints-dr-barbara-buchner-as-global-managing-director-vikram-widge-as-senior-advisor/ |access-date=1 September 2022 |work=CPI |date=January 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Herculano">{{cite news |last1=Herculano |first1=Gabriela |title=Interview with Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative |url=https://www.iclima.earth/interviews/barbara-buchner |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=www.iclima.earth |date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>
==Current fields of research== * Renewable energy & energy efficiency * Policy & institutions * Carbon finance * Climate & development (for the scientific journal see ''Climate and Development'') * Forestry & land use
==Publications== CPI has published more than 500 studies on the previously listed fields of research, mainly in English, with some in Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia (Malay). The studies are freely downloadable in its publications web page.<ref>{{cite web |title=Publications |url=https://climatepolicyinitiative.org/our-work/publications/ |website=CPI |publisher=Climate Policy Initiative |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>
==See also== * Climate Finance * Global warming
==External links== * [https://climatepolicyinitiative.org/ Official website]
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