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The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) is a global technical assistance programme funded by the UK government to support high-potential climate businesses and projects to access finance. The CFA helps businesses and projects strengthen their investment cases, and connects entrepreneurs and developers with investors. Since launching in 2020, the CFA has supported over 200 ventures, contributing to more than 50 closed deals and unlocking over USD500 million in finance. The CFA currently operates in ten countries (Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, and Viet Nam), catalysing the flow of finance needed for countries to deliver on their climate ambitions.
In South Africa, the CFA brings together the key actors in the climate investment value chain – businesses, project developers, finance providers, and public and institutional partners – to accelerate investment into low-carbon solutions. We help create a credible pipeline of investment-ready projects and foster the partnerships needed to unlock capital at scale. Alongside emissions reductions, the CFA targets material co-benefits, including supporting just transition efforts through inclusive, equitable, locally led approaches to sustainable development, strengthening gender equality and social inclusion, and building resilience to climate impacts.
Require a minimum investment of USD $3 million.
– Have completed a full feasibility study (a technical and financial assessment confirming engineering design, costs, risks, and viability preferably at Technology Readiness Level 7 (system commissioning where full-scale pilot/product/service is demonstrating performance for the operational environment) or above.