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Backing India's climate innovators: How GCF equity is powering the next generation of climate startups
29 May 2026 / When the Green Climate Fund approves an equity investment, the goal is not simply to provide capital — it is to change the terms on which private finance enters the climate space. By absorbing early-stage risk and demonstrating the viability of climate-focused businesses in developing countries, GCF's equity instruments are designed to unlock far greater volumes of private investment than would otherwise be possible.
Climate finance should focus on rural sector, says leading Indian lender
23 May 2017 / The entrepreneurial hero of India’s climate response will more likely be wearing farming clothes than a business suit, said a leading representative of India’s major rural development bank at the start of a key GCF workshop.














