Stiftung BASE

The BASE Foundation is a Swiss non-profit organization headquartered in Basel, with strategic partnerships and implementation experience across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the The Middle East. A specialized partner of UNEP since 2001, BASE is recognized as a leading expert in climate finance and project structuring, turning climate ambitions into bankable, high-impact investments that engage both public and private sectors. BASE develops and implements innovative business models and financing strategies that enable countries and institutions to scale up sustainable, replicable solutions. These approaches help transform markets, de-risk investment environments, and unlock financing from diverse sources. By aligning financial innovation with behavioural change, BASE drives investments in sustainable energy, climate resilience, and low-carbon development. With a proven track record across more than 60 countries, BASE provides technical and financial advisory services throughout the full project cycle—from feasibility analysis and financial engineering to stakeholder engagement and environmental and social safeguards. BASE’s methodologies prioritize scalability, gender equity, stakeholder ownership, and long-term systemic change. To date, it has supported the development of over 20 GCF Concept Notes and Funding Proposals across multiple regions, helping mobilize climate finance and co-create transformative GCF-funded projects and programmes.