Given its long experience and unique business model, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) recently launched a Technical Assistance Facility for Clean Energy Investment (CIF-TAF) with the aim to support countries in pursuit of their energy transition goals by: i) strengthening policy & regulatory framework; ii) building capacity of key stakeholders; and, iii) enabling transactions through design of tools like new business models, instruments, among others.

CIF-TAF will take a country-focused approach to creating and enhancing investment-enabling frameworks for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments. It aims to address key risks, bring down the cost of capital and, in the process, lead to the development of and investments in clean energy markets.

Energy strategies, policy & planning

Energy sector policy & regulation with

investment relevance

Financial sector policy & regulation with energy relevance

Transaction enablers

Project pipeline development and

matchmaking

Examplesü Auctioning for REü Incentive schemesü Contracting/ offtake

arrangementsü Corporate sourcing

frameworkü Utility regulation/

EE requirements

Examplesü ESCO contracting

frameworkü Institutional investor

regulationü Financial markets

regulationü Tax/ trade policyü PPP regulationü Insurance regulationü Investment promotionü Energy taxation/ subsidies

Examplesü Mapping of wind/

solar resourcesü Energy planning

and scenariosü Country energy

sector/ infrastructure policy assessments

ü Grid codesü Building standards

Examplesü Risk mitigation mechanismü Green banksü Green bonds/

securitizationü Energy savings insuranceü Utility business modelsü Off-taker modelsü Standardized

documentationü Certification schemes

Share knowledge and experiences Share lessons learnt from past experiences in a range of sub-sectors (e.g. EE in buildings, etc.) and issues (regulations etc.) globally.

Promote private sector engagement Share experiences related to private sector engagement as part of ongoing dialogs with governments and other key stakeholders.

Identify opportunities to collaborate Identity opportunities for collaboration with governments, public and private sector entities. Enhance alignment and coherence Identify ways to enhance alignment and coherence of international support on the ground for clean energy investment mobilization.

The facility intends to build a strong network of key partners to increase mitigation ambition thorough NDCs and other actions as follows:

Identify key priority areas and trends Identify trends in clean energy investment and ways to accelerate energy transition. Share relevant policy and regulatory gaps that hinder scaling up of key technologies.

TA Facility Focus Areas

Implementing partners

Registration 9:00 am

Welcome Camilla Otto, Director, Donor Co-financing, EBRD

9:05 am

Opening remarks Mafalda Duarte, Head, CIF Hanne Jersild, Chief Adviser, Minister of Energy, Utilities & Climate, Denmark

9:15 am

Setting the context Role of enabling environment in accelerating clean energy investment

India: Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI Mexico: Marcelino Madrigal, Principle Energy Specialist, IDB

9:30 am

State of clean energy play Luiza Demôro, Lead, Climatescope- BloombergNEF

10:00 am

Notes from the ground Strengthen policies: Clean Energy push in Kazakhstan

Aida Sidtikova, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group Build capacity: Rooftop solar in India

State Bank of India Transaction enablers: Solar Risk Mitigation Instrument

Chandra Govindarajalu, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank

10:20 am

Coffee 11:00 am

Partner insights Introductions, incl. key trends, priorities and lessons learnt

11:15 am

Lunch 12:45 pm

Multilateral corner Key regional and sectoral priorities

Gareth Phillips, Chief Climate Change/ Green Officer, AfDB Gloria Visconti, Lead Climate Change Specialist, IDB Chandra Govindarajalu, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank

1:45 pm

Private sector Innovative ideas for facilitating private sector engagement

Jan-Willem van de Ven, Associate Director, Climate Finance, EBRD Peter Mockel, Principal Industry Specialist, IFC Andrey Shlyakhtenko, Operations Officer, IFC

2:30 pm

Working session Facilitator: Jonathan Walters, Senior Adviser, Castalia

3:15 pm

Next steps/ closing 4:45 pm

Reception 5:00 pm

November 4, 2019, EBRD Headquarters, London

ORGANIZATION NAME TITLE

BloombergNEF Luiza Demôro Lead, Climatescope

Clean Energy Ministerial Investment & Finance Initiative (CEM-IF)

Rui Luo Rachel Briggs

Deputy Head of Secretariat Senior Adviser

Climate Policy Initiative Angela Falconer Associate Director

Green Climate Fund Yunyeong Yang Renewable Energy Specialist

IEA Mark Waldron Lucila Arboleya

Head of Investment Team Economics and Financial Analyst

India Energy Storage Alliance Harsh Thacker Director, Strategy Consulting

International Solar Alliance Vivek Mittal ISA Representative

IRENA Elizabeth Press Director, Planning & Program Support

NAMA Facility Sören David Head, Technical Support Unit

OECD Cecilia Tam Head, Clean Energy Finance & Investment Mobilization (CEFIM)

The Energy and Resources Institute Ajay Mathur Director General

WRI-CONCITO Asger Garnak Head of Program, CONCITO/ WRI Strategic Partnership

African Development Bank Gareth Phillips Leandro Azvedo

Chief Climate Change/ Green Officer Senior Climate Finance Officer

Asian Development Bank Christian Ellermann Senior Climate Change Specialist

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Jan-Williem van de Ven Alexis Franke Ryan Alexander

Associate Director, Climate finance Principal Manager, Donor Co-fin. Associate Manager, Donor Co-fin.

Inter-American Development Bank Gloria Visconti Lead Climate Change Specialist

International Finance Corporation Andrey Shlyakhtenko Peter Mockel

Operations Officer Principal Industry Specialist

World Bank Chandra Govindarajalu Lead Energy Specialist

Denmark Hanne Jersild Chief Adviser, Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate

United Kingdom Waqas Batley Ross Hilton Steven Hunt Alfred Helm

Senior Adviser, BEIS Asia Lead, BEIS Senior Adviser, DFID Adviser, BEIS

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