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The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (hereinafter referred to as the Lab) is an investor-led, public-private initiative that accelerates innovative well designed, early-stage climate finance solutions and instruments. The Lab is looking for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult climate and sustainable development challenges and investment opportunities for a net zero and resilient economy. Proposed sustainable finance vehicles should offer returns for private investors, create jobs and other local economic benefits, sustain biodiversity, improve climate resilience and/or decrease emissions.

To submit an idea for consideration in the Lab’s 11th cycle, please first create an account with Submittable or log in to your existing Submittable account. The deadline to submit a preliminary application is Thursday, November 7th at 11:59pm PST. More information on what the Lab is seeking and eligibility criteria, as well as the process and timeline, can be found here.

We ask you to please fill out the form in English. While the working language during the ideas' development for Brazil may be Portuguese, and for the Latin America program it may be Spanish, your submission will be reviewed by a global team of experts. Therefore, it is important that they are all able to read and understand the idea.