About This Fund
The Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (EMCAF) is an innovative blended finance Fund of Funds co-created by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), launched in 2022 and endorsed by the G7. AllianzGI acts as the fund's investment manager while the EIB serves as investment advisor, combining private asset management expertise with the EIB's development finance mandate and institutional credibility. EMCAF was established with the explicit mission of mobilizing private institutional capital toward climate mitigation and adaptation projects in emerging and developing markets — a segment of the global economy where the estimated climate finance gap runs into the trillions of euros annually.
EMCAF operates as a blended finance vehicle, deploying capital into sub-funds and project-level investments focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, forestry, water and wastewater management, and the circular economy across Asia Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. The fund's structure uses junior tranches from development finance institutions and public sector entities — including the Nordic Development Fund, KfW, and the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment — to de-risk senior tranches offered to commercial institutional investors such as Allianz and Folksam. This blended capital structure enables EMCAF to target returns acceptable to institutional investors while channeling capital toward impact-first projects that would otherwise be unfinanceable on purely commercial terms.
EMCAF targets total mobilization of up to EUR 10 billion in aggregate climate finance and aims to catalyze approximately 9 to 10 gigawatts of clean energy capacity across its portfolio sub-funds. The fund received BaFin regulatory approval and operates under EIB Environmental and Social standards, providing institutional investors with a regulated, standards-compliant vehicle for emerging market climate exposure. EMCAF represents one of the largest blended finance initiatives focused on climate action in developing economies, aligned with Paris Agreement climate finance mobilization commitments.