About This Fund
The GAIA Climate Loan Fund is a pioneering blended‑finance vehicle designed to deliver long‑dated credit to public and quasi‑public entities in 19 emerging market countries, with a particular emphasis on climate adaptation. Anchored by leading institutions including MUFG Bank, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund, the platform combines concessional capital with private sector funding to mobilise substantial private credit for resilience outcomes. Targeting a first close of USD 600 million (with a final size up to USD 1.48 billion), GAIA allocates at least 70% of its portfolio to adaptation activities — such as water management, climate‑resilient agriculture, ecosystem protection and climate‑smart infrastructure — while up to 30% may support mitigation investments in renewable energy and low‑emission transport. A minimum of 25% of commitments is reserved for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, ensuring the most climate‑vulnerable markets are reached. The structure features tiered capital: a junior concessional tranche absorbs early risk, a senior debt component opens access for institutional lenders, and a dedicated currency hedging facility and technical assistance facility support project preparation and mitigate currency and execution risk. By aligning development goals with market discipline, GAIA aims to unlock private capital that has historically shunned adaptation finance due to sovereign, currency and long‑tenor risks. Ultimately, GAIA aspires to benefit 19 million people, create more than 11,000 jobs, avoid roughly 30 million tonnes of CO₂, deliver about 700 MW of renewable‑energy capacity and generate about 36,000 GWh of clean energy annually. Through its innovative blended model the fund seeks to deepen climate‑finance flow into emerging markets and demonstrate a scalable path to resilience‑infrastructure funding.