Climate is central to our mission. Our goal is to play a meaningful role in tackling climate change, and supporting countries and communities in a successful and just transition to net zero and resilient economies.
While at COP27, we’re highlighting the role of development finance institutions in addressing the climate crisis: leading events on the formal summit agenda, speaking at events hosted by our partners and participating in bilateral meetings.
Here, you can find details of our COP27 events, recent climate finance investments we have made, our Emerging Economies Climate Report and stories from people leading companies we invest in.
Developing countries – which are least responsible for causing climate change but among the most vulnerable to its impacts – will feel the brunt of the climate crisis. And many people and businesses living in these regions are already being affected.
Our Emerging Economies Climate Report aims to explore how climate change is affecting businesses and investors working in emerging economies, how it will impact their future growth and what international investors, such as British International Investment, can do to support them. It’s a follow-up to the first edition of the report, which we published last year.
Published to coincide with COP27, you can read our findings in the Emerging Economies Climate Report.
In 2020, we launched our Climate Change Strategy, where we committed to aligning our activities to the Paris Agreement.
The strategy is made up of three building blocks:
Watch the video to find out how our strategy works in practice.
