Heat of the Moment—a podcast from the Climate Investment Funds and Foreign Policy—takes us on a global journey to discover the stories and people fighting climate change.In season three, host John D. Sutter focuses on just transition, the idea that as we shift to climate-smarter energy, food systems, infrastructure, and more, no one can be left...

This week, Mzila Mthenjane with Exxaro Resources in South Africa and Dr. Raju Evr with the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, join Sandeep Pai of the Just Transition Initiative to look at the role environmental remediation plays in the just transition agenda. For more, read Understanding Just Transitions in Coal Depende...

This week, Gaylor Montmasson-Clair with Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and Srestha Banerjee with iForest join Sandeep Pai (CSIS) to explore the opportunities and challenges for coal dependent regions in India and South Africa to create just and sustainable pathways to diversify their economies.For more, read Understanding Just Tran...

The climate change crisis can feel so formidable, so daunting, that instead of mobilizing people to action, it engenders paralysis. What could we mortals possibly do to prevent the calamity? A fair bit, it turns out. In season two of Heat of the Moment, a podcast from Foreign Policy and the Climate Investment Funds, host John D. Sutter talks to the...

Respect! This is the one word I feel summarizes the climate agenda. On the one hand, the respect for the systems that sustain life on earth: ecosystems, water, land and, of course, the atmosphere and climate system. And on the other hand, the respect for the complexity of societal transformation: the fact that a low-carbon and resource-efficient so...

This week, Ben Cahill (CSIS) is joined by Brian O’Callaghan and Jesse Burton to discuss how Covid-19 recovery can be more just, equitable and green. Brian is Lead Researcher and Project Manager of the Oxford University Economic Recovery Project, and Jesse is with the University of Cape Town and a Senior Associate with E3G, where she provides anal...

In Episode 8, we focus on the concept of a “Just Transition". Mafalda Duarte, Head of the Climate Investment Funds, discusses the need for countries to make radical changes to meet our climate goals. Drawing on case studies of South Africa and India, she explains why the transition away from polluting practices such as fossil fuels must be social...

In Episode 7, we visit Thailand, where 80% of the country’s power comes from imported fossil fuels. The government wanted to increase the supply of renewable energy but there were significant obstacles to bringing about an energy transition. Mafalda Duarte, Head of the Climate Investment Funds, explains how a project by the Climate Investment Fun...

CIF invests in more than 300 projects in low- and middle-income countries across the world. It operates as a learning laboratory, evaluating the effectiveness of each projects and applying these lessons and solutions to frontier projects. By sharing these solutions with the rest of the world for the benefit of the global fight against climate chang...

In Episode 6, we visit Honduras. Nearly half of the world's population cook with inefficient fuels, which damages the environment and public health. Mafalda Duarte, Head of the Climate Investment Funds, explains how a project by the Climate Investment Funds and the Inter-American Development Bank helped to created a sustainable market for clean coo...

In Episode 5, we do something a little bit different. With the US Climate Summit due on April 22 and the United Nations’ climate conference (COP26) looming in November, Mafalda Duarte outlines the likely agenda and aims of COP. Then she applies CIF’s experience of leading transformational climate projects to offer solutions for how to reach the...

In Episode 4 of Climate Solutions, we travel to Burkina Faso in West Africa’s Sahel Region to visit a program by CIF and the African Development Bank. Mafalda Duarte, who visited Burkina Faso shortly before Covid-19 limited international travel, describes the lessons from this program that can be applied more widely. In particular, it shows the...