Climate Investment Funds (CIF) | जलवायु निवेश कोष
Why in News? | चर्चा में क्यों?
Climate Investment Funds came into focus after new international financial commitments were announced for climate-resilience programmes, including support connected with the ARISE initiative.
Climate resilience programmes के लिए नई international financial commitments और ARISE initiative से जुड़े समर्थन के कारण Climate Investment Funds चर्चा में रहा।
What are Climate Investment Funds? | CIF क्या है?
Climate Investment Funds is a multilateral climate-finance mechanism created to support transformational climate action in developing and emerging economies.
Climate Investment Funds एक multilateral climate-finance mechanism है जिसे developing और emerging economies में transformational climate action को support करने के लिए बनाया गया।
Launch | शुरुआत
CIF was established in 2008 and has since supported climate programmes in dozens of low- and middle-income countries.
CIF की स्थापना 2008 में हुई और इसके बाद इसने अनेक low- और middle-income countries में climate programmes को support किया।
Main Funds | प्रमुख कोष
The CIF architecture was built around two principal funds: the Clean Technology Fund and the Strategic Climate Fund.
CIF architecture दो प्रमुख funds पर आधारित है—Clean Technology Fund और Strategic Climate Fund।
Clean Technology Fund | स्वच्छ प्रौद्योगिकी कोष
The Clean Technology Fund provides concessional resources for large-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies and activities with significant potential to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
Clean Technology Fund large-scale low-carbon technologies और greenhouse-gas emissions कम करने की क्षमता वाली activities के लिए concessional resources प्रदान करता है।
Strategic Climate Fund | रणनीतिक जलवायु कोष
The Strategic Climate Fund supports targeted programmes addressing specific climate challenges, including resilience, renewable energy and nature-related transitions.
Strategic Climate Fund resilience, renewable energy और nature-related transitions जैसी विशिष्ट climate challenges को address करने वाले programmes को support करता है।
Role of Multilateral Development Banks | बहुपक्षीय विकास बैंकों की भूमिका
CIF works through major multilateral development-bank partners, allowing climate finance to be combined with MDB financing, technical expertise and implementation capacity.
CIF प्रमुख multilateral development banks के माध्यम से कार्य करता है, जिससे climate finance को MDB financing, technical expertise और implementation capacity के साथ जोड़ा जा सकता है।
World Bank Role | विश्व बैंक की भूमिका
The CIF Secretariat is hosted by the World Bank.
CIF Secretariat की मेजबानी World Bank द्वारा की जाती है।
Areas Supported | सहायता के क्षेत्र
- Clean energy / स्वच्छ ऊर्जा
- Energy access / ऊर्जा पहुँच
- Climate resilience / जलवायु लचीलापन
- Low-carbon transport / कम-कार्बन परिवहन
- Nature-based solutions / प्रकृति-आधारित समाधान
- Industrial decarbonisation / औद्योगिक decarbonisation
Capital Markets | पूंजी बाजार
CIF has also developed mechanisms to mobilise capital-market resources, expanding climate finance beyond traditional donor contributions.
CIF ने traditional donor contributions से आगे climate finance बढ़ाने के लिए capital-market resources जुटाने की दिशा में भी mechanisms विकसित किए हैं।
Important Dates | महत्वपूर्ण तिथियाँ
- 2008: Climate Investment Funds were established. / Climate Investment Funds की स्थापना हुई।
- 2024: CIF advanced its Capital Markets Mechanism and moved into climate-finance bond markets. / CIF ने Capital Markets Mechanism के माध्यम से climate-finance bond market की दिशा में महत्वपूर्ण कदम बढ़ाया।
- 2025: New commitments to CIF resilience initiatives, including ARISE, brought the fund into renewed current-affairs focus. / ARISE सहित CIF resilience initiatives के लिए नई commitments के कारण यह पुनः चर्चा में आया।