Unlocking Climate Finance for Developing Countries

Where We Work

Explore the CFAN Impact Report

Over the past two years, the Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN) has grown by leaps and bounds. With embedded in countries across small island nations and organizations in the Pacific and Caribbean, the network currently has a project pipeline of $2 billion — all of which represents country-led efforts toward economic and infrastructure resilience and stability. This year’s impact report breaks down what that pipeline looks like in practice: where advisors are active, what funds have been secured, what’s under development, and key stories and lessons from the ground. The report also showcases CFAN’s global membership, comprised of dozens of global and regional organizations with deep and varied expertise in supporting country priorities and mobilizing climate finance.

A Global Project Pipeline

CFAN advisors have developed a project pipeline totaling USD $2 billion: of that, $150 million has been deployed, $578 million has been submitted for approval, and $1.3 billion is under development. Our annual impact report dives into how those pipelines break down, and what’s needed to unlock the rest.
A Network That Spans Regions

From the Caribbean to the Pacific, collaboration is turning shared challenges into collective action. Through trusted partnerships, peer learning, and embedded support, island nations are shaping climate finance solutions together.
Energy, Resilience, and Ambition

In both the Pacific and Caribbean, projects focused on sustainable energy lead the way – but a diverse mix of projects focused on resilience, agriculture, health and more make up the ways in which advisors are helping islands deliver on their goals.

Building a network of hyper-local, highly-trained climate advisors.

Our network of financial advisors helps developing countries access funding where it’s most difficult to secure. Our advisors are core to the CFAN solution – that’s why we invest in their success by providing state-of-the-art training that’s region-tailored and rooted in real cases.

Advisor Training

“Our goal at CFAN is to build lasting capacity. We take a practical approach to addressing the climate challenge, one that is driven by country priorities and fundamentally people-centered. In this effort to unlock climate finance, our advisors are the tip of the spear.”

Laetitia De Marez

CFAN Director
“Having worked extensively with the Solomon Islands government, I know from experience how hard it is for developing nations to get critical finance for climate resilience. Through CFAN, I now feel ready to help these countries unlock the support they need.”

Walter Malau

CFAN Advisor for the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Tuvalu
“Small island nations are on the front lines of climate change. Targeting capacity building in the Pacific was critical for Canada as an initial step to further accelerating global action on climate change. Canada remains steadfast in its commitment to work with other global leaders in order to tackle climate change, deliver both capital and capacity where it’s needed most, and contribute to improving the well-being of people across developing countries.”

Joanne Lemay

High Commissioner of Canada to New Zealand
“My experience working in Fiji has made clear the challenges island nations are up against, such as securing and structuring finance for climate investments. The CFAN training — in particular project design and finance fundamentals — has been designed to help us navigate these challenges."

Shelveen Kumar

CFAN Advisor for Fiji
“We continue to face an uphill battle in accessing climate financing. This innovative solution will help [the Federated States of Micronesia] to mobilise more climate funds to implement our updated NDC and climate adaptation priorities, and at the same time to build local capacity.”

Eugene Amor

Secretary of the Department of Finance & Administration, Federated States of Micronesia