Blog | Can Africa build an investment-ready e-mobility ecosystem?
By Isaacnezer Njuguna Across Sub-Saharan Africa, electric mobility is reshaping public transport. Cities such as Kigali, Nairobi, Dakar and Addis Ababa are deploying electric buses, while electric motorcycles are supporting last-mile transport in markets where two-wheelers are a major mode of mobility. Approximately 132,000 electric vehicles are in operation across Africa, and about half […]
Blog | Record climate finance, shrinking targets and what MDBs’ best year yet brings for private capital
By Clare Wingfield Two things happened almost in the same breath this summer, and together they tell a more interesting story than either does on its own. The first is that the multilateral development banks published their 2025 Joint Summary Report on Climate Finance, and the numbers are, by any measure, a record. Collective […]
Blog | #LCAW 2026: Building capacity, closing the pipeline gap and mobilising investment
By Victoria Verdesoto Phothirath and Mouna Lyoubi As the dust settles on a busy week in the sweltering heat, London Climate Action Week (LCAW) leaves plenty to think on. The climate finance community gathered to discuss how countries can prepare for and respond to climate risks. The heat gave those conversations an unusually sharp […]
Blog | Carbon sinks & the forestry finance frontier: scaling the world’s most efficient technology
By Abiodun Salako Introduction Global temperatures have climbed around 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels, mainly due to fossil fuel combustion and land-use changes such as deforestation. This warming has unleashed fiercer storms, wildfires, droughts, and other climate extremes. Natural carbon sinks such as forests, soils, and oceans, absorb roughly half of human-caused CO2, slowing warming while […]
Blog | The grid anchor: Battery energy storage systems (BESS) for global south emerging markets
By Abiodun Salako Introduction In the global pursuit of a net-zero future, solar and wind deployment is accelerating rapidly. Global renewable power capacity is projected to increase by almost 4,600 GW between 2025 and 2030, a figure that’s equal to the combined current power of China, the EU, and Japan, according to the International Energy […]
Blog | From COP30 to contract: Turning climate ambition into bankable infrastructure
By Felipe Arenas Gallo Cities around the world stand at the front lines of the climate challenge. Responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse emissions, and home to approximately 4.4 billion people (56% of global population, and growing), they endure severe vulnerabilities such as extreme weather events, flooding, and heatwaves, yet they also hold […]
White paper
Welcome to E Co’s new White paper – Bridging the investability gap: Mobilising private capital for a resilient future The global climate finance gap is measured in the trillions. While trillions in private capital exist, it remains largely out of reach for high-impact adaptation and resilience projects. The central challenge is not a lack of […]
Blog | Turning pledges into projects: Enablers for climate action at COP30 and beyond
By Elena Remp and Florentia Loizides With COP30 on the horizon, the discourse on global climate finance has moved from ambition to delivery. While the Baku-to-Belém Roadmap and the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) laid the groundwork for a new architecture of climate action, progress at COP30 will hinge on cultivating the right enabling environment […]
Event | Takeaways from GPIC 2025
A team from E Co’s Private sector practice, represented by Zsofia Kovacs and Sofia Bessadi, just wrapped up an informative few days at the Green Climate Fund’s Private Investment for Climate Conference (#GPIC2025) in Abu Dhabi. The event brought together financial institutions, impact investors, fund managers, climate professionals, and the GCF team. The theme of […]
Blog | The aid model is broken. It’s time for a climate finance revolution.
By Rowan Putman How the end of an era can catalyse a more resilient and impactful approach to funding climate action. 2025 has been an eventful year in the world of development and climate finance to say the least. The unfortunate developments in the US and wider afield sent shockwaves through the climate and development […]