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CRAFT - Catalytic Capital for First Private Investment Fund for Adaptation Technologies in Developing Countries
CRAFT - Catalytic Capital for First Private Investment Fund for Adaptation Technologies in Developing Countries
Climate change has and will continue to wreak wide-ranging damage on the environment and economy globally. Up to USD 300 billion per year has been estimated for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2030, yet adaptation receives only 5% of all climate finance – and less than USD 500 million of private investment. As the first private sector investment fund for adaptation, CRAFT mobilizes capital to scale up technologies for climate resilience and adaptation and applies them in developing countries using a south-south technology transfer mechanism.
GCF’s commitment of up to USD 100 million in catalytic capital to CRAFT will allow the programme to scale up adaptation finance and accelerate development, application and transfer of private sector technologies in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly in the context of promoting green recovery from COVID-19. Implemented with Pegasus Capital Advisors, the programme supports investment in six technologies (agricultural analytics, water harvesting and irrigation, food systems, geospatial mapping and imaging, catastrophe risk modeling, supply chain analytics) in six countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Project timeline
Pipeline
25 May 2020 - 501 days
Concept note received
25 May 2020
Funding proposal received
16 Mar 2021
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
19 Jul 2021
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
11 Sep 2021
Cleared by iTAP
14 Sep 2021
Approved
07 Oct 2021 - 113 days
Approved by GCF Board
07 Oct 2021
FAA executed
31 Dec 2021
Under implementation
27 Jan 2022 - 1,030 days so far
FAA effective
27 Jan 2022
Disbursement - USD 20,000,000
22 Feb 2022
Disbursement - USD 7,212,612
15 Sep 2023
Disbursement - USD 13,406,956
19 Jan 2024
To be completed
Two regions
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Africa
Six countries
Three priority groups
- Least Developed Countries
- Small Island Developing States
- African States
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing41% disbursed
| Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|
| Equity | USD 100,000,000 |
| Total GCF Financing |
|---|
| USD 100,000,000 |
Co-financing
| Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Financing | Equity | USD 16,762,750 |
| Co-Financing | Equity | USD 21,152,320 |
| Co-Financing | Equity | USD 262,084,930 |
| Total Co-Financing |
|---|
| USD 300,000,000 |
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Entity
Pegasus Capital Advisors
Founder, Chairman & CEO
750 East Main Street, Suite 600 Stamford, Stamford, United States
ESG Manager
750 East Main Street, Suite 600 Stamford, Stamford, United States
More contacts
National Designated Authority
Office of the Prime Minister
Special Advisor for Climate Change & Environmental Matters
Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield Center, Nassau, Bahamas
Director, Department of Environmental Planning and Protection Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Deputy Director Economics, Ministry of Finance
Secretariat for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Secretary for International Affairs
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco P, 6° andar, Brasilia, Brazil
Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Development Finance
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco P, 6° andar, Brasilia, Brazil
General Coordinator for Sustainable Finance
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco P, 6° andar, Brasilia, Brazil
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Unit of Public Credit and International Affairs
Director General of International Fora and Sustainable Financing
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Director of Sustainable Financing
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Deputy Director of Climate Change
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Deputy Director of International Fora
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1971, Plaza Inn, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Rwanda Environment Management Authority
Director General
Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment
Senior Policy Advisor: International Governance Management
Ministry of Planning and Development
Permanent Secretary
Level 14, Eric Williams Finance Building, Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Documents
News + Stories
Mobilising financing for agricultural technologies: seeding a climate resilient and food-secure future
19 Jun 2024 / Over the last 100 years, agriculture has scaled up like never before to feed the world’s growing population. This growth comes with an increase of climate risks and stressors that can adversely impact food production and security. From altered weather patterns to soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and an increase in pests and diseases, agricultural technology has never been more critical, providing huge opportunities to mitigate climate vulnerabilities, enhance productivity, secure food, build resilient farming systems, and revolutionise the agricultural world.