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Climate Change and Select Financial Instruments: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa
IMF Staff Climate Note 2022/009
Anna Belianska, Nadja Bohme, Kaihao Cai, Yoro Diallo, Saanya Jain, Giovanni Melina, Pritha Mitra, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, and Solo Zerbo*
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RECOMMENDED CITATION: Belianska, Anna, Nadja Bohme, Kaihao Cai, Yoro Diallo, Saanya Jain, Giovanni Melina, Pritha Mitra, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, and Solo Zerbo, 2022. “Climate Change and Select Financial Instruments: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa,” IMF Staff Climate Note 2022/009, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC.
| ISBN: | 979-8-40022-159-0 (Paper) 979-8-40022-166-8 (ePub) 979-8-40022-340-2 (PDF) |
| JEL Classification Numbers: | F34; F35; G22; H63; Q28; Q54; Q57 |
| Keywords: | Climate finance; sub-Saharan Africa; climate change; mitigation; adaptation; concessional finance; green bonds; blue bonds; sustainability bonds; debt for climate swaps; carbon credits; climate insurance; climate funds; forest conservation; green development |
| Authors’ email addresses: | abelianska@imf.org nbohme@imf.org kcai@imf.org ydiallo2@imf.org sjain2@imf.org gmelina@imf.org pmitra@imf.org mpoplawskiribeiro@imf.org szerbo@imf.org |
| ISBN: | 979-8-40022-159-0 (Paper) 979-8-40022-166-8 (ePub) 979-8-40022-340-2 (PDF) |
| JEL Classification Numbers: | F34; F35; G22; H63; Q28; Q54; Q57 |
| Keywords: | Climate finance; sub-Saharan Africa; climate change; mitigation; adaptation; concessional finance; green bonds; blue bonds; sustainability bonds; debt for climate swaps; carbon credits; climate insurance; climate funds; forest conservation; green development |
| Authors’ email addresses: | abelianska@imf.org nbohme@imf.org kcai@imf.org ydiallo2@imf.org sjain2@imf.org gmelina@imf.org pmitra@imf.org mpoplawskiribeiro@imf.org szerbo@imf.org |
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Climate Change and Select Financial Instruments: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa
Anna Belianska, Nadja Bohme, Kaihao Cai, Yoro Diallo, Saanya Jain, Giovanni Melina, Pritha Mitra, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, and Solo Zerbo
November 2022
The authors would like to thank Catherine Pattillo for general guidance and African Department seminar participants and many other IMF colleagues for helpful comments.