Sector
Climate tech, carbon capture, circular economy, and sustainability solutions.
Climate Fintech
Financial tools for climate investing and green financing
The field
At a glance
Definition
Financial tools for climate investing and green financing
Technologies
Climate risk models project physical risks (flood, fire, heat) and transition risks (policy, technology, market shifts) on financial portfolios. Carbon accounting platforms calculate emissions for lending and investment decisions. Carbon credit marketplaces enable trading and retirement of verified offsets. Green bond frameworks automate use-of-proceeds tracking.
Applications
Climate risk analytics assess property and portfolio exposure to physical climate risks. Carbon credit platforms facilitate corporate offset purchases and retirement. Green lending platforms evaluate environmental impact alongside financial creditworthiness. ESG portfolio analytics screen investments for climate alignment.
Market and funding
Climate fintech integrates climate considerations into financial services: carbon credit trading, climate risk analytics, green lending, and ESG-linked financial products. With 2 funders. The sector sits at the intersection of the $500+ trillion financial system and the climate transition.
Next door
Related sectors
Sector
Technologies monitoring and protecting ecosystems and wildlife conservation
Sector
Software platforms measuring and tracking organizational carbon emissions
Sector
Platforms facilitating trading of carbon credits and emissions offsets
Sector
Durable carbon dioxide removal: the companies, science, MRV, buyers and funders that pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it for centuries or longer, across direct air capture, enhanced weathering and mineralization, ocean CDR, and biomass removal (BECCS, biochar, bio-oil and burial).
Sector
Business models promoting product reuse, repair, and material recycling
Is this page right?How the research works