Green Banking – Capacity Building for Green Energy and Climate Finance

In developing and emerging countries, financial resources for expanding sources of renewable energy and for energy efficiency measures are often lacking, since banks and investors lack expertise in such technologies. The end result is that risks are overestimated and projects do not come to fruition. The Green Banking initiative tackles this problem by offering an extensive programme of scholarships and further training that covers all aspects of green and climate financing. A key focus of the programme is training to become a certified ‘Green Energy Finance Specialist’, which is aimed at bank employees and independent investors. The course is also supplemented by a train-the-trainer and mentoring programme to selected participants to ensure a sustainable knowledge transfer into banks and financial institutions.