| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AFD | Agence Française de Développement (French development agency) |
| AFOLU | Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land-Use |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation |
| B2B | Business-to-business |
| BMU | German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
| BNDES | Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (Brazilian development bank) |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| CBA | Cost-benefit analysis |
| CDB | China Development Bank |
| CDC | UK Commonwealth Development Corporation |
| CGC | Coalition for Green Capital |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CO2e | Carbon dioxide equivalent |
| DAC | OECD Development Assistance Committee |
| DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
| DDPP | Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Platform |
| DFI | Development Finance Institution |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EIA | U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EPG | The G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| G7 | Group of 7: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom |
| G20 | Group of 20: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GIH | Global Infrastructure Hub |
| GPIF | Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund |
| HLEG | High-Level Expert Group |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IDDRI | Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (French sustainable development and international relations think tank) |
| IDFC | International Development Finance Club |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFI | International Financial Institutions |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ITF | International Transport Forum |
| KfW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (German development bank) |
| MDB | Multilateral Development Bank |
| MEAT | Most Economically Advantageous Tender |
| NDB | National Development Bank |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODF | Official Development Finance |
| PAYG | Pay-As-You-Go |
| PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electricity |
| PINES | Proyectos estratégicos de interés nacional (Colombia’s Strategic Projects of National Interest) |
| PPP | Public Private Partnership |
| PRI | UN Principles of Responsible Investment |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| REDD+ | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks |
| SCC | Social cost of carbon |
| SDG(s) | Sustainable Development Goal(s) |
| SDSN | Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| SEforAll | Sustainable Energy for All |
| SHS | Solar Household System |
| SIF | Sustainable Insurance Forum |
| SME | Small and Medium Sized Enterprise |
| SOE | State-Owned Enterprise |
| SWF | Sovereign Wealth Fund |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risk Disclosure |
| TSKB | Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası (Industrial Development Bank of Turkey) |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNEP | UN Environment (United Nations Environment Programme) |
| WBG | World Bank Group |
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