Emerging markets face persistent barriers to climate investment, including limited project readiness, fragmented financing structures, regulatory uncertainty, and insufficient coordination between governments, financial institutions, and development actors. These constraints slow capital mobilisation and limit the scaling of climate and nature solutions despite strong investor interest.

The workstream addresses these challenges through an integrated approach that combines climate diplomacy, policy engagement, capital structuring, and in-country partnerships. Working with national governments, multilateral institutions, development finance organisations, commercial banks, institutional investors, and local financial institutions, the initiative supports the design of blended finance structures, investment platforms, and enabling policy frameworks that improve investment confidence and pipeline quality. Through UK parliamentary engagement and its role as a UN Race to Zero Accelerator, the programme convenes policymakers, investors, and delivery partners to align regulatory frameworks with capital deployment.

By connecting policy development with investment execution, the workstream supports the creation of bankable projects, strengthens institutional and technical capacity, and develops scalable country platforms capable of attracting long-term private capital into emerging market energy and nature transitions.