The GIIN Climate Solutions Investing Framework

Resource description: This resource provides a framework to help asset owners assess and integrate climate solutions investing strategies into their portfolios.

Key insights:

1. Recommends four criteria for evaluating strategies: climate thesis, decarbonization contribution, prioritization approach, and uncertainty management
2. Distinguishes climate solutions investing from emissions reduction in portfolios, emphasizing investments that enable economy-wide mitigation
3. Highlights variation in asset class roles, financial return profiles, and maturity of climate technologies
4. Identifies tools including avoided emissions, lifecycle assessments, and taxonomies to assess impact
5. Defines investor contributions as innovation, scaling, or signaling capital

Why this matters: As asset owners seek credible ways to align investments with climate goals, this framework supports informed decisions that prioritize strategies capable of advancing economy-wide decarbonization.