​Climate Finance Summit: Closing the Missing Middle

​From San Francisco to Brazil

​The Climate Finance Summit spans from SF Climate Week to COP 30, bringing together an invitation-only working group that convenes three times a year to develop innovative financial models, policy recommendations, and collaborative solutions for scaling climate innovation. The series culminates at COP 30, where we will present our findings, investment frameworks, and actionable strategies to the COP 30 delegation, driving real commitments to bridge the missing middle in climate finance.

​Program Structure

​The Climate Finance Summit is a curated, multi-stage program designed to drive real investment commitments and establish climate finance as a structured asset class. It brings together investors, corporates, policymakers, and financial institutions to close the missing middle in climate finance and unlock capital at scale.

​A Year-Long Engagement

​The Summit is the culmination of a three-part event series leading up to COP 30, ensuring deep engagement, research-backed insights, and actionable outcomes.

​1️⃣ Climate Finance Working Groups

​Location: SF Climate Week & NYC Climate Week

​SF Climate Week – Bringing together venture capital, private equity, and institutional investors to explore new financial mechanisms, de-risking strategies, and investment structures that support scaling climate solutions.

​NYC Climate Week – Convening policy experts, institutional investors, corporate sustainability leaders, and financial regulators to develop aligned incentives, regulatory frameworks, and blended finance models that accelerate climate capital deployment.

​2️⃣ Pre-Summit Strategy & Research Phase

​Collaborative Working Groups develop investment frameworks and policy recommendations for scaling climate finance.

​Data aggregation & standardization efforts to define climate finance as an institutional asset class.

​3️⃣ Climate Finance Summit @ COP 30

​Location: COP 30, Brazil

​Presentation of Findings – Climate Scale-Up and its partners will present key research, investment models, and actionable strategies to the COP 30 delegation, led by President André Corrêa do Lago.

​🔹 Key Outcomes & Impact

​✔ Formalizing climate finance as a structured asset class – Creating investment frameworks underwritten by institutional capital.

​✔ Unlocking multi-billion-dollar investment commitments – Mobilizing private capital through de-risked financing models.

​✔ Driving policy change – Shaping global financial mechanisms that accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.

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​By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.