Key facts
- Implementing Partner:
EDFI MC
- Guarantee volume:
up to €366 million
- Global Gateway areas of partnership:
Climate and energy
- Sectors:
agro-forestry, carbon sinks ecosystems, blue economy
- Geographical focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, Pacific and the Western Balkans
- Type of support provided:
Financing, Technical assistance
- Types of investments:
long term equity and quasi-equity investments in carbon sink companies and funds
- Investment period:
open for investments until September 2027
- Technical assistance:
up to €25 million
Description

The Carbon Sinks guarantee is a key priority to the Global Gateway initiative under the topic of climate resilience. Carbon sinks, such as the ocean, soil and forests, help to mitigate climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The guarantee will enhance access to finance for projects across five key carbon sink sectors: natural forests and natural marine ecosystems, outgrower schemes & smallholder forestry and algaculture, agricultural and other carbon sink investments such as blue carbon projects, plantation forestry, and forest and ocean related product processing for prolonged carbon storage.
Under EFSD+, the Carbon Sinks guarantee will provide cover on equity and equity-like financing to these types of projects. Due to the novelty of the approach and overall sector, the guarantee is designed flexibly so that investors can deploy direct and indirect financing to key market opportunities. The guarantee can be accessed by any Pillar-Assessed EDFI Member and can be passed on to public and private co-investors. The guarantee supports private investors throughout the investment horizon of nature-based projects, making investments more attractive.
How can businesses and investors get involved?
If you are a business representative or an investor looking to invest in environmental projects focusing on agriculture, forestry, marine ecosystems and carbon credits around the world, we recommend getting in touch with EDFI MC.
Contact: carbonsinks.guarantee@edfimc.eu
About EDFI MC
EDFI Management Company (EDFI MC) is a multilaterally owned impact asset manager which delivers innovative development finance solutions that enable European DFIs, development banks and private sector investors to increase the scale and impact of their work. The company focuses on business models, technologies and geographies where other investors have not been able to operate at the desired scale given their resources and investment criteria.