Bridging the Gap: From Climate Proposals to Bankable Finance
A leading organization in nature-based solutions had a bold vision – channeling finance to ecosystem services, agroforestry, and smallholder resilience. But as they raced to submit multiple funding requests under urgent deadlines, a critical challenge became clear: their proposals lacked the climate rationale and financial case required to secure investment. We stepped in to organize, refine, and strengthen each proposal, ensuring that the climate impact was clear, and the financial structure aligned with funder expectations. With 20+ years of experience in climate finance, we quickly pinpointed critical gaps, provided a structured approach, and filled key missing elements – helping the client deliver high-quality proposals despite intense time constraints. This case underscores a key reality in climate finance: even the strongest project concepts face intense competition for funding. Successful proposals don’t just meet technical requirements – they stand out by aligning with funder priorities, presenting a clear financial structure, and demonstrating strong engagement with stakeholders. As the climate finance landscape evolves, ensuring projects are well-prepared ahead of funding windows can make all the difference in securing the resources needed for impact. At AvaTerra Global, we help clients shape the strategic positioning of their climate-relevant investments well before funding calls are launched. This includes developing strong, integrated narratives that reflect both climate and development priorities; structuring projects in a way that aligns with funder expectations; and identifying the right entry points for engagement. Our support helps bridge the gap between promising concepts and finance-ready opportunities – so clients are not caught unprepared with funding windows open. With experience on both sides of the table – as reviewers and project designers – we know what gets traction. If you are looking to secure international climate finance, we can help you build a well-prepared pipeline of investment-worthy projects that speak to both local priorities and global funding criteria. Starting early makes all the difference. Reach out to us. We have anonymized this story to protect the confidentiality of our client and where it took place, but the actions and results are real. Back to Stories Page Our Stories AvaTerra Global has vast global experience leading high-impact engagements across the climate, development, and sustainable investment landscapes. We invite you to read about some of the results we have delivered for our clients. A Holistic Climate Project for Small Islands Adaptation | Capacity Building | Clean Energy | Climate Finance | Nature-Based Solutions | Theory of Change Island ecosystems are often isolated and fragile and hence are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In addition,… Read More Aligning Ambition: Building a Climate Investment Vision that Can Attract Finance Climate Finance | Climate Investment Planning | Country Platforms In a country seeking to scale up climate action, the government set out to develop a climate investment plan that… Read More Bridging the Gap: From Climate Proposals to Bankable Finance Climate Finance | Investment Mobilization | Nature-Based Solutions A leading organization in nature-based solutions had a bold vision – channeling finance to ecosystem services, agroforestry, and smallholder resilience.… Read More Building Knowledge, Building Adaptation Adaptation | Capacity Building | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization A well-established training institution in a geographically diverse and highly populated part of the world was looking to integrate adaptation… Read More Creating a Fund to Kickstart Climate Ready Technologies Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Rationale | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization In East Asia there are worsening natural disasters resulting from extreme weather events such as typhoons, heavy rainfall, and droughts,… Read More Developing Carbon Trading Methodologies for Increased Recycling of Solid Waste Carbon Trading | Climate Finance | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization Deforestation is the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in much of the humid tropics, with a significant amount… Read More Investing in Advanced Low-Carbon Climate Technologies Climate Finance | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization | Technology Transfer A Fortune 500 company was interested in identifying emerging low-carbon technologies (LCTs) and applications where the company could apply its… Read More Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Water Related Disasters Climate Finance | Disaster Preparedness | Disaster Risk Management | Early Warning Systems | Nature-Based Solutions | Water Sector Parts of South-East Asia are at extreme risk from the impacts of typhoons and resultant flooding. One such area was… Read More Raising Profiles, Raising Finance Climate Investment Planning | Climate Rationale | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization | National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) A leading ministry in a Least Developed Country was keen to raise its profile across government as a key enabler… Read More Tackling Illegal Tropical Deforestation through Climate Policy Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Deforestation | Theory of Change A leading organization in nature-based solutions had a bold vision – channeling finance to ecosystem services, agroforestry, and smallholder resilience.… Read More Let’s Stay Connected If you’re exploring opportunities to collaborate or want to see how we can support your work, provide your email address and sector here. Knowing a little about your context helps us better understand how we can support you. Get in touch with our experts
A Holistic Climate Project for Small Islands
Island ecosystems are often isolated and fragile and hence are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In addition, islands are often isolated and unprotected and bear the brunt of extreme weather and sea level rise. Ocean systems that surround islands can quickly change leading to an abrupt alteration in ecosystems and dynamics. For these reasons small, isolated islands, especially those in the Pacific are most vulnerable to climate change either from physical loss of terrain, salt intrusion in soil, or loss of ecosystems and species in both terrestrial and marine environments that are key to community wellbeing. We supported a client to develop a comprehensive cross-cutting project in a group of Pacific Islands whose economy was reliant on nature-based tourism, fisheries, and agriculture, all of which are being negatively impacted by climate change. The project endeavored to decarbonize the tourism industry through the implementation of clean energy systems in the most populated islands, improve the efficiency and productivity of farming through better land management and removal of invasive species, develop adaptation strategies for the fisheries sector, and develop capacity within each of those sectors to increase awareness and resiliency. We aided the client and several institutional stakeholders in identifying and aligning the project goals and the theory of change that would be most successful in reaching that goal. Our expertise in driving this process with multiple stakeholders was key to the success of this stage of the project. Furthermore, our expertise in technical systems such as clean energy was crucial in developing a project that was additional and practical. This comprehensive, multifaceted, and multidisciplinary project successfully reached its funding goal and is in implementation having relied on our guidance that took an ambitious idea and created a practical, impactful, and successful project. Understanding the communities’, the client’s, and the funder’s needs are important aspects in putting a successful proposal together to mobilize finance for a project. With our deep experience and broad knowledge base in climate finance, we are able to deliver results. Reach out to us. We have anonymized this story to protect the confidentiality of our client and where it took place, but the actions and results are real. Back to Stories Page Our Stories AvaTerra Global has vast global experience leading high-impact engagements across the climate, development, and sustainable investment landscapes. We invite you to read about some of the results we have delivered for our clients. A Holistic Climate Project for Small Islands Adaptation | Capacity Building | Clean Energy | Climate Finance | Nature-Based Solutions | Theory of Change Island ecosystems are often isolated and fragile and hence are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In addition,… Read More Aligning Ambition: Building a Climate Investment Vision that Can Attract Finance Climate Finance | Climate Investment Planning | Country Platforms In a country seeking to scale up climate action, the government set out to develop a climate investment plan that… Read More Bridging the Gap: From Climate Proposals to Bankable Finance Climate Finance | Investment Mobilization | Nature-Based Solutions A leading organization in nature-based solutions had a bold vision – channeling finance to ecosystem services, agroforestry, and smallholder resilience.… Read More Building Knowledge, Building Adaptation Adaptation | Capacity Building | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization A well-established training institution in a geographically diverse and highly populated part of the world was looking to integrate adaptation… Read More Creating a Fund to Kickstart Climate Ready Technologies Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Rationale | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization In East Asia there are worsening natural disasters resulting from extreme weather events such as typhoons, heavy rainfall, and droughts,… Read More Developing Carbon Trading Methodologies for Increased Recycling of Solid Waste Carbon Trading | Climate Finance | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization Deforestation is the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in much of the humid tropics, with a significant amount… Read More Investing in Advanced Low-Carbon Climate Technologies Climate Finance | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization | Technology Transfer A Fortune 500 company was interested in identifying emerging low-carbon technologies (LCTs) and applications where the company could apply its… Read More Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Water Related Disasters Climate Finance | Disaster Preparedness | Disaster Risk Management | Early Warning Systems | Nature-Based Solutions | Water Sector Parts of South-East Asia are at extreme risk from the impacts of typhoons and resultant flooding. One such area was… Read More Raising Profiles, Raising Finance Climate Investment Planning | Climate Rationale | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization | National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) A leading ministry in a Least Developed Country was keen to raise its profile across government as a key enabler… Read More Tackling Illegal Tropical Deforestation through Climate Policy Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Deforestation | Theory of Change Deforestation is the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in much of the humid tropics, with a significant amount… Read More Let’s Stay Connected If you’re exploring opportunities to collaborate or want to see how we can support your work, provide your email address and sector here. Knowing a little about your context helps us better understand how we can support you. Get in touch with our experts
Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Water Related Disasters
Parts of South-East Asia are at extreme risk from the impacts of typhoons and resultant flooding. One such area was identified as the most vulnerable to water-related disasters (WRD) with root causes being attributed to: population exposure, deforestation, poverty, gender inequality, and a lack of disaster preparedness. Using our expertise in adaptation, ecological systems, local empowerment strategies, and capacity building, we sought to develop an adaptation project together with a client that would address this vulnerability by taking a nature-based solutions approach. The project targeted river basins, together with an upland peat bog area that is vulnerable to exploitation. The project sought to implement direct nature-based measures together with creation of systems for the development of resilience through local and national-level investment in nature-based-solutions and community management disaster resilience. The project included a programme of capacity building to communities and local government to build resilience in the most vulnerable areas; the development of community managed watershed ecosystem restoration with nature-based solutions at its core; AI-based flood forecasting and early warning systems to be implemented in key areas that will allow disaster prediction and the creation of a knowledge base; and disaster risk management through capacity building and gender responsiveness. This holistic approach to disaster management in most vulnerable areas to climate change provides an excellent template and set of best practices. And AvaTerra Global has the necessary experience to provide such solutions around the world, and especially in disaster-prone areas. Contact us if you would like support in developing sound, practical, and winning solutions to climate adaptation projects. We have anonymized this story to protect the confidentiality of our client and where it took place, but the actions and results are real. Back to Stories Page Our Stories AvaTerra Global has vast global experience leading high-impact engagements across the climate, development, and sustainable investment landscapes. We invite you to read about some of the results we have delivered for our clients. A Holistic Climate Project for Small Islands Adaptation | Capacity Building | Clean Energy | Climate Finance | Nature-Based Solutions | Theory of Change Island ecosystems are often isolated and fragile and hence are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In addition,… Read More Aligning Ambition: Building a Climate Investment Vision that Can Attract Finance Climate Finance | Climate Investment Planning | Country Platforms In a country seeking to scale up climate action, the government set out to develop a climate investment plan that… Read More Bridging the Gap: From Climate Proposals to Bankable Finance Climate Finance | Investment Mobilization | Nature-Based Solutions A leading organization in nature-based solutions had a bold vision – channeling finance to ecosystem services, agroforestry, and smallholder resilience.… Read More Building Knowledge, Building Adaptation Adaptation | Capacity Building | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization A well-established training institution in a geographically diverse and highly populated part of the world was looking to integrate adaptation… Read More Creating a Fund to Kickstart Climate Ready Technologies Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Rationale | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization In East Asia there are worsening natural disasters resulting from extreme weather events such as typhoons, heavy rainfall, and droughts,… Read More Developing Carbon Trading Methodologies for Increased Recycling of Solid Waste Carbon Trading | Climate Finance | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization Deforestation is the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in much of the humid tropics, with a significant amount… Read More Investing in Advanced Low-Carbon Climate Technologies Climate Finance | Climate Technologies | Decarbonization | Investment Mobilization | Technology Transfer A Fortune 500 company was interested in identifying emerging low-carbon technologies (LCTs) and applications where the company could apply its… Read More Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Water Related Disasters Climate Finance | Disaster Preparedness | Disaster Risk Management | Early Warning Systems | Nature-Based Solutions | Water Sector Parts of South-East Asia are at extreme risk from the impacts of typhoons and resultant flooding. One such area was… Read More Raising Profiles, Raising Finance Climate Investment Planning | Climate Rationale | Institutional Development | Investment Mobilization | National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) A leading ministry in a Least Developed Country was keen to raise its profile across government as a key enabler… Read More Tackling Illegal Tropical Deforestation through Climate Policy Adaptation | Climate Finance | Climate Policy | Deforestation | Theory of Change Deforestation is the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in much of the humid tropics, with a significant amount… Read More Let’s Stay Connected If you’re exploring opportunities to collaborate or want to see how we can support your work, provide your email address and sector here. Knowing a little about your context helps us better understand how we can support you. Get in touch with our experts
