Brazil: Brazil Value-Enhancing Reforms for Development and Ecological Sustainability (VERDES) Climate Policy-Based Financing (AIIB-000977)

Regions
  • Latin America and Caribbean
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Countries
  • Brazil
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Government of Brazil
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Energy
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1,000.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 1,000.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 1,000.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Jul 7, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Jun 25, 2025


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Project Description
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As stated by the AIIB, the Program supports the Government of Brazil's actions toward achieving the climate goals articulated in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through policy and institutional measures required to implement the Ecological Transformation Plan (ETP) in the areas of sustainable finance, energy transition, and green infrastructure and resilience.

While Brazil faces increasing vulnerability to adverse impacts from climate change particularly in the agricultural sector and urban areas, Brazil can further strengthen its capability to rein in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through strategic policy reforms and innovative financial, economic, and social instruments such as carbon market, blended climate finance, technology development, and community participation in conservation of critical natural assets. Furthermore, these innovative instruments are also aiming at attracting greater private sector investment in sustainable and climate friendly projects and programs.

To support the government's National Determined Contribution (NDC) ambition to move toward net zero in 2050 and resilient development pathway under the ETP platform, AIIB designed the Brazil VERDES Climate Policy-Based Financing (BR-CPBF) Program in close collaboration with the Government of Brazil (GOB) and in coordination with development policy financing programs led by the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The Program comprises three Pillars and corresponding Policy Actions (PAs) that are closely aligned with the three thematic areas of the ETP:

Pillar 1 - Sustainable Finance:
Directing public, private, national, and international financial resources to sustainable activities, low carbon growth, resilience, ecological transformation, and biome regeneration.

Pillar 2 - Energy Transition:
Promoting technologies in sustainable bioenergy with competitive cost and ensuring sustainable value chains.

Pillar 3 - Green and Resilient Infrastructure:
Enhancing resilience of critical natural assets and infrastructure to mitigate and address potential impacts of climate change, as well as protect and restore critical natural ecosystems.

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AIIB Team Leader:

Nat Pinnoi - Senior Investment Officer
Email: nat.pinnoi@aiib.org

Client - Government of Brazil:

Mario Gouvea Almeida - Secretariate of the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
Email: mario.g.almeida@tesouro.gov.br

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