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Financing ERC Generation

Demand for ERCs is expected to grow exponentially this decade in response to an increasing global focus on climate action. At the current level of market maturity there is not sufficient investment to support scaling up the market to meet the expected exponential growth in ERC demand and ERC activity-level investment needs to scale significantly to meet exponentially increasing ERC demand.

In this section you can read more on the ERC market status, the current landscape of ERC financing and finally the financing structures to address key risks including three recent examples that demonstrate some of the latest advances in structuring ERC finance in the sections below.  

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ERC Market Status After a period of rapid growth in ERC supply and market value, ERC markets faced multiple headwinds in 2022 and 2023
Current Landscape of ERC Financing Emission Reduction Credit activity-level investment has steadily increased over the last ten years and needs to scale… more
Financing structures to address key risks
Though the ERC market is still in the lower half of its financing curve, see Figure 5, there are some promising… more
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This section is intended to be a living document and will be reviewed at regular intervals. The Guidelines have not been prepared with any specific transaction in mind and are meant to serve only as general guidance. It is therefore critical that the Guidelines be reviewed and adapted for specific transactions. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in the Materials in this Site are those of the various authors of the Materials and are not necessarily those of The World Bank Group, its member institutions, or their respective Boards of Executive Directors or member countries. For feedback on the content of this section of the website or suggestions for links or materials that could be included, please contact the PPPLRC at ppp@worldbank.org.