Expression of Interest for Climate Finance Landscape Report Sa The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an investor and advisor supporting sustainable economic growth in developing countries by making private sector investments, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses, financial institutions, and governments. The IFC program in South Africa on Scaling Up Climate Finance through the Financial Sector also known as the 30 by 30 South Africa program is a technical assistance program funded by the German government and led by IFC, in partnership with the World Bank (WB) and national stakeholders. It aims to harness the financial sector in targeted countries to considerably scale up private sector financing for climate mitigation and adaptation projects in line with Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. The global 30 by 30 program is being implemented in Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines, and South Africa, from 2021 to 2027. Under 30 by 30 South Africa, the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) of South Africa and IFC have partnered on a project to deliver targeted climate finance market intelligence (including supply, demand, barriers, risks) and harmonization support to strengthen the effectiveness of national climate finance policy and accelerate lending outcomes, such as by enabling investors (including development finance institutions and institutional investors), banks and other market actors (including municipalities and the insurance sector) to scale their participation in climate-related finance to achieve South Africas Just Transition objectives. PCC is an independent, statutory, multi-stakeholder body established by South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020 with the purpose of overseeing and facilitating a just and equitable transition towards a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy in South Africa. The 2024 Climate Change Act mandates the PCC to advise on the countrys vision for just transitions to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society. In 2020, PCC commissioned GreenCape, the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to deliver a report on the landscape of climate finance in South Africa. The first report was published in 2021, followed by subsequent reports in 2023 and 2025. This landscape report has become a key source of current market intelligence and practical recommendations to inform a just transition to a low-carbon economy. South Africas 2025 NDC[1] states that based on the 2023 South African Climate Finance Landscape Report prepared by the Presidential Climate Commission, South Africa will develop a results management framework with key performance indicators to track climate finance access and mobilization, including · Significantly increasing access to adaptation finance (currently 12%) · Broadening the application of innovative financial instruments, such as guarantees, equity, and other non-debt instruments (currently 18%) · Expanding access to insurance and pre-arranged finance to respond to loss and damage (USD 2 billion) · Mobilizing and leveraging additional private sector contributions · Increasing access for local government climate actions. Development finance institutions play a strategic role to develop and pilot the types of interventions foreseen in the list above, as well as crowding in additional market players, including banks. IFCs partnership with PCC therefore aims to strengthen and advance the established climate finance landscape project with a view to scaling climate finance in South Africa. The landscape project enables this by · Supporting a harmonized framework for the financial sectors sustainable finance reporting based on an updated landscape methodology, comprehensive data, consistent frameworks and market facing analysis; · Strengthening the empirical evidence base to inform regulatory engagement and program interventions. With this in mind, IFC in collaboration with the PCC, is seeking a service provider to Prepare a methodological improvement report in 2026, which strengthens the landscape research methodology and gives input to South Africas climate finance data architecture (in line with commitments in the 2025 NDC). Update the PCC climate finance landscape research database of existing financial flows by sources, providers, recipients, instruments, and sectors, in time for the Project Completion Date of 30th June 2027. Deliver advanced data analysis, visualization, and policy recommendations, which build on previous years analysis, to facilitate use by policymakers, regulators, banks, investors, and the private sector. Draft the 2027 Climate Finance Landscape Report on behalf of the PCC to fulfill its mandate under the 2024 Climate Change Act. Objective: The service provider is expected to publish the Methodological improvement report in 2026 and the South African Climate Finance Landscape Report in 2027. Tender Link : https://wbgeprocure-rfxnow.worldbank.org/rfxnow/public/advertisement/6963/view.html
