UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whose country is hosting the COP28 climate summit, announced on Friday the establishment of a $30bn (R560bn) climate fund for global climate solutions that aims to attract $250bn of investment by the end of the decade.
Dubbed Altérra, the fund will allocate $25bn towards climate strategies and $5bn specifically to incentivise investment flows into the Global South, according to a statement by the COP28 presidency.
In collaboration with global asset managers BlackRock, Brookfield and TPG, Altérra has committed $6.5bn to climate-dedicated funds for global investments, including the Global South, the statement said.
The vehicle “aims to steer private markets towards climate investments and focus on transforming emerging markets and developing economies, where traditional investment has been lacking due to the higher perceived risks across those geographies”, it added.
Altérra was established by Lunate, a newly established Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment manager with more than $50bn in assets. Lunate is owned by its senior management and Chimera Investment, which is part of a business empire overseen by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser and the president's brother.
The UAE has drawn criticism for its plans to expand oil and gas production as the world struggles to rein in the climate-damaging carbon emissions these fossil fuels produce. Against that backdrop, the UAE has been keen to encourage finance and business more broadly to commit more money to the climate fight and was expected to open its own chequebook throughout the two-week UN climate summit.
Reuters
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