Dec 11, 2024
Background
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) was established in 2008 to deliver significant climate finance to developing countries, supporting low-emission and climate-resilient growth. CIF employs a country-led, programmatic, and participatory approach that prioritizes investments in line with national priorities. Its model encourages large-scale investment packages, promotes private sector engagement, and supports policy reforms aimed at fostering long-term sustainable development.
Our Industry Decarbonization Investment Program will invest in pioneering low carbon pathways in developing countries for heavy-emitting industries, notably clean technology supply chains.
We recently launched a Call for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) inviting eligible countries, and their multilateral development bank partners, to apply for up to $1 Billion in funding.
About the Industry Decarbonization Program
The Industry Decarbonization program aims to accelerate the transition of heavy-emitting industries in developing countries to zero-carbon practice and unlock investments in low to net zero-carbon and climate-resilient business models and technologies. CIF concessional finance may be deployed at multiple levels—industrial facility/technology, corporate, sectoral, and national as well as at the communities and workers’ levels—to address financial and capacity limitations preventing industrial corporate actors from investing in innovative and impactful low-carbon, climate-resilient technologies and associated infrastructure, as well as supporting just transitions.
CIF funding will support industries in transitioning to low-carbon technologies, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enhancing energy efficiency, ultimately contributing to the global decarbonization agenda.
Countries interested in receiving funding through this program must submit an expression of interest by January 17, 2025.
About the role
The independent expert group will consist of six experts, acting in their personal capacities, chosen based on their strategic and operational expertise and experience in relevant areas, including industrial decarbonization, clean energy, power systems and markets, low-carbon technologies and associated supply chains, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enhancing energy efficiency, climate change, development economics, finance, climate policy, and gender and social development.
When formed, the group will select two co-chairs: one a national from a CIF eligible recipient country and the other a national from a CIF contributing country. The group will include a balance of experts from both contributing countries and eligible recipient countries and will consider geographic and gender balance as well.
The group will perform the following tasks in consultation with the CIF Secretariat and the MDBs:
- Evaluate countries’ EoIs against the assessment criteria established in Sections 6 and 7 of the CIF Country Selection Process for the Climate Investment Funds’ New Strategic Programs.
- Present to the CTF Trust Fund Committee a ranked list of countries, along with recommendations, for the program.
Selection Criteria
Candidates must have:
- Master’s degree or PHD in a relevant field to CIF REI, including renewable energy, electrical engineering, power systems and markets, distributed generation, transmission, energy storage, grid integration and interconnection, climate change, development economics, finance, climate policy, and gender and social development.
- At least 12 years of experience in his/her/their area of expertise.
- Experience working with or for multilateral, regional, or international organizations is preferred.
To apply
- Applications for the expert group should only be submitted through the CIF Secretariat email: CIFSecretariat@cif.org. Applications received through any other means will not be accepted.
- Applications and nominations for independent expert group members should include the expert’s name, contact information, area of expertise, and a resume demonstrating professional experience and expertise in the target areas.
- Applicants must also disclose if they have potential conflicts of interest (e.g., they work on behalf of a government that is submitting an EoI or are currently employed by a CIF partner MDB).
- Please submit your application no later than January 6th, 2025.
