Carbon Project Feasibility Assessment & Capacity Building

Project Overview Since 2025, MGF has supported Mercy Corps (now Prosper Global) to advance its climate and carbon finance initiatives, combining organization-wide capacity building with hands-on support for the development of nature-based solutions (NbS) carbon projects. MGF has helped strengthen Mercy Corps’ internal understanding of carbon markets while advising on corporate readiness, organizational alignment, governance, …

Supporting the Green Coalition of Public Development Banks in the Amazon

Project Overview MGF supported the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in its role as Secretariat of the Green Coalition of Public Development Banks in the Amazon, to identify sustainable finance models with potential for replication and scale across the Coalition. Working directly with public development banks and financial institutions in Latin America including in Brazil, Colombia, …

Advising the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

Project Overview MGF serves as the lead Finance and Capital Structuring Advisor for Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)’s Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab), an investor-led, public-private initiative that incubates innovative, well-designed, early-stage climate finance solutions and instruments. Since 2019, MGF has advised more than 30 finance vehicles spanning climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, …

Mobilizing Climate Finance through USAID’s Climate Finance for Development Accelerator

Project Overview MGF’s core leadership team led implementation of USAID’s Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA), a $180 million flagship global climate finance initiative designed to mobilize private capital for climate adaptation, resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable agriculture, energy transition, and other climate solutions across emerging markets and developing economies. MGF experts helped design and manage …

Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accreditation and Project Pipeline Development

Project Overview MGF helps organizations navigate the Green Climate Fund (GCF), from first engagement through to funded projects. We have supported GCF accreditation under the revised framework for a range of clients, from large international NGOs to international asset managers, guiding them through the initial screening through to full application and accreditation. On the proposal …

Developing Sustainable Seaweed Business Models in the Marshall Islands

Project Overview MGF, in collaboration with Planet Partnerships, supported the World Bank and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) to assess the feasibility of developing a sustainable seaweed industry as a nature-based opportunity for economic diversification, livelihood development, food security, and climate resilience. The study combined field and technical assessments with market and value …

Blue Economy Investment & Commercialization Advisory

Project Overview MGF has advised WWF on two blue economy investment and commercialization initiatives. As Technical Lead and Strategic Advisor in support of WWF’s Aquaculture Fund, MGF supported investment screening and due diligence for early-stage aquaculture investments. Separately, MGF served as Lead Commercial Advisor for a seaweed value chain analysis and commercialization strategy for East …

Mobilizing Finance for Climate and Clean Energy

Project Overview The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s Green Cities, Infrastructure and Energy Programme (GCIEP) provided technical assistance to FCDO posts and partner governments to advance greener, more resilient infrastructure and energy systems. Through its Technical Assistance Facility, GCIEP supported research and policy analysis, policy and regulatory reform, institutional strengthening, and the planning, design …

Strengthening Social Inclusion and Climate Resilience in the Lake Chad Basin 

Project Overview MGF supported Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the preparation of the fourth phase of the KfW-funded Stabilization and Reconciliation in the Lake Chad Basin (STaR IV) program, a €13 million initiative aimed at strengthening livelihoods, economic and social infrastructure, social cohesion, and local governance across conflict-affected communities in Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.  MGF …

Strengthening Pathways for Mangrove-Positive Finance

Project Overview MGF supported the Mangrove Breakthrough to strengthen pathways for financing businesses and projects that contribute to mangrove protection, restoration, and sustainable use. Drawing on research, fieldwork, stakeholder consultations, workshops, and real-world financing examples, MGF developed practical Mangrove Finance Handbooks tailored to financial institutions, microfinance organizations, and project developers. The handbooks translate lessons from …