New Resources to Help Advance Social Inclusion in Climate Finance

Two new resources developed under the Enhancing Access to Benefits while Lowering Emissions (EnABLE) trust fund aim to help make climate finance more inclusive and equitable.

The Social Inclusion Framework for Results-Based Climate Finance Initiatives and its companion guide, Good Practices for Social Inclusion Targeting Interventions, provide practical guidance to ensure that the benefits of climate finance reach Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, and other marginalized groups.

Developed in collaboration with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR–ICRAF), the publications define a shared understanding of social inclusion in the context of results-based climate finance and carbon crediting programs. They also offer tools and strategies that governments, World Bank teams, and partners can use to strengthen participation, equity, and benefit-sharing across program design and implementation.

“These publications give teams the tools they need to design, assess, monitor, and strengthen inclusion in results-based climate finance,” said Asyl Undeland, Fund Manager for EnABLE.  

The Framework sets out the conceptual foundation—what social inclusion means in results-based climate finance, why it matters, and how it can be measured. The Companion Guide turns these principles into action, presenting real-world approaches, case examples, and indicators that can be adapted across sectors and countries.

The information and guidance presented can also be applied more broadly to results-based climate finance and carbon crediting initiatives beyond EnABLE and World Bank operations, helping to strengthen inclusion across the wider climate finance landscape.

Drawing on lessons from World Bank trust funds and global dialogues, including the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and the Global Dialogue on Enabling Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to Engage in and Benefit from Results-Based Climate Finance, both publications emphasize that inclusion is integral to achieving high-integrity, sustainable results.

By putting people at the center of carbon crediting and climate finance, EnABLE aims to help countries and partners build programs that are not only effective—but fair, participatory, and lasting.

Read the reports:

• Social Inclusion Framework for Results-Based Climate Finance Initiatives
• Good Practices for Social Inclusion Targeting Interventions - Companion Guide to the EnABLE Social Inclusion Framework for Results-Based Climate Finance Initiatives