Turning the Tide A Financier's Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems 2026

Types of capital that can advance credit market projects at different stages of project life cycleFIGURE 1 Source: Pollination GroupEnabling finance Direct finance Structuring finance Role of financial institution (FI) r ole: Concept FeasibilityProject registrationImplementation Operations Concessional finance (grants and technical assistance) Project equity Developer/sponsor equity Forward offtake Project finance and ongoing working capital facilityVentur e debt or convertible loans Multi-year cr edit offtake agr eementsForwar d credit of ftake agr eements (pre-payment) Carbon fundOpportunity for new pr oducts from financial institutions and actorsR&D grants for new practices and tech Ventur e equityProject/Enterprise life cycle Credit markets1 Turning the Tide: A Financier’s Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems 11