BLUE CATALYST FUND
Transforming Coastal Futures: Accelerating High-Quality Blue Carbon Projects
The Blue Catalyst Fund supports the development of high-quality blue carbon projects with technical capacity-building and early-stage equitable finance that allows critical coastal ecosystems and communities to thrive.
The Challenge
Coastal ecosystems are true climate, nature, and people champions, but they are disappearing fast and investment remains low.
Carbon markets offer a major opportunity to fund ecosystem protection at scale, however a lack of early-stage funding and expert technical assistance hinders the development of high-impact blue carbon projects.
$65bAnnual cost savings from reduced damage due to extreme weather, making them a powerful and cost-effective tool for climate adaptation.
Our Solution
The Blue Catalyst Fund provides early-stage funding, technical support, and a structured learning program to fast-track high-quality blue carbon projects toward investment.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
Technical assistance from leading blue carbon experts to support projects from pre-feasibility all the way to accreditation and follow-on investment
Capacity building through the Blue Carbon Academy to develop local technical expertise
Early-stage catalytic funding for project developers
Tailored transaction support to fast-track projects to investment
Get Involved
Accelerate the future of blue carbon. Apply for funding now or learn more about how our programme can support your project.
Who We Are
The Blue Catalyst Fund will be delivered by a market leading multidisciplinary team that can provide the comprehensive services required for projects to successfully raise investment and deliver maximum impact.
Fair Carbon
a Swiss-based nonprofit accelerating the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems by eliminating technical, financial, and policy barriers that restrict the growth of the blue carbon market.
Finance Earth
FCA-regulated, award-winning, social enterprise advising private, public and NGO organizations across over 100 projects in more than 30 countries.
Capital Continuum
An investment management firm bringing innovative investment advisory
Nika. The Spatial Computing Co.
A Singapore-based company, delivering innovative and robust carbon technical services using AI, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis
Terra Carbon
A leading advisory firm specialized in Blue Carbon and wetland restoration, with a track- record of developing high-quality offset projects
Silvestrum
A pioneering advisory firm specialized in the design of NBS, integrating policy with scientific, technical, financial, and legal expertise
Impact Goals
By 2035, the Blue Catalyst Fund aims to protect or restore 180,000 hectares of coastal and marine ecosystems, avoid or remove 50 million tons of CO2e over the projects’ lifetime, and unlock $300M of private investment for coastal ecosystems and communities.
Get Involved
Accelerate the future of blue carbon. Apply for funding now or learn more about how our programme can support your project.