Climate and Infrastructure Funds

Under the Invest Climate & Infrastructure Product, the EIF will provide equity investments to, or alongside, climate & infrastructure funds investing in one or more of the six Thematic Strategies laid out below.

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Our interactive brochure on InvestEU, including a more detailed summary of the equity product, commercial terms and application process is available in our digital library.https://engage.eif.org/investeu/climate-infrastructure-funds







Thematic strategies


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Clean Energy Transition & Climate

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:

  • Renewable energy generation, transmission, distribution and storage
  • Storage and hybrids renewables
  • Renewable infrastructure exposed to demand and price risk
  • Energy efficiency
  • Cross-border energy infrastructure / projects of common interest (PCIs)
  • Projects that support the decarbonisation of and substantial reduction of emissions of energy-intensive industries

enabling sectors


Sustainable Transport

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:

  • General transport infrastructure
  • Cleaner, Safe and Smart Mobility
  • The development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T)


Climate & environmental solutions



Environment & Resources

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:
  • Natural capital and circular economy infrastructure
  • Bioeconomy

Digital & CCS



Digital Connectivity & Data Infrastructure

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:
  • Digital connectivity
  • Data Infrastructure
  • Online platforms & Media infrastructure




Social impact

Social Infrastructure

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:
  • Health and care facilities
  • Social services, including at community-based level
  • Educational and training infrastructure, including schools, training facilities and digital equipment
  • Affordable social housing
  • Enabling services related to the above

Digital & CCS




Space Infrastructure

Investments in funds whose investment strategy targets one or more of the following non-exhaustive list of Target Areas:
  • Development, upgrade and greening of new and existing space and ground infrastructure
  • Solutions for spacecraft de-orbiting and de-commissioning.




Horizontal priorities

In addition to the Thematic Strategies, InvestEU also requires to fulfill Horizontal Priorities. With a view to address gaps in the financing ecosystem, the InvestEU Climate & Infrastructure Funds product is seeking to boost investments into two key Horizontal Priorities.

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How to apply?

The EIF selects financial intermediaries based on a call for expression of interest and a standard selection process including due diligence. The call for the InvestEU Climate and Infrastructure Funds is now available here.

Note: Following the recent withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, we are updating the relevant EIF.org pages.

 
 

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