The second event of WOCAN in partnership with CGAP brought together leaders from development and climate finance institutions, research organizations and advisors for blended finance and impact investing to explore how outcome-based finance can accelerate investment in women-centred climate solutions.
Participants discussed the importance of moving beyond measuring participation to measuring meaningful outcomes, including women’s agency, leadership, resilience, and livelihoods. The conversation highlighted how robust gender-responsive metrics, independent verification, and innovative financing structures can help investors recognise and reward these outcomes using OBF mechanisms, including that of carbon markets, but also bonds and other instruments. Participants also explored how outcome-based finance can better reach rural women and community leaders who remain underserved by traditional financing models despite their essential role in climate resilience.