The Article Six Group is an independent partner for governments, the private sector, and international organizations. We bring together experienced industry practitioners from financial services, public policy, and the climate sector to help our partners mobilize climate finance, accelerate decarbonization plans, and develop clean energy infrastructure globally.
Article Six Group focuses its efforts in three ways: partnering with the private sector, working with governments, and shaping public policy.
Partnering With the Private Sector
We partner with private sector companies and investors to mobilize climate finance, achieve decarbonization goals, and deploy cutting-edge, carbon mitigating technologies.
Working with Governments
We work closely with governments to develop large-scale climate infrastructure and secure concessional financing to de-risk projects, crowding in the private sector.
Shaping Public Policy
We are advancing new ways to mobilize climate finance globally, including a specific focus on carbon finance and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
At Article Six Group we evaluate our success by our positive impact. We are proud to highlight select examples of our work …
Using carbon finance to deploy new biogas technologies
Article Six Group has partnered with a leading biogas company whose systems mitigate carbon emissions and improve social outcomes for rural farmers and their families. We are leading efforts to structure and raise carbon financing to deploy thousands of systems across sub-Saharan Africa and other markets…
Applying carbon finance to grid infrastructure
Article Six Group is working with E.ON’s climate action subsidiary to develop a new methodology to allocate carbon finance across different grid infrastructure components, including transmission, distribution, and storage…
Electrifying Burundi
Article Six Group is mobilizing carbon finance to support the electrification of Burundi, via a major expansion of the energy grid. This work will transform the energy access landscape across rural Burundi.
Policy Development for COP28
Article Six Group worked with the UAE to develop innovative policy proposals and ideas as part of the preparations for COP28 in 2023. Our focus was on unlocking private sector investment potential to support the energy transition.
Developing a large-scale Article 6 transmission pilot in Rwanda
Article Six Group is structuring the first-ever use of Article 6 carbon finance for transmission infrastructure via a pilot project in Rwanda. The project is the first use globally of the Article 6 investment model proposed by Harvard academics…
Our team’s publications and policy proposals include …
Applying carbon finance to grid infrastructure
Article Six Group worked with E.ON’s climate action subsidiary, Seagrass, to develop a new methodology to allocate carbon finance across different grid infrastructure components, including transmission, distribution, and storage. The methodology was presented at COP28 in Dubai, alongside an initial pilot project in Rwanda.
Using carbon finance to support the energy transition
In this piece for the Harvard Belfer Center, our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, discusses how emerging carbon finance tools, such as Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, can be mobilized to support the energy transition.
The legacy of COP28
In this piece for the Harvard Belfer Center, our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, discusses what COP28 means for policymakers and the private sector.
Accelerating electrification
We were invited by the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership to present a keynote address during their annual NYC Electrification Dialogues on how the world can accelerate electrification during 2023 New York Climate Week.
Using cross-border investment to deliver a just energy transition.
In this piece for the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, detailed how cross-border investment can deliver a just energy transition.
Improving the returns profile for green investment
In this piece with the World Economic Forum, our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, discusses how policymakers can increase the risk-return profile for green investments through public finance, catalytic philanthropic capital, and carbon markets.
Gold Standard carbon markets forum
Our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, was invited to a Gold Standard forum to discuss new carbon market approaches for mobilizing climate finance.
Advancing new ways to mobilize private sector climate finance
Article Six Group worked with the Abu Dhabi Global Market to highlight new ways of mobilizing private sector finance towards climate finance in the run-up to COP28. Our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, presented ideas during a key note address at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum.
How Article 6 impacts voluntary carbon markets
In this piece for the Harvard Belfer Center, our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, discusses what the finalization of Article 6 at COP27 means for voluntary carbon markets, and why that presents an opportunity.
Select press around our work includes …
Spotlight by the Wall Street Journal
Our work in Rwanda piloting carbon finance for transmission infrastructure was featured by the Wall Street Journal as “a blueprint for how private investors might close the grid-spending gap“.
How carbon taxes will impact the energy transition
Our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, was interviewed for the Reuters Breakingviews podcast on how carbon taxes could impact carbon markets and unlock investment for the green transition.
Feature in Nikkei
This feature in Nikkei highlighted the potential role of our Article 6 investment model in closing the climate finance gap for developing countries.
COP28 spotlight in Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse highlighted the launch of our transmission infrastructure carbon finance methodology at COP28 and our pilot project in Rwanda.
Quantum Commodity Intelligence spotlight
Quantum Commodity Intelligence highlighted the publication of our methodology for transmission infrastructure carbon finance and its piloting in Rwanda.
Discussing new modes of climate finance with the Carbon Exposure Project
Our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, was interviewed about our work to advance new modes of climate finance alongside the CEO of Seagrass, E.ON’s climate action subsidiary, for the Carbon Exposure Project podcast.
Spotlight in Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse highlighted our work to use Article 6 investment as a way to address rising cost of capital in developing countries.
Government of Tanzania spotlight
The Government of Tanzania highlighted our Article 6 investment approach during a recent blogpost for its National Carbon Monitoring Centre as a leading example of the “the different possible investment mechanisms that could be used in the sovereign carbon market“.
Feature in The National
UAE daily, The National, featured our ideas for how to mobilize private sector climate investment in the run-up to COP28.
Financial Times 2023 ESG watchlist
The Article 6 investment model co-developed by our Managing Partner, Ely Sandler, was highlighted as a key ESG theme to watch in 2023 by the Financial Times.
If you are interested in partnering with Article Six Group, or working with any of our partners, please get in touch.