Foundations, NGOs & philanthropies
I fund research, advocacy & capacity
Research on climate policy, adaptation, finance and governance, alongside support for COP engagement and the design of innovative climate market mechanisms.
Your research and policy priorities
Put research to work in policy, advocacy and capacity building.
You need evidence that informs programmes and policy debates. We work across climate policy, adaptation, finance and market governance, and help bring that research into international climate discussions.
Examine climate finance, loss and damage, and sovereign debt.
Connect research and advocacy with COP outreach and negotiations.
Perspectives Climate Research is a non-profit
Perspectives Climate Research gGmbH is our non-profit research organisation. It conducts climate-policy research and collaborates with universities, research institutions and other partners.
About PCR gGmbHKey services for your role.
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Climate policy, adaptation and climate-finance research
Commission research on climate-policy choices, adaptation strategies and finance to inform programmes, advocacy and capacity building.
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Loss & damage and sovereign debt finance
Examine financing approaches for loss and damage and the relationship between sovereign debt and climate action.
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COP outreach & engagement support
Prepare informed contributions and engagement around climate negotiations, connecting research findings with the policy discussion.
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Independent carbon market, CDR & SRM governance research
Investigate the rules, institutions and policy choices governing carbon markets, carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification.
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Research and design of innovative climate market mechanisms
Explore how market mechanisms can be designed to support climate-policy objectives, drawing on policy research and practical implementation experience.
The fields most relevant to your work.
Climate Finance
International climate finance plays a pivotal role in enabling developing countries to pursue low-carbon (mitigation) and climate-resilient (adaptation) pathways. We help governments, non-governmental organisations and financial institutions unlock and access critical climate finance, acting as a bridge between research and policymaking.
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Mitigation Strategies
Working hand in hand with governments, sectoral institutions and local stakeholders to assess, revise, finance and implement ambitious NDCs. We support mitigation planning, sectoral integration, implementation roadmaps, Article 6.8 approaches, capacity-building, MRV systems, and the preparation of future NDC rounds in line with national development priorities and the Paris Agreement.
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Adaptation Strategies
Climate change impacts are increasing across the globe. Making our societies and ecosystems more resilient to those impacts is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, yet adaptation efforts are being implemented too slowly. At Perspectives, we strengthen adaptation action by developing innovative approaches for fostering impactful activities on the ground and scaling up adaptation finance.
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Climate Negotiations and Diplomacy
For three decades we have supported governments and negotiating groups in navigating the complexities of climate negotiations. Our objective is to facilitate international agreement on ambitious climate policy through technical advisory, capacity building and on-site delegation support, spanning Article 6, climate finance, adaptation and transparency.
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Carbon Market Policy
We help build carbon market frameworks that hold, and translate carbon market rules into tangible implementation options: advising on host country Article 6 readiness and strategy, eligibility and integrity criteria, organising policy dialogues and observing Article 6 negotiations. Evidence first, and we never invest in or trade credits ourselves.
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Carbon Dioxide Removal
We assess CDR methods and their governance frameworks, design policy instruments and develop methodologies for high-integrity removals such as Direct Air Capture, Bio-CCS, biochar and marine CDR. Our research shapes how removals are perceived socio-economically, accounted for, financed and integrated into national climate strategies and carbon markets.
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Solar Radiation Modification
We assess SRM and design and evaluate adequate governance frameworks and research conditions. Our research shapes how SRM is perceived socio-economically and how domestic and international governance structures, regulation and respective public and private actors can work together.
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Axel Michaelowa
“At Perspectives, I can generate climate policy impacts at a global scale!”
