2019, the CIP
In 2019 while at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Pierre Telep started the Climate Investment Platform (CIP) as a Global Public Good with the aim to accelerate climate action. The CIP was announced in September of the same year during the United Nations General Assembly with financial support from Denmark and endorsement from various developed and developing countries. Governance of a global public good that would originate and secure funding for high impact climate projects could not be finalized at COP 25 in Madrid.
2020, COVID-19 and climate projects for over USD 340 million
In 2020, an increasing number of GCF staff were infected with COVID-19 resulting in a loss of life as the GCF Secretariat management was desperately enforcing office work measures despite the global pandemic. Pierre Telep resigned from his position as Senior Renewable Energy Specialist and Global Coordinator of the CIP at the GCF when the GCF leadership forced him to travel during the pandemic at a time when it was not safe for him to do so.
That same year, he started a freelance consulting practice which offered technical and strategic advisory services in climate finance. His services were recruited first by the African Development Bank which resulted in mobilizing USD 340 million from the GCF, among which the Desert to Power G5 Sahel Facility which he wrote.
2021, Climate Plateform (CP) GmbH
In 2021, The Climate Platform (CP) GmbH was incorporated in Germany as a private sector vehicle to support efforts for limiting global warming below 1.5°C and provide advisory, technical and financial means for climate change mitigation and adaptation. It´s “uniqueness” is immediately recognized by the German Chamber of Commerce in Berlin. Before end of 2021, The Climate Platform had provided advisory services in the areas of climate change and renewable energy to 4 international organizations working with a growing number of consultants who work remotely and can take care of their loved ones while delivering on climate ambition.
2022 -2023, Navigating challenges and Operational Expansion
In 2022, the global community continued to grapple with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. CP demonstrated resilience and adaptability, leveraging its expertise to support several countries in addressing emerging climate-related challenges. Continuing its focus on remote work capabilities in 2023, the platform’s advisory services expanded to include accreditation support and capacity building. We provided services to support the greening of financial institutions’ offerings in two regions.
2024: Delivering Impact Across Africa and Asia
By 2024, Climate Platform had established itself as a trusted technical partner to development finance institutions and multilateral organizations across Africa and Asia. Our accreditation support practice delivered its first verifiable outcome when a West African financial institution we had supported through the GCF accreditation process received formal GCF direct access accreditation, enabling it to independently access and deploy climate finance for its country. This result reflects the full scope of our accreditation support model: from institutional gap assessment through policy development, fiduciary systems strengthening, and readiness delivery. In Southeast Asia, we supported two development finance institutions in Lao PDR through stage one GCF accreditation readiness, and delivered climate finance capacity building to several Indonesian institutions in partnership with GGGI. On the funding proposal side, our work covered climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, and blended finance across multiple countries in Africa and beyond, supporting proposals representing hundreds of millions of dollars in GCF financing.
2025: Systems, Scale, and the AI Transition
In 2025, Climate Platform deepened its practice in environmental and social management systems, supporting several organizations through the development Category B-compliant ESMS. We expanded our accreditation readiness work across West Africa, contributed to full funding proposal preparation for the countries of the Great Green Wall, and delivered technical and advisory services for climate infrastructure in the Sahel and Oman. This year also marked a deliberate shift in how we work. We built an in-house Entreprise Resource Management System to support our delivery workflows, enabling better quality and enhanced monitoring across complex engagements.
