In 2016, IDFC members contributed $173 billion in green finance commitments, $159 billion of which was climate finance. The numbers represent a $30 billion and $25 billion increase on 2015. Within climate finance, green energy and mitigation of GHGs was the largest category with $153 billion in 2016 and $128 billion in 2015. Adaptation finance decreased by $1 billion from $6-$5 billion between 2015 and 2016 and finance for other environmental objectives doubled from $7 billion to $14 billion.
The largest share of finance went to the East Asia and Pacific region with 65% in 2016 as compared to 59% in 2015. The European Union (19%), Latin America and the Caribbean (7%), South Asia (4%) were the other significant destinations of financing. In 2015, these regions received 19%, 12% and 2% of commitments, indicating how flows to South Asia have more than doubled, increasing by over $4 billion year-on-year.