The Blended Finance Lab joins CETEx

The Blended Finance Lab is now part of the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx), having formally joined on 1 January 2026. This integration brings the Lab’s applied work on mobilising private capital for climate action and sustainable development into CETEx’s wider research and policy agenda on financial systems transformation.

The Blended Finance Lab was established by the Financial Markets Group at LSE in 2025 to address the persistent gap between ambition and outcomes in climate and development finance. 

Supported by CETEx’s institutional platform and expertise across monetary, financial and fiscal policy, the Lab will expand its research, policy engagement and practitioner collaboration to further develop practical, evidence-based solutions to scale up blended finance for climate and development. Its near-term priorities will focus on removing barriers to institutional investment in sustainable development, improving data and credit rating frameworks, and strengthening the conditions for private capital mobilisation at scale. It will continue to place a major focus on emerging markets and developing economies, benefitting from CETEx’s existing and growing expertise in these countries.

Further information on the Lab’s mission and activities is available on the Blended Finance Lab webpage.