The financial transition toward sustainable investments is driven by an increasingly clear economic logic: climate risks are also financial risks. In a context where global capital is seeking green and resilient projects, Latin America has both the opportunity—and the challenge—to strengthen its environmental and technological governance in order to attract investments that are now being fiercely competed for on a global scale.
BUENOS AIRES, October 13, 2025. — International financial capital trends show a structural shift: major investment funds, banks, and insurance companies are incorporating climate risk into their evaluation and decision-making models. “Green finance is no longer a niche market: investors are recognizing that protecting the environment also means protecting the value of capital,” said Jimena Calvo, Partner at Insight LAC, during the Dialogue Roundtable “When the World Invests in Green: What Opportunities Exist for Argentina and Latin America?”, organized by the consulting firm.
After reviewing the concrete policies that emerged from the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, Calvo stated that “the green agenda is gaining strong momentum globally,” creating an opportunity for companies and governments to access the financing that will allow them to continue offering their goods and services to the world while generating a positive impact on their communities. According to the 2025 report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), global climate finance (a significant component of green finance) reached US$2 trillion in 2024, surpassing 2023 levels.
Although emerging and developing countries (excluding China) account for only 10% of this financing, Latin America captures just half of that share. The contrast becomes even more striking when considering that the region contains 40% of the planet’s biodiversity, vast freshwater reserves, significant productive capacity, and strategic natural resources, yet receives less than 5% of international climate finance. Brazil is the country that has capitalized most effectively on this opportunity, attracting nearly 60% of these funds.
“To attract a larger share of this capital, Latin America must strengthen its environmental governance and move toward more robust mechanisms for measurement, verification, and accountability, which remain underdeveloped today,” Calvo explained. In this regard, she highlighted the enormous potential of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to improve the traceability, transparency, and reliability of sustainable projects.
Specialists participating in the event also emphasized that strategies for attracting this type of investment must be conceived from a regional perspective. “No country acting in isolation will be able to generate the scale and coherence required to compete effectively for international funds. It is necessary to advance a Latin American strategy that harmonizes criteria, standards, and environmental information systems.”
Among the main conclusions of the event was the need to bring together governments, the private sector, and multilateral organizations to structure bankable, traceable, and high-quality projects capable of competing for the green financing currently being contested worldwide. The final consensus was clear: Latin America possesses enormous environmental and productive potential that can be transformed into a competitive advantage, provided it succeeds in consolidating a modern environmental governance framework based on transparency, regional cooperation, and the intelligent use of digital technologies.