SECTOR
COALITIONS
The transition economy is being built now. The question is whether your organisation helps build it - or adapts to it afterwards.
Sector Coalitions are WCF’s engine room
Our Sector Coalitions are the engine room of the transition: sector-specific, multi-year alliances. built to move industry frontrunners through the transition - faster, and with less risk than going it alone.
Why Leading Organisations Join
Our Sector Coalitions are the engine room of the transition: sector-specific, multi-year alliances. built to move industry frontrunners through the transition - faster, and with less risk than going it alone.
What You Get
Our Sector Coalitions are the engine room of the transition: sector-specific, multi-year alliances. built to move industry frontrunners through the transition - faster, and with less risk than going it alone.
How Our Coalitions Work
Each coalition follows a structured lifecycle from alignment to execution.
Structured Pre-coalition
The structured pre-launch stage that builds market credibility. WCF maps strategic stakeholders, defines coalition scope, and secures the anchor partners needed to trigger the delivery cycle. Several 2026 and 2027 coalitions are currently here.
Comitment & Shared Knowledge
The coalition agrees on what the real problems are. WCF facilitates that process — through regional analysis, white papers, and structured convenings — so members aren't wasting time building solutions to the wrong problems.
Unlock Solutions & Pathways
Cross-sector implementation pathways are co-created. Policy, finance, and market mechanisms are aligned, bridging the gap between sector need and capital mobilisation.
Drive Action at Scale
Pilots launch and solutions scale across regions. Progress is shared through measurable KPIs and reporting, enabling systemic change in the real economy.
Our 2026 Sector Coalitions
Five active Coalitions. Each one too complex to navigate alone.
Challenge: There is no shortage of climate capital. There is a shortage of investable, de-risked opportunities.
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Outcome: The CIC builds the financial structures and de-risking models that turn climate pledges into closed deals.
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Impact: In 2021, the CIC facilitated a $130bn commitment from 42 Nordic and UK pension funds to clean energy by 2030 (one of the largest coordinated institutional climate capital mobilisations on record.)
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The CIC also co-developed the Investment Mobilisation Collaboration Alliance (IMCA) blended finance framework with USAID and Sida, designed to mobilise institutional capital at scale for climate mitigation and adaptation across developing economies.
The Challenge:
Biodiversity is a critical systemic risk, but nature-based solutions lack commercially viable standards.
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Outcome:
The NIC builds the pipelines, blended-finance frameworks, and governance standards that make biodiversity and ecosystem investment commercially viable.
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Impact: In 2025, the Coalition moved from framework-building to direct investor-project dealmaking workshops at COP30 in partnership with Capital for Climate.
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Challenge: Food systems are among the largest sources of emissions and the most exposed to climate shocks - but the financial architecture for regenerative agriculture doesn't exist at scale.
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Outcome: The FOFC aligns investors, corporates, policymakers, and producers to build the financial and policy frameworks that make regenerative agriculture and lower-emission proteins commercially competitive.
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Impact: At COP30, the FOFC - alongside FAIRR Initiative and Food Nation - convened financiers, corporates, and policymakers to identify regenerative agriculture pilots with McCain, McDonald's, and - confirming blended finance models as the path to scale globally. ​
Challenge: The energy transition cannot happen without critical minerals - yet supply chains face decarbonisation pressure, permitting backlogs, and supply security risk simultaneously.
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Outcome: The FOMC scales responsible mineral supply by aligning buyer demand, accelerating mine decarbonisation, and improving regulatory coherence. ​
Impact: Recognised in the COP30 Action Agenda, the FOMC contributes to advancing solutions within the UN's Global Climate Action framework.
The FOMC also co-developed the Net Positive Mining Standard (with investors, indigenous communities, and governments), reframing responsible mining as a commercial advantage.
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Challenge: Every sector's transition runs through energy -— but capital, infrastructure, and regulation aren't moving in sync.
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Outcome: The FOEC aligns infrastructure development, capital, and regulation across electrification, industrial decarbonisation, and grid build-out.
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Impact: The FOEC is accelerating its first full programme year in 2026. Founding members are shaping the Coalition's priorities now.