Mapping Sustainable Finance Taxonomies Worldwide
- CCAP
- Oct 24
- 4 min read
As countries finalize their NDCs 3.0 ahead of COP30, one thing is clear: meeting the Paris Agreement goals demands not only ambition, but a transparent, accountable financial system that directs capital to truly sustainable activities. The world faces a staggering USD $4.6 trillion annual financing gap to meet climate and development objectives—a deficit that cannot be bridged without aligning public budgets and private investments with clearly defined climate-related economic activities.
Sustainable finance taxonomies have become one of the most powerful instruments for achieving this alignment. By defining what qualifies as “green” or “sustainable,” they create a shared language for investors, regulators and policymakers, improving comparability, guiding capital flows and enabling accountability. Yet, until recently, reliable and comparable information on how these frameworks were being developed and implemented worldwide remained scattered across institutions and languages.
To close this gap, the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), through the Observatory of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies, has developed the Global Taxonomy Map & Dashboard—the first open, dynamic and interactive repository of sustainable finance taxonomies worldwide.
This platform brings together verifiable, comparable data from 69 jurisdictions worldwide, offering a current and comprehensive view of how countries define and implement sustainability in their financial systems. Each entry includes:
Taxonomy development stages (planned, under development or implemented)
Publication dates
Responsible institutions and governance arrangements
Environmental and social objectives and sectoral coverage
Technical screening criteria, eligibility approaches and implementation tools
This is more than a database—it is a living, evolving platform that reflects the dynamism of sustainable finance policy worldwide. Users can access country-specific index cards, downloadable datasets and visuals and direct links to official documents, facilitating research, policymaking and cross-country comparison. They can even download the map images and the underlying data that power the platform, allowing anyone to reuse the information, conduct independent analyses or create their own maps—globally or by region.
“Transparency is key to advancing progress toward climate action, and sustainable finance taxonomies help us do that,” said CCAP Climate Finance Program Manager Adriana Bazán Fuster. “We believe information should be within everyone’s reach, and we strongly advocate for better public policy tools, such as taxonomies, that align both public and private financial flows towards countries’ sustainability goals.”
Built on nearly three years of research, the Map & Dashboard offers verified, open-access information that documents not only the status of each taxonomy but also their underlying structures and evolution. Users can filter by environmental objectives, economic sectors or institutional arrangements, making it a valuable resource for identifying opportunities for convergence and collaboration across jurisdictions.
To ensure accessibility, the Map & Dashboard is available in both English and Spanish, including a dedicated Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) regional view in Spanish, making it easy for regional stakeholders to explore their countries’ progress.
The Map & Dashboard’s purpose is threefold: to strengthen transparency, enhance interoperability and democratize access to reliable data that can inform evidence-based policymaking and financial decision-making. In doing so, it seeks to empower governments, regulators, investors and researchers to act with greater precision and accountability—laying the foundation for a global financial system that is both transparent and aligned with climate and development goals.
The data reveals a rapidly evolving landscape. Regional initiatives—such as the European Union Taxonomy or Central American Council of Financial Supervisors’ (CCSBSO) Regional Green Finance Taxonomy—are demonstrating how countries with shared challenges can cooperate to promote regional alignment. Meanwhile, early adopters continue refining and implementing their national frameworks, often embedding taxonomy tools into financial supervision systems, public investment planning and corporate disclosure requirements.
A key trend is emerging: sustainable finance taxonomies are expanding beyond environmental criteria to integrate social inclusion, just-transition principles and biodiversity protection. This shift reflects the understanding that sustainability must be multidimensional, addressing the intersections between climate action and other sustainable agendas. It also underscores how countries are localizing the concept of “sustainability” to their own development priorities while maintaining global comparability—an essential balance for interoperability.
The Dashboard is not static—it is explicitly released as a beta version, and CCAP is actively seeking partners and collaborators to help expand and refine its scope. The goal is to incorporate new variables, improve visualization capabilities and include additional dimensions such as taxonomy implementation tools and monitoring mechanisms.
If you are interested in contributing ideas, sharing data or supporting this open-access tool, CCAP welcomes your collaboration. This platform was built to evolve within its original vision—a technical hub for feedback, suggestions and new information that can enrich the collective understanding of how taxonomies are shaping sustainable finance worldwide.
As the international community gathers for COP30, the Global Taxonomy Map & Dashboard provides a timely, evidence-based resource for discussions on climate finance transparency—aligning financial systems with national and global sustainability goals. By bringing together verifiable, comparable and accessible information, it helps governments and investors make better-informed decisions and fosters accountability across both public and private sectors.
The Global Taxonomy Map & Dashboard is therefore more than an online tool—it is a call to action. It invites policymakers, investors, researchers and citizens alike to engage with data, share insights and co-create the knowledge base that will guide sustainable finance for the upcoming years.
CCAP believes that open information and transparency are prerequisites for effective climate finance governance. With this platform, we aim to bridge the information gap that has long hindered investment mobilization—particularly in developing economies—and to provide a shared foundation for aligning capital with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda.
Share your feedback and ideas to help us expand and improve this open, collective and ever-growing resource for a transparent and sustainable financial future.
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