EBRD approves Green Economy Transition Strategy 2026-30

• EBRD Board of Directors approves the Green Economy Transition Strategy 2026-30
• New strategy a response to climate-related needs, demand from the Bank’s economies
• The Bank’s transition mandate and experience in green finance position it well to address climate issues in its regions

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its Green Economy Transition Strategy for 2026-30. The strategy was adopted at the Bank’s most recent Board of Directors meeting and will form a part of the 2026-30 Strategic and Capital Framework.

The strategy responds to demand from the Bank’s economies and defines the Bank’s direction with regard to the green transition over the next five years. It sets out the structure and mechanisms through which the Bank will enable the development of competitive, resilient, market-oriented and private-sector-led economies that deliver a green transition, while ensuring energy security.

It also establishes an enhanced level of ambition for green finance across the Bank’s regions, with a strong focus on climate mitigation, adaptation and nature. It focuses on maximising impact in six key systems: energy, industrial, agrifood, transport, urban and financial.

In addition, the EBRD commits to scaling up its cumulative green financing to at least €150 billion by 2030, both from its own funds and mobilised private-sector flows. This will include dedicating at least 50 per cent of the EBRD’s total annual business volume to the green space, increasing the number of projects with a climate resilience component by 50 per cent and exploring opportunities for nature-positive investments.

EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said: “Our countries of operations are increasingly exposed to impacts of climate change. By removing market barriers and accelerating greener approaches in energy, industry, agrifood, transport, cities and finance - the six core economic systems at the heart of our GET strategy - we are responding to our clients’ demands to support their green transition. This enables them to mitigate climate change effects, while strengthening competitiveness and improving the countries’ energy access, affordability and security.”

The Green Economy Transition Strategy 2026-30 is the EBRD’s response to intensifying climate impacts across the Bank’s regions, rapid advances in green technology and growing demand from clients for guidance and leadership on navigating both. Because of its transition mandate and its history in green finance, the EBRD is well placed to address these needs. Since 2006, the EBRD has invested more than €75 billion in green projects.

The Strategic and Capital Framework for 2026-30 raises the Bank’s ambition to deliver impact for its countries of operation, clients and partners through investments, chiefly in the private sector, and policy reform initiatives. Within the framework, the green transition stands alongside two other priorities: economic governance, and human capital and equality of opportunity for all. These priorities are supported by two enablers: digital technology and private-sector mobilisation.

In 2025, as in previous years, the EBRD delivered more than half of its annual business volume in the green space, reflecting sustained demand from clients and robust investment pipelines across its regions. This progress was matched by the Bank’s persistently strong financial performance, including record profits, underpinned by its long‑standing credit rating of triple‑A with a stable outlook.