DUBAI, United Arab Emirates & SAN FRANCISCO & FORT WORTH, Texas — TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm, and ALTÉRRA, the world’s largest private investment vehicle for climate change action launched at the World Climate Action Summit at COP28, today announced an aggregate US$1.5 billion commitment to the next generation of TPG Rise Climate private equity funds, including its new Global South Initiative.
The Global South Initiative will be managed by TPG and is purpose built to accelerate and attract institutional capital at scale by offering return enhancement to encourage private equity investments in high growth climate opportunities in the Global South. The initiative will receive up to US$500 million in innovative catalytic capital from ALTÉRRATRANSFORMATION. In addition, TPG Rise Climate will channel approximately US$1 billion from its TPG Rise Climate II fund to co-invest alongside the initiative. TPG will also raise additional commitments for the Global South Initiative from its broader network of limited partners.
The Global South Initiative will leverage TPG’s decades of experience investing across industries in the Global South. In the climate sector alone, TPG has driven over US$4 billion of investment in over 20 climate solutions companies across nearly 20 countries in the Global South. In addition to the parties’ shared commitment to the new climate economy, the Fund is aligned with the pillars that underpin COP28’s Action Agenda, namely: Energy Transition, Industrial Decarbonization, Sustainable Living and Climate Technologies.
ALTÉRRA represents the next step in the UAE’s decades-long journey towards climate action and is dedicated to investing in the energy systems of tomorrow.
In addition to the Global South Initiative, ALTÉRRA will commit approximately US$1 billion to TPG Rise Climate II from ALTÉRRA ACCELERATION. Rise Climate II will continue Rise Climate I’s strategy of pursuing private equity investments globally that are driving quantifiable carbon aversion across Rise Climate’s core climate sector themes – energy transition, green mobility, sustainable fuels, sustainable products and materials, and carbon solutions. TPG is targeting US$10 billion in aggregate commitments across its Global South Initiative and TPG Rise Climate II.
Speaking about the partnership, His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General of COP28 and Incoming Chief Executive Officer, ALTÉRRA, said:
“This partnership underscores ALTÉRRA’s steadfast commitment to accelerating the transition towards a new climate economy across the globe. Together with TPG, a strong global investor with deep experience backing and scaling climate solutions, we believe the UAE brings world-class resources, expertise, and the track record necessary to catalyze climate action and mobilize capital to create a fairer climate finance system. ALTÉRRA is committed to mobilizing third-party institutional capital towards leveling the playing field in climate finance – drawing significant investment at scale to the Global South. We look forward to working together to deliver meaningful change at this critical juncture.”
TPG Founding Partner and Executive Chairman; TPG Rise Climate Managing Partner Jim Coulter, said:
“The combination of the UAE’s substantial commitments and TPG Rise Climate’s extensive experience scaling climate solutions globally has the potential to drive much-needed capital and expertise to the decarbonization challenge. The size and innovative structure of this new initiative will allow us to support a broader opportunity set of ready-to-scale climate companies and projects in the Global South. Working together, we can bring capital at scale to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy in the Global South and around the world.”
