# De-risking Tools

De-risking tools play an integral role in creating the right conditions for investments to flow at the scale that is needed in EMDEs.

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## De-risking tools include policy instruments and finance mechanisms that help reduce, transfer or compensate risks for investors. They aim to achieve a risk-return profile that catalyzes investments at scale.

The vast majority of EMDEs lie outside of the fiduciary and regulatory obligations of private sector investors, with 73% rated as B+ or lower by leading credit rating agencies such as Standard & Poor, Moody's and DBRS. De-risking strategies are an absolute must to crowd in investment for clean energy in these countries. The Playbook references de-risking tools across six strategies:


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### This Playbook of Solutions was assembled by the  Network to Mobilize Clean Energy Investment in EMDEs

With the support of Accenture and Marsh

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