CDC Climat is a Caisse des Dépôts’s subsidiary set up in February 2010 to combat climate change. CDC Climat relies on a long experience of carbon finance in Europe. It supports the introduction of international, national and regional climate policies, by taking action in three areas :

It develops, either alone or with its partners, carbon market services: exchanges, registries and solutions for carbon assets trading and custody. CDC Climat invests in carbon assets either directly or in the form of innovative carbon funds open to long-term investors aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 60Mt for 2014. Its research team, CDC Climat Research, conducts independent, neutral analyses for public authorities, market players and the general public.