This guidance note by FAO provides an outline for the use of blended finance to generate outcomes in the blue economy. 

The document gives an overview of blended finance basics and establishes blended finance in the context of the blue economy and marine sustainability through a series of case studies. It also presents some high-level challenges to the application of blended finance in this context, as well as corresponding recommendations to help ensure the more frequent use of the structuring approach for marine and ocean-based outcomes.

FAO Blue Growth Initiative - Blended Finance note

FAO’s Blue Growth Initiative - Blue finance guidance notes

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)