Sovereign environmental intelligence · Latin America
From access to execution.
AZUL combines top-tier relational capital, a proprietary network of AI agents, and territorial anchoring in the Colombian Caribbean to turn climate funding calls into blue-carbon projects that are financed, measured and verified.
Technology alliance: NVIDIA Partner Network · Dell Technologies Services Partner · Anthropic
The moment
The capital exists. The capacity to deploy it does not.
Between 2025 and 2030, Latin America faces the largest climate- and blue-finance window in its history. The constraint is no longer funding — it's the capacity to structure, measure and verify projects that meet the standards of the multilateral system.
Capital is committed
CAF: USD 2.5B pledged to the blue economy by 2030. GCF: USD 33.1B across its global portfolio. The money is on the table.
The gap
Only a fraction reaches verified projects. What's missing is structuring, data and world-class safeguards.
The bottleneck
Complex calls, demanding MRV and integrity rules, slow down governments and communities alike.
The blue opportunity
A market that is multiplying — and a planet that needs it
Sector figures cited from CAF, the Green Climate Fund and Nature Communications (2025).
The territory
Where the Sinú River meets the Caribbean Sea — the territory where AZUL's thesis was born.
What we propose
A dual structure: from relationships to verification
One visual and territorial origin, two complementary vocations, one promise: turning access into verifiable results.
For-profit arm
AZUL Consultancy
Strategy, project structuring, MRV and climate finance for governments, multilaterals and the private sector. Self-sustaining, not grant-dependent.
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Fundación Mar y Manglar
Executes grants, convenes communities and guarantees impact, safeguards and transparency. Preferential access to philanthropic and cooperation funds.
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Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf
Honorary President and institutional anchor of AZUL
Credibility
A track record that opens doors — and sustains them
- Minister of Environment & Sustainable Development of Colombia (2020–2022); previously Vice-Minister of Water & Sanitation.
- Best mayor in Colombia and among the best worldwide (City Mayors Foundation) for returning the Sinú River to Montería.
- Senior Presidential Advisor for the Regions; advisor and consultant to the IDB, CAF, UN-Habitat and UNDP.
- Active voice in the regional climate agenda toward COP30 (Belém) and across blue-economy forums.
The difference
Why funders work with AZUL
Built for what development banks and global climate funds require.
Bankable pipeline
Investment-ready proposals that meet IDB, CAF and GCF standards — delivered in weeks, not months.
Rigorous MRV
Verifiable measurement and live dashboards that give funders and citizens confidence in every credit.
Safeguards by design
Environmental and social integrity built in from day one — the discipline the market now demands.
Local ownership
Community benefit and equity at the core — as in Cispatá, where 92% of revenue stays local.