About Climate finance consultants in the UK, supplying specialists to implementing firms, banks and financial institutions, governments and funders.
LirioAI is a UK climate change consultancy specialising in climate finance, trading as Climate Funding Bridge Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2024, building on a climate finance practice that Liliana Locke started in 2017 and on 14 years of climate policy and climate finance experience across government, development programmes and financial institutions.
Our specialists support implementing firms, banks and financial institutions, governments and funders, on awarded projects and in bid development. Each assignment is led by people who have done the work: climate risk assessments of loan portfolios, climate finance training for bank managers and business advisors, and evaluations of climate programmes for donors. Courses, knowledge products and websites are designed and built in-house alongside the technical work.
From climate policy to climate finance
2012Climate change economist at Environment and Climate Change Canada: greenhouse gas policy modelling and national submissions to the UNFCCC.
2015Senior project manager for climate change at MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates): inclusive, climate-responsive value chain programmes.
2017Liliana Locke starts an independent climate finance and ESG practice.
2022Co-authors the Alliance for Financial Inclusion special report Towards an Inclusive Green Future, as Liliana Locke (née Camacho).
2023Climate finance training for banks and business advisors through Business Link Pacific, funded by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).
2024Climate Funding Bridge Ltd is incorporated in England and Wales, and LirioAI writes the terms of reference for a green finance training programme for GGGI in Papua New Guinea.
2025Lead climate advisor on SAFER Pacific technical assistance for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
2026Climate expert on the ex-post evaluation of CGIAR’s Asian Mega-Deltas initiative, for New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
To get climate finance to the people and enterprises who need it most, by strengthening the institutions, programmes and proposals that deliver it.
Climate finance and climate policy
Fourteen years of climate policy and climate finance experience, from greenhouse gas policy modelling at Environment and Climate Change Canada to inclusive, climate-responsive value chain programmes at MEDA. National Fellow in the Inclusive Economies Fellows programme of Social Capital Partners, a Canadian non-profit, 2024 to 2025.
Climate finance expert, Pacific
Lead climate advisor on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) SAFER Pacific technical assistance, working with four financial institutions including a central bank. Climate finance trainer for Business Link Pacific, funded by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Evaluation and safeguarding
Climate expert on the ex-post evaluation of CGIAR’s Asian Mega-Deltas initiative. Safeguarding Lead for Climate Funding Bridge Ltd.
Visual communications
Co-founder of LirioAI and Headshot London, David has spent 30 years in art direction, graphic design and photography, producing photographic stills, video and graphics for banks, insurers and public bodies, including EBRD, Bank Indonesia, Standard Chartered and the BBC.
Training and knowledge products
Design and production of course visuals, video and learning materials, delivered for clients in the energy, tech and international development sectors.
Subject matter expertise
Financial analysis
Financial and economic analysis for climate projects, credit lines and funding proposals, including cost-benefit analysis and financial models.
Energy engineering
Technical appraisal of renewable energy and energy efficiency investments, and greenhouse gas estimates for mitigation projects.
Legal and regulatory
Review of financial sector regulation, green taxonomies and climate risk disclosure requirements.
Stakeholder engagement
Consultations, workshops and gender-responsive engagement with communities, enterprises and government agencies.
Compliance
Environmental and social safeguards, due diligence and funder compliance requirements, and risk and regulatory compliance for financial institutions.
One contract, one standard
Contracted through Climate Funding Bridge Ltd
Lead firms and funders contract one UK company, which fields each associate on the assignment.
Associate code of conduct
Every associate signs the LirioAI code of conduct, covering safeguarding, conflicts of interest, confidentiality and anti-corruption.
Standing policies
Environmental policy
Written to the UN Supplier Code of Conduct, UN Global Compact principles 7 to 9 and SDG 13, with an annual estimate of travel emissions.
Social safeguarding policy
Protection from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, child safeguarding and vulnerable adults, built on the IASC core principles, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UNICEF safeguarding frameworks and UK law. Clients are notified of any allegation within 24 hours.
Associate code of conduct
Signed by every associate before an assignment begins.
Report a concern
Liliana Locke is Safeguarding Lead for Climate Funding Bridge Ltd. Contact the Safeguarding Lead →
Climate Funding Bridge Ltd
Trading namesLirioAI and Headshot London
Company number15522860, registered in England and Wales
VAT numberGB463048692
Registered office29 Gildredge Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4RU
DirectorsLiliana Locke and David Locke
RegistrationsAsian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant Management System (CMS) and UN Quantum
Emailhello@lirioai.com
builds your learning management system
A platform in your programme’s branding, with your courses, user accounts, enrolment and completion reporting, designed, built and handed over to your team, with training for the administrators who will run it.
