The Climate Funds Update data is now current as of June 2013. This brief note highlights new developments including pledges, approvals, and disbursements. New Climate Finance pledges March 2013 – May 2013: On 24th May 2013 Sweden’s government announced a new pledge to the Adaptation Fund of USD 15 million, making Sweden the biggest donor to the…
Climate Finance: A few more fundamentals
As Qatar prepares to host COP 18, decisions on how to deliver and channel finance to help developing countries respond to climate change will again be on the agenda. Climate finance is mobilized in the context of UNFCCC principles that recognize countries common but differentiated responsibilities to act to address climate change. Despite fiscal pressures,…