by Charlene Watson (ODI) and Liane Schalatek (HBS) The Green Climate Fund now has approved more funding for climate change action in developing countries than any other multilateral climate fund. With the Board decisions taken at its 22nd Board Meeting at the end of February 2019, the Fund’s 102 projects, including the nine approved last…
Climate Funds Update highlights: November 2016
The UNFCCC COP21 in Paris left high expectations for COP22 in Marrakesh to deliver a ‘concrete road map’ for mobilizing the $100 billion in climate finance for developing countries by 2020. The Climate Finance team at ODI has been analysing the latest trends in mobilising public international climate finance through the: Updates to the data…
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,…