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ArticleGerman climate finance / Implementation of climate finance

Climate finance case study: desert power generation as a driver of sustainable development in Morocco

9. February 2016 |

German climate finance is usually analyzed only in terms of the amounts Germany pledges to developing countries. Yet the question of which projects are funded and whether they contribute to moving the world toward a low-emission, sustainable path of economic... more

PublicationGender / Implementation of climate finance / International climate finance

Climate Finance Fundamentals – Brief 10: Gender and Climate Finance

9. December 2015 |

This update of the 10th brief of 12 short introductory briefings that look at various aspects of climate change financing, outlines key principles and actions that should make climate financing instruments more gender-responsive and that ensure that gender perspectives are... more

PublicationImplementation of climate finance / International climate finance

Climate Finance Fundamentals – Brief 5: Climate Finance Thematic Briefing: REDD+ Finance

9. December 2015 |

This is an update of the fifth brief from the series of 12 short introductory briefings that look at various aspects of climate change financing REDD-plus finance has received a lot of attention over recent years with Germany being one... more

PublicationImplementation of climate finance / International climate finance

Climate Finance Fundamentals – Brief 1: The Principles and Criteria of Public Climate Finance

8. December 2015 |

This is the update of the first brief from the series of 12 introductory briefings that look at various aspects of climate change financing, outlines the principles and criteria the should serve as a normative guidance for a coherent framework... more
ArticleInternational development finance / Mitigation

OECD decision on coal finance: an important signal, but not yet enough

26. November 2015 |

On November 17, 2015, the industrialized countries of the OECD agreed on massive restrictions on export credits for new coal power plants. The deal came about through pressure from the United States government after hard negotiations with coal-friendly countries such... more
ArticleGerman climate finance / Mitigation

Financing climate protection while funding coal: is Germany playing a zero-sum game?!

20. November 2015 |

Last Saturday was the international Day of Action to stop subsidies for fossil fuels. Oil Change International and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) used the occasion, on the eve of the G20 Summit in Turkey, to release their study of... more
ArticleImplementation of climate finance

Pioneers of Change: climate finance for poverty-oriented, low-carbon development

9. November 2015 |

Mitigating emissions and fighting poverty need not be mutually exclusive goals. Climate finance must be a driving force for the urgently needed move toward a carbon-neutral world while creating a framework that enables new and innovative approaches. In doing so,... more

PublicationImplementation of climate finance

Pioneers of Change: 21 good practices for low carbon development in developing countries

4. November 2015 |

The study presents a selection of 21 good practice examples from developing countries which successfully combine sustainable development and climate change mitigation. The collection also includes several examples funded by German climate finance.... more
ArticleImplementation of climate finance

German and UK-led NAMA Facility to provide the biggest chunk of finance for NAMA implementation

14. October 2015 |

An increasing numbers of financing institutions are providing support for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). The NAMA Facility, an initiative by Germany and the United Kingdom, is taking the lead in providing finance for NAMAs, offering a total of over... more

PublicationImplementation of climate finance

Social CSP – Energy and development: exploring the local livelihood dimension of the Noor I CSP project in Southern Morocco

15. July 2015 |

This study conducted by Wuppertal Institute and Germanwatch explores how the social pillar of sustainability at the local level could be met in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects. For this purpose, the authors evaluate the livelihood dimension of CSP technology... more

PublicationImplementation of climate finance

Good neighbours: A development policy perspective on community acceptance and procedural justice in the context of utility-scale renewable energy

25. June 2015 |

The Germanwatch paper highlights that procedural justice and engaging meaningfully with local communities in the vicinity of utility-scale RE projects should be regarded as a long-term investment into a mutually sustainable neighborhood: strong communities benefiting from RE projects and a... more
ArticleBiodiversity/REDD+ / Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

German support for REDD+ and forest conservation: lots of money, little information and even less critical monitoring

5. June 2015 |

“Overall, the German government is one of the most important REDD+ donors worldwide, with an investment to date of half a billion euros,” writes the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on its website. In addition to... more
Article / Loss and Damage / Multilateral funds and initiatives

Climate insurance – Germany aims for an initiative within the G7

2. June 2015 |

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of weather-related natural disasters. This in turn increasingly puts the onus onto rich countries – as the parties mainly responsible for causing climate change – to take concrete action to protect the... more
ArticleImplementation of climate finance / Transparency

SE4All: transparency and civil society involvement are in short supply

21. May 2015 |

The second Forum of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) – a United Nations initiative launched by Ban Ki-Moon in late 2011 – is taking place in New York from the 19th to the 22nd of May, 2015. Its theme: “Financing... more
ArticleImplementation of climate finance / Transparency

Climate finance for community well-being: What role can Germany play in influencing accountability and transparency in Tanzania?

27. April 2015 |

The adverse impacts of climate change has continued to weaken efforts for achieving sustainable development in most developing countries. In Tanzania, compounded by many other factors such as lack of transparency, meagre civil society involvement, corruption and limited accountability, climate... more
ArticleInternational development finance / Mitigation

KfW’s coal financing in Serbia

17. April 2015 |

The Heinrich Böll Foundation recently published an e-paper by Roger Moody for which the author used information available on From Money to Metal, a website that he has been furnishing with data about investment in mining for years. For the... more
ArticleImplementation of climate finance / Transparency

Taking a holistic approach to climate protection and poverty reduction

27. March 2015 |

What contributions do German-financed climate change mitigation projects make toward long-term decarbonization and poverty reduction in developing countries? An analysis by www.deutscheklimafinanzierung.de addressed this question in the context of global climate change and the challenges of the fight against poverty... more
ArticleBiodiversity/REDD+ / Implementation of climate finance

REDD: conflicts, contradictions and lies

26. March 2015 |

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is considered to be climate protection and has been discussed as a formal instrument since the UN Climate Conference in Bali in 2007. Governments, banks, experts and NGOs who see it as... more
ArticleInternational development finance / Mitigation / Private climate finance

Germany and France lead the EU in financing international coal projects through export credits

20. March 2015 |

Between 2003 and 2013, the 34 member countries of the OECD provided export credits for coal-fired power plants to the tune of $12.8 billion. One third of that amount came from EU countries: France ($1.8 billion) and Germany ($1.1 billion)... more
ArticleLoss and Damage

Financing strategies for climate-related loss and damage

12. March 2015 |

Climate-related loss and damage is one of the most contentious issues of international climate policy. Essentially, it comes down to how to share the burden in a manner commensurate to responsibility if the worst comes to pass – if climate-related... more
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