On the home stretch to COP28, a compromise has been reached on the structure of the new fund for dealing with loss and damage. However, COP28 still has to formally adopt it. Will Germany and other countries bring their first... more
The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact organized by President Macron organisierte on on June 22nd and 23rd, 2023 discussed questions around a just international financial architecture. This articles gives an overview of the most importatn results and an... more
The concept of direct access to international climate finance has become increasingly important in recent years. At world climate conferences, an increasing number of countries of the Global South are calling for improved and simplified direct access to climate finance.... more
The Petersberg Climate Dialogue traditionally sets the scene and lays the groundwork for the year-end UN climate negotiations by helping create the political momentum necessary to elevate climate change action as a high priority on the political agenda. In its... more
Negotiations on climate finance at the COP 27 climate talks in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022 did not produce any outstanding progress. Still, there were positive developments in the financing of climate-related loss and damage – a detailed analysis can... more
COP27, which took place in November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was characterized by one theme in particular: the increasingly frequent cases ofLoss and Damage related to climate change and its corresponding finance. So far, there is no clear finance structure... more
When it comes to pledges for international climate financing, there is always a need for pioneers who set an impulse in the right direction. In the past, Germany has repeatedly taken on this pioneering role and thus increased the pressure... more
Adaptation to climate change is necessary to ensure that impacts do not overwhelm societies and ecosystems around the world. But adaptation planning is an exercise in uncertainty, and because it is based on imperfect information, adaptation strategies can also fail.... more
The Adaptation Fund, originally associated with the Kyoto Protocol, has officially served the Paris Climate Agreement since January 1, 2019. It focuses on particularly vulnerable populations by financing small-scale, local and specific adaptation projects in developing countries. The Fund fills... more
The 23rd meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board faced a challenging situation. Many feared that the Fund might fail in the face of high expectations and the meeting could end in a politically motivated deadlock. At this critical... more
