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German climate finance / Adaptation Fund / Green Climate Fund (GCF) / Implementation of climate finance

Direct access to German climate finance: expanding pioneering work

14. June 2023 |

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
Implementation of climate finance / German climate finance / Transparency

Potentials and Risks of the African Forest Landscape Restoration (AFR100) Initiative

25. October 2022 |

Commercial tree plantations are a major cause of land degradation and have no place in efforts to restore degraded ecosystems. Germany as one of the main supporters of AFR100 needs to act on excluding them from the initiative. Across Africa,... more
Adaptation / Green Climate Fund (GCF) / Implementation of climate finance

Well-intentioned instead of well-done: The risk of maladaptation in private-sector climate finance

13. May 2022 |

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
Implementation of climate finance / Green Climate Fund (GCF)

In tree plantations in Paraguay, public money is driving private profit: What is Germany’s role? 

9. December 2021 |

Forestry and land-use are a hot topic in the current climate debate, and play an important role in German climate finance. This article looks at tree plantations that have received support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) that Germany is... more
Implementation of climate finance / Green Climate Fund (GCF) / Land-use

Activists fear that funds linked to major restoration initiative in Africa will result in nearly doubling the area occupied by conflict-causing tree plantations

20. September 2021 |

The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) wants 100 billion dollars to help finance the restoration of degraded landscapes across the continent, in an effort to restore forests and suck carbon out of the atmosphere. Today, on International Day of... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

Further progress on transparency of German climate finance

21. June 2021 |

Under the Paris Agreement, Germany made an international commitment to support climate protection and adaptation measures in developing and emerging countries. Transparency is an essential prerequisite for the independent monitoring of international climate finance. While the German government has continued... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance

German climate finance project used to create biomass supply chain for German energy providers

25. February 2021 |

In 2013, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) started funding a project in Namibia to help limit bush encroachment, i.e., shrubs and trees spreading across previously open savannah, and to help the country find ways to best... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance / REDD+

DEval synthesis study confirms: REDD has not been able to meet expectations

29. January 2021 |

In October 2020, the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) published the results of a synthesis study on REDD. This approach – whose acronym stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – has dominated international forest policy for... more
Implementation of climate finance / Gender

Why gender responsiveness is crucial for equitable, effective and efficient climate finance

16. June 2020 |

Women all over the world suffer from the impacts of climate change. They are often more severely affected by climate change impacts as they aggravate existing gender inequalities. In 2018, world hunger rose to 821 million people, particularly affecting agrarian... more
International climate finance / Implementation of climate finance

Climate finance for charcoal production in Brazil is fueling conflicts with communities

25. May 2020 |

A new case study by the Global Forest Coalition and FASE (Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional) on the Global Environment Facility-funded “Sustainable Iron and Steel Production” project reveals how millions in public climate finance is fueling a... more
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