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German G7 presidency: Five areas for advancing climate finance in 2022

2. March 2022 |

Germany’s G7 presidency in 2022 offers a unique opportunity for the (still relatively) new German government to advance the global climate finance agenda – and make good for some of the rich countries’ (including Germany’s) shortfalls of the past and... more

International climate finance / 100 billion / UNFCCC

COP26: Ka-ching?

21. December 2021 |

As so often in the past, climate finance was one of the key issues fought over until the very end at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. The most important results at a glance: The $100 billion... more

100 billion / International climate finance / UNFCCC

Climate finance at COP26

31. October 2021 |

Starting today, world leaders will gather for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to continue working on implementing the Paris Agreement. The dominant topic is likely to be the catastrophic inadequacy of the countries’ contributions to... more

International climate finance / Pledges & Commitments / Transparency

Before the G7 summit: Developed countries climate finance projections fail to deliver clarity and predictability

7. June 2021 |

At the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in 2015, in Paris, developed countries committed to support climate efforts in developing countries by providing and mobilising at least $100 billion annually from 2020 onwards. This funding was an integral component... more

PublikationInternational climate finance / Adaptation / Transparency

Climate Adaptation Finance: Fact or Fiction?

8. February 2021 |

CARE has conducted a comprehensive adaptation finance tracking study together with civil-society organisations in Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nepal, Vietnam and the Philippines. The study assesses whether donor countries’ reporting of adaptation finance is accurate, and whether the reported amounts genuinely... more

International climate finance / Transparency

EU climate finance needs common rules

22. January 2021 |

Under the Paris Agreement, the industrialized countries pledged to provide USD 100 billion a year from 2020 onwards to help the poorest countries weather the climate crisis. A new study on behalf of ACT Alliance EU shows that the European... more

International climate finance / Gender

Climate and development finance in the context of the COVID recovery

24. November 2020 |

The COVID-19 crisis is having significant impacts on resources available in public sectors. At the same time, responding to it has strong financial dimensions, both with regard to governments’ investment decisions as well as the financial frameworks that affect people’s... more

International climate finance / 100 billion

EU climate finance falls short

24. September 2020 |

The study “Falling short: seven ways in which the EU should improve its climate support to developing countries” is based on research by INKA Consult, which provided its findings pro bono. INKA Consult’s survey covered figures on climate finance by... more

PublikationInternational climate finance / Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)

Reviewing Africa’s Renewable Energy Initiatives

18. August 2020 |

The analysis published in cooperation with Powershift Africa gives an overview of the potential of current initiatives to enhance renewable energies in Africa. It analyses three prominent initiatives, namely the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), Least Developed Countries Renewable Energy... more

International climate finance / Transparency

Is Switzerland making an appropriate contribution to international climate finance?

23. July 2020 |

In recent years, various studies by civil society organizations have taken a critical look at international climate finance. One of these is a recently published study on Swiss climate finance (in German) by Alliance Sud. The study addresses key issues... more