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The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact: Outcomes and challenges

31. July 2023 |

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

International climate finance / Private climate finance

Mixed results on climate finance at COP 27

22. February 2023 |

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

G20/G7 / Private climate finance

Compact with Africa: Is the G20 investment program undermining the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030?

15. May 2017 |

The G20, the group of the world’s leading industrial and emerging countries, is a central forum for shaping the conditions that govern the global economy and the financial world. For some years now, sustainable development, climate policy and green growth... more

G20/G7 / International climate finance / Private climate finance

G20 must set the course on international climate finance

30. March 2017 |

Financial support for poorer countries from those who are largely to blame for climate change is a key prerequisite for international cooperation in climate policy. While this issue is not explicitly part of the official G20 agenda, current processes within... more

100 billion / International climate finance / Private climate finance / Transparency

US$ 100 billion climate finance roadmap leaves room for improvement

1. November 2016 |

Just in time for the next UN climate change conference COP22 in Morocco, developed countries have now, finally, presented their climate finance roadmap how they project to meet their promise to ramp up climate finance to US$ 100 billion a... more

100 billion / International climate finance / Private climate finance

OECD report on climate finance: Fit for purpose or well on the way to meet the $100 billion promise?

8. October 2015 |

Pressure is mounting on rich countries to ramp up financial support for developing countries to the promised $100 billion a year by 2020. It’s been said several times, including by French President Francois Hollande, that failing to deliver on that... more

100 billion / International climate finance / Private climate finance

Shifting the goal posts: Will rich countries fudge their $100 billion promise?

21. September 2015 |

Ever since rich countries promised, at the disappointing 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, to ramp up climate finance support to poor nations to $100 billion a year by 2020, they refused to provide a roadmap how the promise would be met.... more

Private climate finance

Rethinking Private Sector Climate Finance: Why Shouldn’t RWE, RAG, and HeidelbergCement Help Pay for Loss and Damage Caused by Climate Change?

6. June 2014 |

At a time when the rich nations’ governments — including the federal government of Germany — seem neither able nor willing to dedicate public funds to emissions mitigation and climate adaptation in pursuit of the US$100 billion target, companies are... more

Private climate finance

International climate finance: should private funding be credited? – A look at the possibilities and pitfalls of “private climate finance”

23. November 2012 |

In Cancun, the industrialized countries pledged to mobilize 100 billion U.S. dollars annually starting in 2020 (Section 98, Cancun Agreements). The following section of the agreement states that the support to be provided to developing countries can come from a... more

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