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Topic: Transparency

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 / 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

PublicationAfrica Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) / Transparency

Engaging with the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative: An Independent Civil Society AREI Monitoring Framework

5. July 2019 |

The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) aims to transform the African power sector by harnessing the continent’s huge, but yet largely untapped, renewable energy potential. Civil society organisations (CSOs) are an essential part of this process, as they can take... more
General / Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

German climate finance for bioenergy: a threat to forests and climate goals?

5. November 2018 |

Supporting bioenergy is part of climate finance, but is a controversial field in renewable energy policies. The website www.germanclimatefinance.de publishes a guest post by Almuth Ernsting from Biofuelwatch which summarizes the results of a desk study on German climate finance... more
Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

German climate finance for monoculture tree plantations sends the wrong signals

21. September 2018 |

A large proportion of German climate finance supports renewable energy, as well as “forests”, in developing countries and in Central and Southern Europe. Some projects involve both elements. Finance for protecting and restoring biodiverse forest ecosystems, can and must play... more
German climate finance / Transparency

No transparency in sight at DEG

26. July 2018 |

In addition to climate finance via federal budgets, the German government has been counting loans from the German development bank DEG – i.e. funds leveraged from the private sector either via DEG’s budget or own funds – as mobilized public... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

Adaptation to climate change: a closer look at Germany’s climate aid for developing countries

6. December 2017 |

The consequences of climate change are already visible and are felt most severely in developing countries. Adaptation to climate change can help to deal with these impacts in the affected countries, but they need financial support from donor countries and... more
German climate finance / Transparency

Greater transparency in German climate finance in 2015

14. July 2017 |

In 2015, Germany committed a total of around €2.7 billion for climate protection and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. About €2.31 billion of this comes from bilateral development cooperation and €371 million from multilateral funds and development banks.... more
Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

How climate projects can lead to human rights violations: the case of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam

14. July 2017 |

Climate finance is supposed to fund projects in developing countries that support the path towards limiting global warming to 1,5°C – a goal that was confirmed in the Paris Agreement in December 2015. For this it needs a paradigm shift... 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
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  • Climate Finance Short-Changed, Update 2024Climate Finance Short-Changed, 2024 Update: Estimating the real value of the $100 billion commitment for 2021-22In 2009, rich countries promised to ramnp up climate finance to $100bn a year by 2020 to support climate action in lower-income countries low- and middle-income countries. According to the OECD, climate finance in 2022 stood at nearly $116 billion, reaching an surpassing the level originally promised for 2020. In this new analysis, Oxfam estimates the impact of generous accounting pracitices that lead to significant over-estimation of provided support. By that estimate, the actual, support effort by developed countries specifically targeting climate action may have amlounted to a mere $28-35 billion, much lower than what officially reported figures seem to suggest. This Methodoloy Note explains how the estimate was calculated.
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  • 10 things to know about climate finance (2024)The publication by Heinrich-Böll-Foundation provides an overview of the most important developments and facts on international climate finance in 2024.
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