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Green Climate Fund: on the road to success in 2013?

20. March 2013 |

The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) gathered in Berlin on March 12-15 at the invitation of the German government for its third meeting. This was the first meeting since the 18th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha,... more
ArticleGerman climate finance

The German 2014 federal budget: climate financing secured, development aid cut?

15. March 2013 |

The “key figures” that were presented this week for the 2014 German federal budget represent a de facto cut in development aid funding by nearly €250 million from 2013 – even though the budget of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation... more
ArticlePrivate 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
ArticleGerman climate finance

What does the 2013 federal budget provide in funding for climate change measures?

10. September 2012 |

As the summer break has come to a close, debate on the 2013 federal budget is beginning in the Bundestag. The government draft has been available for some time already and the question is now being raised about how things... more
ArticleGreen Climate Fund (GCF)

Regaining Momentum – The Green Climate Fund is preparing for its first board meeting in 2012

21. August 2012 |

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is to become the primary multilateral channel for large-scale financing for adaptation and mitigation action in developing countries. When the newly selected 24 members – 12 from developing, 12 from developed countries – of the... more
ArticleGerman climate finance / Transparency

German climate financing: on the way toward greater transparency?

5. August 2012 |

It is crucial for the international climate negotiation process that the industrialized countries implement their financial pledges as transparently as possible. A transparent resource allocation by industrialized countries could contribute to building trust between developed and newly industrialized countries. This... more
ArticleInternational climate finance

Climate Finance at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos

12. June 2012 |

G20 Leaders are meeting June 18 to 19, in Los Cabos, Mexico, presumably to discuss ways to deal with the current economic and financial challenges, such as the Eurozone crisis. What the heads of state and government of the most... more
ArticleGerman climate finance / Transparency

Interim results of German climate financing – insufficient focus on the poorest countries

16. May 2012 |

A quantitative analysis of project funding by the International Climate Initiative (ICI), the Energy and Climate Fund (EKF) and Germany’s fast-start financing contribution illustrates the funding priorities of the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU). German climate financing uses a... more
ArticleGerman climate finance

Key figures of the 2013 German federal budget: has the energy turnaround suddenly become cheaper?

22. March 2012 |

Federal government budgets less money for climate protection According to the plans of the German federal government, the transformation of Germany’s national energy supply will now apparently require a billion euros less in 2013 than previously planned. At any rate,... more
ArticleInternational climate finance

Quo vadis, European climate funding?

10. March 2012 |

EU workshop in Copenhagen: where does climate funding from Europe go from here? Nobody wants climate financing to end after 2012 – that was the lowest common denominator that representatives from the finance and environment ministries of the 27 EU... more
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