On Sunday, May 18th 2014 the 7th meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is starting in Songdo, South Korea, where the Secretariat of the GCF is based. This meeting may decide upon the future of the... more
— After only a handful of decisions at the last GCF Board meeting in Bali, the first one lead by the new German and Philippine co-chairs, the pressure on 24 Board members increases to deliver at the Board’s all important... more
Germany as new GCF Board co-chair carries the responsibility for steering the GCF through a make-or break year so that the Fund can finalize its operational modalities and start receiving significant initial contributions – hopefully also from Germany — later... more
At its 5th meeting from October 7 – 10, 2013 in Paris, France, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) rose to the challenge that the Co-Chairs posed in presenting the 24-member group with a near “mission impossible” to... more
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
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
Climate Finance Short-changed: The real value of the $100 billion commitment in 2019–2020In this new analysis, Oxfam estimates that the actual, net support value of climate-targeted finance to low-income countries may have amlounted to a mere $21-24.5 billion, much lower than what officially reported figures suggest. more ...
G7 in 2022: Five areas for advancing climate finance more ...
