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ArticleInternational climate finance

IPCC reports II and III: What are the implications for climate finance?

8. July 2014 |

The IPCC has recently published two important documents. The report by Working Group II, “Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability,” sheds special light on the consequences of climate change, while Working Group III’s report, “Mitigation of Climate Change,” presents the current state... more
ArticleInternational climate finance

Warsaw Climate Change Conference Brings Modest Progress in Climate Finance but Leaves Important Questions Unanswered

27. January 2014 |

The annual international climate change summit took place in the Polish capital, Warsaw, in November last year. As in the previous year, the issue of international climate finance attracted lengthy and controversial debate, remaining unresolved until the last minute. In... 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
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
ArticleInternational climate finance

COP 17 in Durban: What was the result in terms of international climate financing?

19. December 2011 |

The so-called “Durban package”, is comprised not only of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol from 2013 to 2017 (or 2020, the decision is still open) as well as a mandate to negotiate a legally binding agreement for... more
ArticleFast Start Finance (FSF) / German climate finance / International climate finance

Germany’s contribution to the Copenhagen fast-start pledge is largely old wine in new wineskins

28. November 2011 |

“These funds will be new and additional, and not linked to other development measures such as poverty reduction.” Those were the words of Federal Development Minister Dirk Niebel on 11 December 2009, referring to the pledge of more than €1.26... more
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