What’s coming up for climate finance in 2022? Key updates from the UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance Emma Baker, Samson Mbewe and Lisa McNamara report from the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, held on 22nd and 23rd March 2022

UNFCCC call for evidence on the needs of developing country Parties The UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance has put out a call for evidence on the needs of developing country Parties to support the preparation of a key technical report that will feed into deliberations at COP26 in November. Closing date for submissions is 28 February 2020. 

Making the Least Developed Countries Fund fit for purpose The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), established more than a decade ago to support the world’s 48 poorest countries in responding to their climate change adaptation needs, is empty. Giza Gaspar Martins of Angola, Chair of the Least Developed Country Group of climate negotiators argues that the future of this fund must be secured.

What attracts donors to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)? Projects selected by the NAMA Facility for support offer great insight for governments looking to develop their own NAMAs. The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands investigates.

Climate Finance is flowing, but it isn’t enough - Figueres. The UN Climate chief, Christiana Figurers is concerned that the $650 billion dollars raised to finance climate change adaptation initiatives in developing countries is not enough to meet the growing financial needs to tackle global warming.

How Asia and Africa benefit from climate knowledge sharing Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh, reflects on the continent-wide efforts in Africa and Asia on climate change.

Workshop focusses on accessing climate finance through the Adaptation Fund in Africa A recent workshop in Nairobi explored challenges and opportunities faced by African countries trying to access climate finance through the UNFCCC's Adaptation Fund

Figueres calls for finance pledges, and progress in tackling climate losses at Warsaw conference CDKN’s Mairi Dupar reports the key points of a landmark address by Christiana Figueres in London, which looked forward to next month’s global climate negotiations in Poland.

Building consensus in the UNFCCC Leo Roberts, CDKN Project Manager, reports from an event hosted by the Meridian Institute and CDKN alongside the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn last week

Can climate finance be directed where it's needed most? On 26 Feb CDKN and AlertNet gathered together experts from Africa Group of Negotiators, UNFCCC, ODI, DECC and Oxfam to take part in an online debate - What next for climate finance?

POLICY BRIEF: Climate Finance: Challenges and Responses This policy brief provides CDKN’s assessment of the gaps in global knowledge and the immediate challenges for the international community in all three of these strategic priorities for climate finance.

E-learning course aims to give developing countries a louder voice in climate change negotiations CDKN is supporting an eight-week e-learning course to help poor and vulnerable countries make their voices heard in global climate change talks.

All that glitters - what next for climate finance? Join CDKN and Alertnet in a debate with experts on the state of climate finance - and how to make climate finance work for the poorest, today at 13:00 GMT.

National action is key to accelerating international progress on climate change The combined action of individual nations is key to making international progress on climate change outpace the increasing level of urgency, so say the Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben; Lord Michael Jay, Graham Stuart MP; Barry Gardiner MP; Tim Yeo MP; Joan Walley MP; and Adam Matthews

Building understanding in climate diplomacy CDKN is seeking to procure and fund a supplier/s to conduct a review to understand how to effectively integrate climate change into foreign policy and to undertake climate diplomacy.

Doha talks highlight loss and damage - and leave much work ahead Sam Bickersteth, Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre of CDKN provide an overview of UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, and the work remaining to be done to achieve ambitious, global action on climate change.

Women to inject new energy into climate and development policies CoP18 in Doha may be remembered as the conference where women’s voices rang out for change. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.

Outlook news: Project news from CDKN around the world CDKN’s quarterly newsletter ‘Climate and Development Outlook’ provides information on CDKN’s projects and shows the work that’s underway to deliver climate compatible development in countries around the world.

The role of transparency in managing climate finance Maya Forstater, Climate Finance Advisor at Publish What You Fund considers the benefits of transparency over spreadsheets when tracking climate finance.

Loss and damage from climate change – will leaders respond to this present danger? Kashmala Kakakhel, LEAD Pakistan, and Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute explain key points emerging from recent consultations on Loss and Damage and what impact this is likely to have upon negotiations in Doha.

Greater diversity the best way to gain climate consensus Mairi Dupar reports the outcome of lively debate hosted by PwC and CDKN on “Is international consensus on climate change the way to save the planet?”

Inside Story : Going after adaptation co-benefits: A REDD+ programme in Fiji Fiji has an advanced REDD+ policy and planning process. It shows that REDD+ financing can support broader forms of climate compatible development, beyond climate mitigation.

The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban A new Working Paper The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban: saving the climate? examines the behaviour of the European Union (EU) in the international climate talks and explores how the EU could act as a positive force for creating consensus around collective action in the future.

Loss and damage from climate change – building a critical agenda Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's CEO, blogs on the "pointy end" of the climate change agenda following his recent trip to the UNFCCC expert consultation on Loss and Damage in Kyoto.

“Un acuerdo climático global puede estar fuera de nuestro alcance por ahora” Ban Ki-moon consideró a las diferencias políticas, la crisis financiera mundial y a una divergencia de prioridades entre los países ricos y pobres como los principales obstáculos que dificultan un acuerdo en las negociaciones.