Themes: Climate finance

Themes: Climate finance

Developing countries need an estimated US$100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 to adapt to climate change and help them shift toward low-carbon development paths. The funds are still only partly committed by governments and only partly available on private markets. Explore our projects, publications and blogs urging increased ambition, below.

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27th June 2014
The Green Climate Fund - ready for take off The Green Climate Fund now has the basic systems and procedures in place for donors to start pledging money. It’s like an aircraft ready for take-off, but where will it land? asks Anouk Franck of Both ENDS.
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Project : Strengthening climate change policies in Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Sao Paulo

This project aims to generate policy analysis and inputs to strengthen the climate change agenda and policies in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Mexico City and to contribute to the emerging process of cooperation on sustainability issues between these three main cities of Latin America.

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23rd June 2014
Private sector action in adaptation Ari Huhtala, CDKN's Deputy CEO for Policy and Programme, reflects on government strategies to attract private investors to climate adaptation, as highlighted in several recent expert debates.
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Project : Adaptation Fund NIEs in Africa: Independent insight

This project aims to discuss common obstacles faced by African NIEs, as well as the opportunities, strategies and insights for effective utilization of funds disbursed from the Adaptation Fund and other direct access modalities.

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13th May 2014
Risk transfer through microinsurance for adaptation to climate change Vishal Pathak and Khyati Halani from All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) reflect on the opportunity to use micro- disaster insurance for building resilience against climate change.
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9th May 2014
Reciprocal watershed agreements Jorge Villanueva reports on Bolivia's Reciprocal Watershed Agreements, a CDKN-supported scheme that is yielding many benefits for the climate, as well as for local livelihoods and the environment.
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28th April 2014
Finance for local level adaptation Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, spoke at the opening plenary of the eighth Community-Based Adaptation conference (CBA8) in Kathmandu, Nepal on 27 April. Here are his opening remarks.
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28th February 2014
Hyogo Framework for Action 2 The world has an unprecedented opportunity to commit to a framework for tackling disaster risk worldwide. How can public and private sectors join forces? Register now for a CDKN event with Overseas Development Institute on Tuesday 11 March, to find out.
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14th February 2014
In Bali, build a Fund you can be proud of Leonie Wezendonk of Both ENDS and Anju Sharma argue that the Green Climate Fund’s Board Members face a unique opportunity when they meet in Bali next week.
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12th February 2014
How can we grow more, sustainably, and pay for it? Financing agricultural intensification CDKN's Chief Executive Sam Bickersteth reflects on the challenge of growing more, nutritious food, with least environmental impact, and getting the institutional channels in place to finance it.
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31st January 2014
Encouraging agroforestry for REDD+ in Zambia Are public funds best spent subsidising the initial cost of trees or rewarding farmers for tree survival? Kelsey Jack shares findings from a recent CDKN-supported study.
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26th January 2014
Risky business in Davos Without better communication among business leaders about the risks posed by climate change to economic growth, the business community could fall into 'climate complacency', warns Celine Herweijer of PwC.