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.

News
1st June 2012
Carbon Expo dives into climate finance The second blog from CDKN's Director of Policy and Programmes, Ari Huhtala, who attended the Carbon Expo in Cologne from 30-31 May. Here, he discusses the challenges of engaging the private sector with low-emissions development pathways.
Feature
31st May 2012
Who's afraid of a low carbon price? Guest blogger Jamal Gore of Carbon Clear argues for why political will is needed to drive up global carbon prices.
Feature
31st May 2012
On carbon markets - ‘the valley of creation’ Ari Huhtala, CDKN's Director of Policy and Programmes, encounters a carbon trading industry eager for business and political leadership at the Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Trilateral cooperation on low carbon zones in Africa

This project scoped the potential for trilateral cooperation between China, Africa and the EU on the development of Low Carbon Zones (LCZs) in African countries, focussing on Ethiopia and Zambia.

Resource
11th May 2012
In conversation with Neil Bird, Climate Finance lead for CDKN Neil Bird, Research Fellow on climate finance at ODI, talks about CDKN's work on improving access to climate finace for developing countries.
Feature
18th April 2012
Suppressed demand - Unlocking climate finance for Africa Read how suppressed demand can be accounted for in carbon markets to leverage climate finance for cleaner development and enable the poor to benefit from carbon finance from the Clean Development Mechanism.
Feature
12th April 2012
Watershed period for climate finance – Innovative leadership required Richard Calland and Nancy Dubosse who lead the new Climate Finance Hub Initiative, discuss what they term the 'political economy of climate finance' and raise important questions which will need to be addressed for effective climate finance governance.
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Project
Completed
Project : Rwanda - National Climate and Environment Fund (FONERWA)

The Government of Rwanda is developing a national climate change and environment fund to ensure sustainable financing is accessible to support environmental sustainability, resilience to climate change and green growth.

Feature
12th January 2012
Where does the Green Climate Fund stand now? A view on the prospects for the Green Climate Fund following agreements in CoP17, by CDKN's Executive Chairman Simon Maxwell.
Feature
20th December 2011
Durban climate politics and the growing importance of unity for vulnerable countries Guest blogger Matthew McKinnon of DARA says vulnerable developing countries should form a more united front in international climate talks, if they're to gain more funding and emissions cuts from rich countries.
Resource
19th December 2011
New briefing paper - 'The Green Climate Fund: options for mobilizing the private sector' CDKN has funded a new briefing paper, developed by Katherine Sierra, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. It outlines options for how the private sector could be mobilised to support the Green Climate Fund.
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15th December 2011
Nations on course for a multilateral legal framework on climate mitigation Tim Ash-Vie and Mairi Dupar of CDKN review the outcomes of CoP17 in Durban.