The Future of Climate Finance Provision is at the Center of COP28 Negotiations Analysis When COP28 starts on November 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, no less than the future of climate finance provision will be front and center throughout negotiations. By Liane Schalatek
With Loss and Damage Fund, COP27 Delivers Ray of Sunshine in a Darkening Climate Finance Sky Article Overall prospects for adequate, timely and predictable climate finance delivery in the scale and quantity needed have further dimmed after COP27. By Liane Schalatek
Climate Finance Matters at COP27 Analysis Rich nations must prove they are willing to hold up their end of the climate bargain of the Paris Agreement at COP27 By Liane Schalatek
Green Climate Fund: Private Sector Finance in Focus Dossier On paper, the GCF can accept considerable investment risks in order to achieve impact and innovation, while maintaining rigorous fiscal standards, environmental and social safeguards. However, various evaluations by the GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit have identified shortcomings in policies and practices that have so far prevented the GCF from achieving this goal.
Biden's climate summit brings some ambition boost but no true U.S. climate leadership Analysis With the two-day Biden leaders' summit on climate attended by 40 countries, the United States has returned to the international stage of climate diplomacy. Whether the increased ambition of new climate action pledges via video made by several core countries can be implemented in a binding manner, however, remains an open question - not only, but also including in the United States. An urgently needed signal that the Biden administration is prepared to take on a leadership role in international climate finance in the run-up to COP 26, however, was missing in action. By Liane Schalatek
Green Climate Fund 2.0 – Moving to the Next Phase When climate negotiators come together for COP 25 in Madrid from December 2- 13, the year 2020 looms large. It is in many ways a fateful year, both for the Paris Agreement and for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) serving as the main multilateral financing mechanism for its implementation. By Liane Schalatek
Why the Green Climate Fund must be replenished to remain the central multilateral channel for the collective climate finance goal Article Have developed countries kept their word regarding international climate finance? By Liane Schalatek