Lessons from COVID‑19 for addressing loss and damage in vulnerable developing countries Published: 11 December 2020 pdf
Real ambition vs. false solutions: What’s at stake during COP26? Published: 27 October 2021 Analysis COP26 takes place against the backdrop of nationalist health policies with daunting consequences, failed promises to adequately scale up climate action and financial support, and an unprecedented push for false solutions that divert global attention from the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels. By Sebastien Duyck, Erika Lennon, Francesca Mingrone, Nikki Reisch and Lien Vandamme
More than an add-on? Evaluating the integration of gender in Green Climate Fund projects and programs Published: 26 October 2021 Study
Broken Promises - Developed countries fail to keep their 100 billion dollar climate pledge Published: 25 October 2021 At COP26 in Glasgow, past failures and shortcomings in climate finance mobilization and delivery must be ruthlessly addressed by presenting an implementation plan for future improvements. By Liane Schalatek
Why the climate negotiations cannot be a compromise and how strong leadership can help us meet the needs of the most vulnerable Published: 18 October 2021 Blog A group of young leaders discuss the type of leadership needed to scale up climate action to levels that meet the needs of the most vulnerable By Sonia Adama Bande, Justina Aurea da Costa Belo, Yared Abera, Ineza Umuhoza Grace, Prakriti Koirala, Eva Peace Mukayiranga, Hyacinthe Niyitegeka and Dainalyn Swaby
Raising the Voices of Young Climate Leaders from the Global South in Climate Talks Published: 18 October 2021 Dossier We chronicle here some of the insights and contributions shared by the first cohort of young climate leaders participating in the CLI, including on raising ambition for the climate negotiations as well as recognizing and sharing indigenous and ancestral knowledge from their respective countries in strategies to address the climate emergency.
Putting People and Planet at the Heart of Green Equity Published: 13 October 2021 A new report examines one particular type of finance, which is rapidly gaining popularity among publicly-backed financial institutions: ‘green equity’. pdf
Unpacking finance for Loss and Damage Published: 19 May 2021 Dossier Differentiating finance types, developing countries’ needs and the lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Biden's climate summit brings some ambition boost but no true U.S. climate leadership Published: 3 May 2021 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
