Green Climate Fund squandering scarce climate funds by financing REDD+ Despite over a billion US dollars for pilot initiatives by multilateral agencies and subsidies for private sector REDD+ projects and research programmes over the past 15 years, REDD+ has not fulfilled its promise of being a silver bullet in the fight against deforestation: global forest loss continues at alarming rates.
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
Fuel to the Fire The present report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies. pdf
While Failing to Gain Much Ground at COP 24, Finance for “Loss and Damage” Could Advance in 2019 Commentary Developing countries achieved some small wins for loss and damage at COP24 in Katowice, but 2019 is when real advances on financing for loss and damage could be made. By Julie-Anne Richards
Rising Public Climate Finance Flows Only Tell Part of the Story Commentary In order to tell the real story of public climate finance flows more details than just the quantity of finance is needed. Normative and qualitative criteria are necessary to complete the picture. By Liane Schalatek
What's at stake for COP 24? Briefing The Katowice UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Katowice from the 3rd till the 14th of December 2018. By Don Lehr
“Back to the Future” for GCF After Recent Bahrain Board Meeting Commentary It’s “back to the future” for the Green Climate Fund after its most recent board meeting in Bahrain. After the July disastrous meeting, this outcome sends a reassuring signal that the GCF can deliver on its core functions before COP 24. By Liane Schalatek
