Marrakech: modest progress on loss and damage, but more on the horizon Marrakech was never going to write history on loss and damage in the same way that Paris did in 2015. Whilst the progress made in the Paris Agreement was tangible at Marrakech, rich countries didn’t allow a real breakthrough yet. The Marrakech talks did, however, lay some groundwork for future progress. By Julie-Anne Richards
10 Things to Know About Climate Finance in 2016 These graphics highlight the ten most noteworthy insights from joint effort by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) over the past year from monitoring climate finance on Climate Funds Update (CFU).
Climate Finance Fundamentals - Update 2016 Updated just before COP 22 in Marrakesh (Morocco), this series of 12 short introductory briefings, written in co-operation with the Overseas Development Institute, looks at various aspects of climate change financing drawing on data from www.climatefundsupdate.org, the tracking project of ODI/hbs focusing on dedicated public climate financing instruments from pledge to project.
Morocco Must Breathe Life into the Paris Agreement At the UN climate summit in Morocco from November 7 - 18 (COP 22), the global climate community aims to breathe life into the Paris Agreement. However, the real discussion about the most contentious points, including finance and what to do with loss & damage, begins only now in earnest. By Liane Schalatek, Lili Fuhr and Simon Ilse
Mutually Reinforcing: Climate Justice, Equitable Climate Finance and the Right to Development Thirty years ago, in 1986, before the world's attention focused on climate change as the defining existential challenge of our times, the Declaration on the Right to Development was adopted. This article explores the timeliness of using the right to development as an ethical framework for climate finance provision in line with the concept of climate justice. By Liane Schalatek
German utilities’ clean-energy transition offers insights for Ohio While utilities in Ohio and elsewhere have sought “around market” charges after affiliated coal and nuclear plants became less competitive, Germany’s large utilities are charting new paths forward. By Kathiann Kowalski
The gender approach of the Green Climate Fund (GCF): leading the way for climate finance Interview with hbs' Liane Schalatek By Liane Schalatek
Restrictive new law will harm Poland’s wind industry, advocates say A new law that took effect in Poland earlier this month could kill growing competition from land-based wind farms by expanding setback requirements tenfold and increasing tax burdens. By Kathiann Kowalski
In Poland, an Ohioan finds a parallel world on climate policy Despite an ongoing freeze on state policies to boost clean energy in Ohio, efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy are underway in Cleveland and the rest of Cuyahoga County. By Kathiann Kowalski
What it Will Take to Strengthen Gender-mainstreaming in the UNFCCC As the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change contemplates enhancing its ongoing work program on gender at the next climate summit in Marrakesh in November (COP 22), a submission by hbs North America recommends key goals and principles to really advance gender mainstreaming in the climate process and in implementing climate actions. By Liane Schalatek