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
Amid Climate Crisis, Will Governments Deliver Ambitious Climate Action in Madrid? Background Against the backdrop of increasing climate destruction and mass mobilizations calling for climate leadership, COP-25 must deliver urgent, rights-based climate action. By Erika Lennon and Sebastien Duyck
With looming loss of European subsidy, wood pellet industry faces turning point Transatlantic Media Fellowship Activists in the southeastern U.S. see shifting politics in the United Kingdom as the best chance to curb demand for pellets. By Elizabeth Ouzts
Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here’s what it could learn from Germany. Transatlantic Media Fellowship Lessons from environmental and economic restoration efforts in the Ruhr Valley could help usher Appalachia into a new era. By Katherine Webb-Hehn
A Tale of Two Drillings Capstone An Environmental Justice Comparison of Gas Drilling-Induced Earthquakes in Oklahoma and Groningen By Mareike Moraal
Climate Lawsuits Transatlantic Media Fellowship Will Big Oil pay for lying about climate change? By Christine Daum-Farber
CSO Statement during the 2nd GCF Replenishment Consultation Statement GCF CSO Active Observer for Developed Countries Liane Schalatek on the Green Climate Fund's 2nd Replenishment By Liane Schalatek
Developed countries: more than double your support! The Green Climate Fund is up for its first replenishment. Civil society wants developed countries to double their help By Liane Schalatek
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.
