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COP31: The Sorry State of Public Climate Finance Will Hamper Needed Ambition

Published: 29 October 2026

Trust between developed and developing country parties is at a new low. To make progress in advancing required ambitious climate action, the regime needs to address its biggest obstacle: a lack of adequate, predictable and highly concessional climate finance.

Liane Schalatek

10 Years into funding, Green Climate Fund Seeks to Update its Strategic Vision and Country Ownership Approach

Published: 6 May 2026

Analysis

The Green Climate Fund made a number of decisions meant to increase its effectiveness at B.44, from where to locate its regional offices to updating its country ownership approach. Will the changes result in the lasting impact and effectiveness that's needed?

Liane Schalatek, Carla Adams

"Build Back Greener?" Biden's Plan for America's International Climate Commitment

Published: 11 December 2020

Analysis

With the promise to re-enter the Paris Agreement early next year and to update the US nationally determined contribution (NDC) for COP 26 in Glasgow, this analysis looks at what the incoming Biden administration needs to do to regain its international climate credibility.

Liane Schalatek

Green Climate Fund 2.0 – Moving to the Next Phase

Published: 30 November 2019

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.

Liane Schalatek

CSO Statement during the 2nd GCF Replenishment Consultation

Published: 30 August 2019

Statement

GCF CSO Active Observer for Developed Countries Liane Schalatek on the Green Climate Fund's 2nd Replenishment

Liane Schalatek

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Farm workers clean solar panels at their farm in India

Green Climate Fund: Private Sector Finance in Focus

Published: 17 March 2022

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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.

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Scaling Up Responsibly

Published: 21 October 2026

Paper

Over half of Green Climate Fund money now flows through programmes. Their subprojects often stay hidden, and the Fund still lacks adopted rules for them. This briefing urges reform before GCF-3.

Zoe Reyes Bacher, Liane Schalatek

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10 Things to Know about Climate Finance: 2025

Published: 19 March 2025

An urgent look at climate finance in 2025. Are current commitments enough to meet developing countries' needs? This examines funding gaps, adaptation shortfalls, and the path to scaling finance. Here are the 10 things you need to know, in visual form.

Charlene Watson, Liane Schalatek

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10 Things to Know About Climate Finance: 2023 Global Stocktake Edition

Published: 14 March 2023

These infographics break down the 10 things you need to know about climate finance in 2023, from approved amounts to where the gaps are and what has been done.

Charlene Watson, Liane Schalatek