International Climate Finance & Policy

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North Carolina Trees Are Feeding Europe’s ‘Clean Energy’ Revolution

Scientists and environmental activists have raised concerns about the carbon benefit of burning wood pellets for power. But the industry churning them out in North Carolina has continued to grow.

By Melba Newsome

2022 Year in Review

In 2022, our internship program started again, study tours traveled once more, and we deepened our work in every program area - alongside so much more!

With Loss and Damage Fund, COP27 Delivers Ray of Sunshine in a Darkening Climate Finance Sky

Article

Overall prospects for adequate, timely and predictable climate finance delivery in the scale and quantity needed have further dimmed after COP27.

By Liane Schalatek

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Important but not decisive: climate change as a factor in the US midterm elections

Analysis

What role will climate change play in the 2022 elections? And what can we expect from the newly elected Congress?

By Liane Schalatek

Operationalizing finance for loss and damage

Report

This report sets out key principles for loss and damage finance that are grounded in climate justice.

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Protesters in the UNFCCC climate process push for finance to address loss and damage

Climate Finance Matters at COP27

Analysis

Rich nations must prove they are willing to hold up their end of the climate bargain of the Paris Agreement at COP27

By Liane Schalatek

COP27: A Turning Point for Climate and Human Rights

Analysis

This analysis outlines the main critical areas of the upcoming negotiations and key demands from civil society ahead of the COP27 Opening Plenary.

By Sebastien Duyck , Lili Fuhr , Erika Lennon , Nikki Reisch , Lien Vandamme , Liane Schalatek and Johannes Gunesch

The Cost of Delay

Brief

After 31 years of pressure there is no dedicated finance for Loss and Damage. This analysis details the human and economic costs caused by the delay and makes the case for establishing a Loss and Damage Finance Facility at COP27.

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COP27

Dossier

Paris Alignment Principles

Paper

Tackling the climate crisis requires fundamental shifts in the way flows from publicly backed international financial institutions are channeled and managed.

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