November 28, 2011 - By some counts no less than eight distinct climate finance decisions are expected at COP 17 in Durban, making the climate finance cluster one of the most crucial ones to address in South Africa. Solving the complex web of interlocking climate finance decisions in Durban also holds the key to unlocking progress in other areas, as this commentary explains. more»

REDD+ Finance Delivery: Lessons from Early Experience

- November 28, 2011 -

International funding for reductions of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation as well as for forest conservation (REDD+) has dramatically increased over the past few years. This ODI/Boell Foundation policy brief looks at lessons from the early experience, the challenges that finance delivery and implementation face and discusses some policy options for improvement.

Anna Creed and Smita Nakhooda more»

Climate Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

- November 23, 2011 - Sub-Sahara Africa as a region already has been hit hardest by climate change, yet so far has received little of the financial resources it needs to adapt and cope with climate change impacts. This policy brief looks at the state of play of climate finance delivery to the continent, discusses the role of important actors in the region and addresses the problems that hamper a more equitable and effective climate finance delivery to the region. Smita Nakhooda, Liane Schalatek, Neil Bird and Alice Caravani more»

Climate Finance Fundamentals - Update

- November 12, 2010 -

This series of 11 short introductory briefings, written in co-operation with the Overseas Development Institute, looks at various aspects of climate change financing. It gives readers unfamiliar with the global discourse about funding for climate action a better understanding of financial flows, the regions and countries they reach, and the climate interventions they target.

Smita Nakhooda, Liane Schalatek, Alice Caravani and Neil Bird more»

Ready to be Africa’s Climate Bank?

- November 22, 2011 -

In early 2011, the African Development Bank (AfDB) indicated its intention to establish and manage an Africa Green Fund to support African states that individually lack the knowledge and technology to secure needed global climate funds. This mapping study evaluates the AfDB's actual track record on sectors and initiatives related to climate change as a clue to the Bank’s suitability to manage any future infusions of funds to address climate change in Africa.

Lindlyn Tamufor, Joshua Klemm and Liane Schalatek more»

No Romance. Mobilizing Climate Finance for Africa

- November 15, 2011 - Climate finance has recently become a subject of profound interest to the global debates on climate change. At this year’s 17th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in Durban, climate finance is expected to feature prominently. This being the “African COP”, we hope that the African perspective on climate finance will receive the attention it deserves. Richard Calland, Nancy Dubosse, Mohamed Nasr, Liane Schalatek, Sam R. Davidson, Oscar Reyes, Déthié S. Ndiaye and Webster Whande more»

“Sub-optimal” Outcome in the Transitional Committee – No Consensus on the Design of the Green Climate Fund

- October 24, 2011 -

The seven months long process to design a new Green Climate Fund, on which a 40 member Transitional Committee has embarked since the end of April, ended at the fourth TC Meeting in Cape Town with a "sub-optimal" outcome as TC members failed to reach a consensus on a draft governing instrument for the Fund.

Liane Schalatek more»

The Design Process for the Green Climate Fund: Lots of Disagreement, Little Time

- September 19, 2011 - With three out of four scheduled meetings of the Transitional Committee tasked with designing the new Green Climate Fund now completed after the recent meeting in Geneva, severe differences remain between the 25 developing countries and the 15 developed countries about form and functions of the Fund. The road to Durban remains bumpy, and TC members have little time to cover a lot of distance. Liane Schalatek more»

From Scoping Options to Decision-Making - The Work of the Transitional Committee Going Forward

- July 25, 2011 - Half way through the work of the Transitional Committee (TC), the 40-member body tasked by the COP 16 in Cancun to design the new Green Climate Fund (GCF) for approval by the Durban COP, member countries at their recent second meeting in Tokyo  focused on further clarifying important points of convergence and divergence among countries. Many of these, though clearly not all, ran largely along a contributor county-recipient country dividing line. Liane Schalatek more»

Funding the Energy Transformation at Home AND Abroad!

- July 5, 2011 - Observed around the world with varying degrees of curiosity, high expectations and hopes, skepticism, potential good will or schadenfreude, Germany has embarked on probably the furthest reaching energy transformation of any industrialized country by its recent government decision  to phase out nuclear energy by 2022. Liane Schalatek more»

A Tentative Start for the Transitional Committee

- May 3, 2011 -

Global negotiators and observers met for two days in Mexico City at the end of April to start their work of designing the future Green Climate Fund. This first analysis by Liane Schalatek describes options for and potential obstacles to the process. 

Liane Schalatek more»

A Matter of Principle(s) - Post-Cancun Update

- November 12, 2010 - This paper takes a close look at the status quo of public climate change finance post-Cancun and proposes the use of existing core principles and tools of international environmental law and human rights as the fundamental conceptual guide. Liane Schalatek more»

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