American Power: YES, American Responsibility: NOT REALLY... – May 13, 2010 - After months of haggling, praying, fearing, hoping, threatening and cajoling, the Senate version of a comprehensive climate and energy bill was finally released just yesterday by US Senators Joe Liebermann and John Kerry.  Liane Schalatek more»

EU Bank Creates New Climate Fund – May 13, 2010 - Just a few days ago, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing arm of the EU and its 27 member countries, formally joined the ranks of other multilateral development banks and the World Bank  in creating its own climate change fund. Liane Schalatek more»

The IMF’s “Green Fund” Proposal – March 26, 2010 - Print-fresh from Washington’s 19th Street comes a short, but content-heavy paper by two IMF economists on how an international Green Fund partially financed by climate-SDRs could be set-up with the goal of generating some US$ 100 billion per year by 2010. Liane Schalatek more»

Germany “Recycles” Most of its 2010 Climate Aid – March 12, 2010 - Budget cuts are painful, no doubt about it. In times of empty coffers and growing deficits some really hard choices have to be made. Liane Schalatek more»

Where’s the Money? The Status of Climate Finance Post-Copenhagen – March 4, 2010 - When the dust settled after the near failure of the UNFCCC climate talks in Copenhagen, the issue of climate finance seemed strangely to have been one of the few areas, where despite all procedural and political misgivings, real progress was made.  The “Copenhagen Accord” gives some clear promises and numbers for both short- and long-term climate financing. However, as the Accord is a nonbinding political agreement, many questions about if and how those commitments can be fulfilled are yet to be answered.  A new analysis by  Liane Schalatek, HBF, and Neil Bird and Jessica Brown, ODI, analyses some of these questions in further detail. more»