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Climate finance

Bill Gates throws new weight and cash into climate fight

Bill Gates throws new weight and cash into climate fight

In back-to-back events this week, the billionaire launched projects to slow global warming and limit the damage it causes

Bangkok bulletin: No one's talking about ambition

Bangkok bulletin: No one’s talking about ambition

It’s crunch time at the UN climate talks. Catch up on the latest and sign up here.

Struggling climate funds must be renewed, says Uruguay minister

Struggling climate funds must be renewed, says Uruguay minister

Promises of climate cash remain unfulfilled, said Eineda de León, who also called for unity in a region split by the collapse of Venezuela

One tenth of UK climate aid spent through western consultants

One tenth of UK climate aid spent through western consultants

Corporate role in UK overseas climate projects revealed for the first time, with critics saying it undermines development of expertise in poor countries

Are we getting climate finance all wrong?

Are we getting climate finance all wrong?

Long term thinking about climate change challenges widely held assumptions about how we spend money today

Board meeting turns ‘toxic’ as UN climate fund runs low

Board meeting turns ‘toxic’ as UN climate fund runs low

Rich and poor country representatives clash over policy priorities and replenishment at Green Climate Fund board meeting

Development bank climate funding jumped 28% in 2017

Development bank climate funding jumped 28% in 2017

Global banks gave $35.2bn in climate finance, although much of it was in loans or did not reach those countries most in need

Why are the world's climate funds ignoring coral reefs?

Why are the world’s climate funds ignoring coral reefs?

Vital marine ecosystems are threatened by ocean warming and acidification, yet get a tiny fraction of climate finance, E3G research shows

UK vetoes two South American climate finance bids

UK vetoes two South American climate finance bids

The British board member mounted a solo opposition to rural development projects in Paraguay and Argentina at a Green Climate Fund meeting in Cairo

Climate adaptation cash is failing to reach the poorest, here's how to fix it

Climate adaptation cash is failing to reach the poorest, here’s how to fix it

To ensure the most vulnerable communities get the help they need, the Green Climate Fund must look to the already existing adaptation funds

UN climate fund criticised for accrediting growing list of private banks

UN climate fund criticised for accrediting growing list of private banks

Growing number of multinational banks becoming conduits for UN climate funds means money will not reach certain projects, NGOs warn

Sick of waiting, poor countries prepare to fight climate change alone

Sick of waiting, poor countries prepare to fight climate change alone

Developing countries have been promised $100bn per year by 2020, with no sign of it arriving some are taking matters into their own hands

Poor world calls for climate finance to fill Trump void

Poor world calls for climate finance to fill Trump void

US climate finance axe exposes poor communities worldwide, say negotiators and aid experts, putting pressure on other countries to step up

Ségolène Royal reveals new head for 'Africa-led' renewables scheme

Ségolène Royal reveals new head for ‘Africa-led’ renewables scheme

Denying allegations of meddling in African clean energy initiative, French environment minister pre-empts board decision on next top official

Africa clean energy row continues in Bonn

Africa clean energy row continues in Bonn

African leaders are no-one’s “puppet”, says head of the African group of climate negotiators, after $10bn scheme was said to have been hijacked by the EU

EU, France accused of hijacking 'Africa-led' clean energy scheme

EU, France accused of hijacking ‘Africa-led’ clean energy scheme

African head of $10bn programme quits, saying French environment minister Ségolène Royal intervened to impose EU-preferred projects

Why is the UK selling its flagship climate bank?

Why is the UK selling its flagship climate bank?

Theresa May’s government is set to flog the once-prized Green Investment Bank to an Australian outfit nicknamed the “vampire kangaroo”

Gates hopeful Trump will support green energy

Gates hopeful Trump will support green energy

Federal support for research and development into clean tech should appeal to incoming president, says Microsoft billionaire

Adaptation finance: climate change's forgotten child

Adaptation finance: climate change’s forgotten child

Top advisor to poor countries says he’s changing advice and telling them to give up reliance on the promises of adaptation funding from developed countries

Republicans plan multi-billion dollar climate budget raid

Republicans plan multi-billion dollar climate budget raid

Under President Trump, the US is expected to halt cash for climate-friendly development, holding back international action

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