Green Climate Fund
Where will the money for climate change action come from?
Billed as the ‘finance summit’, Warsaw delivered little and promised less, leaving many questions unanswered
EU directs 20% of budget to climate change on eve of UN finance meeting
EU has confirms budget for next seven years, directing €180bn towards climate finance, with €15bn to go towards developing countries
Comment: UN must ensure Climate Fund decisions are transparent
Green Climate Fund was designed to ensure civil society engagement in decisions, but some fear this is being forgotten
Green Climate Fund ‘can power poor’
A new funding idea for developing countries could provide the renewable electricity output equivalent of 100 new coal plants by 2020.
Ban Ki-moon summit set to decide fate of Green Climate Fund
Scheduled UN climate gathering of world leaders in 2014 appears to be best opportunity for countries to make significant pledges
Green Climate Fund must deliver transparency and integrity – NGOs
NGOs promote ethical investment as Green Climate Fund board meets to decide how to deliver $100bn to developing countries
Analysis: UN climate finance talks lay foundation for Warsaw summit
A series of UN-sponsored long term climate finance talks concluded today in South Korea. E3G’s Amal-Lee Amin explains what we have learnt
UN climate finance talks deliver options – but no new money
Analysts believe agreement on funding for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries now unlikely at COP19 UN talks in Warsaw
Green Climate Fund set to open for business in 2014
Progress at the Fund’s most recent meeting clears key hurdles but transparency concerns remain
Japan’s climate finance plan welcomed by vulnerable nations
Bi-lateral scheme to swap carbon credits for low carbon support growing in popularity after delays with Green Climate Fund and technology transfer talks
UN climate fund risks becoming ‘a closed bank’, warns NGO
The UN’s $100bn Green Climate Fund could become ineffective and lose trust if it does not open up, writes Transparency International’s Alice Harrison
US climate finance workshop branded a “dog and pony” show
Event was a “dog and pony show” for US private finance initiatives with no meaningful dialogue on solutions to the $5.7 trillion
Can private finance really fill the Green Climate Fund?
Karen Orenstein from Friends of the Earth argues the track record of the private sector in development investment does not stand up to scrutiny
Green Climate Fund faces more delays after inconclusive meeting
Latest talks leave questions over civil society participation, role of private sector, a timeline for donations and how best to get the money from pledge to project
Green Climate Fund ready to receive funds by end of year
A skeleton version of the UN climate finance vehicle could be established this year to receive cash from countries ready to pledge
Green Climate Fund must clear the path for climate finance
The GCF can act now to create the right conditions for money to quickly find its way into low carbon projects, writes Louise Brown of the World Resources Institute
NGOs cry foul over access to UN climate fund talks
Oxfam and Friends of the Earth join call for greater involvement ahead of next meeting of the Green Climate Fund in Berlin this week
What next for the Green Climate Fund after Doha dud?
With little enthusiasm to make public money flow how on earth will the great green hope for the developing world be financed?
Tension mounts as UN climate talks enter final day in Doha
COP18: Tense day looms as critical issues of finance, emission pledges and compensation for climate damage remain unresolved
Venezuela: Climate finance is a form of blackmail
COP18: Socialist state’s lead negotiator Claudia Salerno says support for vulnerable countries should be unconditional.