Climate finance
Rich-poor cooperation crucial for Green Climate Fund, say chairs
At our next meeting, the board faces several challenges we must resolve in order to continue supporting climate action in the developing world
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Rich countries cannot be allowed to buy their way out of climate change
Favouring market tools over real pollution cuts in the richest countries is a recipe for climate disaster
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Carbon trading rules meet socialist sticking point
Progress on market rules for climate credits faces ‘a giant sticking point’ as Venezuela and others push for similar progress on ‘non-market’ tools in Bangkok
UN to fight for future of carbon offset scheme
Amid calls for the Clean Development Mechanism to be axed, the UN climate chief has weighed in on its behalf
Heavyweight help needed at the Green Climate Fund
The UN fund has struggled with governance and urgently needs to raise new money, here are two ideas that could help it recover
Withdrawn UN advert shows why carbon offset scheme should be scrapped
The Clean Development Mechanism has a weak environmental record and creates the illusion that high-carbon lifestyles are sustainable
Keep calm and carry on flying and eating steak: UN Climate Change ad criticised
A video promotion for carbon credits was taken down after viewers complained it mocked green lifestyle choices and downplayed the urgency of the climate challenge
Green fund woes loom over upcoming climate talks
Difficulties within the UN Green Climate Fund will bleed into sensitive negotiations on climate change next week in Bangkok
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
EU carbon price finally puts pressure on coal
Analysts predict EU carbon price, which has tripled in a year, will continue to rise into next decade, driving a fuel switch from coal to gas in power generation
Crucial global climate fund facing ‘massive challenges’
Political divisions between rich and poor countries make the board of the UN climate fund ‘extremely difficult to work with’, says green growth chief
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
New Chinese-led development banks missing the point on climate
Both less than five years old, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Brics Bank are failing to back sustainable development models
Are we getting climate finance all wrong?
Long term thinking about climate change challenges widely held assumptions about how we spend money today
Sustainable energy for all goal is woefully off track. Here’s how we fix it
Just 1% of funding for energy access goes to decentralised energy, but it’s the only hope for delivering the UN goal to bring energy to all by 2030
8 takeaways from the Green Climate Fund meltdown
The UN’s flagship climate finance initiative had a public setback this week. What went wrong, what are the political implications and what happens next?
UN climate fund chief resigns for personal reasons while board meeting collapses
In a dramatic conclusion to a meeting that failed to approve any finance for the developing world, Howard Bamsey announced his exit from the Green Climate Fund