Green Climate Fund Archives

Green Climate Fund partners with Deutsche Bank to green fury

NEWS: German giant’s financing of global coal projects prompts environmentalists to question UN fund’s integrity

NEWS: German giant one of 13 new organisations to join forces with flagship fund, but questions raised over fossil fuel backing

NEWS: UN-backed fund has identified “promising” ideas and aims to get first cash flowing to poor countries by December

NEWS: Japan delivers $1.5 billion to allow funds for clean energy projects in developing world to start flowing ahead of Paris summit

NEWS: Officials say Paris climate deal depends on effective GCF, but without cash warn they cannot invest in developing countries

NEWS: German think-tank proposes issuing Green Climate Bonds to raise billions for low carbon technology and climate adaptation in poor countries

NEWS: Politicians “too cowardly” to back carbon price, which would offer better climate benefits than attacking coal, says de Boer

NEWS: After lengthy talks in Songdo, UN-backed climate finance scheme has loose lending criteria for first funding proposals

NEWS: National bodies in Senegal and Peru, non-profit social investors Acumen and Pacific island fund SPREP approved to disburse funds

NEWS: Hydropower and coal projects funded by rich countries have been linked to human rights abuses, NGOs tell European lawmakers

NEWS: Revelations Japan is using climate funds to invest in coal power put UN’s flagship fund under pressure to agree fossil fuel ban

NEWS: State-backed bank given £200 million to back overseas clean development projects and boost private sector funding flows

ANALYSIS: With clock ticking for Fund to start delivering cash, board meets in Korea to discuss how it will leverage billions in private sector funds

COMMENT: Burning trash is polluting, expensive and inefficient say zero waste campaigners, and should not receive backing from low carbon funds

NEWS: Innovative platform could attract wider range of investors as GCF seeks to expand private sector links, say officials

NEWS: Experts say confusion over what does and does not qualify as green funds must be clarified by UN summit in Paris later this year

NEWS: America’s third largest bank has channeled more than US$50 billion into climate friendly projects since 2007

NEWS: Billions to be channeled towards climate measures in US president’s 2016 budget

COMMENT: Money on its own is not enough – countries need to learn how to use finance more efficiently and transparently

NEWS: Key fund passes $10bn after unexpected climate finance pledge by Australian foreign minister