Climate finance Archives

EU mulls climate finance package ahead of Paris summit

NEWS: Luxembourg presidency proposes ‘toolbox’ to showcase funding amid fears cash drought could poision UN talks

ANALYSIS: Countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives need cash to deal with global warming, but have weak institutions

NEWS: Lack of breakthrough on core plank of UN deal tees up November meeting to tackle contentious issue

ANALYSIS: No new money pledged for world’s poor at key summit, casting climate goals into question

NEWS: Increasing cash available to poor countries seen as key to global climate deal, but NGOs say rich are not stepping up

NEWS: Question of how best to fund climate change action dominates UN financing for development summit

NEWS: Winnie Byanyima warns of vacuum left by European Union backing away from poverty reduction leadership role

NEWS: Success of global climate pact and new development goals hangs on four-day finance meet in Ethiopia

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

NEWS: Emerging economies are embracing new class of climate-friendly financial instruments, says Climate Bonds Initiative

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: Not enough cash is flowing to boost resilience in the face of sea level rise and weather extremes, development banks warn

NEWS: New analysis from World Resources Institute highlights challenge facing developed countries in meeting funding target

NEWS: ‘Stress tests’ for international finance from rising climate impacts, as UN report calls for banking cultural shift

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

COMMENT: Increasing support for coal and other climate polluting energy sources undermines the World Bank’s credibility on climate change

INTERVIEW: Rachel Kyte says billions directed towards oil, gas and coal should be used to promote green economy

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

INTERVIEW: Yes Bank’s head of responsible banking talks to RTCC about green bonds, solar growth and cleaning up coal power