Publications

The path towards a fair and effective New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance has been fraught with intense global debate: Who should contribute, and how should contributions be assessed, particularly government funding? These questions have brought to the fore principles of equity and the notion of ‘common but differentiated… >>>

From 21 to 24 October 2024, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 40th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. The meeting’s agenda focused on the consideration of a revised Accreditation Framework; the formulation of a Risk Appetite Statement for the Fund; as well financing of results-based payments for REDD+.… >>>

From 15 to 18 July 2024, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 39th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. The meeting’s agenda focused on the consideration of a GCF partnerships and access strategy; a way forward for enhancing coherence and complementarity with other relevant bilateral,… >>>

From 4 to 6 March 2024, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 38th meeting in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda. The meeting’s agenda focused on determining a way forward for the potential establishment of the GCF’s regional presence, as well the Financing of results-based payments for REDD+. Furthermore, the Board considered the… >>>

From 4 to 6 March 2024, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 38th meeting in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda. The meeting’s agenda focused on determining a way forward for the potential establishment of the GCF’s regional presence, as well the Financing of results-based payments for REDD+. Furthermore, the Board considered the… >>>

The international climate finance architecture is a complex landscape in which multilateral development banks (MDBs) play a prominent role. In addition to bilateral climate finance flows, donor countries provide international climate finance directly to MDBs, as well as to multilateral climate funds such as the Green… >>>

From 10 to 13 July 2023, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 36th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. The meeting’s agenda focussed on the approval of the Updated Strategic Plan for the period 2024-2027 and the Fund’s second replenishment. Furthermore, the Board considered the approval of twelve funding proposals (… >>>

From 13 to 16 March 2023, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 35th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. The meeting’s agenda focussed on the selection of the Fund’s new Executive Director (ED); the update of the GCF’s strategic plan; as well as the Fund’s second replenishment, incl. the Independent Evaluation Unit’… >>>

From 17 to 20 October 2022, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 34th meeting in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The meeting’s agenda focussed on the update of the GCF’s strategic plan, and included policy consultations on the accreditation strategy, the policy to minimise the effect of currency fluctuations on the commitment… >>>

The publication contributes to the increasingly important debate of integrating finance flows for just transition approaches into the global climate finance architecture. In this context, the publication emphasizes the needs for just transition finance of commodity-dependent developing countries. Previously debates on just… >>>