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On behalf of everyone in the CFAS consortium, we would like to wish you a very happy new year 2019. As you know, the funding situation of CFAS has been difficult in the past few months and we have not been able to provide the full level of service.

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This CFAS Climate Finance Guide provides negotiators and observers with an overview of the key issues related to climate finance that will be discussed at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held from 3 to 15 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland.

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This policy brief summarizes the status quo of negotiations on Article 9.5 of the Paris Agreement, including closer looks at the actors to be involved, at the provisional list of information to be covered and at the modalities under debate. It concludes with an overview of negotiation streams at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the… >>>

The 21st Board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) just concluded in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Some CFAS experts have been present at the meeting and would like to share some of the highlights of this very important meeting.

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From 1-4 July 2018, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convened for its 20th meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea. With a heavy agenda, the Board looked to address important issues, such as a process to organize the Fund's first formal replenishment; the closure of remaining… >>>

This is the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) Daily Briefing. Produced at key meetings and negotiations by the CFAS expert team, the Daily Briefings try to provide a concise, informative update on key discussions that have taken place at each day of the meeting and give an overview of substantive points of action or progress.
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On December 12th, 2017, world leaders met in Paris for the "One Planet Summit" at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. With around 50 heads of state and government in attendance, the summit marked the 2-year anniversary of the adoption of the historic… >>>

In the past three years, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has made significant progress in terms of supporting low-carbon and climate resilient development in developing countries. Following the adoption of its business model framework and the launch of an initial resource mobilization process which yielded around USD 10 billion from 43 national… >>>

The need to invest in adaptation rests upon the assumption that ‘anticipated risks or experienced impacts of climate change require action to ensure the safety of populations and the security of assets, including ecosystems and their services’. The outcomes of UN climate negotiations, including the Paris Agreement, are continuously urging for… >>>

The Paris Agreement (PA) marks a turning point in terms of defining targets and corresponding measures by introducing the concept of self-defined Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); at the same time, it also calls for higher standards of accountability by launching the development of an enhanced transparency framework of action and… >>>

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This is the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) Daily Briefing. Produced at key meetings and negotiations by the CFAS expert team, the Daily Briefings try
to provide a concise, informative update on key discussions that have taken place at each day of the meeting and give an overview of substantive points of action or progress. Please… >>>

This is the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) Daily Briefing. Produced at key meetings and negotiations by the CFAS expert team, the Daily Briefings try
to provide a concise, informative update on key discussions that have taken place at each day of the meeting and give an overview of substantive points of action or progress. Please… >>>

This is the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) Daily Briefing. Produced at key meetings and negotiations by the CFAS expert team, the Daily Briefings try to provide a concise, informative update on key discussions that have taken place at each day of the meeting and give an overview of substantive points of action or progress. Please note… >>>

In late 2012, Germanwatch and partners, with support from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), launched the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) to enable representatives of the most vulnerable developing countries to effectively participate in complex global climate finance negotiations in order to ensure that the needs of… >>>

This is the Climate Finance Advisory Service (CFAS) Daily Briefing. Produced at key meetings and negotiations by the CFAS expert team, the Daily Briefings try to provide a concise, informative update on key discussions that have taken place at each day of the meeting and give an overview of substantive points of action or progress. Please… >>>