Climate Finance

The impacts of climate change are unequally distributed worldwide, and affect especially Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The scale of these impacts leaves no other choice but to adapt...

Geothermal development is on the rise in many regions of the world. However, the high costs of field development, coupled with the high risks associated with resource exploration and drilling, still pose a significant barrier to...

Job position: Policy Analyst (R-1603) Position: Policy Analyst for Climate Change Policy and International Development (R-1603). Period: Starting summer 2016. Full time – 40 hours per week. Location: Berlin or Cologne Application...

A report ‘ Closing the gap between finance and urban climate action‘ produced by CCFLA members ICLEI and Climate KIC provides a gap analysis of TAP projects applications, and a literature review on public finance for climate...

In April 2015, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) “to convene public- and private- sector participants to review how the financial sector can take account of climate-related...

Renewable Energy Investments: Major Milestones Reached, New World Record Set According to UNEP's 10th "Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016", prepared by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate &...

In 2015, an international architecture for sustainable development began to take shape. Building on the United Nations’ Financing for Development Agenda in Addis Ababa and then the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development...

Many rich countries can rely upon sophisticated financial systems, established regulation and policy, a large pool of institutional investors and governments with relatively strong financial positions to help them meet the...