Stories: Climate Finance

What’s the Future of the Climate Investment Funds?

The committees governing the $7 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) – the Clean T

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that our best chance of containing global temperature rise

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board wrapped up its second meeting on Saturday with a major decision:…

The second meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the institution that’s expected to become the main global

Addressing global climate change requires huge investments.

Progress Made at Bangkok Climate Negotiations, but Is it Enough?

It’s a long way from Bonn to Bangkok—literally and figuratively. It would be a great understatement to suggest that the June session of the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany…

Improved Governance Needed in G20's Report on Infrastructure Development

A few months back, I attended the US-China-Brazil Forum on Sustainable Infrastructure and Development, organized by the

What's Next for the Green Climate Fund?

This past week, the board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) met for the first time.

In the recent UN climate negotiations (COP 17) in Durban, South Africa, the issue of transparency of climate finance appeared in a variety of contexts…

Reflections on COP 17 in Durban

Written with analysis from Athena Ballesteros, Louise Brown, Florence Daviet, Crystal Davis, Aarjan Dixit, Kelly Levin, Heather McGray, Remi Moncel, Clifford Polycarp, Kir