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Transparency of Climate Finance: Did Durban Show Us the Money?

By Kirsten Stasio on January 27, 2012
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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…

Summary: Workshop on How to Measure, Report, and Verify Climate Finance

By Kirsten Stasio on August 9, 2011

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An informal summary of WRI’s June 2011 workshop on the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of finance provisions in the Cancun Agreements.

Transparency of Climate Finance: Results from Cancun and Next Steps

By Kirsten Stasio and Remi Moncel on April 3, 2011

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The UNFCCC Cancun Agreements of December 2010 marked an important step forward for transparency of country actions to respond to climate change. In addition to creating a new standard for the way countries report on their national climate commitments and actions, the agreements mandated advances in the reporting and review of countries’ climate finance contributions.

Seven Elements Developed Countries Should Include in their "Fast-Start" Climate Finance Reports

By Kirsten Stasio on April 3, 2011

Developed countries have collectively pledged USD 30 billion from 2010-2012 to support developing countries’ climate efforts. This pledge, known as “fast-start finance,” was initially made in Copenhagen in 2009, and reiterated in the 2010 Cancun Agreements.