Topic: climate finance

An update on climate adaptation efforts in the international climate negotiations.

Where things stand after the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, and the key steps to ensure progress in Cancun.

South Africa’s plans for a new coal power plant bring up difficult decisions for the World Bank.

On 23-25 February 2010, the World Resources Institute International Financial Flows and Environment project hosted a civil society climate finance strategy session at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia.

The result from Copenhagen is an Accord that looks very different than what has come before.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), will brief journalists on January 7 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on upcoming environmental issues in 2010, including climate, business action, water, forests and more.

The following letter was sent to President Obama on behalf of 18 environmental and energy policy groups.

This working paper explores the main issues associated with the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of finance in the post-2012 climate regime.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHAT: Please join the World Resources Institute (WRI) for a policy briefing for journalists on Wednesday that will summarize progress

WHAT: Please join the World Resources Institute (WRI) for a journalist-only policy briefing Tuesday that will preview the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15).

WRI identifies key elements for a successful and possible outcome in Copenhagen.

Nations can meet the challenge of financing climate mitigation and adaptation by adopting the following principles and operational guidelines.

Well-tailored “green” components of a recovery effort can create jobs and stimulate the economy while achieving significant energy cost savings for businesses, consumers and the government.

This paper focuses on what should be included in a new financial agreement under the UNFCCC; more specifically it proposes five specific components of a “new deal” to address technology barriers in developing countries. The paper reflects on ideas on technology and finance as put forth by countries in submissions to the UNFCCC secretariat as summarized in UNFCCC 2008. These submissions are summarized in a complementary WRI discussion paper titled From Position to Agreement: Technology and Finance at the UNFCCC (WRI 2008). We have also considered two UNFCCC documents that synthesize information on technology needs and financial barriers faced by non Annex 1 Parties to the Convention.

Note: This paper will be published as a chapter in the forthcoming book Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance?, by the Brookings Institution Press in 2009.

From Copenhagen to Cancun: Adaptation

From Angst to Action: Moving Forward After Copenhagen

The World Bank Eskom Support Program

Update from WRI's Civil Society Climate Finance Strategy Meeting

Reflections from Copenhagen: The Accord and the Way Forward

Save the Date for WRI's Environmental Stories to Watch 2010 Press Briefing

CEO Letter to President Obama on International Climate Finance

Counting the Cash: Elements of a Framework for the Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Climate Finance

WRI’s Lash to Brief Press on Copenhagen’s Policy Implications for U.S. and Other Key Countries

MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI to Brief Press on Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement

Foundation for a Low Carbon Future: Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement

Countdown to Copenhagen: Scaling Up Climate Change Finance

A Green Global Recovery? Assessing U.S. Economic Stimulus and Prospects for International Coordination

Five Components of a New Financial Agreement under the Convention: Paying for Mitigation Technology

Financing Adaptation: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation

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