Financing for Climate and Development
Green Climate Fund 3
A Germanwatch presessional briefing
The third meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board is scheduled for the 12th to the 15th of March (in Berlin) and represents a critical juncture for the work of the GCF Board. The discussions on the core modalities to operationalize its objectives, also subsumed under the term "Business Model Framework", will be at the centre of the... >> mehr
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Standing Committee on Finance #3
A Germanwatch report on the outcomes of the 3rd meeting
The third meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) took place in Bonn from the 8th to the 10th March 2013. The SCF has been established by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC to assist the Conference of Parties (COP) in exercising its functions with respect to the financial mechanism of the Convention. Certain outcomes... >> mehr
Green Climate Fund: Timely Action Needs Early Pledges
The present discussion paper describes why early pledges for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are important for early action – hence a timely start of project support – of the GCF. Of course, each donor country decides for itself when it perceives a fund to be ready and sufficiently trustworthy for funding and each donor country will probably have its own set of items it wants to see addressed before it can pro-vide pledges. Nevertheless, this short discussion paper looks at the interdependence between the need for early pledging for the GCF and the necessary progress of the GCF operationalization process. >> mehr
Different Tales from Different Countries
A First Assessment of the OECD "Adaptation Marker"
In response to the launch of the OECD "Adaptation Marker" in 2010 and the first complete Creditor Reporting System dataset published in March 2012, this paper ex-amines the credibility of the marker. Our assessment reveals that far less projects than the donor countries reported are in fact relevant to what can be considered climate change adaptation. >> mehr
The Goal of 100bn USD of Climate Finance
Accounting Issues Regarding Private Finance
This discussion paper addresses and raises different questions regarding what kind of private finance could be included in the 100bn USD of climate finance, which developed countries committed to mobilize annually by 2020. >> mehr
Reporting on the Use of Auctioning Revenues of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Suggestions on Reporting Requirements with a Focus on those Potentially Used for International Climate Finance
This Discussion Paper addresses the question of reporting guidelines for the use of auctioning revenues of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). It reflects upon the relevant legal documents and suggests categories which should be reported upon. >> mehr
Transparenz in der internationalen Klimafinanzierung
Stand der Diskussion und Anforderungen an einen MRV-Mechanismus
Vorliegendes Hintergrundpapier beschäftigt sich mit Transparenzanforderungen für internationale Klimafinanzierung. Es analysiert zum einen den derzeitigen Stand bzgl. Transparenz und eines MRV- (measuring, reporting, verifying) Mechanismus für Klimafinanzierung, stellt den Stand der Diskussion sowohl unter den Vertragsstaaten der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention als auch unter deren Beobachtern dar und macht Vorschläge zu Aspekten internationaler Klimafinanzierung, über die ihm Rahmen eines MRV-Mechanismus berichtet werden sollte. >> mehr
German Climate Finance - Put to the Test
Studie von Germanwatch und Brot für die Welt zur deutschen Klimafinanzierung
Die Klimafinanzierung ist einer der zentralen Diskussionsgegenstände in der internationalen klimapolitischen Debatte. Deutschland spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle, schließlich ist das Land Mitverursacher des Klimawandels und trägt die Verantwortung, die Entwicklungsländer bei der Umsetzung von Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz und der Anpassung an die Folgen zu unterstützen. >> mehr
Financed Carbon Footprints - Herausforderungen bei der Erhebung und mögliche Auswirkungen auf Energieinvestitionen
Analog zum "Product Carbon Footprint" von Waren und Dienstleistungen ist von verschiedenen Seiten die Verwendung eines "Financed Carbon Footprints" vorgeschlagen worden, um die Auswirkungen von Kapitalanlageprodukten auf das Klima zu beschreiben. >> mehr
