7 April, 2016

Report on decisions at the 12th meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board

Authors

Mahlet Eyassu Melkie

The Board adopted its Strategic Plan that will assist it in taking decisions on how to invest resources while contributing to the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC and promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate- resilient development pathways. This Strategic Plan is adopted at the time that the Board has set its aspirational goal of approving projects worth $2.5 billion in 2016.

The most important element of the Strategic Plan is the link with the Paris Agreement and making itself ready to support the implementation of this Agreement. It is important to note that this Strategy Plan is a living document that will be reviewed at each replenishment process.

Publications

Climate justice and loss and damage: perspectives from the global south

This article outlines the loss and damage debate through a climate justice lens with particular emphasis on Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries. It examines the latest developments of the new loss and damage fund including operationalisation.

Tripling renewables by 2030: interpreting the global goal at the regional level

At COP28, governments agreed to triple global renewable capacity by 2030. This report breaks down what a 1.5ºC-aligned renewables rollout would look like at the regional level and calculate the associated investment needs.

Unabated: the Carbon Capture and Storage 86 billion tonne carbon bomb aimed at derailing a fossil phase-out

The climate talks at COP28 have centred around the need for a fossil fuel phase-out. Our analysis quantifies the risk posed by restricting a phase-out commitment to only ‘unabated’ fossil fuels.

No change to warming as fossil fuel endgame brings focus onto false solutions

The CAT's annual warming estimate has risen by 0.1˚C to 2.5˚C. The estimate is largely influenced by weak existing targets rather than shifts triggered by updated Nationally Determined Contributions.

The effects of political knowledge use by developing country negotiators in Loss and Damage negotiations

This article traces how developing country negotiators used knowledge to further their interests in loss and damage negotiations from 2003 to 2013.

De la CDN 1.0 à la CDN 2.0: qu'est-ce qui a changé dans les CDN des PMA de l’Afrique de l'Ouest?

La présente étude examine les premières et les secondes Contributions Déterminées au niveau National des onze pays les moins avancés de l’Afrique de l’Ouest à savoir le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, la Gambie, la Guinée, la Guinée Bissau, le Libéria, le Mali, le Niger, le Sénégal, la Sierra Leone et le Togo.

Utilisation of EU funds for the transformation of the transport sector

This report looks at EU funding that can support the decarbonisation of the transport sector in Lithuania, Romania, Poland and Hungary, and why emissions reduction projects can be at a competitive disadvantage.

EU’s role in the world: how can EU climate diplomacy stimulate greater ambition?

This paper discusses EU climate leadership and ambition and explores avenues for the EU to promote greater climate action inside and out of the UNFCCC process.

Research agenda for the loss and damage fund

This piece in Nature discusses what research could contribute to the design of the loss and damage fund.

Why offsets are not a viable alternative to cutting emissions

In this report we set out an assessment the state of global science around offsets, and, in light of that, examine the impact of the Australian Government’s proposed changes for the country’s industrial emitters.

Uncompensated claims to fair emission space risk putting Paris Agreement goals out of reach

Based on scenarios underlying the IPCC's 6th Assessment Report, in this paper we construct a suite of scenarios that combine the following elements: (a) two quantifications of a moral claim to the remaining carbon space by South Asia, and Africa, (b) a 'highest possible emission reduction' effort by developed regions, and (c) a corresponding range for other developing regions. Our findings raise important questions of perspectives on equity in the context of the Paris Agreement including on the critical importance of climate finance.

Interacting adaptation constraints in the Caribbean highlight the importance of sustained adaptation finance

This paper provides an assessment on regional perceptions of adaptation constraints and avenues to overcome them based on a mixed-method approach, combining an online survey and semi-structured interviews with adaptation experts from Caribbean SIDS. It finds that finance is the largest constraint being faced.

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