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Addressing the GCF Investment Criteria

Briefings

March 2020

Addressing the GCF Investment Criteria

Accessing the Green Climate Fund requires project proposals to include a response to the six GCF investment criteria that form the basis of the project approval process. This briefing provides insights and guidance based on best practices and lessons learned, to project proponents from SIDS and LDCs on how to address 4 of the 6 GCF investment criteria.
New models, old message: deep emission cuts in next decade are key

Briefings

February 2020

New models, old message: deep emission cuts in next decade are key

A number of the latest generation climate models (CMIP6) project greater future warming than previously assessed, but drawing conclusions about the implications for emission reduction targets is premature. This briefing looks at what could be behind these results and what this means for near-term emissions reductions and the Paris Agreement 1.5°C temperature limit.
Article 6 needs ambition, not time wasting

Briefings

December 2019

Article 6 needs ambition, not time wasting

Existing market mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol have accrued an available supply of some 4.65 Gt CO2 worth of carbon offsets, largely allocated to China, India, and Brazil. Were these credits to be rolled over into the mechanisms outlined by Article 6 of the Paris agreement, nearly 40% of existing ambition outlined by countries in their NDCs would be wiped away.