Publications

Agricultural microinsurance is currently being tested in a wide variety of settings to support smallholder farmers in developing countries in coping with the effects of climate change, such as droughts, floods, or increased frequency and severity of infestations. This paper shows that microinsurance can also help smallholders to adapt to climate change.

This study aims to identify lessons from Germany's experience with Fast Start Finance to draw a set of recommendations for post-2012 Long-Term Finance.

By simply summing up their communicated numbers, developed country Parties so far meet their collective commitment of USD 30 billion for the period 2010-2012. This result however is distorted as countries discretionally decide which funding is eligible to be counted as fast-start finance (FSF). Clarification on the notion of additionality will be needed to assess what is really delivered as fast-start finance.

This information note seeks to explain the galaxy of climate financing. Most of climate funds are hosted by four multilateral institutions: The World Bank (WB), The Global Environment Facility (GEF), The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).