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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 analysis demonstrates that the Copenhagen Accord and the pledges made under it represent a set of dissonant ambitions. Due to the limited level of ambition by 2020, the ability to limit emissions afterwards to pathways consistent with either the 2 or 1.5 °C goal is likely to become less feasible.

In the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report the global warming potentials were updated from those in the 1995 2nd Assessment Report. Here we explore using the updated GWPs to estimate the effects of the 2020 emissions targets on global warming.

This briefing paper examines the overall mitigation pledges made under the Copenhagen Accord against the perspective of limiting warming to either the 2°C or 1.5°C goals, and looks at which levels of mitigation levels are needed, before concluding with an initial discussion of the implications for Africa

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).