Climate finance negotiations at COP19 in Warsaw

This guide, published by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) in November 2013, provides a synopsis of key climate finance discussions and deliverables for negotiators attending the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) in Warsaw. It outlines the progress of the Work Programme on Long-Term Finance, the activities of the Standing Committee on Finance, the operationalization of the Green Climate Fund, and the financial challenges facing the Adaptation Fund.

• The Work Programme on Long-Term Finance aims to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020 to support mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Discussions in 2013 focused on 'push' factors (developed country mobilization), 'pull' factors (developing country enabling environments), and 'push and pull' factors (public policy and financial instruments).
• New Zealand proposed a voluntary 'Warsaw Platform' for effective climate finance based on five elements: defining strategies and priorities, aligning finance to those priorities, coordinated delivery via recipient country leadership, focusing on trackable outcomes, and ensuring climate finance does not replace private finance that would have occurred anyway.
• The Standing Committee on Finance is tasked with improving coherence in climate financing and preparing a biennial assessment of financial flows. While it has worked on draft consolidated guidelines for the Fifth Review of the UNFCCC financial mechanism, members from developed and developing countries diverged on whether the review should be comprehensive or streamlined.
• The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has established host country arrangements with the Republic of Korea, with an official agreement taking effect in August 2013. The GCF and the COP have also developed arrangements to ensure the Fund is accountable to and functions under COP guidance, including the establishment of an independent redress mechanism for funding decisions.
• The Adaptation Fund is experiencing severe financial constraints due to falling carbon prices. Revenues from the sale of Certified Emission Reductions dropped from US$100 million in 2010 to US$18 million in 2012, leading the Fund's Board to launch an appeal to raise US$100 million by the end of 2013.
• Developed countries including Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK announced climate finance plans for 2013 (and some up to 2015) totaling approximately US$5.5 billion. Additionally, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, and the USA pledged US$198 million to the Special Climate Change Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund in June 2013.

APA

Kaloga, A. O., & Grießhaber, L. (2013). Climate finance negotiations at COP19 in Warsaw. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CDKN-Guide-for-Climate-Finance-for-COP19-web-final.pdf

Chicago

Kaloga, Alpha Oumar, and Linde Grießhaber. Climate finance negotiations at COP19 in Warsaw. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CDKN-Guide-for-Climate-Finance-for-COP19-web-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kaloga2013climate, author = {Kaloga, Alpha Oumar and Grießhaber, Linde}, title = {{Climate finance negotiations at COP19 in Warsaw}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CDKN-Guide-for-Climate-Finance-for-COP19-web-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }