The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014

The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014 executive summary analyzes global climate finance flows for 2013, noting a decrease in total investment and highlighting the role of falling technology costs and domestic policy frameworks in driving climate finance.

• In 2013, total annual global climate finance flows were approximately USD 331 billion, which represents a decrease of USD 28 billion compared to 2012. Public actors and intermediaries provided USD 137 billion, while private investment totaled USD 193 billion, a 14% decline from the previous year.
• The decline in private investment was largely driven by the falling cost of renewable energy technologies, specifically solar PV. In 2013, the cost to achieve the same level of solar deployment as the previous year was USD 40 billion less. Approximately 80% of the sharp drop in private investment is attributed to these falling costs.
• Climate finance is heavily concentrated domestically, with nearly 75% of total flows invested in the country of origin. Private actors show an even stronger domestic focus, with 90% of their investments (USD 174 billion) remaining in the country of origin.
• There is a significant gap between current investment and the levels required to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius. The International Energy Agency estimates that the energy sector alone requires an additional average of USD 1.1 trillion in low-carbon investments annually between 2011 and 2050.
• Finance flows were split nearly equally between developed (OECD) and developing (non-OECD) countries, at USD 164 billion and USD 165 billion respectively. Flows from developed to developing countries decreased by USD 8 billion from 2012 to USD 34 billion.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2014). The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2014/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014. 2014. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2014/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2014global, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2014/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }