Post-2025 Climate Finance Target

The authors argue that the current USD 100 billion climate finance target has been fraught with difficulties due to ambiguous definitions and contrasting interpretations regarding investment mobilization versus resource transfer. To improve transparency, accountability, and trust, they propose setting a specific sub-target for grants alongside other targets. The paper identifies five priority elements for negotiations: the relation to Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement, the adaptation-mitigation balance, financial instruments, the mobilization of private finance, and the concept of "new and additional" finance.

• The current climate finance system based on the USD 100 billion annual target is hindered by ambiguous definitions that lead to multiple interpretations, which in turn reduces trust and transparency between nations.
• Climate finance targets are often viewed through two contrasting lenses: the goal of mobilizing large-scale investment and the goal of transferring resources from developed to developing nations.
• To enhance accountability and ensure resources reach the most vulnerable developing countries, the authors recommend implementing a specific sub-target for grants as part of the overall post-2025 target.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Post-2025 Climate Finance Target. https://www.sei.org/publications/post-2025-climate-finance-target/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Post-2025 Climate Finance Target. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/post-2025-climate-finance-target/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022post2025, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Post-2025 Climate Finance Target}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/post-2025-climate-finance-target/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }