A Breakdown of Developed Countries’ Public Climate Finance Contributions Towards the $100 Billion Goal

The document provides a breakdown of public climate finance contributions by developed countries between 2013 and 2018. It aims to increase transparency and accountability regarding the collective $100 billion annual commitment made under the 2009 Copenhagen Accord to support developing countries' emission reductions and climate adaptation. The paper introduces a methodology for analyzing individual country contributions and identifies reporting barriers that must be addressed to improve future accountability.

• The document establishes a data set to break down the full public financial contributions of individual developed countries between 2013 and 2018, filling a gap where previous assessments focused only on aggregate progress towards the $100 billion goal.
• The $100 billion annual climate finance commitment, established in 2009 via the Copenhagen Accord, serves as a foundational element of the Paris Agreement's 'grand bargain', linking ambitious climate action by all nations to enhanced support for developing countries.
• The analysis identifies specific methodological barriers in climate finance reporting that need to be resolved to improve the accountability of developed countries' contributions.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). A Breakdown of Developed Countries’ Public Climate Finance Contributions Towards the $100 Billion Goal. https://www.wri.org/research/breakdown-developed-countries-public-climate-finance-contributions-towards-100-billion

Chicago

World Resources Institute. A Breakdown of Developed Countries’ Public Climate Finance Contributions Towards the $100 Billion Goal. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/breakdown-developed-countries-public-climate-finance-contributions-towards-100-billion.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendbreakdown, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{A Breakdown of Developed Countries’ Public Climate Finance Contributions Towards the \$100 Billion Goal}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/breakdown-developed-countries-public-climate-finance-contributions-towards-100-billion}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }