5 Climate Finance Issues to Watch at Marrakech

The briefing outlines five key priorities for climate finance at COP22: the roadmap to mobilize $100 billion for developing countries by 2020, the establishment of accounting modalities to define what constitutes climate finance, the development of systematic reporting formats for finance provided and received, the need to scale up and balance adaptation finance relative to mitigation, and the potential renewal of the Adaptation Fund's mandate to serve the Paris Agreement.

• Developed countries are working to finalize a concrete roadmap to mobilize $100 billion in climate finance for developing countries by 2020, though it remains uncertain if current pledges are sufficient to meet this target.
• There is a lack of international agreement on the definition of climate finance, leading to a planned workshop in Marrakech to develop accounting modalities to improve reporting consistency and tracking.
• New reporting mandates are being developed requiring developed countries to report both projected and provided finance to developing countries, while developing countries are expected to report on finance needed and received.
• Adaptation finance remains low compared to mitigation; UN reporting shows only 14 percent of bilateral funding went to adaptation in 2014, prompting calls for a more balanced allocation, such as a 50:50 split or a doubling of current adaptation funding.
• The future of the Adaptation Fund is uncertain as the Kyoto Protocol's commitment period ends in 2020, but it could be renewed by creating a mandate for the Fund to serve the Paris Agreement.

APA

World Resources Institute (2016). 5 Climate Finance Issues to Watch at Marrakech. https://www.wri.org/insights/5-climate-finance-issues-watch-marrakech

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World Resources Institute. 5 Climate Finance Issues to Watch at Marrakech. 2016. https://www.wri.org/insights/5-climate-finance-issues-watch-marrakech.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2016climate, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{5 Climate Finance Issues to Watch at Marrakech}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2016}, month = oct, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/5-climate-finance-issues-watch-marrakech}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }