6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations

The document outlines critical areas for climate finance at COP 21, emphasizing the need for developed countries to meet the $100 billion annual goal by 2020, increasing funding for adaptation, and improving transparency in reporting finance flows. It highlights recent pledges from various nations and argues for a shift in trillions of dollars from high-emissions to low-emissions activities.

• Developed countries committed in 2009 to mobilize $100 billion annually in climate finance by 2020. While countries such as Canada, Spain, Norway, Australia, and Japan announced increases on the opening day of the summit, there are ongoing methodological disputes regarding how this finance is counted.
• Adaptation finance has historically lagged behind mitigation, receiving no more than 25% of mobilized climate finance. To address this, 11 countries pledged $248 million to the Least Developed Countries Fund on November 30, and African nations have requested that adaptation finance be doubled to $32 billion by 2020.
• There is a growing trend of developing countries contributing to international climate finance. Examples include South Korea, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Chile, Indonesia, and Mongolia contributing to the Green Climate Fund, and China pledging ¥20 billion ($3.1 billion) via its South-South Cooperation Fund.
• While global climate finance flows were estimated between $340-650 billion in 2014, the document argues that trillions of dollars are required to address climate change, necessitating a shift of both public and private finance from high-emissions to low-emissions activities.

APA

World Resources Institute (2015). 6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations. https://www.wri.org/insights/6-things-look-finance-paris-climate-negotiations

Chicago

World Resources Institute. 6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations. 2015. https://www.wri.org/insights/6-things-look-finance-paris-climate-negotiations.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2015things, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2015}, month = dec, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/6-things-look-finance-paris-climate-negotiations}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }