The Norwegian Fast-Start Finance Contribution

The document examines Norway's fast-start finance (FSF) contributions between 2010 and 2011, noting that Norway is one of the largest contributors relative to its economy. While the majority of funds supported mitigation, specifically REDD+ activities, the paper highlights a lack of a comprehensive project list for all FSF, which hinders independent scrutiny. It recommends that Norway disclose project-level spending and harmonize reporting with other donors and multilateral institutions.

• Norway's bilateral climate finance contributions were USD 676 million in 2010 and USD 734 million in 2011, with a primary focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).
• Norway's FSF consists only of public grants, most of which are linked to climate change, though some are channeled through multilateral funds like the Climate Investment Funds that use concessional loans.
• The status of Norway's FSF as 'new and additional' is debatable because the country includes funding delivered against pledges made before 2009, despite increasing the share of bilateral climate finance from 3% to 21% of total official development assistance (ODA) between 2006 and 2011.
• There is a lack of a comprehensive list of all projects supported by Norwegian FSF, which creates challenges for independent scrutiny, although detailed information exists for REDD+ finance and ODA spending via the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Norwegian Fast-Start Finance Contribution. https://www.wri.org/research/norwegian-fast-start-finance-contribution

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Norwegian Fast-Start Finance Contribution. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/norwegian-fast-start-finance-contribution.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendnorwegian, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Norwegian Fast-Start Finance Contribution}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/norwegian-fast-start-finance-contribution}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }