China’s International Climate-Related Finance Provision and Mobilization for South-South Cooperation

This research paper estimates that China voluntarily provided and mobilized $45 billion (averaging $4.5 billion per year) for climate action in developing countries between 2013 and 2022, representing about 6% of the total finance from developed countries. The study addresses a data gap caused by aggregate and sporadic government reporting by analyzing four channels: bilateral public finance, multilateral public finance, export credits, and mobilized private finance.

• Between 2013 and 2022, China voluntarily provided and mobilized a total of $45 billion to support climate impact adaptation or emissions reduction in developing countries, which averages to $4.5 billion annually. This amount represents approximately 6% of the total climate finance provided by developed countries over the same decade.
• The research calculates China's climate finance by analyzing four specific channels: bilateral public finance, multilateral public finance, export credits, and mobilized private finance.
• While developed country parties committed to mobilizing $100 billion annually by 2020 (extended to 2025) at the 2009 UNFCCC 15th Conference of the Parties, China is not a developed country party and is not obligated to meet this goal. However, the 2015 Paris Agreement invites developing country parties in a position to do so to provide voluntary financial support.
• The paper identifies a research gap caused by the fact that Chinese government data on international development and climate-related supports is frequently sporadic and aggregate, leading to a lack of comprehensive overviews of China's progress in international climate finance.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). China’s International Climate-Related Finance Provision and Mobilization for South-South Cooperation. https://www.wri.org/research/chinas-international-climate-related-finance-provision-and-mobilization-south

Chicago

World Resources Institute. China’s International Climate-Related Finance Provision and Mobilization for South-South Cooperation. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/chinas-international-climate-related-finance-provision-and-mobilization-south.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendchinas, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{China’s International Climate-Related Finance Provision and Mobilization for South-South Cooperation}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/chinas-international-climate-related-finance-provision-and-mobilization-south}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }