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The document is a readiness support proposal for the Republic of Haiti, requesting $449,149.00 over 24 months to empower municipalities in Bazinet, Belle-Ansa, Iron Coast, Jamel, and Margot. The project aims to address gaps in uncoordinated development planning, limited participation in national processes, and ineffective institutional capacity for adaptation and mitigation. Key activities include the creation of a Climate Knowledge Toolkit, conducting Comprehensive Vulnerability and Needs Assessments, and developing climate risk/disaster management plans. The initiative is designed to align local actions with Haiti's National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Policy to Fight Against Climate Change (PNCC), ultimately producing one GCF concept note for resilience and mitigation actions.

The document argues that the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for Ghana and other African nations to shift from natural resource-based development to a socially inclusive green economy. While Ghana has established frameworks like the National Green Jobs Strategy (2021–2025) and the National Climate Change Policy, its immediate pandemic recovery measures, such as the $17 billion Ghana-CARES programme, have focused on short-term stabilisation rather than structural greening. The author suggests that the G20 and multilateral institutions should condition medium-term financial support on green interventions to ensure a sustainable transition.

The document examines the use of carbon market infrastructure to provide results-based finance, noting that while it offers standardized metrics and crowdfunding capabilities, it often prioritizes cheap mitigation over transformative change and creates risks for small developers. It suggests that results-based finance is best suited for a niche of proven but not yet mature technologies, while nascent technologies require grants.

The proposal addresses the lack of systematic, accurate, and coordinated climate data in Angola, which hinders the implementation of the National Climate Change Strategy 2018-2030. It focuses on two primary technical tracks: establishing an Early Warning Information System (EWIS) for agricultural drought using satellite tools like ASIS and AGROMETSHELL, and developing a National Strategy for Forest Resources Monitoring (2022-2026) aligned with FAO's Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring. The project aims to train government officials from institutions such as INAMET and MCTA, conduct pre-feasibility studies on fire management and community land governance, and develop a validated Project Concept Note for the GCF focused on forest resource management. The 24-month initiative is implemented by the FAO to improve evidence-based decision-making and resource mobilization for climate adaptation and mitigation in the AFOLU sector.

The briefing outlines four priority areas for climate negotiations leading up to COP26: finalizing the Paris Agreement rulebook (specifically common timeframes for NDCs, transparency frameworks, and Article 6 carbon markets), establishing metrics for adaptation and loss and damage, addressing the shortfall in public climate finance for developing nations, and bridging implementation gaps for the 'decade of ambition'. It highlights the role of the 2020 Climate Dialogues in maintaining momentum and warns that a lack of public funding and transparency from developed nations threatens trust and the success of future negotiations.

The State of Palestine (SoP) seeks USD 893,872 from the Green Climate Fund to overcome barriers to climate finance exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and Israeli occupation. The proposal focuses on three main outcomes: establishing a National Digital Climate Change Platform to enable remote coordination and data sharing; conducting a holistic readiness needs assessment and a framework for health co-benefits; and developing six high-quality project concept notes (five in energy and agriculture, one in health). The project, to be implemented by Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC over 18 months, aims to restore disrupted NDC implementation and improve the matching of project concepts with international Accredited Entities.

Earthjustice calls on nominee Tom Vilsack to prioritize a sustainable food system, climate change mitigation, and the restoration of protections for the Tongass National Forest.

This proposal outlines a plan to enhance Rwanda's engagement with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through four primary outcomes: strengthening the National Designated Authority's (NDA) coordination capacity, updating the country programming process, facilitating the renewal of the Ministry of Environment's accreditation, and developing a private sector mobilization strategy. The project, implemented by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), aims to address gaps in institutional coordination, outdated strategic frameworks, and limited private sector participation in climate finance over an 18-month period starting in January 2021.

The document traces the history of international climate governance, highlighting the shift from the 'top-down' Kyoto Protocol to the 'bottom-up' Paris Agreement. It analyzes the central tension between ensuring universal participation and maintaining the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR). While the Paris Agreement achieved universality by allowing self-differentiation through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the brief notes that current collective pledges are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C or 2°C, and that the regime's success depends on the ambition of major emitters.

The analysis warns that many post-2020 biodiversity targets risk being compromised by climate change, as some aspirational goals are unfeasible even under low-warming projections. It highlights that corals could decline by 70-90% even if warming is limited to 1.5ºC, and by 99% at 2ºC. The authors advocate for flexible, dynamic conservation approaches over static goals to better address habitat changes and leverage biodiversity for climate mitigation and adaptation.

The Global Climate and Health Alliance urges governments, particularly G20 nations, to increase climate commitments by three to five times to align with the Paris Agreement's 1.5-2°C goal. The Alliance argues that COVID-19 recovery spending must be integrated with climate strategies to maximize economic and health benefits, noting that G20 countries are responsible for 78% of global greenhouse gas emissions but lack commitments aligned with the 1.5°C target.

The 2020 Production Gap report highlights that current government plans for fossil fuel production far exceed the levels necessary to meet Paris Agreement temperature goals. To limit warming to 1.5°C, global production must decline annually by 11% for coal, 4% for oil, and 3% for gas, yet governments are planning annual increases of 2%. By 2030, countries aim to produce 120% more fossil fuels than is consistent with the 1.5°C limit. The report argues that the COVID-19 recovery presents a critical choice: either return to production trajectories that lock in catastrophic warming or implement a managed wind-down of fossil fuels as part of a 'build back better' strategy.

ClientEarth's feedback on the EU Taxonomy draft delegated regulation emphasizes the need for science-based thresholds, the exclusion of fossil gas and hazardous chemicals, and the prevention of corporate lobbying from watering down environmental standards.

In 2019, IDFC members committed $197 billion in green finance, a 47% increase from 2018. Climate finance dominated this total at 95% ($187 billion), with mitigation projects receiving the largest share ($163.5 billion), primarily in transport and renewable energy. Adaptation finance grew for the third consecutive year to $19 billion. The majority of finance (74%) originated from non-OECD institutions and was largely deployed domestically, with the East Asia and Pacific region receiving the largest geographic share (69%). Loans remained the primary instrument, accounting for 95% of commitments.

The document analyzes COVID-19 recovery funding for cities, noting that while USD 1.1 trillion was pledged, the vast majority (USD 916 billion) targeted short-term liquidity rather than long-term climate resilience. It identifies gaps in funding programming and recommends that funders structure instruments for direct city access, utilize project preparation facilities, and leverage city networks to bridge the investment gap for green infrastructure.

The document outlines the framework for the GCF's Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) pilot phase, a 200 million USD initiative designed to increase funding access for national, regional, and subnational public and private entities. It details the requirements for EDA projects, which must establish or support financing vehicles to fund local sub-projects. The guide specifies a two-component project structure: one for capacity building and technical assistance, and another for the financing mechanism itself. It emphasizes the necessity of local ownership, gender integration, and the creation of sustainable, long-term financing vehicles. Key governance requirements include the establishment of separate supervision and decision-making bodies, with the latter responsible for selecting sub-projects through transparent processes. The document also lists the necessary annexes and the role of National Designated Authorities in the process.

The report traces the shift in international climate policy from the 'top-down' prescriptive approach of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which targeted developed nations, to the 'bottom-up' participatory model of the 2015 Paris Agreement. It highlights the central role of the 'common but differentiated responsibilities' (CBDR) principle and argues that while the Paris Agreement achieved universal participation, current national commitments remain insufficient to limit global warming to 1.5°C or 2°C.

The review examines six key ASEAN guidelines, including those on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), crop insurance, responsible investment, public-private partnerships, and gender mainstreaming. It finds that while these guidelines often lack documented evidence of national-level implementation due to ASEAN's non-binding governance and lack of funding, they serve as critical tools for regional consensus and multilateral policy-making, such as submissions to the UNFCCC. The report recommends moving toward more strategic, intersectoral policy-making, improving the accessibility and readability of documents, and pairing guidelines with concrete implementation plans and monitoring frameworks.

The document examines how proposed changes to the CAP and EU budget threaten the green transition of agriculture. It highlights the risk of making direct payment capping voluntary, the potential for diverting rural development funds to hectare-based payments, and the use of flawed climate expenditure tracking. It also warns that NGEU recovery funds may be distributed without green conditionality. ClientEarth calls for mandatory capping, ring-fencing at least 50% of the EAGF for qualitative eco-schemes, and a science-based methodology for tracking climate spending.

The report examines the transition of voluntary carbon markets into the Paris Agreement era, specifically assessing how to prevent 'double counting' where emission reductions are claimed by both voluntary offsets and national targets. It identifies three potentially viable models—contribution claims, NDC crediting, and non-NDC crediting—and recommends focusing on challenging mitigation options and countries with ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to maximize climate impact.