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This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyses concessional international public climate finance flows to seven Indian Ocean and African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) between 2010 and 2015. Using OECD data, the study examines commitments, disbursements, and sectoral distribution, finding that finance is heavily concentrated in a few countries and sectors, with significant gaps in disbursement and alignment with national priorities.

This report outlines the key takeaways from a workshop held on 14 October 2010 in Venice, hosted by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), the International Center for Climate Governance (IGCC), and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC). The event convened policymakers and experts to discuss the adequacy and productivity of international climate finance, identifying critical gaps in data, the under-tracking of domestic and South-South flows, and the challenges of measuring private sector contributions.

This research paper analyzes quantitative scenarios to determine which combinations of public and private finance sources could enable developed countries to meet the $100 billion annual climate finance goal by 2020, as committed during the 2009 Copenhagen UNFCCC meeting.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute assesses Japan's Fast-Start Finance (FSF) commitments between January 2010 and February 2012, analyzing the composition, transparency, and additionality of the funds provided to developing countries for climate change activities.