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This policy brief examines how Aid for Trade (AfT) and Official Development Assistance (ODA) can be leveraged to help developing and least developed countries transition to sustainable trade and circular economies to combat plastic pollution. It highlights a significant mismatch between the limited funding for plastic pollution mitigation and the massive financial flows supporting the petrochemical sector, while proposing specific short- and medium-term deliverables for WTO members through the Informal Dialogue on Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP).

This report by the World Resources Institute analyzes the 'Fast-Start Finance' (FSF) period from 2010 to 2012, during which developed countries reported mobilizing US$ 35 billion for climate change in developing countries. The study evaluates the distribution, transparency, and effectiveness of these funds, noting a heavy bias toward mitigation over adaptation and a lack of strict criteria for 'new and additional' funding.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute and Climate Finance Advisors, produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation, assesses the landscape of public international funding—specifically climate finance and Official Development Assistance (ODA)—for nature-based solutions for climate adaptation (NbSA) in developing countries.