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    Climate finance

    Friends of the Earth, 2015
    Climate finance - the transfer of public funds from developed countries to developing countries to support action on climate change - is an obligation of rich countries. It is not aid or charity. It is a moral and legal responsibility under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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    Aid and climate finance

    Brookings Institution, 2016
    In 2009, the Copenhagen Accord was the first effort to spell out the financial implications of a global effort to reduce carbon emissions. Although not a legally binding document, delegates from all countries attending the COP15 meeting agreed to “take note” of the accord.
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    Unlocking climate finance for decentralised energy access

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016
    Achieving energy access for everyone requires more and better targeted investment, but what role does climate finance play in filling the funding gaps? The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) estimate that nearly USD 50 billion a year is needed to achieve universal access to electricity and clean cooking facilities by 2030.
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    Climate Finance after COP21: pathways to the effective financing of commitments and needs

    Carbon Tracker / Investor Watch, 2015
    This report is intended to inform and support discussions on the financing of climate-related investment and, most immediately, financing linked to the UNFCCC process and its objective of limiting global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
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    Carbon Tracker / Investor Watch

    Carbon Tracker is a not for profit financial think tank aimed at enabling a climate secure global energy market by aligning capital market actions with climate reality.
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    Global landscape of climate finance

    Climate Policy Initiative, 2015
    A transformation of global financial and energy systems is needed to make a low-carbon and climate-resilient global economy the "new normal" and to support the implementation of the climate actions already proposed by more than 150 countries.
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    Trends in private sector climate finance

    2015
    The finance community is emerging as a partner in the challenge of responding to climate change - policy makers have an opportunity to both deepen and broaden this partnership. Actors from across the sector and in all geographies are recognizing both the threats that climate change poses, but also the commercial opportunities it provides.
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    After Paris: fiscal, macroeconomic, and financial implications of climate change

    International Monetary Fund, 2016
    The December 2015 Paris Agreement lays the foundation for meaningful progress on addressing climate change—now the focus must turn to the practical policy implementation issues. Against this background, this paper takes stock of the wide-ranging implications for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies of coming to grips with climate change.
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    Public-private partnerships for climate finance

    Nordic Council of Ministers, 2015
    Implementing the Paris climate agreement and the transition to a low carbon economy require adequate finance. Public finance plays a key role - whereas private finance is essential in developing and implementing new and innovative solutions. The Nordic countries are committed to further develop financial instruments and structures that can scale up such investments.
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    Tracking climate co-finance: approach proposed by MDBs

    European Investment Bank, 2015
    A consortium of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) has jointly reported their investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation projects (€œclimate finance€) on an annual basis since 2011, with the latest report published on June 2015. The objectives of this work are as follows:

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