Monitoring the Impact and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

As countries seek to make progress on climate finance, there is consensus on the need to find better ways to monitor and report on delivery, recipients, and outcomes in a spirit of mutual accountability.

This event, convened by the World Resources Institute and the Overseas Development Institute, examined efforts to monitor the impact and effectiveness of climate finance at the global, national, and sub-national levels.

Monitoring Climate Finance: The Fast Start Finance Contributions of the US, UK, Japan, Germany and Norway

A joint initiative of ODI, WRI and the Open Climate Network

• Smita Nakhooda, ODI
• Takeshi Kuramochi, IGES
• Sven Harmeling, Germanwatch

Resources:

• 5 Insights from Developed Countries’ Fast-Start Finance Contributions
• Scaling Up: How Germany, Japan, Norway, the UK, and the US Approached Fast-Start Climate Finance

Monitoring Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Initial Good Practice Guidance

• Dennis Tirpak, WRI

Monitoring the Delivery of Climate Finance to Local Institutions: the Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative

A joint initiative of Oxfam, ODI, WRI, Clean Energy Nepal, iCSC Philippines, CAN-Uganda, and the Zambia Climate Change Network

• Smita Nakhooda, ODI
• Manjeet Dhakal, Nepal