Stories: International Financial Flows and the Environment (IFFE)

A Look Back at the Durban Climate Talks

In the recent UN climate negotiations (COP 17) in Durban, South Africa, the issue of transparency of climate finance appeared in a variety of contexts…

Climate Finance at COP17 Durban

From November 28 to December 9, negotiators will gather in Durban, South Africa, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP17 meeting.

The Transitional Committee (TC) for the design of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will con

This piece was written with Catarina Freitas, a Brazilian legal intern with WRI’s Institutions and Governance Program.

Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.

China’s overseas presence has brought a new way of doing business to the world.

The landscape of development finance is changing rapidly. Traditionally, international financial flows moved from developed countries to developing countries. In the last decade, however, major emerging economies such as China and Brazil have fueled a growing trend of South-South development flows by increasingly channeling their overseas investments to other developing countries.

As the reporting deadline for 2010 looms, developed countries will need to prove that they are honestly meeting their modest $30 billion commitment.

On 2-3 February 2011, the World Resources Institute and Climate Analytics hosted an informal meeting of climate finance negotiators in New York City.