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The Road to the Green Climate Fund

By Athena Ballesteros on February 14, 2011

This post originally appeared on the World Bank blog Development in a Changing Climate

Power, Responsibility, and Accountability: Re-Thinking the Legitimacy of Institutions for Climate Finance

December, 2010

This report seeks to ground the debate on climate finance in an objective analysis of ongoing efforts to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.

Governing Climate Finance: The Importance of Reporting Guidelines and Review Mechanisms to Ensure Transparency & Accountability

By Athena Ballesteros and Vivek Ramkumar (International Budget Partnership) on December 3, 2010

This “Budget Brief” originally appeared on the International Budget Partnership website. You can read the entire text, and download a PDF of the brief, here.

From Copenhagen To Cancun: Climate Finance

By Athena Ballesteros and Clifford Polycarp on November 30, 2010

An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.

The Clean Technology Fund: Insights for Development and Climate Finance

Working Paper: November, 2010

This working paper series summarizes key innovations and challenges of the Clean Technology Fund. It analyzes the investment plans that the Fund has endorsed to date, and makes the case for greater emphasis on institutional capacity and governance in program design.

‘Red Sludge’ Wake-up Call for Investors and Financial Institutions

By Amanda Sauer on October 12, 2010

Hungary’s toxic ‘red sludge’ is a stark reminder of why mining companies need to better disclose their water-related risks.

Digging Beneath the Surface: Water Risks in Mining

By Amanda Sauer on September 15, 2010

For investors and financial institutions, water risks in the mining sector are difficult to track.

Mine the Gap: Connecting Water Risks and Disclosure in the Mining Sector

Marta Miranda and Amanda Sauer, with contributions by Deepa Shinde

Working Paper: September, 2010

This paper outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure.

Fast Track Climate Finance: Do the Numbers Add Up?

By Athena Ballesteros on June 14, 2010

This piece originally appeared on the World Bank Climate Change Blog.

Shattering Glass Walls at the Multilateral Development Banks

By Janet Ranganathan and Frances Irwin on April 20, 2010

Investing in ecosystem services will help MDBs improve the livelihoods of the poor.

The World Bank Eskom Support Program

By Smita Nakhooda on March 8, 2010

South Africa’s plans for a new coal power plant bring up difficult decisions for the World Bank.

Update from WRI's Civil Society Climate Finance Strategy Meeting

By Emily Chessin on February 26, 2010

On 23-25 February 2010, the World Resources Institute International Financial Flows and Environment project hosted a civil society climate finance strategy session at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia.

Promoting Development, Protecting Environment

By Janet Ranganathan on February 17, 2010

The World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are revising their environmental strategies for development planning.

Vulnerability and Adaptation

WRI envisions a world where poor and vulnerable people are more resilient to the serious ecological, economic, and social challenges posed by climate change.

International Financial Flows and the Environment (IFFE)

The International Financial Flows and Environment Project (IFFE) works to improve the environmental and social decision making and performance of public and private International Financial Institutions (IFIs) by holding them accountable to their investors, to donor countries and to the communities that are impacted by their investments.

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