Open Letter to Board Members of Green Climate Fund: “Don’t Shut Us Out!”
73 civil society organizations urge members of the Green Climate Fund board to pass rules promoting public participation, transparency and accountability.
Civil Society to Green Climate Fund: Don’t Shut Us Out!
The active and engaged participation of civil society at the Board and country level is essential for creating an effective, equitable and environmentally sound Fund that can be responsive to the differentiated needs of men and women, minorities and indigenous peoples increasingly impacted by climate change.
Interview with Janet Redman, IPS, on the Green Climate Fund
As meetings begin in Berlin, Germany, Redman says that the Green Climate Fund must be focused on meeting the needs of people in developing countries, not maximizing corporate profit.
Durban Diary: Climate Reality Check
What we need in Durban is a commitment to complete the mandate that already exists. Countries must deliver a renewed Kyoto Protocol, and effective Green Climate Fund, and substantial money to fill it.
[VIDEO] What Happened to the Urgency about Climate Change?
This edition of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change lacks the sense of urgency that was visible on years past. On this interview with the Real News Network, we discuss the repercussions of turning away from the future of our planet.
Durban Diary: Who is the One Percent at the UN Climate Convention?
Not yet ready to condemn the UN climate change summit, Janet lists the culprits in the corporate, government and diplomatic world who are to blame for the struggle to move forward.
G20 Missed Its Chance to Take Action on Climate Change
This week leaders of the world’s largest economies once again missed an opportunity to actually do something on climate change.
Statement by Janet Redman: United States Threatens Green Climate Fund
Climate funding expert Janet Redman responds to Green Climate Fund meeting: By pushing the private sector, the United States is placing a stop payment order on public support to the men, women and children most devastated by climate change.
Ensuring Equity in the Green Climate Fund
The creation of a global Green Climate Fund represents an important victory for developing countries and their civil society allies at the UN climate talks held in Cancun in 2010. However, the daunting task of designing almost all major elements of the new fund remains on the agenda for the coming year. Please join us for a dynamic panel discussion with climate finance experts from developing country governments and global civil society.
Investing in Our Future Act of 2011
Climate change and the lack of health care services in developing countries are urgent and under-funded crises threatening the livelihoods and security of billions of people.
Financial Transaction Taxes: A win-win for the climate and the economy
In the face of enormous need, civil society calls on leaders to use innovative financing tools in the fight against climate change.
Fair and Effective Climate Finance
An assessment of finance in global climate negotiations
Towards a Global Climate Fund
Over 160 citizen groups call for the establishment of a major new Global Climate Fund.