Climate Policy Expert Calls Lack of Money “Elephant in the Room” at Climate Finance Meeting
The Green Climate Fund was established to provide money for climate adaptations to developing countries
An Inside View on the Tricky World of Wall Street-Driven Climate Markets
A new website, climatemarkets.org, offers a range of materials that could help climate activists and advocates understand climate solutions: Wall Street approaches, private investment, and more.
Robin Hood Tax, Not Corporate Greed, Should be Focus of Climate Finance Meetings, Say Activists
Chanting, “Human need, not corporate greed! Robin Hood Tax now!” protesters dressed as polar bears, farmers, and bankers engaged with officials entering the meeting to urge them to support a Robin Hood Tax.
Wall Street’s Climate Finance Bonanza
Government officials from an elite group of developed countries meeting in Washington DC appear to be on the brink of instigating yet another big bank giveaway, this time in the name of fighting climate change.
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.
A Tiny Tax in Europe, a Big Win for Climate?
Global campaigners are pushing European Union countries to be ambitious in targeting a significant portion of revenue from taxing financial transactions to fight climate chaos.
What Next for the Green Climate Fund After the Doha Dud?
By refusing to make any firm commitments at the Doha summit to deliver money over the next decade, industrialized countries are effectively relegating the GCF to irrelevance.
Why the World Bank Must Divest from Fossil Fuels
The World Bank should do the math and step up to the challenge of climate change.
The Private Sector’s Murky Role in Climate Finance
Multinational corporations and investment banks shouldn’t dominate financing of climate adaptations, says Janet Redman, reporting live from the UN Climate Summit, Doha, Qatar.
At Climate Summit, It’s Economy First, Then Survival
Update from Doha, Qatar: As countries (somewhat ironically) gather in the petro-state of Qatar for the annual UN climate summit, it’s even more apparent that economic considerations override concerns about severe environmental disruption, and even survival.
The Green Climate Fund’s “No-Objection” Procedure and Private Finance: Lessons Learned from Existing Institutions
IPS teamed up with Friends of the Earth and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives to produce this set of recommendations for the future of the Green Climate Fund.
Durban’s Climate Debacle
What we got from Durban was largely a set of promises to do something…some other time.
Durban Diary: The Waiting Game
As the doors on government meetings swing shut, Janet ponders whether our future will be one of ecological stability or planetary chaos.