May 17, 2012
- 'It’s not presently possible to say with confidence how much funding has been disbursed or where it’s going... consistent fast-start finance reports that provide detailed lists of projects and programs supported are needed'
May 8, 2012
Government and business must put weather-related disaster risk management at the heart of economic and fiscal planning.
That is the message from a new Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) report launched today (May 9) at the African leg of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The...
May 4, 2012
Lack of reliable access to electricity is a significant barrier to economic development and job creation in Tanzania. Currently, only 14% of the population has access to electricity; in rural areas the electrification rate hovers around 2%. Power outages are frequent – especially during droughts, which cripple the hydroelectric power on which most of the country depends.
This policy brief, by Lutz Weischer of World Resources Institute for CDKN, explores Tanzania’s Small Power...
April 12, 2012
By Richard Calland, an Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town, and Nancy Dubosse, an independent development economist, lead the new Climate Finance Hub initiative.
The financing of climate action has entered a watershed period. Either the momentum in favour of a substantial global fund to support both mitigation and adaptation efforts internationally– encouraged by the establishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at COP17 – will be sustained, or it...
March 8, 2012
- 'If forestry is to contribute significantly to climate change mitigation, readiness finance is necessary but throwing money at the problem is not sufficient.'
March 3, 2012
- As developing countries urgently seek new sources of financing to cope with problems linked to climate change, delegates from the nine-nation Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met here last week to evaluate potential funds and outlin...
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