UK climate finance and poverty reduction – an uncertain relationship Comment | 8 May 2019 | Neil Bird As our evidence to a new IDC inquiry makes clear, UK aid support for climate change actions must explicitly support poverty reduction. Read and comment
Investing in financial inclusion for climate resilience and adaptation: the role of Islamic financial services Briefing papers | May 2019 | Margherita Calderone, Lena Weingartner and Mohammed R. Kroessin This briefing note aims to feed into the Climate Summit in September 2019 by examining the opportunities to invest in Sharia-compliant financial products. Downloads
Financing the sustainable urban future: scoping a green cities development bank Working and discussion papers | April 2019 | James Alexander, Darius Nassiry, Sam Barnard, Michael Lindfield, Renard Teipelke and Martijn Wilder Explores the potential for a Green Cities Development Bank, a new institution lending directly to cities with a focus on urban climate investment. Downloads
Scoping and design for taking forecast-based early action to scale: three case studies Working and discussion papers | April 2019 | Thomas Tanner, Lena Weingartner, Florence Pichon, Bill Gray, Kiswendsida Guigma, Jafar Iqbal, Simon Levine, David MacLeod, Khairun Nahar, Kaiser Rejve, Courtenay Cabot Venton, Catalina Jaime, Martin Todd and Stephen McDowell Three types of humanitarian financing-delivery systems and what they can teach us about scaling up mechanisms for forecast-based early action. Downloads
How can European development finance institutions align with the Paris climate goals? Insight | 14 March 2019 | Helena Wright, Samantha Attridge Could European development finance institutions be missing further opportunities to raise its ambition on climate action? Read and comment
Climate finance post-COP24: my personal ‘manifesto’ for 2019 Insight | 5 February 2019 | Charlene Watson Track the effectiveness of climate finance, outline how to align investments with climate goals and better understand developing country finance needs. Read and comment
Transformational change in the Climate Investment Funds: a synthesis of the evidence Research reports and studies | January 2019 | Neil Bird, Yue Cao and Adriana Quevedo This synthesis aims to enhance the understanding of how transformational change happens across CIF, in a range of country, sector and technology contexts. Downloads
Making finance flows consistent with Paris objectives Side event | 6 December 2018 16:45 - 18:15 GMT +1 (CEST) This event explores how finance flows can be aligned with low emissions and climate-resilient development pathways. Find out more
Making finance consistent with climate goals: insights for operationalising Article 2.1c of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement Research reports and studies | December 2018 | Shelagh Whitley, Joe Thwaites, Helena Wright and Caroline Ott This paper presents a framework to support governments and non-state actors operationalise Article 2.1c of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement. Downloads
MEDIA NOTE: ODI experts available for interview at COP24 in Katowice, Poland Press release | 3 December 2018 Governments are in Poland over the next two weeks for the UN’s climate conference COP24 Find out more
