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February 2018

A Review of Domestic Data Sources for Climate Finance Flows in Recipient Countries

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
In an effort to identify the limitations of climate finance reporting and provide key recommendations to improve this within the context of compliance with the Paris Agreement, this research analyzes the status of reporting mechanisms that exist under the UNFCCC.
September 2018

Review Of Existing Ecosystem Accounting Intiatives And Literature In India: Biophysical assessments, economic value of ecosytem services, and overview of available data sources

System of Environmental Economic Accounting
This report, Review Of Existing Ecosystem Accounting Intiatives And Literature In India: Biophysical assessments, economic value of ecosytem services, and overview of available data sources, to provide a stocktake on India's existing ecosystem accounting initiatives and literature and assess the landscape for mainstreaming Natural Capital Accounting in India.
November 2017

Increasing the Value of Climate Finance in An Uncertain Environment: Diaspora Financial Resources as a Source of Climate Finance for Sub-Saharan Africa

AIMS Environmental Science
The paper Increasing the Value of Climate Finance in An Uncertain Environment: Diaspora Financial Resources as a Source of Climate Finance for Sub-Saharan Africa undertook an analysis of project reports, policy reviews, policy briefs, and academic literature reviews on the barriers and opportunities for private investments in climate change programmes.
July 2017

Decarbonizing Electricity Generation with Intermittent Sources of Energy

Toulouse School of Economics, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), University of Toulouse, University of Gothenburg, GGKP Annual Conference
The paper Decarbonizing Electricity Generation with Intermittent Sources of Energy examines public policies and technological solutions that aim to decarbonize electricity production by replacing fossil fuel energy by intermittent renewable sources, namelywind and solar power.
April 2020

A Snapshot of Global Adaptation Investment and Tracking Methods

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
This brief outlines the current state of global finance for climate adaptation, presenting the significant data and theoretical gaps that exist in adaptation finance reporting, along with a brief overview of potential new data sources and recommendations to improve adaptation finance tracking.
November 2014

Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014

The most comprehensive inventory of climate finance to-date, The Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2014, finds that global climate finance flows have fallen to USD 331 billion – far below even the most conservative estimates of investment needs.

September 2018

Landscape of Domestic Climate Finance: Low-carbon investment 2011 - 2017

I4CE – Institute for Climate Economics
This report maps domestic financial flows towards climate change action and a green energy transition in France. Findings are compared from year to year and assessed in comparison to projected investment needs to achieve national GHG reduction targets and other energy transition objectives.
June 2018

State of Vancouver's Green Economy 2018

Vancouver Economic Commission
Vancouver has long been a source for disruptive innovation and today VEC’s State of Vancouver’s Green Economy 2018 report highlights over 200 leading green businesses – and the policies, innovation and culture – that have catalyzed our $31.5 billion brand.
August 2011

The Role of Pension Funds in Financing Green Growth Initiatives

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

It is estimated that transitioning to a low-carbon, and climate resilient economy, and more broadly “greening growth” over the next 20 years to 2030 will require significant investment and consequently private sources of capital on a much larger scale than previously.

February 2021

Using Blended Concessional Finance to Invest in Challenging Markets: Economic considerations, transparency, governance, and lessons of experience

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
This report examines IFC’s two decades of experience supporting pioneering projects with blended concessional finance. The report addresses issues such as why and when concessional finance is appropriate to support private sector projects; the key transparency, access, and governance processes required to implement projects efficiently and effectively; the principles for selecting and structuring projects; how to use blended concessional finance to invest in lower-income countries; and the different ways of structuring concessional finance facilities used by DFIs.

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