The Doha Gateway: what just happened?
The Doha Gateway agreed last week is the result of many sleepless nights for the negotiators who gathered to agree the next phase of international climate policy at COP 18 in the oil rich state of Qatar.
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A paradigm shift in thinking on REDD+?
'On paper, the outcomes on REDD+ from Doha hardly set your pulse racing, but Emily Brickell suggests why this could be good news for addressing the drivers of deforestation.' -
Increasing transparency in climate finance: what role for the UNFCCC NAMA Registry?
'What value does the NAMA registry add? Amongst other things it provides insight into how much and what type of finance is needed by developing country governments for action on climate change.' -
Show us the money: the Doha Gateway and climate finance
What do we have to show after two gruelling weeks of negotiations on international climate policy in Qatar?
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Fast-Start Finance: where do we stand at the end of 2012?
'Developed countries self-report that they have delivered more than $33 billion in fast-start climate finance between 2010 and 2012, exceeding the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. But how much of this finance is new and additional?' -
How can we strengthen the transparency and effectiveness of public climate finance?
This informal event at the 2012 climate change conference in Doha (UNFCCC) provided a forum to exchange views on improving transparency and effectiveness of climate finance.
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Road leading through forest. Bhutan.
Road leading through forest. Bhutan
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Credit: Curt Carnemark / World Bank
Source: FlickrAchieving development and addressing the drivers of land use change
Instead of driving land use change, the global commodity trade can provide an opportunity for economic development without deforestation. At this event speakers will share experiences to help governments, businesses, and consumers address the drivers of land use change in the tropics. This side event will also include the newest release of the Indonesian Moratorium map.
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Financing climate change: Africa's access to convention funds
This side event will provide a forum for dialogue on current efforts to develop and operationalize the Green Climate Fund with a special focus on Africa. Donors, civil society and government officials will discuss their respective past experience with convention funds and provide concrete recommendations.
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Climate finance: readiness and transformative impact
This session will focus on how to ensure that climate finance acheives a transformative impact. Lessons will; be drawn from Germany's Durban climate finance pledge to support initial GCF related activities in developing countries.
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Readiness for climate finance: taking stock
This roundtable discussion explored efforts to strengthen “readiness” to climate finance. This small expert meeting will presented a forum for a candid dialogue on various efforts to strengthen capacities to plan for climate change, and access finance to implement climate compatible development strategies.