In 2009, developed countries committed to mobilise $100 billion in climate finance per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries in the face of climate change. Meeting this target will require transformational change in the scale and pace of financing. Public sector resources can play a pivotal role in catalysing private sector investment.
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.
What do we have to show after two gruelling weeks of negotiations on international climate policy in Qatar?
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.