The first workshop was a series of presentations given by various members on the subjects of past, present, and future needs of climate finance, the specific
needs of developing country parties in climate finance, an evaluation of sources of long - term finance, options for mobilizing climate finance, and lessons learned from fast - start finance.
Such cooperation -LCB- shall -RCB--LCB- should -RCB- take into account the urgent and
immediate needs of developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
This report draws on the experiences of six developing countries to examine how public climate finance can help meet the significant
investment needs of developing countries by creating attractive conditions for scaled - up investment in low - carbon energy.
The Copenhagen Accord, supported by more than 120 countries, sets developed countries a goal of raising a combined $ US100 billion a year by 2020 to address
the needs of developing countries.
Civil society groups are urging governments to back the Green Climate Fund because it offers an opportunity to better meet
the needs of developing countries and the climate crisis.
«The head of the Green Climate Fund had called for up to $ 15 billion — an amount itself pegged to suit the politics of developed countries, not
the needs of developing countries in the face of the climate crisis,» said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth U.S. «But developed countries did not even hit the $ 10 billion mark, an amount considered the lowest threshold for political momentum.
At the same time they need to address
the needs of developing countries in adapting to climate change.»
Policymakers concerned with international climate finance, particularly board members of the nascent Green Climate Fund, should first be asking the question posed in our report: what are
the needs of developing countries, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, as they confront the climate crisis?
There's also a «goal of mobilizing jointly $ 100 billion a year by 2020 to address
the needs of developing countries.»
In the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation, developed countries support a goal of mobilizing jointly 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to address
the needs of developing countries.
We encourage industry, interested governments as well as relevant stakeholders with the support of the UN system, as appropriate, to develop models for best practice and facilitate action for the integration of sustainability reporting, taking into account the experiences of already existing frameworks, and paying particular attention to
the needs of developing countries, including for capacity building.
This is just the beginning; we are waiting to see what outcome will come from the COP18 in Doha this year in addressing
the needs of developing countries to adapt to climate change.
The work - programme is chaired by a board member of the GCF and acknowledges that ambition and equity is needed to effectively implement funding, especially to
the needs of developing countries.
(a) the Working Group should consider and report back at a future session of the Commission on how the draft rules would respond to
the need of developing countries and those facing post-conflict... [more]