Carbon finance
The LEDS GP Resource guide for NDC finance
This guide presents a curated selection of high quality resources on a range of topics around finance for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and low emission development strategies (LEDS).
Lessons Learned from Preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
This paper summarises key learnings that emerged from working with a range of expert organisations to provide technical assistance to nine developing countries to prepare their INDCs.
Implementing REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in the Congo Basin: Review of projects, initiatives and opportunities for synergies
This report presents the progress of projects and initiatives that promote adaptation and REDD+ in the Congo Basin region and analyses opportunities for synergies or trade-offs between the two strategies.
The Impact of Climate Change on the Achievement of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
This work explores the implications of a potential international climate agreement on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Mitigation and Adaptation in the UNFCCC Debates
Tracking the topical shifts in the UNFCCC’s discussions between 1995 and 2013
Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows 2014
The UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) has recently made its first Biennial Assessment of Climate Finance Flows Report (BA). The highlights of this report are outlined here.
National Adaptation Plans and the indirect impacts of climate change
This brief supports countries to take stock of the “indirect impacts” of climate change and to address them in their National Adaptation Plan.
The Status of Climate Finance at COP20, Lima
Introduction Many UNFCCC stakeholders see climate finance as one of the linchpins holding together the entire climate negotiation process, for...
Spekboom Carbon Sequestration and Rehabilitation Project in South Africa
In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Subtropical Thicket has faced severe pressure from agriculture.
Global Landscapes Forum, Lima, Peru 6-7 December 2014
The Global Landscape Forum created a platform for positioning landscapes in the new international agreements on climate and sustainable development.