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The Financing of Energy Transition in Senegal: Green promises, unequal gains?

18/08/2025

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Senegal's energy transition is at a critical juncture. While the country has made significant progress in terms of access to electricity and the integration of renewable energies, its energy financing model remains heavily dependent on foreign private investment and favors the latter. This implies debt-based financing and risk mitigation mechanisms that protect investors while risking […]

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Discussion paper

Climate Financing, Institutional Structure, and Budget Tracing in Ethiopia

01/07/2025

1 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper identifies the current situation and future trends of climate financing, institutional capacity, and budget tracing in Ethiopia. It seeks to inform Oxfam, partners, and all other stakeholders in the discussion for evidence-based decisions and actions to ensure meaningful and informed participation of citizens in social and financial accountability of climate financing at both […]

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Briefing paper

From Pledges to Progress: Tracking climate finance flows and accountability in Nigeria and Uganda

10/06/2025

2 documents

71 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Climate Finance Shadow reports have shown that high-income countries have failed to deliver on their commitment to mobilize climate finance for low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, two country reports, on Uganda and Nigeria, were published that analyzed how the insufficient international climate finance that is reaching their governments is being spent at national […]

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Journal article

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

08/05/2025

10 pages long

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Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

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Drawing on the author’s work in research and philanthropy, this essay reflects on the potential of emerging territorial funding mechanisms for promoting equitable and effective direct biodiversity and climate finance outcomes.

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Issue briefing

Unheard Water Stories from Asia, Africa and MENA: Elevating local voices for water security in a climate insecure world

20/11/2024

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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This paper shares stories from six countries—Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Somalia, Syria, and Iraq—highlighting the challenges communities face in accessing water. It seeks to bring forward the unique perspectives of communities from diverse backgrounds, each experiencing water crises in distinct ways. While climate change intensifies their crises, many communities also face marginalization due to exclusionary water […]

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Briefing paper

Neither Enough, Nor Adequate: A participatory assessment of the barriers to local access for climate finance in the Sahel

14/11/2024

4 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Access to climate finance is a prominent feature of the debate for the upcoming COP29 decision to set a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance. Countries, communities and groups representing marginalised collectives who are most impacted by the climate crisis are in urgent need of scaled-up, accessible and adequate climate finance. Findings from participatory […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Unchecked: How much does the World Bank know about the climate actions it claims?

17/10/2024

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam finds that for World Bank projects, many things can change during implementation. On average, actual expenditures on the Bank’s projects differ from budgeted amounts by 26–43% above or below the claimed climate finance. Across the entire climate finance portfolio, between 2017 and 2023, this difference amounts to US$24.28–US$41.32 billion. No information is available about […]

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Briefing paper

Beyond Crises: The future of Special Drawing Rights as a source of development and climate finance

13/06/2024

2 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English

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The allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic has generated considerable interest in using SDRs as a tool for development and climate finance. This policy brief argues that the monetary logic that underpins SDRs justifies regular allocations of at least $200 billion a year, and more than doubling the share of low-and […]

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Briefing paper

Unaccountable Adaptation: The Asian Development Bank’s overstated claims on climate adaptation finance

02/05/2024

1 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite positioning itself as the ‘climate bank of Asia and the Pacific’, it is difficult to ascertain the Asian Development Bank’s claims of climate adaptation finance. Oxfam analysed the bank’s 2019–2023 climate finance portfolio and conducted a detailed assessment of 15 climate adaptation projects, comprising 43% of reported adaptation finance for FY 2021 and 2022. […]

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Briefing paper

Leaving No One Behind: A green bargain for people and planet

21/09/2023

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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With the increasing frequency of fires, floods, droughts and other extreme weather events, countries across the world are facing a new era of climate-linked crises. The international climate finance system – through mitigation, adaptation and potentially now through loss and damage – is seeking to reduce and address these impacts. In parallel, the humanitarian system […]

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