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Briefing note

Carbon inequality in 2030: Per capita consumption emissions and the 1.5⁰C goal

05/11/2021

2 documents

Languages: English, French

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The world’s richest 1% are set to have per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita level compatible with the 1.5⁰C goal of the Paris Agreement, while the footprints of the poorest half of the world population are set to remain several times below that level. […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2020: Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment

20/10/2020

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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International climate finance is vital to global cooperation on climate change. As many developing countries reel from the effects of coronavirus, the prospect of climate-induced extreme weather risks compounding crises and poverty. Climate change could undo decades of progress in development and dramatically increase global inequalities. There is an urgent need for climate finance to […]

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Discussion paper

Strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions to Catalyze Actions that Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

01/10/2018

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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Early and ambitious action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) is essential to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. SLCPs include methane, hydrofluorocarbons, black carbon, and tropospheric ozone. Actions to reduce these highly potent pollutants help avoid crossing important thresholds, such as a 1.5°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels, […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2018: Assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment

03/05/2018

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate finance efforts by developed countries are at a critical juncture. There are only two years before the deadline by which developed countries have committed to jointly mobilize $100bn per year to support climate action in developing countries. This $100bn commitment has a pivotal role to play in supporting developing countries to reduce their emissions […]

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Briefing paper

Uprooted by Climate Change: Responding to the growing risk of displacement

02/11/2017

6 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate change is already forcing people from their land and homes, and putting many more at risk of displacement in the future. Supercharged storms, more intense droughts, rising seas and other impacts of climate change all magnify existing vulnerabilities and the likelihood of displacement – disproportionately affecting low-income countries, women, children and Indigenous peoples. This […]

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Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2016: Lifting the lid on progress towards the $100 billion commitment

03/11/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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In the global push to tackle climate change, international climate finance is essential. Climate finance, both public and private, helps developing countries adapt to climate extremes and develop in a low carbon way. This briefing examines reported international public climate finance flows, taking into account the funding commitments of developed countries under the United Nations […]

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Briefing paper

Burning Land, Burning the Climate: The biofuel industry’s capture of EU bioenergy policy

26/10/2016

7 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

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There is overwhelming evidence of the harm caused by the European Union’s current bioenergy policy to people in developing countries, to the climate and to Europe’s own sustainable development. The policy is on a collision course with the Paris climate agreement and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This briefing follows the trail of […]

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Briefing paper

Feeding Climate Change: What the Paris Agreement means for food and beverage companies

27/06/2016

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Italian

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The Paris Agreement marked a major breakthrough in support for climate action from many parts of the business community, including from key actors in the food and beverage sector. But despite significant progress, much work remains both to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to support the millions of people already hit by climate change. As […]

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Briefing note

Unfinished Business: How to close the post-Paris adaptation finance gap

16/05/2016

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Climate change is a brutal reality confronting millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. Their need for financial support to adapt to climate extremes is urgent and rising. International support for adaptation falls well short of what is needed. Latest estimates indicate that only 16 percent of international climate finance is currently dedicated to adaptation […]

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