As the largest pot of climate funding available to developing countries, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) holds huge promise. As it enters into operation, national institutions, including government, can apply to access GCF’s resources ‘directly’. But the rigorous accreditation process appears a barrier to many, which coupled with unclear benefits is likely to undermine the zeal for direct access in …

(Article originally published on The Daily Star here) The recent award of Champion of the Earth conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a fitting recognition of her personal achievements, as well as that of the government and people of Bangladesh, in being a pioneer among nations in tackling climate change in particular. …

(This article was originally published here)   ‘The last pillar is the Lima-Paris agenda, also called the agenda of solutions’ The Conference of Parties, the COP, is the United Nations framework for Climate negotiations. In December 2015, Paris will host the next COP: COP21. COP21 is not “one more COP,” because humanity is at a turning point regarding climate risk. …

(This article was originally published here) As governments prepare to go to Paris in December to finalise the new Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), there is an emerging consensus amongst all parties, including the developed countries, of the need to provide substantial funding …

(This article was originally published here) Polluters must stop delaying the settlement of carbon emission cut and climate finance disbursement for vulnerable nations in the name of negotiation, a discussion was told yesterday. “The negotiations between the polluters – mostly industrialised countries – and the vulnerable countries has been happening for years. Yet, there are no specific road map that …

(This article has been originally published here) Countries like Bangladesh and the Maldives need cash to deal with global warming, but have a poor record on transparency  A pillar of an anticipated UN global pact in Paris is financial support for poor countries to cut carbon and climate-proofing. Those launch solar farms in Ethiopia or build sea defences in the cyclone-battered Maldives. …

(This article has originally been published on The Daily Star and can be accessed here) At the global level, developed countries have pledged to provide $100 Billion every year starting from 2020 to developing countries to tackle climate change through both adaptation as well as mitigation activities. They have also agreed on setting up a new Green Climate Fund (GCF) …

(This article was originally published on RTCC.org, available here) Least developed countries deserve more support in the face of evident and increasing threats, says expert  In Lima we celebrated the crossing of the 10 Billion US Dollars mark in terms of pledges to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and we even saw a contribution of 50 Million Euros to the Adaptation …