A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Nations

by 2020, which has not been met, will expire in 2025. However, U.S.$100 billion is a fraction of what is needed to support developing countries in achieving their climate goals. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , developing countries require at least U.S.$6 trillion by 2030 to meet less than half of their existing targets. Additionally, climate finance primarily takes the form of loans, exacerbating sovereign debt issues.

Instead of being based on arbitrary targets, the new goal must rigorously quantify and respond to countries' demonstrated needs and be tracked based on an agreed methodology that can prevent the double-counting and significant overestimations of the past. face the double challenge of simultaneously investing in development and in climate mitigation and adaptation, while addressing the costs of loss and damage.four priorities for climate finance: addressing debt distress in low-income countries, maximising the impact of IMF's Special Drawing Rights, leveraging government-backed development banks, and mobilising private finance.

These priorities offer a starting point to meet the urgent challenge of climate change and support all developing countries in achieving their climate goals.IPS, 15 June 2023 After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the…

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