The UNFCCC is a climate convention which was adopted at the Rio Summit in 1992. In Article 4, the industrialized countries pledge to assist developing countries in the fight against climate change wit [..]

One of the oldest UN climate funds, used to finance mitigation and adaptation measures in developing countries (more…).

The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) concept has been discussed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since 2005 with the goal of rendering t [..]

Official development assistance of developing and newly industrialized countries by Germany. While ODA overlaps with German climate finance to a considerable degree, they are not identical, as the Int [..]

A principle in Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that states that funds for climate finance must be additional to those allocated to development finance. An intern [..]

International funds that manage financial resources for mitigation and adaptation in developing and newly industrialized countries. Germany realizes a part of its climate finance through payments to m [..]

Measures to reduce emissions responsible for climate change. These include technological and policy measures for the development of renewable energy, the promotion of energy efficiency and the introdu [..]

Export credit guarantees by the German government awarded by decision of a federal inter-ministerial committee for exports to markets entailing higher risk. Various types of guarantees are available d [..]

A United Nations program to support developing and newly industrialized countries in implementing international goals related to climate change and other environmental topics (more…).

An option for developing countries to submit project proposals directly to an international climate fund without going through a multilateral institution such as the UNDP or UNEP, as is required for m [..]