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Response to Green Climate Fund and appropriations package
Washington, D.C. – The appropriations package released late last night does not block funding for the Green Climate Fund. Karen Orenstein, senior analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., had the fo…
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FTT advances could lead to down payment on climate finance gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth’s Senior I…
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Special Climate Envoy Sterns boasts on climate finance ring hollow
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern spoke today about the U.S. role in climate negotiations, including climate finance. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pic…
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COP Blog: Paris’s $100B question
Originally posted on Environmental Finance At the Paris COP, it is hardly possible to overstate the importance of climate finance – the provision of funds by developed countries for developing cou…
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Green Climate Fund: A Primer
Primer outlining Green Climate Fund, created by Friends of the Earth International.
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No to HSBC and Credit Agricole at GCF
Calling on the GCF Board to reject the applications of these Big Banks for accreditation, given their massive financing of climate pollution, poor human rights records and long-term involvement in fid…
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Letter to GCF Board With Recommendations on Accreditation Process
Letter to GCF Board with recommendations with regards to direct access and country ownership, transparency, climate pollution standards and human rights standards.
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112 groups demand grants and honest accounting for rich countries’ promised $100 billion in climate finance
In light of the recent release of the OECD report, “Climate Finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion goal,” and the finance ministerial that took place in Lima, Peru on Oct. 9 on the sidelines o…
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Letter to Developed Country Governments on UNFCCC Processes
Letter to ensure that it is accounted for clearly and honestly through an inclusive UNFCCC process; is comprised of public money (grants/grant equivalents); and that it benefits people in developing c…