This report presents aggregate trends of annual climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing countries for the period 2013-2021. It includes breakdowns by climate theme, sector, financial instrument and recipient country grouping for the period 2016-2021. The report also provides key recommendations for international providers to increase financing towards adaptation and more effectively mobilise private finance for climate action, which are both important policy priorities and current bottlenecks. The recommendations in this report draw from two OECD publications on scaling up private climate finance and adaptation finance.

This report explores evidence-based action areas to increase and accelerate the mobilisation of private finance for climate action in developing countries, and the role of international public finance providers in doing so.

Climate finance is a complex and rapidly evolving field, with practices and regulations varying widely across countries. This lack of standardization and understanding poses a significant challenge for stakeholders, hindering effective decision-making and impeding progress toward climate goals. Additionally, the sheer breadth of topics within climate finance, from carbon pricing mechanisms to sustainable investments, can overwhelm researchers and practitioners alike, further complicating efforts to address climate change effectively. Modern Concepts and Practices of Climate Finance offers a comprehensive solution to these challenges. Written by distinguished experts in the field, the book thoroughly examines climate finance practices worldwide. It is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and professionals, offering insights and lessons learned from theory and real-world applications. Whether you are a researcher seeking to understand the latest trends or a practitioner looking for practical solutions, this book is an essential guide for anyone working in the field of climate finance.

This report discusses ways of enhancing government capacities to prevent, react and rebuild, thereby minimising the impact of natural disasters on infrastructure assets and operations. It identifies data, collaboration and technologies as drivers of resilience, and highlights financial resources, technical skills and regulatory frameworks as key enablers. The report presents seven actionable principles to ensure infrastructure resilience, drawing from global good practices and in-depth analyses of infrastructure projects in Colombia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mozambique and the United States.

Climate change negotiations have failed the world. Despite more than thirty years of high-level, global talks on climate change, we are still seeing carbon emissions rise dramatically. This edited volume, comprising leading and emerging scholars and climate activists from around the world, takes a critical look at what has gone wrong and what is to be done to create more decisive action. Composed of twenty-eight essays—a combination of new and republished texts—the anthology is organised around seven main themes: paradigms; what counts?; extraction; dispatches from a climate change frontline country; governance; finance; and action(s). Through this multifaceted approach, the contributors ask pressing questions about how we conceptualise and respond to the climate crisis, providing both ‘big picture’ perspectives and more focussed case studies. This unique and extensive collection will be of great value to environmental and social scientists alike, as well as to the general reader interested in understanding current views on the climate crisis.