In cooperation with Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Foundation's Washington Office is offering a new series of short introductory briefings on various aspects of climate financing. Called “Climate Finance Fundamentals” the short briefs, which include tables and graphs, are meant for readers new to the debate on global climate change financing and its myriads of facets and needing a quick overview. In light of the fast pace of developments in climate finance, the briefs will allow the reader to gain a better understanding of not only the quantity but also the quality of existing financial flows for adaptation and mitigation.

The briefs focus on the principles for a normative framework of public climate finance, the emerging global climate finance architecture and addresses instruments, needs and actual funding amounts in the action areas of adaptation, mitigation and forest protection (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, REDD). Several also look specifically at the climate funding situation for specific regions of the world.

The following nine Climate Finance Fundamentals briefs are available in English:

• Climate Finance Fundamentals 1:  A Normative Framework for Public Climate Change Finance
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 2:  Evolving Global Climate Finance Architecture
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 3:  Adaptation Finance
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 4:  Mitigation Finance
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 5:  REDD Finance
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 6:  Regional Briefing: Latin America
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 7:  Regional Briefing: Africa
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 8:  Regional Briefing: Asia
• Climate Finance Fundamentals 9:  Regional Briefing: Middle East and Northern Africa

Data taken from ClimateFundsUpdate