15 December 2011

Improving the Effectiveness of Climate Finance

ODI, CPI, EDF & Brookings joint research initiative

A joint effort led by a consortium of researchers from Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Policy Initiative, Brookings Institution, and Overseas Development Institute focused on the topic of the effectiveness of climate finance, resulting in two white paper:

Full texts: “Improving the effectiveness of climate finance: A survey of leveraging methodologies” (PDF) & “Improving the effectiveness of climate finance: Key lessons” (PDF)

Citations:
Brown, Jessica, Barbara Buchner, Gernot Wagner, and Katherine Sierra. “Improving the effectiveness of climate finance: A survey of leveraging methodologies.” Joint Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Policy Initiative, Overseas Development Institute, Brookings Institution white paper (2011).

Chaum, Miriam, Chris Faris, Gernot Wagner, Barbara Buchner, Angela Falconer, Chiara Trabacchi, Jessica Brown, and Katherine Sierra. “Improving the effectiveness of climate finance: Key lessons.” Joint Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Policy Initiative, Overseas Development Institute, Brookings Institution white paper (2011).

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