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Reaching the $100bn goal by 2020: Lessons for the G7 on scaling up climate finance

Jane Wilkinson, Climate Policy Initiative

09 June 2015 •

Jane Wilkinson of Climate Policy Initiative says the world will have to align policy and pricing signals to deliver a low carbon and climate resilient future

G7 leaders in Germany yesterday reiterated their determination to mobilize $100bn per year in developing countries by 2020, a commitment originally made by developed countries six years ago at the international...

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