over 6 years ago // Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund’s multibillion-dollar portfolio faces a replenishment challenge. It remains to be seen if the world’s largest international climate fund will deliver under new leader Yannick Glemarec.
almost 7 years ago // The rise of Chinese aid
CIDCA, a new iteration of Chinese aid, was established in March 2018. But little has been done so far, as the ambitious body is riled in internal politics and leadership gaps.
almost 7 years ago // Agriculture
"Farmers look for a holistic solution and we give them a compartmentalized solution," says Suhas Wani, former director at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
about 7 years ago // Climate finance
Two of the Inter-American Development Bank’s seven planned projects have lapsed, and GCF will no longer support the projects in their current form. How did a major multilateral development bank wind up with its projects terminated?
about 7 years ago // Green Climate Fund
After a breakdown at its last board meeting, GCF kick-started a process to replenish its dwindling finances and approved over a billion dollars worth of climate adaptation and mitigation projects.
over 7 years ago // Green Climate Fund
Last month at the Green Climate Fund's board meeting, the fund failed to approve almost a billion dollars in proposed projects and the executive director unexpectedly resigned. GCF's Zaheer Fakir, discusses the fund's policy gaps, the polarizing issue of replenishment, and how it might move forward.
over 7 years ago // Paris Climate Agreement
Since withdrawing from the climate agreement, U.S. representatives continue to participate in international climate change negotiations and meetings. With China seemingly stepping into the U.S. former climate leadership position, all eyes are now on the U.S. midterm elections in November, where the makeup of Congress may well determine its climate support.
over 7 years ago // Climate finance
GCF failed to approve almost a billion dollars in proposed projects during a critical year for climate action with the rule book of the Paris Agreement expected to be finalized by the end of the year. Then its executive director, Howard Bamsey, resigned in a shock announcement, the effects of which are still reverberating across the international climate change community.
Blockchain technology
Though the technology is still in its early days, more than half of social-good blockchain initiatives are estimated to impact beneficiaries by the end of this year, according to a Stanford University report. To keep development practitioners abreast of this rapidly evolving space, Devex rounds up the top five things you need to know about blockchain and its most publicized application, cryptocurrency.
over 7 years ago // Climate funding
In response to criticism over its lengthy accreditation process, the Green Climate Fund has rolled out a simplified approvals process. Here's what you need to know about the new initiative.