The global climate finance architecture is complex: finance is channeled
through multilateral funds – such as the Global Environment Facility
and the Climate Investment Funds – as well as increasingly through
bilateral channels. In addition, a growing number of recipient countries
have set up national climate change funds that receive funding from
multiple developed countries in an effort to coordinate and align donor
interests with national priorities. There is generally much more transparency about the status of implementation of multilateral climate finance initiatives than of bilateral climate finance initiatives. The proliferation of climate finance mechanisms increases the challenges of coordinating and accessing finance. The architecture of the funds![]() Acronyms
| Climate Finance FundamentalsThe content on this page is taken from: The evolving global climate finance architecture ![]() 2011 - English (PDF, 190kb) 2010 - in English (PDF, 125kb) 2010 - en español (PDF, 143kb) Additional resourcesClimate Finance Fundamentals Including overviews of the regional and thematic distribution of climate finance, and developments with regards to the Green Climate Fund. |





