2022-09-06-ADB-Financing_Climate_Targets_A_Study_of_Select_G20_Countries_16页_816kb

Financing Climate Targets: Key Points from Selected G20 Countries

Introduction

• Climate finance combines domestic, national and international resources from public or private sources to fund mitigation and adaptation strategies globally.
• The Paris Agreement set a $100 billion annual goal starting in 2020 for developed countries, though this commitment has not been fully met. A revised delivery plan now sets a target for $100 billion by 2025.

Key Challenges and Findings

• Supply-Side Issues: Debt remains the predominant instrument in climate finance (cited 68% of flows), despite concerns about climate debt trapping vulnerable nations. Adaptation projects receive significantly less funding compared to mitigation efforts.
• Demand-Side Needs: G20 developing countries project massive future investments requirements ($247-$697.55 billion for many nations over the next several decades), far exceeding the $100 billion target.
• Disbursement Gaps: Huge gaps exist between approved and disbursed climate finance, particularly in sectors like agriculture, biodiversity, and landscape management.

Mode of Financing Flows

• Debates continue over whether development banks or multilateral funds should lean more or exclusively towards equity or grant financing.
• The study emphasizes that financing instruments must be contextually appropriate, sector-specific, and tailored to risk-return profiles.

Analytical Framework

• Data indicates climate projects differ by sector, risk profile, and return expectations, thus requiring distinct financing instruments.
• Data for project-specific risk-return analysis is often unavailable, but country-level assessment points towards the need for detailed sectoral understanding.

Conclusions and Recommendations

• Climate finance is highly heterogeneous and needs rigorous sectoral and country-specific analysis, moving away from generalized assumptions.
• There is a need to scale up both supply (climate finance mobilization) and demand-side (development planning) agendas.
• Stressed the need to improve transparency in finance flows, especially tracking adaptation and adaptation grants.

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