Background

The COP requested the SCF to prepare a biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows, drawing on the available sources of information, and including information on the geographical and thematic balance of flows.

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Launching event of the fourth (2020) Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows and the first report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement. Further information can be viewed here

Fourth (2020) Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (BA)

Sources of Climate Finance Data

Reports on global flows

• Climate Policy Initiative: Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012

• Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2020, 2019, and 2018

• International Energy Agency: World Energy Investment 2021, 2020, 2019 and World Energy Investment Outlook 2018

Reports on multilateral and bilateral flows

• Joint MDB reports on climate finance 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (mitigation finance) 2011 (adaptation finance)

National reports submitted under the Convention

• Submitted Biennial Reports

• Submitted Biennial Update Reports

• Submitted Annex I National Communications

• Submitted Fast-start Finance Reports

Portals and databases

• UNFCCC Climate Finance Portal

• UNFCC Capacity Building Portal

• OECD DAC, Other links

• CPEIR Country Data Base