Author: John Martins

Trade in the Balance: Reconciling Trade and Climate Policy

Working Group on Trade, Investment and Climate Policy report (November 2016) This report provides timely insights about the alignment of climate and trade policy as the Paris Agreement enters into force and the next round of UN climate talks take place in Marrakech from November 7-18. The authors explore opportunities and barriers for alignment of […]

Renewable Energy Investment in Africa and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

By Miquel Muñoz Cabre and Mohamed Youba Sokona (November 2016) The working paper by Miquel Muñoz Cabre identifies up to USD 241 billion and 101 GW of likely renewable energy investments in Africa based on an analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and renewables plans. These include plans for 34 GW of solar PV, 26.4 […]

Climate Finance and Developing Countries: The Need for Regime Development

By Henrik Selin (November 2016) The working paper by Henrik Selin analyzes the global climate finance regime set up to support mitigation and adaptation measures in developing projects with the goal of developed countries jointly mobilizing at least USD 100 billion a year from public and private sources by 2020. To institutionally strengthen this important […]

Investing in Integrity? Transparency & Integrity of the European Investing Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has emerged as a central actor in delivering much-needed investment to the European economy, which remains below pre-economic crisis levels. It has taken on ever more roles on behalf of the European Union (EU) , leveraging limited budget funds on financial markets via investment vehicles. It has also been strengthened […]