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Prior studies have hypothesized that increasing financial support to developing countries will likely increase their climate ambitions. With the availability of updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and climate finance data, this article empirically explores this question.
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International public climate finance is an important catalyst for curbing growing emissions from developing countries and enabling them to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Developing countries consider the fulfillment of their Paris Agreement emission reduction pledges to be conditional on receiving climate finance.
Using two empirical strategies, this article found positive but statistically insignificant effect of climate finance on the mitigation ambitions of recipient countries. This effect on mitigation ambition was higher for least developed countries but weaker for small island developing states. This article’s analysis should be seen as an initial piece of the puzzle. Findings of this article can inform climate financing strategies of donors enhancing trust with developing countries.
The climate finance data from 2015-2020 used in this study were sourced from Aid Atlas.
Tool / Aid Atlas helps users to more easily understand how development funding is being provided, where it is going, and what it’s being used for.
Press release / Today, the "Green Agenda for Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine" was launched in Kyiv, paving the way for future EU accession.
Perspective / Mikael Allan Mikaelsson, Adis Dzebo and Richard Klein share insights on how businesses can manage supply chain risks in a just way.
Event on 30 October – 31 October in Nakhon Ratchasima / This meeting will show cases of good practices and proven techniques of climate-smart water technologies and innovations in the rice farming systems.
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