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DT 8 / 2019

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Ulstein plans ‘substantial scale up’ in climate adaptation financing

Norway is the OECD’s least generous donor in helping poor countries adapt to climate change, spending the lion’s share of its climate aid on mitigation. Now Development Minister Dag Inge Ulstein wants to address this imbalance by making adaptation a “key pillar” of Norwegian aid.

News October 04, 2019

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Foreign Minister tightens grip on aid, leaving little room for Ulstein to make his mark

Norway steps up aid to the Sahel region in the aid budget for 2020 and, in an innovative move, provides...

News October 09, 2019

Denmark increases aid for Africa and climate, but ODA remains at 0.7% of GNI

The new Social Democratic government taps into the aid pie to fund climate efforts. Danish NGOs want...

News October 04, 2019

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Global Fund reaches USD 14 billion target. Last-minute 1% increase from Oslo

President Macron, Bill Gates and Bono celebrated a successful replenishment of the Global Fund in Lyon...

News October 11, 2019

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Norway rewards Guyana, despite increased deforestation driven by gold mining

The Norwegian Climate Ministry has based its final forest payment to Guyana on a Rube Goldberg-type formula...

News October 25, 2019

Narrow donor base raises doubts about Green Climate Fund’s global role

Conceived at the 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen and launched five years later, the Green Climate Fund...

News November 01, 2019

New government plans to expand Finland’s loan scheme by another half billion euros

Finland’s former government launched a EUR 520 million development scheme for loans and investments in...

Business October 31, 2019

Green Climate Fund replenishment ends just shy of USD 10 billion

Six donors, including Sweden and Norway, have provided the lion’s share of nearly USD 9.8 billion raised...

News October 29, 2019

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