About the authors -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- The scale of the challenge -- Existing climate finance flows. How much, and from where? ; Where is it going? ; How is it governed? -- Embedding climate finance in development objectives. Making the best of what we have in the near term ; Country-driven, bottom-up is the new top-down -- Long-term outlook -- how to get there from here?. The big bang approach -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- About CIGI -- CIGI masthead
Summary
"The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is unequivocal about the magnitude of the challenge posed by man-made climate change. If the world is to avoid exceeding the 2 degrees C average increase in temperature agreed by governments in Copenhagen as the maximum safe level, it needs to move quickly to facilitate the transition to a lower-carbon economy"--Executive summary
