Michai Robertson

Sep 9, 2024 | odi.org | Michai Robertson

2024 will see years of negotiations culminating in a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The NCQG will replace a previous $100 billion climate finance goal which lacked focus on facilitating access to climate finance. The agreement of this new goal could be one of the most consequential moments for action on climate change in the coming years. However, it is not just the value of this goal that needs to be considered.

Mar 5, 2024 | odi.org | Sara Pantuliano |Michai Robertson |Claire Kumar |Gaia Vince

Between 2008 and 2016, 21.5 million people a year were forcibly displaced from their homes by weather-related events, and the UNHCR predicts that globally, 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050 due to climate change. This represents a hugely impactful but often overlooked consequence of climate change – one we are ill equipped to deal with.

Dec 8, 2023 | odi.org | Bianca Getzel |Michai Robertson

A historic first-day decision at COP28 adopted a plan for the further operationalisation of the new Loss and Damage Fund. The joint decision invites the World Bank to host the Fund and serve as its trustee for the first four years. The governance of the Fund was a divisive point between developed and developing countries, and the decision to invite the Bank a contentious one. So, what conditions must the Bank fulfil?

Oct 4, 2023 | odi.org | Sarah Colenbrander |Laetitia Pettinotti |Yue Cao |Michai Robertson

Developed countries have an obligation to provide developing countries with climate finance to support their effective implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. The ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ country groups have starkly different responsibilities and capabilities with respect to the climate crisis.