Tony Mwenda Kamninga

Sep 3, 2024 | odi.org | Laetitia Pettinotti |Tony Mwenda Kamninga |Sarah Colenbrander |Sustainability Programme

2024 is a critical year for international climate finance. Set to be formalised at COP29, it is hoped the New Collective Quantified Goal will learn from the challenges of its predecessor, the $100 billion climate finance goal. With many elements of the NCQG yet to be agreed, a lot of attention is being paid towards the 'collective' aspects of implementation, whether that is a burden-sharing mechanism or a broadening of the contributor base, as highlighted by the co-chairs of the NCQG process.

Jun 20, 2024 | odi.org | Laetitia Pettinotti |Yue Cao |Tony Mwenda Kamninga |Sarah Colenbrander

In 2022, signatories to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) committed to provide at least $20 billion a year to restore biodiversity in developing nations by 2025. Just one year out, we are far from achieving this goal. With 55% of global GDP depending on high-functioning biodiversity and a quarter of known species globally facing extinction, the stakes for both people and planet are astronomically high.

Nov 27, 2023 | odi.org | Laetitia Pettinotti |Yue Cao |Tony Mwenda Kamninga

When addressing and recovering from climate impacts, women and girls face enhanced vulnerabilities compared to men and boys of the same communities. Supporting greater gender equality increases the adaptive capacity of women, as highlighted since 2007 in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on vulnerability.

Sep 13, 2023 | odi.org | Laetitia Pettinotti |Yue Cao |Tony Mwenda Kamninga |Sarah Colenbrander

In 2009, developed countries committed to providing $100 billion each year in climate finance by 2020. Despite an urgent need to ramp up financial support for developing countries, the target has yet to be hit. Responsibility for this failure lies on developed nations. But the collective nature of international climate commitments often shields countries with an acute responsibility for missing them.