Handbook of International Climate Finance

Edited by Axel Michaelowa, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Perspectives Climate Research, Germany and Anne-Kathrin Sacherer, Perspectives Climate Research, Germany

The concept of international climate finance channelled from developed to developing countries through public interventions for mitigation and adaptation has been developed over the last decade, but its roots date back to the early 1990s. Despite the high relevance of the topic in the international climate negotiations, illustrated by the (missed) target to mobilise USD 100 billion by 2020, there is no book that provides an overview accessible to academics and practitioners alike.

‘Strategic investments are key for successful long term mitigation and adaptation policy. International climate finance is crucial to mobilize such investments in developing countries. The Handbook of International Climate Finance clearly lays out what is known about the impact of transfers from North to South and what needs to be improved. Every climate policy practitioner should have read it!’
– Michael Grubb, University College London, UK

‘As facilitator of the negotiations on the post-2025 new collective quantified goal for climate finance I welcome the Handbook of International Climate Finance. It is an excellent input into the negotiations as it gives a clear overview of the history, current state, and possible future of international climate finance.’
– Kishan Kumarsingh, Co-chair of the ad hoc work programme on the new collective quantified goal on climate finance, UNFCCC

‘Written by leading scholars and practitioners in the field, the Handbook of International Climate Finance is an extremely useful resource for researchers and negotiators from the developing countries who are increasingly getting involved in sourcing and using climate finance to tackle both climate change as well as development.’
Saleemul Huq,国际中心主任Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh