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On Wednesday, World Bank President Ajay Banga announced that the Bank will pursue an “all of the above” approach to energy projects in poor countries, including lending for natural gas, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and nuclear power. This marks a departure from its current policy of fundi...

Grazing livestock—especially cattle—are responsible for about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, measured by their warming effect over 100 years, but ranchers won’t invest in methane-reducing innovations without external incentives. An Advance Market Commitment could fix this market failu...

We know that global finance for climate adaptation and resilience falls far short of estimated needs. But what do we know about how these funds are currently spent? Not very much. That’s the wrong answer when every dollar has to count.

Evidence is mounting on the devastating effects of the destruction of USAID on global humanitarian assistance, health, and food security. Let’s take a look at another less commented upon, but still critical, aspect of the damage: U.S. support for energy access in Africa.

Recent discussions on climate finance have primarily focused on who should pay and how much, with less attention given to impact or effectiveness. But we’ve shown before that the effectiveness of climate finance can be questioned, and have urged a greater focus on quality, not just quantity. This is...

As climate change accelerates and weather variability grows, life in hazard-exposed areas will become progressively harder. States have two policy alternatives to in situ misery or distress migration: in situ adaptation, helping people remain where they are, or planned relocation from danger, where ...

This is the third in a series of five blogs on the Biden administration’s global development agenda. This blog focuses on the Biden administration’s record on pillar 3: Decarbonize the Economy and Increase Climate Resilience, and offers an assessment of how the next Trump administration could affect...

Climate finance is a disaster. COP29 ended with a hotly-contested and almost universally-loathed agreement for rich countries to provide $300 billion each year to developing countries, to defray the costs of adapting to and mitigating the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Commentators from th...