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CGD NOTES
October 28, 2024
A major shortcoming of the $100 billion climate finance goal agreed in 2009 was the absence of a clear baseline. With draft negotiating text for a new climate finance goal now available, we set out some relevant starting measures and amounts to inform the negotiations going into COP29 and make recom...
CGD NOTES
October 18, 2024
The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) is now two years old. Demand for new RSF programs appears to be declining despite the significant climate finance needs in many lower- and middle-income countries. To enhance the RSF’s appeal, we propose three recalibrations to program design.
CGD NOTES
October 18, 2024
The comprehensive reform agendas for the multilateral development banks (MDBs) constitute the most ambitious effort to overhaul these institutions since their launch at Bretton Woods 80 years ago. But ambitious agendas can and often do languish. CGD has built an MDB reform tracker as an independent,...
CGD NOTES
October 10, 2024
The World Health Summit (WHS) this month will convene global health leaders to discuss strategies for “Building Trust for a Healthier World.” In this paper we explore the link between trust and access to evidence in global health and offer recommendations for action for global health leaders.
BRIEFS
October 08, 2024
There is a major under-supply of financing for climate adaptation. This under-supply is expected to continue, and to grow. The 2009 commitment made by high-income countries to provide US$100 billion per year in climate finance was only achieved in 2022, two years late, with only US$32.4 billion (28 ...
BRIEFS
September 30, 2024
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is responsible for a large and growing burden of mortality, morbidity, and economic impacts. This is due to three underlying problems: lack of access to essential antimicrobials, insufficient stewardship of these drugs to prevent overuse and misuse, and a dearth of inn...
BRIEFS
September 24, 2024
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a critical tool, both for gaining the support of domestic voters and stakeholders for carbon pricing; and in incentivizing other major economies—including the US, China, and India—to accelerate their plans to tackle carbon in industry. Already, t...