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Climate Report 2017: Conclusion

Privatsektor und Klimafinanzierung in den G20-Staaten

The individual contributions in the Climate Report suggest the following central statements and recommendations for political action:

Jasper Eitze
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: European Union

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

Green bonds – vanilla bonds with their proceeds earmarked for green initiatives – can potentially deliver significant financial flows for climate change action. Collectively, the EU and China are the largest issuers of green bonds. Despite this attribute, the growth of the green bond market in Europe is still inhibited by definitional and standardisation issues. However, policy support for green bonds is strong in the EU which suggests that there is potential for the scaling up of the market.

Kamleshan Pillay, Christa Clapp
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: France

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

France has made extremely ambitious commitments in connection with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The French finance ministry predicts short-term investment needs till the year 2020 of between 40 to 60 billion euros annually. However, in its present form, the climate finance regulation in France depicts rather a brake for investments on account of the regulatory rules provided. The determination of a significant CO2 price could accelerate the redirection of private finance in the direction of low CO2 investments.

Baptiste Perrissin Fabert
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Germany

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

Players in the private sector understand that the transition to a low carbon economy is on the agenda. So far, private sector activities have been focused on energy production and efficiency, while the public debate on private climate finance in general terms tends to be more low profile. The financial sector is only beginning to embrace low carbon finance systematically. However, several recently launched initiatives could bring about a change to this situation.

Karsten Löffler
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: India

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in G20 Countries

India wants to fight climate change by using more market-based mechanisms. Therefore, the government is actively devising strategies to support projects for renewable energy. Funds have been set up to mobilise private sector finance, and Indian corporates support initiatives which integrate sustainability into their core operations. As regards labelled green bond issuance, India now ranks seventh in the world. But comprehensive data, specifically for analysing the economic impact of green technologies and projects, is still lacking.

Dr. Prodipto Gosh
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Indonesia

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

During the 2009 G20 meeting, Indonesia was one of the developing countries which announced its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These efforts were intensified under President Joko Widodo’s leadership. In 2015, at the COP21 in Paris, Indonesia declared its unconditional goal of a 29 percent reduction of all emissions by 2030. Assuming the (financial) support of international partners, Indonesia wants to achieve a 41 percent reduction.

Syamsidar Thamrin
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Italy

Private Sector and Climate Finance in the G20 Countries

taly has become a pioneer in terms of environmental protection and sustainability during the last years. Almost 50 percent of Italian companies have adopted advanced environmental standards and the Green Act, launched in 2015, is a concrete approach for the funding of development measures. Yet the only thing that could become a hindrance is the size of the financial players, so the investments needed for sustainable development can thus become a challenge.

Dr. Isabella Alloisio
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Japan

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

In order to mitigate the consequences of climate change, the Japanese government plans undertaking comprehensive measures with respect to climate finance. The central idea of the Japanese climate policy is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by means of technical innovations. Part of the Japanese strategy is to promote financing from the private sector. The finance industry is making efforts to stimulate investment in sustainable projects. An action plan that has also been under discussion for quite some time is the establishment of a national emissions trading system.

Hannes Bublitz
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Mexico

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

In 2015, Mexico was able to mobilise 2.3 billion US dollars for climate projects. However, only 32 percent of this sum came from Mexico itself. The bulk of the money came from multilateral sources such as the World Bank, bilateral cooperation agreements and other international financing mechanisms. These figures show that Mexico’s efforts to reach its ambitious climate targets by 2030 are, to date, by no means sufficient. In addition to the optimisation of existing financing instruments and the implementation of planned tools, a massive mobilisation of private capital is needed above all.

Janina Grimm-Huber
July 6, 2017
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Climate Report 2017: Russia

Climate Finance and the Private Sector in the G20 States

In Russia, interest in the issue of CO2 emissions grew between 2010 and 2012 when Russian businesses were given the opportunity to invest in reducing emissions as part of the Joint Implementation set out in the Kyoto Protocol. But unlike many developed nations where the private sector is becoming increasingly actively involved in solutions to protect the climate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Russia’s private sector sees these matters as merely ancillary.

Igor A. Makarov
July 6, 2017
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Selected contributions to the series with international relevance

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Journal for international issues, foreign policy and development cooperation

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