Paper I · 7 Sustainable Development & Environment · 7.3.2 Climate and environmental treaties

7.3.2.6 Climate finance and loss and damage: GCF, adaptation fund and REDD+

Climate finance is money from developed to developing countries for cutting emissions and adapting; it flows through funds such as the GEF, the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund, while loss and damage and REDD+ deal with unavoidable harm and with forests.

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Key terms

  • climate finance
  • USD 100 billion
  • NCQG
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Songdo
  • GEF
  • Adaptation Fund
  • share of proceeds
  • NABARD
  • LDCF
  • SCCF
  • loss and damage
  • Warsaw International Mechanism
  • Santiago Network
  • FRLD
  • REDD+
  • Warsaw Framework
  • UN-REDD
  • sovereign green bonds

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