UN 2011 Climate Change Conference Interview Database
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Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the difference between the Adaptation Fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including purposes and sources. He explains the necessity for the GCF separate from the GEF and voices a prediction for the outcome of the conference concerning the GCF.
Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 1, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa
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Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the different sources of funding reserved for adaptation and development initiatives. Development funding is meant to come from the Overseas Development Agency (ODA) while funding for adaptation comes from several sources, some bilateral, some multilateral. He explains the difference between spontaneous and programmed adaptation funding and then explains the “moral” argument around the responsibility of developed countries to pay for adaptation.
Interviewed by Emily Bowie on December 1, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa
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Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, explains the Green Climate Fund and its history as well as its future in the current conference and beyond.
Interviewed by Esther Babson, Anna McGinn, Maggie Rees and Claire Tighe on November 30, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa
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