Editor’s choice
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Determining the amount of climate finance received by each developing country is a surprisingly difficult task. The Biennial Update Reports (BURs), submitted every two years by non-Annex I countries, are intended to provide information on this topic.
This briefing – drawing on research in the AdaptationWatch report – suggests that many countries have not submitted their BURs, not complied with UNFCCC reporting requirements, or have used vastly different reporting approaches, making comparisons extremely difficult, if not impossible.
The authors offer policy pointers based on their findings, as follows:
Read the briefing (PDF: 850KB)
To read the full chapter on this research, see the 2017 AdaptationWatch Report, released at COP23 in November 2017.
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