Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Background

The COP requested the SCF to prepare a biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows (BA), drawing on the available sources of information, and including information on the geographical and thematic balance of flows.

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Sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Credit: UN Climate Change	Credit: UN Climate Change
Summary and Recommendations	Technical report

Sources of Climate Finance Data
Reports on global flows Climate Policy Initiative: Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2020, 2019, and 2018 International Energy Agency: World Energy Investment 2021, 2020, 2019 and World Energy Investment Outlook 2018 Reports on multilateral and bilateral flows Joint MDB reports on climate finance 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (mitigation finance) 2011 (adaptation finance)	National reports submitted under the Convention Submitted Biennial Reports Submitted Biennial Update Reports Submitted Annex I National Communications Submitted Fast-start Finance Reports
Portals and databases UNFCCC Climate Finance Portal UNFCC Capacity Building Portal OECD DAC, Other links CPEIR Country Data Base

Sources of Climate Finance Data

Reports on global flows

Climate Policy Initiative: Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012
Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2020, 2019, and 2018
International Energy Agency: World Energy Investment 2021, 2020, 2019 and World Energy Investment Outlook 2018

Reports on multilateral and bilateral flows

Joint MDB reports on climate finance 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (mitigation finance) 2011 (adaptation finance)

National reports submitted under the Convention

Portals and databases

At COP 17, Parties mandated the SCF to prepare a biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows. The SCF invited inputs from interested stakeholders to support its work on the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows in general, as well as on the objective, scope and proposed outline of the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows in particular.

Seventh Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (2026)

Submissions received on the call for evidence: information and data for the preparation of the Seventh Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Document	Submitted by	Date
Submission	India	6 August 2026
Submission	Center for Global Development	10 July 2026
Submission	GFLAC	3 July 2026
CERF Climate Action Account Brochure CERF Climate Action Account Infographic CERF UFE 2024 II Climate Action Envelope Note	UNOCHA	1 July 2026
Submission	Global CCS Institute	30 June 2026
Climate Finance Shadow Report 2023 Climate Finance Short-Changed, 2024 Update Climate Finance Shadow Report 2025 Climate Finance Short-Changed, 2026 Update From Commitments to Communities: Rethinking Climate Finance	Oxfam	30 June 2026
Submission	Quipa Collective	30 June 2026
Submission (EN) Submission (FR) Analytical Summary	OECD-OIF	26 June 2026
Submission	Saudi Arabia	25 June 2026
Submission	Uganda	19 June 2026
Creative Accounting Climate Finance Shadow Report Hollow Commitments	CARE	15 June 2026
Green/Brown ratio: a zoom on the Energy Supply Ratio (ESR) Financial Sector’s Path to Global Climate Goals	PARC Foundation	28 May 2026
Submission	KAPSARC	18 May 2026
Submission	Global CCS Institute	8 April 2026

Sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (2024)

Submissions received on the call for evidence: information and data for the preparation of the Sixth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Document	Submitted by	Date
Submission	OPEC	1 July 2024
Submission	Global CCS Institute	1 July 2024
Submission	KAPSARC	30 June 2024
Submission	Oxfam	30 June 2024
Submission	UNCTAD	28 June 2024

Fifth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (2022)

Submissions received on the call for evidence: information and data for the preparation of the Fifth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Document	Submitted by	Date
Submission	Indonesia	01/10/2022
Submission	Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility	05/08/2022
Submission	International Fund for Agricultural Development	20/07/2022

Fourth Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (2020)

Submissions received on the call for evidence: information and data for the preparation of the Fourth (2020) Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

Document	Submitted by	Date
Submission	2 Degrees Investing Initiative	23/12/2020
Submission	The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)	30/11/2020
Submission	Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	6/11/2020
Submission	Economic Community of West African States	30/11/2020
Submission	Government of Ecuador	30/11/2020
Submission	Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington, DC (hbs) supported by the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)	30/10/2020
Submission	National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism	30/10/2020
Submission	OXFAM	30/11/2020
Submission	Ian Mitchell, Atousa Tahmasebi, Rachel Calleja, Euan Ritchie	30/11/2020
Submission: LoCAL Facility of the UNCFD Submission: LoCAL Facility of the UNCFD	Local Climate Adaptive Living facility of the UN Capital Development Fund	30/10/2020 4/03/2020
Additional submission Submission	Mercy Corps	1/07/2020 28/02/2020
Raising the Game on Paris Alignment	Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and World Resources Institute	02/04/2020
Submission Mexico	Mexico	19/03/2020
25 Years of Adaptation Finance The international Climate Finance Accounting Muddle Transparency requirements under the Paris Agreement and their (un)likely impact on strengthening the ambition NDCs	Romain Weikmans	13/03/2020
Submission: Perspective Climate Group GmbH	Perspective Climate Group GmbH	12/03/2020
Submission E3G	E3G	7/03/2020
Submission	Disclosure Insight Action	2/03/2020
Relevant links to SEB actions within Asset Management: Submission: SEB 1 Submission: SEB 2 Submission: SEB 3 SEB:s portal for Green Bonds: Submission: SEB 8	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB)	2/03/2020
Submission: SEI	Stockholm Environment Institute	2/03/2020
Submission: Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira-Colombia	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira-Colombia	29/02/2020
2018 Climate Activity Report 2017 Climate Activity Report Sustainable Development Analysis	Agence Française de Développement (AFD)	28/02/2020
Submission: IDFC Aligning with the Paris Agreement - Executive Summary Framework for Alignment with the Paris Agreement: Why, What and How for Financial Institutions? Implementing Alignment with the Paris Agreement: Recommendations for the Members of IDFC Aligning with the Paris Agreement - Position Paper 2018 IDFC Green Finance Mapping Report 2019 Green Finance Mapping Report - Executive Summary 2019 Green Finance Report - Full Report IDFC's Contribution to the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 Lessons Learned - Adaptation - MDB IDFC - Full Report	International Development Finance Club (IDFC)	28/02/2020
Submission: Turkey	Turkey	28/02/2020
Submission: OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	28/02/2020
Submission WRI	World Resources Institute	28/02/2020
Submission Oil Change International	Oil Change International	28/02/2020
Exploring options to measure the climate consistency of real economy investments: the manufacturing industries in Norway	OECD (in close cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment)	28/02/2020
Submission UfM Secretariat	UfM Secretariat	28/02/2020
Calling for business unusual: reforming climate finance How climate finance can help repurpose hydropower Climate finance for hydropower	International Institute for Environment and Development	26/02/2020
Submission CREWS	Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems	25/02/2020

Third Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (2018)

Submissions received on the call for evidence: information and data for the preparation of the 2018 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Document	Submitted by	Date
Submission E3G	E3G	15/05/2018
Submission OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	15/05/2018
Submission Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat	Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat	15/05/2018
Submission Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative Secretariat	Secretariat of the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative	15/05/2018
Submission Assessing the credibility of how climate adaptation aid projects are categorised	Weikmans, R., Roberts, J. T., Baum, J., Bustos, C., & Durand (2017)	09/05/2018
Submission Postface: fragmentation, failing trust and enduring tensions over what counts as climate finance	Roberts, J. T., & Weikmans, R. (2017)	09/05/2018
Submission The international climate finance accounting muddle: is there hope on the horizon?	Weikmans, R., & Roberts, J.T. (2018)	09/05/2018
Submission UNDP	United Nations Development Programme	06/04/2018
Submission IATI	Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)	21/03/2018
Submission EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	16/03/2018
Submission ODI	Overseas Development Institute	15/03/2018
Submission UN ECLAC	United Nations ECLAC	13/03/2018
Submission IDFC	International Development Finance Club	08/03/2018

Biennial Assessments and Overview of Climate Finance Flows

	Year	Document
Sixth BA	2024	Summary and recommendations Technical report
Fifth BA	2022	View details
Fourth BA	2020	View details
Third BA	2018	View details
Second BA	2016	View details
First BA	2014	View details

Compilation and Synthesis report 2020

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