As some of the least developed nations claim they can’t access the Green Climate Fund,NGOs help with the ‘excruciatingly painful’ accreditation processSinking states: the islands facing the effects of climate changeWhen the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was announced at COP16 in 2010, the intention was to give small, and developing countries direct access to finance to protect themselves from climate change. Yet many of the smallest and most at-risk countries in the world now claim that they carry out not fill the means to access these funds directly.
“Its a paradox,” said Anote Tong, the president of Kiribati in December. “We need [the funds] the most but we don’t fill the capacity to accept it because we’re not accredited.” Tong added that the accreditation process involves so much bureaucracy it is a significant challenge for low-resourced governments. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com