How will the $100 Billion for the Green Climate Fund be Financed?
Categories: Energy & Environment, News - Tags: climate changeDeveloped countries have promised to commit $100 billion a year to the new Green Climate Fund starting in 2020, first at the COP 15 (15th Conference of the Parties) in Copenhagen, and then at the COP 16 in Cancun. However, there is still no answer to a critical question: How will these commitments be financed? Although there are some recycled ideas, like a Financial Transaction Tax, revenues from CO2 emission trading, or airline taxes, these ideas still require a redistribution of existing funds or expected cash flows. Every dollar obtained for the new Green Climate Fund must be withdrawn from the banking system, the CO2-related industry, or a public budget. It is likely that the resistance and lobbying against such a redistribution will be strong enough to block the implementation of the original pledges. Thus, what we need is a new and global financial source able to generate at least $100 billion a year, without the imperative of redistributing existing funds.
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