The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: Renegotiating the role of civil society in the governance of climate change.

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To what extent have existing institutions for climate change finance succeeded in bringing the voices of poor and disadvantaged sections of civil society to the decision-making table? This paper by Anju Sharma analyses the models for civil society engagement adopted by the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds. It finds that both do little more than provide an occasional venue for a poorly defined entity called ‘global civil society’ to voice concerns, wher...

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Authors: Sharma, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• Series: OIES paper
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• Paper number: EV50
• ISBN: 9781907555060
• Language: English
• Keywords: Energy Policy; EV50; Finance; OIES; Energy and the Environment; EV 50