A new report shows that climate finance totalling $ 81 billion US dollars was mobilised for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015, including $ 25 billion of MDBs’ direct climate finance, combined with a further $56 billion from other investors.
The latest MDB climate finance figures are detailed in the 2015 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance, prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) together with MDB partners: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDBG), and the World Bank Group (WBG).
On a sectoral basis, the largest recipient of adaptation funding was for water and wastewater systems (27 %), followed by energy, transport and related infrastructure (24 %), and crop and food production (18 %). Renewable energy received the bulk of mitigation finance (30 %), lower-carbon transport received 26 %, and energy efficiency activities 14 %.
Last year all of the MDBs pledged to significantly increase their climate finance in the coming years. They made pledges in the run up to the COP21 Paris Agreement, the world’s first universal climate accord adopted in December last year by 195 countries.
The report covers 2015 and shows that MDBs delivered over $ 20 billion for mitigation activities and $5 billion for adaptation. Mitigation activities involve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency measures and the use of clean, renewable energy sources, while adaptation measures reduce climate vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change through, for example, investing in climate-resilient land-use and water resource management. Since 2011, MDBs have jointly committed more than USD 131 billion in climate finance.
Among the regions, non-EU Europe and Central Asia received the largest share of total funding at 20 %; with South Asia receiving 19 %; Latin America and the Caribbean 15 %; East Asia and the Pacific 14 %; the EU (new member states) 13 %; Sub-Saharan Africa 9 %; and the Middle East and North Africa 9 %. Multi-regional commitments made up the remaining 2 % of the total.
Looking ahead, the report notes that the MDBs will scale up climate finance activities across multiple sectors, in particular in renewable energy and energy efficiency; low-carbon and climate-resilient cities, regions and industries; low-carbon transport; natural resource efficiency; and climate-smart agriculture and food security.
Click here to download 2015 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance
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