CPL_MissionInnovation014.pdf

CPL_MissionInnovation014.pdf

May 2017:

Next week China will host the eighth Clean Energy Ministerial and the second meeting of the 22 countries and the European Union who established Mission Innovation. Professor Kelly Sims Gallagher will be in Beijing with Research Fellows Zdenka Myslikova and Fang Zhang to take part in these meetings. In a new report from the Climate Policy Lab, recommendations for the next phase of Mission Innovation are presented along with the latest data on these countries’ energy RD&D budgets.  The four main recommendations are:   1. Create more diversified and realistic goals 2. Improve the data collection and management system 3. Maximize the potential for collaboration with the private sector  4. Address gaps in the overall portfolio   Download Mission Innovation 2.0: Recommendations for the Second Mission Innovation Ministerial in Beijing, China

Research Spotlight: Pacific Islands Share Lessons Learned: National Climate Funds Serving the Most Vulnerable  Together with GCF Readiness Program (UNDP/UNEP/WRI) and the Green Climate Fund, we organized a South-South Learning Workshop on National Climate Funds. The highlight of the workshop was the deep dive sessions where officials from Fiji, Tonga and Tuvalu presented their experiences with national climate funds allowing participants to learn, probe and explore in great detail the process of establishing a climate fund and making it operational.  Fiji Fiji is in the final stages of its feasibility assessment for a national climate fund. There are two emerging focus areas for a national climate fund: mobilizing the private sector and improving policy coherence.  Tonga The Tonga Climate Change Trust Fund is one of the newest funds on the scene (it was just launched in March 2017). Its primary objective is to support community-based resilience activities and it has just launched its first call for proposals.  Tuvalu The focus of the Tuvalu Trust Fund is very much on providing essential services to the people of Tuvalu. Therefore, the fund uniquely combines both climate-related and humanitarian, disaster-relief responses.  Recent Publications Tirrell, A. (2017). Sociocultural institutions in Norwegian fisheries management. Marine Policy, 77, 37-43. Chakravorty, U., Hubert, M., Marchand, B.U. (2016). The effect of the U.S. Biofuels Mandate on Poverty in India.  CIERP Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program, Discussion Paper 13. Editorials How the U.S. election shifted the international politics of climate change Can BRICS lead the way to sustainable Development?  MA could finance climate change projects abroad  CIERP: Building sustainable prosperity in a changing global environment through rigorous, policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and training of the next generation of leaders.