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More than 50 Members of Congress Call on Obama Administration to Pursue Ambitious Agenda at Durban Climate Change Summit Press Release

Just days before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, 53 members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging the Obama administration to pursue a just and ambitious agenda in the climate talks.

ActionAid Principles for Equitable Adaptation Funding

Ilana Solomon with ActionAid discusses the importance of funding the adapation needs of the developing world.

Report: Energy Access for World's Poor

Focused on the dual benefit of increasing the world’s poorest population’s access to energy services and promoting clean energy sources for both development and the environment. Research highlights international, national, and local initiatives to increase access to clean energy services. The report also stresses the role that multilateral development banks could play in funding the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

Civil Society Recommendations for the Design of the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund

The undersigned organizations note the establishment of the Green Climate Fund at the 16th Conference of Parties in Cancun, Mexico. We see the design stage, led by the Transitional Committee, as essential to ensuring that the Green Climate Fund will be able to effectively and equitably manage climate finance and help developing countries confront the climate crisis. We welcome the opportunity to engage in this process. Our organizations represent diverse constituencies. Based on our collective experience and expertise, we urge the Transitional Committee to implement the following recommendations

Meals Per Gallon: The Impact of Industrial Biofuels on People and Global Hunger

Report from ActionAid released in January 2010 that investigates the consequences of policies mandating fuel be supplied by agricultural crops. Finds that increased use of biofuels may be responsible for a large spike in food prices in 2008 and could contribute to additional hundreds of millions of people worldwide that go hungry.

Fruits of the Crisis: Leveraging the Financial & Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 to Secure New Resources for Development and Reform the Global Reserve System

Report from ActionAid and Third World Network released in January 2010. Argues that special drawing rights can be used as a tool for building reserves as well as financing development and meeting liquidity needs.

Using Special Drawing Rights for Climate Finance

Discussion paper from ActionAid released in February 2010. The paper explains what special drawing rights are and discusses how they have been used in the past, and how they may be used for climate finance.

Equitable Adaptation Finance

The case for an enhanced funding mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. A report from ActionAid in September 2009 on the shortcomings of existing finance mechanisms and the need for an enhanced mechanism.