News & Events
News & Events
Upcoming Events
On 24 February, ClimateFiGS will host Dr. Beatrice Sumari and Dr. Peter Rogers for an online session on climate finance in Tanzania, examining how climate finance flows from national to local levels and who holds the power to decide how it’s used.
Past Events
On 17 February, ClimateFiGS and the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) jointly hosted a workshop on subnational climate finance and access to climate finance in South Africa. An invite was required to attend.
On November 27, 2025, ClimateFiGS hosted an online talk on the role of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in financing climate adaptation initiatives under the UNFCCC framework, featuring insights from a GCF project in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
On December 10, 2025, ClimateFiGS and the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, hosted the COP30 Debrief, bringing together scholars and practitioners to discuss the policy relevance of the latest COP.
From 26-29 August, ClimateFiGS and Mzumbe University jointly hosted a series of consultative expert roundtables with focused dialogues on climate finance, co-creating insight and impact. An invite was required in order to attend.
On October 16, 2025, ClimateFiGS hosted a research dialogue featuring three recent MSc graduates whose theses provide fresh empirical insights and perspectives on climate finance in Africa. Their studies explore the politics, practices, and distributional dynamics of climate finance across diverse contexts.
At 12:30pm on 15 April, Charlotte Debeuf will give a talk that seeks to explore the erosion of trust in international climate negotiations by uncovering the subjective dimensions of climate finance.
Integrating insights from Mtwara’s lived experiences, this presentation by Genevieve Sekumbo highlights the interplay between promised prosperity and emerging disillusionment, offering critical lessons for reimagining youth engagement and development in extractivist contexts.
Green bonds have rapidly become a key instrument in climate finance, yet their implementation in cities—characterized by dense populations, systemic inequalities, and high climate vulnerabilities—requires careful attention to climate justice principles.
Following COP29, ClimateFiGS postdoctoral researcher Dr. Gabriela Alberola joined a virtual “Out of the box” conversation organized by the Centre for Humanitarian Action on “Climate Finance – What’s In it for Humanitarians?” Watch the recording here.
of Climate Finance in the Global South