Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s widely thought that developed countries have emitted by far the most greenhouse gases. But that’s not actually true. Climate change is too serious for efforts to address it to be hampered by misperceptions of who is responsible. Equity and justice really matter, but it’s time for a rethink. 021
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026New findings that fragile and especially conflict affected countries are the most vulnerable to climate change (much more so than even LDCs or SIDS), yet also receive the least support, are really clear. Clear calls to action highlighted in blob and note here: www.cgdev.org/publication/...cgdev.orgClimate Vulnerability and FragilityFragile states, especially those affected by conflict or extreme fragility, are even more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than small island developing states (SIDS) and least developed cou... 020
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Tough times for #climatefinance. Rumours that UK #ICF could be cut to £9bn, if true and that were all, would indeed be disappointing. But it doesn't have to be. My latest @cgdev.org blog examines the numbers and sets out six things the UK could do. www.cgdev.org/blog/what-no...cgdev.orgWhat Now for UK Climate Finance?This blog examines what the numbers show—in the context of ICF performance, the shrinking aid budget, and the new $300 billion global target. It then sets out a practical six-point approach that fits ... 010
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Final #COP30 'Global Mutirao' decision doc very much a damp squib. No ref to fossil fuels, roadmaps on deforestation and transition out of fossil fuels relegated to separate process, target date for tripling adaptation finance postponed by 5 years to 2035. Anger at process. Deeply disappointing. 020
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 14/11/2025If you thought that climate change was all the fault of 'developed' countries, think again! That's NOT what data on GHG emissions since 1850 actually suggests. Old distinctions between developed and developing countries are no longer fit for purpose. Time to move on. www.cgdev.org/blog/emissio...cgdev.orgEmissions Myth-Buster: We All Know That Developed Countries Are Responsible for Climate Change, Right? Wrong!The belief that developed countries are primarily responsible for climate change runs deep. UNFCCC climate negotiations—which have been characterized by deep divisions between “developed” and “develop... 013
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Really striking that SIDS get so much more adaptation finance per head than LDCs (indeed, than anyone), yet overall are less vulnerable. More adaptation needs to be focused on LDCs, with different help for SIDS. But SIDS may have much stronger claim on loss and damage finance. 000
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Indeed. Our own work on 'fair shares' very relevant here. Old divisions between 'developed' and 'developing' make no sense any more www.cgdev.org/publication/...cgdev.orgClimate Finance: Fair Shares RevisitedOur earlier analysis of data on emissions and income concluded that there is a strong case for non-traditional donors to provide 20-30 percent of any climate finance total. This note presents three ne... 000
Reposted by Jonathan BeynonCenter for Global Development @cgdev.org · 24/02/2025Climate finance debates often focus on who pays & how much, but @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social & @ianmitchell1.bsky.social argue that quality matters too. They explore how the UK reports the results of its int'l climate finance, & what it reveals about effectiveness 👇 buff.ly/416hM9q 012
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The scale of income and especially wealth inequality is literally stratospheric. Things look challenging, but now is not the time to give up trying to agree and implement a minimum tax on the world’s richest. www.cgdev.org/blog/pens-pa...cgdev.orgPen’s Parade: The Stratospheric Heights of InequalityPen’s Parade looks even more extreme than when it was first illustrated in 1971. The highest paid CEOs are paid close to $200 million. Some sportstars are paid even more: Christiano Ronaldo tops the t... 012
Reposted by Jonathan BeynonJoe Thwaites @joethwaites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Now that governments at #COP29 agreed the #NCQG, which sets out future goals for international climate finance, the focus turns to how they will be delivered. Here are my thoughts, featuring more MS Paint graphics that I know @ed-king.bsky.social loves so much: www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa... 295
Reposted by Jonathan BeynonSam Huckstep @samhuckstep.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🚨New paper! 🚨(well, to Bluesky) Making Migration Work for Adaptation: Classifying Remittances as Climate Finance An exciting paper that we hope might make a difference (esp. after NCQG). Huge thanks to co-author @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social & to all who reviewed/shared comments. Thread below! 1/ 1102
Reposted by Jonathan BeynonCharles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Obsessing over quantity and forgetting quality of climate finance is the Baku COP’s biggest failure. Not that $300bn is too low to meet demands for action and justice (though that’s true). It’s that the world’s poorest & least responsible for climate change will be robbed by it. 134
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Indeed. It’s insufficient, ill-defined, with no public finance target, no grant equivalent figure, and no refs to additionality or burden sharing. So much for learning lessons of the $100bn goal! 013
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Just reinforces point that $250bn by 2035 is unambitious and woefully inadequate 010
Jonathan Beynon @jonathanbeynon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Re #NCQG. Disappointing. No refs to new and additional. No refs to grant equivalence. Refs to additional contributions from developing countries are important (their emissions are now >50% of all GHG emissions since 1850). But developed countries simply must commit more. 211