The Climate Briefing: Climate finance: ‘show me the innovative sources’

Ruth Townend is joined by Jamie Ferguson and Creon Butler to discuss climate finance and why many previous pledges have failed to deliver.

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Published 4 June 2024

Updated 17 July 2025 — 35 minute listen

Climate finance is vital to tackling climate change and decarbonising economies. Past pledges, however, have often failed to deliver, especially for developing countries. In the lead-up to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, climate finance will be a major topic. 

Ruth Townend is joined by Jamie Ferguson, global director for Climate Business for International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, and Creon Butler, Director of the Global Economy and Finance program at Chatham House to discuss what action is needed, and from whom.

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