OECD Environment Working Papers
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Exploring Potential Data Sources for Estimating Private Climate Finance
The paper reviews a number of commercial and public data sources to examine their potential for
increasing coverage and understanding of the volume and characteristics of private climate finance beyond
renewable energy projects. Such information is needed to assess progress towards the global transition to
low-carbon, climate-resilient economies, as well towards the fulfilment of international commitments by
developed countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The data sources investigated in this analysis are evaluated across four areas relating to their: (i) use of sectoral classification systems; (ii) coverage of private finance transactions and instruments; (iii) definitions and methods for categorising finance as private and identifying its geographic origin; and (iv) data access restrictions and methodological transparency. To provide a frame of reference, the paper distils corresponding definitions and methodologies used by key known data sources for tracking climatespecific finance as well as investments and finance more broadly...
JEL:
F53: International Economics / International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy / International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations;
O16: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Development / Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance;
G39: Financial Economics / Corporate Finance and Governance / Corporate Finance and Governance: Other;
O19: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Development / International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations;
Q56: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Environmental Economics / Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth;
F21: International Economics / International Factor Movements and International Business / International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements;
C81: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods / Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs / Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
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