Understanding corruption risks in climate finance
Session 1 of the webinar series on Climate Change and Corruption, organized by the SDC’s CDE and PGE Networks together with U4.
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Climate finance exceeded US$1.27 trillion in 2022. Major recipients often face systemic governance weaknesses. Complex, fast-evolving funding mechanisms (e.g. climate funds, blended finance, carbon credits) create blind spots for oversight and accountability. This session aims at setting the scene on climate finance and corruption and unpacking the scale, channels and unique corruption vulnerabilities of climate finance.
Guiding Questions:
- What makes climate finance (particularly) exposed to corruption risks?
- What are the main risk patterns (e.g. greenwashing, elite capture, fund diversion)?
- How does SDC integrate a corruption-risk perspective into its climate finance work?
- Why do these risks matter for SDC’s credibility and development outcomes?
Inputs by:
- SDC
- U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Andreas Weber (Policy Adviser, Governance and Anti-Corruption) and André Wehrli (Sector Policy Advisor for Climate, DRR and Environment CDE) at SDC
David Aled Williams (Principal Adviser Natural Resources and Energy) and Saul Mullard (Senior Adviser Climate Change and Civil Society) at U4