Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand

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Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand

Addressing climate resilience needs in fragile states is one of the biggest outstanding gaps in climate finance.

By Erica Gaston

Published on Nov 28, 2023

About the Author

Erica Gaston

Former Nonresident Scholar, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Dr. Erica L. Gaston was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Economy Climate Change

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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