In recognition of the relevance and importance of the financing and investment dimension, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), requested the Secretariat to analyse and assess investment flows that will be necessary to address climate change mitigation and adaptation in an effective and meaningful way, with a special focus on developing countries’ needs. This publication is the culmination of the assessment undertaken by the Secretariat. The analysis indicates that additional investments required to bring the emissions to current levels are small in relation to estimated global gross domestic product (GDP) ( – per cent) and global.
