Five Climate Funds Move From Ad Hoc to Formal Cooperation at COP31
COP 31 Side Events • United NationsNovember 10, 2026
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The five multilateral climate funds used a COP31 side event on Nov. 10, 2026, to announce that their cooperation, long improvised, is being turned into a formal system with regular meetings of fund heads and shared priorities. No votes were taken. The funds instead put new tools on the record: a scaling framework, faster approvals and private-capital instruments. Recipient countries made clear they will judge the funds on speed and simplicity.
- Climate funds formalize cooperation, targeting at least 10% joint programming across five funds
- CIF, GCF tout new capital tools, including a $4 billion balance-sheet unlock and $2.75 billion in new pools
- Ethiopia, Uzbekistan and Germany press for simpler access; GCF says reviews fell to under nine months
- Loss and Damage Fund oversubscribed: 176 requests worth $2.8 billion for a $250 million window
- Adaptation Fund and GCF launch Scaling Up Framework for proven adaptation projects
The basics: The Multilateral Climate Fund Group includes the Adaptation Fund, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage.
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