Joe Thwaites

Research Analyst, Finance Center

World Resources Institute

Joe Thwaites is a research analyst in the Sustainable Finance Center. He works on international climate finance, focusing on its role in the U.N. climate negotiations and the ways it can catalyze low-carbon and climate-resilient transformation.

The good, the bad and the urgent with climate finance in 2020

August 11, 2021

by Carolyn Neunuebel & Lauren Sidner & Joe Thwaites

Last year developed nations were supposed to funnel $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries. What happened?
- Finance & Investing
4 potential outcomes at the Leaders Summit on Climate

April 21, 2021

by David Waskow & Joel Jaeger & Joe Thwaites

This gathering offers an opportunity for the world’s largest economies to announce ambitious new climate targets or signal that they will adopt stronger plans ahead of the COP26 negotiations.
4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration

February 17, 2021

by Joe Thwaites

The Paris Agreement is just one piece of the puzzle.
- Finance & Investing
- Policy & Politics
Why the U.S. must show up for global climate finance

December 14, 2017

by Leonardo Martinez-Diaz & Joe Thwaites & Gwynne Taraska

The credibility of the nation's climate movement hinges on finance initiatives for climate-vulnerable countries.
Climate policy heats up during Bonn talks

May 16, 2017

by David Waskow & Yaimide Dagnet & Cynthia Elliott & Eliza Northrop & Joe Thwaites & Natalie Elwell

From Bonn to Fairbanks, from Vienna to Washington, here are the latest international updates on key climate policy developments.
- Paris Agreement
The climate finance architecture the world needs

March 27, 2017

by Joe Thwaites & Niranjali Manel Amerasinghe

LDCF? GCF? CIF? The landscape of funds designed to help countries implement climate mitigation and adaptation projects is complex. Here's a primer.
- Finance & Investing
- Investing
5 climate finance topics to watch at COP22 in Marrakech

October 26, 2016

by Joe Thwaites & Niranjali Manel Amerasinghe

At the UN talks next week, work continues to deliver on the goals from last year's Paris Accord.
How do we keep climate action on track after Paris?

June 20, 2016

by Cynthia Elliott & Joe Thwaites

The Paris Agreement was a step towards a climate-resilient future; now, negotiators must create the rules and guidelines to govern it.
- Paris Agreement
- Climate Change
Looking for a faster pace at Bonn climate talks

June 10, 2015

by David Waskow & Joe Thwaites

We need a document everyone can get behind, but as the Paris summit nears, questions remain.
- Climate Conferences
- Climate Change