Gallagher OpEd on Climate Finance for Latin America | Latin American Studies

Gallagher OpEd on Climate Finance for Latin America

Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies and co-director of the Global Economic Governance Initiative, published a new Op-Ed in Latin America Goes Global, the website of the new non-profit think tank Global Americans. Titled “Banking on Climate Finance for Latin America,” the Dec. 3 Op-Ed was published in the context of global climate negotiations (COP21) that began this week in Paris, France, and looks at the future prospects of climate finance or Latin America.

Gallagher points out that Latin American countries have arrived at Paris with ambitious targets, “but these promises and plans won’t come cheap. LAC governments will need to make significant financial investments to meet their climate change commitments.”

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