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ABOUT THE NETWORK

Read more about the history and mission of the Improved and Equitable Access to climate finance Network (IEACF Network): the first climate network to be owned and led by countries facing conflict and high levels of humanitarian needs.

"We, members of the Improved and Equitable Access Network on climate finance for countries affected by climate change, conflict, and high levels of humanitarian needs - bearing the brunt of climate change despite our minimal contribution to its causes, so often forgotten by climate action ... call for the international community to do more to close the climate finance gap for the world’s most climate vulnerable."

- Joint Statement of the Improved and Equitable Access to climate finance Network, 27 February 2025

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THE ISSUE

Many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries are also affected by armed conflict, violence, or high levels of humanitarian need. Yet between 2014 and 2021, people affected by the most severe crises received just $2 per person in climate finance from some of the world’s largest climate funds – compared to $162 per person for non-fragile states.

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The Network was established following a growth of political momentum to address this 'blind spot' in climate finance. This includes the signing of a letter by 20 heads of state in November 2024, which called for the international community to do more to scale up climate finance in places affected by conflict, fragile governance and humanitarian crises. At COP28, more than 90 countries signed the Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace Declaration; and COP29 saw the launch of the Baku Call on Climate Action for Peace, Relief, and Recovery and the Baku Climate and Peace Action Hub.

HISTORY OF THE NETWORK

The IEACF Network was established at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2024. It aims to raise awareness of the 'blind spot' in climate finance, and act as a platform for countries in crisis to advocate with one voice for scaled-up climate finance and action. Member states meet several times a year.​

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Read more about the history of the Network in its Joint Statement, which was released at the inaugural meeting of the Network in Abu Dhabi, February 2025.

NETWORK MEMBERS

The Network is currently made up of ten Member States:

  • The Republic of Burundi

  • The Republic of Chad

  • The Republic of Iraq

  • The Islamic Republic of Mauritania

  • The Independent State of Papua New Guinea

  • The Republic of Sierra Leone

  • The Federal Republic of Somalia

  • The Republic of South Sudan

  • The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

  • The Republic of Yemen

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