It's essential to increase climate finance in Global South countries, but investments from Northern states should not undermine Southern partners' independence.

How do we build a more Global South-centred climate finance?

Three policy directions to achieve this 🧵

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Climate finance from Global North to Global South is often framed as benevolent.

But it can also contribute to dependency, inequality and neocolonialism, benefitting financiers while leaving recipients exposed

In my blog, I identify 3 mechanisms of dependency🧵