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The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) were designed by developed and developing countries and are implemented with the multilateral development banks (MDBs) to bridge the financing and learning gap between now and the next international climate change agreement. CIFs are two distinct funds: the Clean Technology Fund and the Strategic Climate Fund.〔(CLIMATE-L.ORG: G8 Finance Ministers Support Climate Investment Funds )〕 The (CIFs ) are additional to existing Official Development Assistance (ODA) and aim to enable countries to continue on their development path and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These funds will be operated in close coordination with existing bilateral and multilateral efforts. The funds were (approved ) by the World Bank Board of Directors in July 2008 and on September 26, 2008 received pledges of US$6.5 billion. ==Clean Technology Fund== (The Clean Technology Fund (CTF) ) promotes scaled-up financing for demonstration, deployment and transfer of low carbon technologies with a significant potential for long-term greenhouse gas emissions savings. Innovation and deployment of clean technologies at scale will be central to success.〔http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCC/Resources/World_Bank_Climate_Investment_Funds_(CIF).pdf〕 Investments are planned for renewable energy and highly efficient technologies to reduce carbon intensity, for the transport sector, to address both efficiency and to promote modal shifts, and for energy efficiency in buildings, industry and agriculture. The World Bank is the Trustee of the CIFs, which include a "sunset clause" to ensure that the Fund's activities do not prejudice the outcome on the UNFCCC negotiations. Solar thermal power provides a useful illustration because it shows promise as a renewable option for baseload power. A recent study indicates that under a carbon pricing scheme with charges consistent with the low-end of requirements for safe atmospheric carbon loading, public financing through the CTF Fund could close the cost gap between solar thermal and coal-fired power in a 5 to 10-year program that expands capacity at 500-1000 MW/year. Total Clean Technology Fund subsidies for this program would be $4 – $8 billion – easily within range for a serious multilateral effort.〔(Center for Global Development : Publications: Crossroads at Mmamabula: Will the World Bank Choose the Clean Energy Path? - Working Paper 140 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Climate Investment Funds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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