People walk through the venue hosting the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 13, 2024. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
A multi-billion-dollar Trudeau-era funding program for developing nations to address climate issues became a “’tick box’ exercise” with unclear benchmarks, according to a recently released internal report from Global Affairs Canada (GAC).
The internal report looked at the efficacy of Canada’s climate finance programming between 2010 and 2024, finding that while Canada sent $6.2 billion abroad as part of a $9.15 billion commitment for climate initiatives in developing countries, there were major gaps in oversight and program outcome targets.
