The success of international climate policy crucially depends on how much and what type of support is going to be made available to advance action on low carbon, climate resilient development, how these types of support correspond to the needs in countries, and whether financial resources are being spent productively. Building a comprehensive picture of climate finance flows is essential to this effort. This is particularly important in light of the increasing weight of climate finance in recent international climate negotiations, resulting in a significant commitment to increase the flow of climate finance from developed to developing countries to USD 100 billion per year by 2020. This seminar will provide a first overview of the climate finance landscape, introducing the key issues of international climate finance and emerging themes. While the debate on the amount of funding is topical in the international policy discussions, this event will also be an opportunity to explore how to address the biggest gap in today’s landscape and which action is required to fill the lack of a sound understanding of how effectively financial resources are being used. Given the challenge of climate change, the emerging data indeed prompts questions about how financial resources can be used to their highest productivity and how climate finance can be scaled up to support the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. Speakers: Gianleo Frisari e Chiara Trabacchi, analysts at Climate Policy Initiative of Venezia. Director of the speech: Loriana Pelizzon of Ca'Foscari University of Venice.