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Maria Athena R. Ballesteros is the Manager of WRI’s International Financial Flows and the Environment Project. She is a long-time climate, energy and international financial institution (IFI) campaigner. For over 10 years, Athena has been involved in the international climate negotiations and in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) processes as a technical advisor to the Philippine government delegations.

Guidelines for Reporting Information on Climate Finance

Authors: Athena Ballesteros, Dennis Tirpak, Kirsten Stasio, Heather...

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Upfront money needed to ease UN climate deal

Funds to protect coasts, poor farmers could help clinch interim UN climate deal

iCSC's chairperson Athena Ballesteros in a story by the Associated Press on finance and the international climate negotiations.

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Following the Money in an International Climate Agreement

Athena Ballesteros explains how international climate finance could make or break a deal in Copenhagen.

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