Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are a major source of public climate finance, and the funding that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. MDBs usually publish a Joint Report on Climate Finance sometime between June and August to provide details of the prior year’s funding but were delayed this year.

This year’s report, released in mid-October, is somehow longer and messier than usual, yet lacks critical data compared to previous years – up to not even including numbers on each MDB’s overall financing.