Barriers to Climate Finance for Pacific Island Nations: The Case of Palau

It has been a decade since the Paris Agreement was reached at COP21 in 2015. In this article, Kate Altemus Cullen looks back at the United Nations’ early efforts to address the climate finance funding gap through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and why that gap has persisted. After examining the Republic of Palau as a case study, this article envisions broader international climate finance mechanisms and contends with the implications of climate change for the future of international law.