None of the glamour that you see today existed.

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The current government in Ukraine has an unprecedented electoral mandate for change. It has also drawn into public service some of the country s best and brightest (including from the Ukrainian diaspora) to fight a war and stave off an economic meltdown simultaneously.

But there is reason for hope. In the ongoing round of negotiations, the two key players, Iran and the United States, have seemed willing if not desperate to bring the talks to a successful conclusion.

But much more financing will be needed to prevent a funding gap after 2020. The Green Climate Fund, for example, is supposed to reach 100 billion per year ten times higher than it is now in the next five years.