The intension is that the GCF will, by 2020, result in annual transfers (in effect, compensation) of around 100 billion US$ from developed to developing countries. Ongoing arguments, in which the US, EU and Japan along with some developing nations are prominent, over which countries should pay for the GCF and how the funds should be distributed currently threaten a final agreement, and hence implementation.
Lengo la GCF ni kwamba kufikia mwaka wa 2020 dolla za marekani bilioni 100 zitakuwa zimetolewa na nchi tajiri kwa nchi maskini kama fidia. Marekani, nchi za Ulaya na Japani pamoja na nchi zingine zilizositawi zimeendelea kutofautiana kuhusu anayestahili kutoa fedha kwa GCF na namna ufadhili huu unapaswa kugawanywa,jambo ambalo linatisha juhudi zozote za kuweko kwa makubaliano kamili, na kwa sababu hiyo utekelezaji.