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    Readiness or Climate Finance

    A ramwork or undrstanding what it mans to b rady to us climat nanc

    Unitd Nations Dvlopmnt Programm

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    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financb

    Authors: Veerle Vandeweerd, Yannick Glemarec, Simon Billett

    Contributors: Alis Bonnll, Stphn Gold, Martin Kraus, Christophr Briggs,

    Pradp Kurukulasuriya, Al Hikns, Paul Stl, Thomas Blo, Angus Mackay,Bnoit Lbot, Marwan Owaygn, Gabrila Fischrova, Danila Stoychva, Ros

    Mwbaza, Patricia Maria Prz, Mato Salomon, Carlos Salgado, Raul Alaro Plico,

    Olivr Pag, Kvin Ptrini, Toily Kurbanov, Cristina Colon, Rbcca Carman, Isabl

    Krislr, Jnnir Baumwoll, Pia Trichl, Cassi Flynn, Danil Buckly, Drk Pipr,

    Susann Olbrisch.

    The views expressed in this publication are those o the authors and do not necessarily

    represent those o the United Nations, including UNDP, or its member states.

    UNDP is the UNs global development network, advocating or

    change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and

    resources to help people build a better lie. We are on the groundin 177 countries and territories, working with them on their own

    solutions to global and national development challenges. As they

    develop local capacity, they draw on the people o UNDP and our

    wide range o partners.

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    Prac and Ovrviw

    This discussion papr is part o a sris o publications that draws upon th princ gnratd by th

    Unitd Nations Dvlopmnt Programms (UNDP) climat chang adaptation and mitigation activitis in

    som 140 countris ovr th past two dcads.

    Th papr prsnts a ramwork or undrstanding what it mans to b rady to us climat nanc

    in a transormativ way at th national lvl. In th contt o th nancial challngs posd by climat

    chang, including th scal o nancing rquird and th barrirs to th ctiv us o climat nanc

    (intrnational and domstic; public and privat), th papr prsnts a our-part ramwork through which

    to undrstand th dirnt componnts o radinss and th spcic capacitis ndd to undrpin it.

    In this papr climate fnance readiness is defned as the capacities o countries to plan or, access, deliver, and

    monitor and report on climate fnance, both international and domestic, in ways that are catalytic and ully

    integrated with national development priorities and achievement o the MDGs.

    By laying out this ramwork, th papr attmpts to organis th many targtd support programms,

    guidbooks, publications, and toolkits on climat nancord by a rang o intrnational, rgional,

    and national partnrs. This papr itsl is not intndd as a guidbook pr s, but rathr as an introduction

    to both th national challngs arising rom incrasing ows o climat nanc and som ampls o th

    routs availabl or ovrcoming ths challngs. Th intndd audinc or th papr is policy-makrs

    at both th intrnational lvl and national lvl in dvloping countris. For an intrnational audinc

    th papr illustrats th critical importanc, but also th bradth and complity, o what is nd to b

    rady at th national and local lvl. For a national audinc, th papr aims to provid a ramwork to

    organis th plthora o tools, mchanisms, and modalitis availabl rom dirnt dvlopmnt part-

    nrsultimatly improving th capacity o policy-makrs to put in plac nationally-appropriat systms

    to manag climat nanc.

    To support national policy-makrs mov orward, this papr also highlights a numbr o tools and am-

    pls availabl to ovrcom barrirs idntid in th papr and build rady systms at th national lvl.

    For ampl, UNDP has dvlopd a suit o tchnical guidbooks that ar rrrd to throughout th tt

    and or which this papr srvs as a chapau, including:

    l Prparing Grn, Low-mission, Climat-Rsilint Dvlopmnt Stratgis: ecutiv

    Summary

    l Catalyzing Climat Financ

    l Catalyzing Financ: Financial Modl and Tchnical Anns

    l Sctor-Wid Approachs to Climat Financ (orthcoming)

    l National Climat Funds

    l MRV Systms or Climat Financ and Actions (orthcoming)

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financii

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    Introduction: Policy Contt

    Th scal o th climat chang challng bor th intrnational community is vast. Holding global

    tmpraturs at 2 dgrs C abov pr-industrial lvls will rquir a transormation in production

    and consumption procsss across all countris. This transormation must involv a country-drivn

    shit toward policis and tchnologis that catalys nw invstmnts and mainstram climat chang

    into isting systms. In addition, signicant support must b providd to build th rsilinc o ths

    systms, particularly or th poorst and most vulnrabl in dvloping countris who hav contributd

    last to th buildup o grnhous gass in th atmosphr.

    Th scal o th nancial challng to achiv this transormation is in th ordr o hundrds o billions o

    US dollars. Th nancing availabl and th capacitis to absorb rsourcs vary across dirnt countris;

    whras dvlopd countris hav intrnal capacitis to gnrat and us climat nanc, many dvl-

    oping countris lack th nancial rsourcs ncssary or th institutional, policy, and skills systms to us

    climat nanc ctivly. Th impacts o ths barrirs ar hightnd or vulnrabl groups, such as th

    poor and womn, thratning th achivmnt o povrty rduction goals and th MDGs.

    Th intrnational community has rspondd to this scarcity by incrasing North-South public nanc

    transrs or climat chang activitis ovr rcnt yars. For ampl, govrnmnts hav dsignd and

    rormd institutions such as th Global environmnt Facility, th Adaptation Fund, th Climat Invstmnt

    Funds, and most rcntly th Grn Climat Fund, as wll as nw volving nancial mchanisms such as

    prormanc-basd paymnts or rducing missions rom dorstation, dgradation, and orst consr-

    vation (ReDD+) and clan nrgy. In addition, dvloping countris hav incrasd thir own public

    spnding on climat chang activitis, including through national budgts. Howvr, whil trmly

    important, incrasing supply o public nanc alon will not promot transormations in production and

    consumption procsss. Th scal o th nancing rquirdwhich is likly to b many tims th siz

    o prsnt lvls o Ofcial Dvlopmnt Assistanc (ODA)and th cross-sctoral natur o th climat

    challng man that volums o intrnational public nanc will b ar rom sufcint.

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ 1

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    Thror actions to promot low-mission and climat-rsilint dvlopmnt must b largly public

    policy-basd and privat-sctor nancd whr intrnational public nanc is usd catalytically along-

    sid much largr capital ows (AGF, 2010). For climat nanc to b ctiv th intrnational community

    must do mor than simply incras rsourc ows toward isolatd local intrvntions. Th intrnationalcommunity must addrss thr ky issus rquird to promot transormations at th national lvl:

    l First, intrnational public nanc cannot simply b usd as an nd in itsl to nanc

    isolatd intrvntions. Th Intrnational enrgy Agncy (IeA) stimats that approi-

    matly 40% o th global invstmnt ndd to transorm nrgy systms alon will

    likly com rom housholds, 40% rom businsss, and just 20% rom govrnmnt

    (IeA, 2009). In this contt, th limitd intrnational nanc must b usd to support

    countris crowd in privat sctor and local nanc and so driv transormational

    chang at th scal rquird. Limitd public nanc must thus b usd to dvlop an

    nabling nvironmnt at national and local lvls that rdircts isting public invst-

    mnts and provids th incntivs or privat nanc to invst in low-mission and

    climat-rsilint activitis.

    l Scond, with mor than 50 intrnational public unds, 60 carbon markts and 6,000

    privat quity unds alrady providing grn nanc, mobilising trnal nanc in

    ways that ar alignd with national systms and prioritis is trmly compl (Figure

    1). Furthrmor, multipl typs o nanc (such as carbon nanc1, nanc or ReDD+,

    tc.) and a varity o tools or dlivring and packaging nancing (such as sctoral

    approachs, prormanc-basd paymnts, tc.) ar rapidly mrging and volving

    prsnting additional challngs. Intrnational public nanc must b usd to support

    systms that ar abl to navigat and tak advantag o this landscap by accssing

    and using this multitud o nanc.

    l Third, dcads o rsarch on dvlopmnt assistanc indicats that th ctivnss

    o dvlopmnt actions, such as thos ndd to promot transormational chang to

    addrss climat chang, ar svrly undrmind by isolation rom mainstram national

    dvlopmnt planning and povrty rduction stratgis (OeCD, 2005). Without int-

    gration, actions ar not ully mainstramd into isting activitis and risk bing ost

    or undrmind by othr dvlopmnt activitis. Thus public nanc must b usd

    to promot intgration and nsur that dvloping countris ar abl to adquatly

    mbd climat nanc within and alongsid national dvlopmnt planning.

    Actions to promotlow-mission and

    climat-rsilint

    dvlopmnt mustb largly public

    policy-basd and

    privat-sctor nancd

    whr intrnational

    public nanc is usd

    catalytically alongsid

    much largr capital ows.

    Introduction

    1 Financ gnratd through ost projcts that issu carbon crdits or sal on intrnational complianc and voluntary

    markts

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ2

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    Attntion to ths issus has grown incrasingly signicant within intrnational policy discussions on

    climat nanc. In particular, thr has bn incrasd ocus on building and strngthning national

    systms so thy ar rady to us climat nanc ctivly in ways that promot transormations in

    production and consumption pattrns at th national lvl. This ocus is mbodid in rcnt intrnationaland national policy discussions on th concpt o radinss. In particular, th trm is spcically rrrd

    to within th govrning instrumnt o th Grn Climat Fund (GCF), which stats that The Fund [GCF] will

    provide resources or readiness and preparatory activities and technical assistance.

    Howvr, at prsnt no clar ramwork ists through which to undrstand what is rquird to b

    rady to us climat nanc in an ctiv or transormational way or how to gt thr. Whil dvlop-

    mnt assistanc practitionrs hav signicant princ and analytical matrial in assisting countris

    to accss dvlopmnt nanc mor gnrally, thr is a nd to spcically undrstand th national

    systms rquird to us intrnational and domstic climat nanc in ways that will transorm production

    and consumption procsss. In particular, a ramwork or radinss is critical or th GCF to ctivly

    support activitis that will driv low-mission, climat-rsilint dvlopmnt.

    This papr rsponds to this gap by laying out a ramwork or concptualising th lmnts o what

    it mans to b rady or climat nanc and taking stock o th ky capacitis rquird to build and

    strngthn ths lmnts. Th ramwork draws on ampls and is th rsult o mapping and grouping

    national capacitis and systms, rathr than dvloping a top-down prscriptiv modl or all countris.

    It aims to provid both intrnational and national policy-makrs with an ovrviw o th typs o national

    systms ndd to plan or, accss, dlivr, and monitor and rport on ctiv climat nanc, and th

    orms o support ndd to build and strngthn ths systms.

    Th papr bgins by outlining th ramwork or undrstanding climat nanc radinss in th contt

    o th climat chang challng and thn movs on to considring th dirnt lmnts o this ram-

    work drawing on ampls o currnt activitis on th ground.

    What dos it man to b rady or climat nanc?

    Radinss or climat nanc is a rlativly nw trm that has bn usd or a numbr o spcic aras

    o climat nanc, such as ReDD+ radinss and markt radinss; howvr, a comprhnsiv dnition

    that maps out th dirnt lmnts o radinss with rgard to climat nanc as a whol is ndd.

    This papr dns radinss or climat nanc as the capacities o countries to plan or, access, deliver, and

    monitor and report on climate fnance, both international and domestic, in ways that are catalytic and ully

    integrated with national development priorities and achievement o the MDGs.

    Thr ar our main componnts within this dnition (Figure 2). Thy ar:

    Nationalcapacitiesinplacetoplan or nanc;

    Capacitiestoaccess dirnt orms and typs o nanc at th national lvl;

    Capacitiestodeliver nanc and implmnt/cut activitis;

    Capacities tomonitor, report, and veriy on nancial pnditurs and associatd

    rsults/transormativ impacts.

    Ovrviw

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ4

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    Figure 2: Components o Climate Finance Readiness

    It is important to not that, whil ths cor lmnts ar almost always prsnt in som orm at th

    national, sub-rgional, or local lvls, this dos not translat into a on-siz-ts-all modl. Dirnt cong-

    urations o ths our componnts can ist within institutions, btwn institutions, or across national or

    sctoral systms. Dirnt unctions can b carrid out through a varity o national systms and modls,

    ach o which is particular to its country contt. Furthrmor, trnal capacity dvlopmnt support is

    not rquird to build all componnts in all countris; many capacitis within this ramwork alrady ist

    at th national lvl. In addition, in thos countris whr assistanc is ndd countris should b abl

    to strngthn isting institutions, policis, and skillsthis ramwork dos not imply that orts should

    start rom scratch.

    Instad, th ramwork is intndd as lns through which isting orts and gaps can b organisd andarrangd; through this procss, aras o urthr work can b idntid in a holistic and intgratd mannr,

    ultimatly producing a mor cohrnt approach at th national lvl. This approach rcogniss that th

    nds o countris will volv ovr tim, and so th radinss approach itsl must b ibl.

    Th ollowing sctions plor ach o ths componnts o radinss in urthr dpth; thy highlight

    particular capacitis that ar mrging as important on th ground and prsnt ampls o tools that can

    support build and strngthn thm. Ths sctions ar intndd to inorm intrnational policy-makrs o

    what support is ndd rom th intrnational community to mak countris rady; it is also intndd

    to provid a ramwork or national policy-makrs to organis th many activitis taking plac in this ara

    and illustrat som ampls o what support is availabl.

    Ovrviw

    Financial Planning

    l Assss nds and priori-

    tis, and idntiy barrirs to

    invstmnt

    l Idntiy policy-mi and

    sourcs o nancing

    Accessing Finance

    l Dirctly accss nanc

    l Blnd and combin nanc

    l Formulat projct,

    progamm, sctor-wid

    approachs to accss

    nanc

    Delivering Finance

    l Implmnt and cut

    projct, programm,

    sctor-wid approachs

    l Build local supply o

    prtis and skills

    l Coordinat

    implmntation

    Monitor, Report& Veriyl Monitor, rport, and vriy

    ows

    l Prormanc-basd

    paymnts

    This ramwork laborats that outlind in UNDPs 2010 discussion papr Dvlopmnt in a Changing Climat: A ramwork or Climat Financ

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ 5

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    Financial planning capacitis

    Introduction

    As or dvlopmnt nanc mor widly, nancial planningthat is, planning or th supply, manag-

    mnt, and us o nancial rsourcs to ull a givn aimis a undamntal stp in nsuring th c-

    tiv, fcint, and quitabl us o climat nanc. Planning allows dcision-makrs to articulat thir

    climat-rlatd prioritis and th nancial rsourcs rquird to mt thm. Planning also includs

    assssmnts o climat nanc ows, allowing policy-makrs to match thir prioritis with potntially

    availabl rsourcs, and so plan how to intgrat rsourcs and squnc thm ovr tim. Building

    and strngthning national, sctoral, and local nancial planning capacitis nsurs th intgration

    o climat nanc within national dvlopmnt and budgtary procsss and so aligns climat and

    conomic and social growth pathways.

    1.1 Assess Needs, Dene Priorities,and Identiy Barriers to Investment

    Planning or climat actions at th national lvl must b basd on ovrarching dvlopmnt prioritis at

    th national lvl. This rquirs idntication o national climat chang actions basd on robust climat

    chang scnarios and missions baslins, dvlopmnt plans, projctions o impacts o actions, and a

    rviw o innovativ solutions and practics availabl. On this basis, ctiv and appropriat actions

    and prioritis can b articulatd, including both nw actions and actions that mainstram climat chang

    within isting dvlopmnt spnding. An umbrlla or this work is th prparation o grn, low-mis-sion and climat-rsilint dvlopmnt stratgis (Green LECRDS, Box 1). Such stratgis provid a

    vhicl or bringing nds assssmnts and priority stting procsss togthr. From macro-lvl strat-

    gis, spcic nationally appropriat mitigation actions (NAMAs), national adaptation plans (NAPs), and

    tchnology action plans (TAPs) can b articulatd along with th associatd nancial nds.

    Th capacitis rquird at th national lvl to assss nds and dn prioritis ar compl to build

    and th procss or strngthning ths capacitis is itrativ. This is particularly important givn that

    climat nanc ows (as illustratd in Figur 1) ar nithr purly public nor purly privat. This varid

    landscap rquirs spcic national mchanisms or coordinating rlvant govrnmnt ministris and

    agncis around climat prioritis, particularly ministris o nanc, as wll as ky conomic and social

    actors, including intrnational and domstic privat sctor stakholdrs. Undr th umbrlla o GrnLeCRDS, UNDP has producd a ddicatd guidbook to support multi-stakholdr dcision-making

    (UNDP, 2012).

    1

    Stratgis provid avhicl or bringing

    nds assssmnts

    and priority stting

    procsss togthr.

    Chaptr 1: Financial planning capacitis

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ6

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    Box 1: Green low-emission, climate-resilient development strategies

    UNDP has dvlopd an approach supportd by a capacity dvlopmnt packag to hlp coun-

    tris dvlop grn, low-mission and climat-rsilint dvlopmnt stratgis (Grn LeCRDS).

    This approach, supportd by a group o rgion-basd tchnical advisors and prts, is compl-

    mntd by a st o stp-by-stp guidbooks and toolkits in multipl languags that support

    countris to tak dcisions on climat chang, including dcisions on nanc that ar alignd

    with isting national dvlopmnt plans and ramworks. At th rqust o govrnmnts,

    UNDP is currntly supporting govrnmnts with various lmnts o th planning procss. This

    support taks dirnt orms dpnding on national circumstancs and goals; howvr, th

    ovrall mnu o srvic to build radinss in this ara is illustratd in Figure 3.

    Chaptr 1: Financial planning capacitis

    Figure 3: Development o green low-emission, climate-resilient development strategies

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    1.2 Identiy Policy-Mix and Sources o Financing

    Against th backdrop o comprhnsiv climat stratgis dcision-makrs must b abl to idntiy th

    rsourc ows rquird or priority activitis and plan th associatd squncing o such ows.

    To ngag in this procss rquirs an undrstanding o th nancial baslinthat is, what isting

    rsourcs ar alrady bing usd or climat chang activitis. A priodic nancial scan can b usd to

    dtrmin this baslin at th national lvl; thr ar a numbr o dirnt tools to support this procss,

    including:

    l An invstmnt and nancial ows assssmnt (I&FF) that crats a baslin o isting

    pnditurs at th sctoral scal and maps this on to priority climat-rlatd activitis

    to idntiy gaps;

    l A climat public pnditur and institutional rviw (CPeIR) that asssss currnt

    on-budgt climat nanc pnditurs across sctors. Typical activitis to support

    CPeIRs includ:

    l Dning climat chang pnditurs as wll as a tracking systm

    l Idntiying how to mainstram climat chang into th budgtary procss

    l Budgtary allocation and actual pnditur and budgt prioritization

    Having idntid isting nancial ows, divrs capacitis ar ndd to idntiy nanc rom dirnt

    sourcs to ll rmaining unding gaps. A cntral capacity in this procss is matching supply to dmand.

    Idntiying sourcs or climat nanc can b highly compl givn th rang o nanc availabl ( Figure

    1), ach o which is appropriat or dirnt activitis in particular circumstancs. For som countris th

    majority o climat nanc ows through privat channls, whil in othrs, particularly last dvlopd

    countris (LDCs), nw rsarch in a numbr o LDCs in Asia suggsts that signicant volums o national

    budgt pnditurs ar usd or climat activitis (ODI and CDDe, 2011).

    Dcision-makrs must b abl to articulat nancial nds in th contt o both spcic activitis as wll

    as programms o activitis, dpnding on th sourc o nanc. A ky capacity hr is th ability to cost

    priority actions and thn match thos costs to dirnt sourcs. For ampl, th dvlopmnt o sctoral

    NAMAs rquirs a programm o activitis (PoA) to b plannd and nancd in concrt, rquiring both

    multipl sourcs o nanc and spcic national policy actions to b undrtakn in a coordinatd way. This

    planning procss is illustratd in Figure 4.

    For trnal multilatral and bilatral nancing, planning procsss ar ndd that can map domsticdmand onto dirnt sourcs o nancing and thir unding cycls. This rquirs knowldg o ths

    intrnational ows, and a varity o tools hav bn dvlopd to support policy-makrs in this rgard. For

    ampl, th World Bank and UNDP hav togthr dvlopd an onlin tool, www.climatnancoptions.org

    to support dcision-makrs navigat th dirnt intrnational sourcs o public nanc. In addition, spcic

    systms ar ndd among donor govrnmnts and organisations to promot cohrnc at th national

    lvlsuch as donor-rcipint govrnmnt coordination groupsto nsur that donor nanc is itsl

    rady. Rcipint countris grn, low-mission and climat-rsilint dvlopmnt stratgis can act as a

    rallying point or ths systms.

    Chaptr 1: Financial planning capacitis

    Planning procsss arndd that can map

    domstic dmand onto

    dirnt sourcs o

    nancing and thir

    unding cycls.

    Radinss or Transormativ Climat Financ8

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    For domstic public nancing that is on budgt (i.. owing through national budgts and public nancial

    managmnt systms), policy-makrs should b abl to prioritis and allocat within national budgtary

    procsss in ordr to rais additional rsourcs or climat activitis or mainstram climat into othr

    budgt lins. This involvs dircting nanc toward climat chang activitis, but also rmoving istingactivitis that hav dtrimntal climat impacts. A numbr o countris hav alrady bgun this procss

    as part o thir CPeIRs to allow thm to bttr intgrat domstic public nancing or climat chang into

    th national budgtary procss; this work has bn supportd by a ntwork o organisations including

    UNDP, OeCD, ADB, ADB, and ODI2.

    Figure 4: Identiying sources o climate nance based on priorities (Source: UNDP, 2011a)

    Chaptr 1: Financial planning capacitis

    2 Organisation or economic Coopration and Dvlopmnt; Asian Dvlopmnt Bank; Arican Dvlopmnt Bank; Ovrsas

    Dvlopmnt Institut.

    Slct supportiv

    markt basdinstrumnts

    STEP 1: Identiy Priority Mitigationand Adaptation Technology Options

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    STEP 2: Assess Key Barriers toTechnology Difusion

    Barriers to technology difusion

    Behavioural barriers X

    Institutional barriers X

    Regulatory barriers X

    Financial barriers X

    Technical barriers X

    Barriers to technology

    difusion

    Public unds X

    Environmental

    market nance

    X

    Private unds X X

    STEP 4: Select Financing Options to

    Create an Enabling Policy Environment

    This will result in a blend o dierent

    public and private unds

    STEP 3: Determine Appropriate

    Policy Mix

    Policy nancing

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    Underlying nance

    Idntiy nanc or undrlying invstmnt

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    Chaptr 2: Capacitis to accss nanc

    Figure 5: Access routes to multilateral nance (Source: ODI and UNDP, 2011)

    International

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    Implementing

    Body

    Enhanced Access

    Fund Manager

    Fund manager unctions

    (some unctions carried out

    by und secretariat)

    Implementing body

    unctions

    Executing body unctions

    l Develops strategies,

    policies and guidelines

    o Fund

    l Reviews proposals

    submitted to Fund

    l Decides who receives und-

    ing

    l Instructs trustee to transer

    unds to eligible implement-

    ing bodies

    l Monitors implementation

    progress

    l Accountable to donors on

    und expenditures

    l Identication o projects

    l Preparation o Project

    concepts

    l Appraisal o Project

    documents

    l Preparation o Project

    documents

    l Approvals and start-ups o

    projects

    l Supervision o projects

    l Evaluation o projects

    l Accountable to Fund on use o

    unds

    l Management and administra-

    tion o day-to-day project

    activities

    l Undertakes procurement

    and contracting o goods and

    services

    l Accountable to implementing

    body or use o unds

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    Us o nhancd accss modalitis rquirs spcic national nancial capacitis, th undrstanding o

    which is only bginning to volv. Whil not yt ully oprational, nhancd accss is providd or within

    th GCF and looks st to bcom a utur accss modality. As illustratd in Figure 3, nhancd accss

    shits som componnts o und managmnt to accrditd national ntitis rathr than th vrtical und

    itsl, such as holding rsourcs in trust and acilitating thir transparnt allocation. A numbr o countris

    ar ploring th stablishmnt and accrditation o national climat unds (NCFs) within this modality, as

    thy can also b usd to collct and allocat national and intrnational rsourcs, as wll as accss bilatral

    public nanc alongsid multilatral nanc.

    Whil this modality has th potntial to gratly incras country ownrship ovr und allocation and

    cohrnc in accssing both multilatral and bilatral rsourcs in ways that ar alignd with low-mission

    and climat-rsilint dvlopmnt stratgis, accss through this track will likly rquir mor substantial

    nancial managmnt capacitis, including lgal arrangmnts or holding unds in trust, and govr-

    nanc systms to ovrs allocation and rport on th us o rsourcs. Building and strngthning ths

    capacitis, including duciary systms, transparnt multi-stakholdr allocation systms, and appropriat

    lgal and rporting arrangmnts, will b critical to th ctiv us o rsourcs undr this modality. For

    ampl, as th und managr an NCF would rquir accountabl and lgitimat arrangmnts or alloca-

    tion o unds in lin with th stipulations o th global und rom which rsourcs may hav bn accssd.

    This rquirs govrnanc systms that hav lgal dcision-making powr and who ar hld accountabl

    or thir dcisions through public disclosur arrangmnts. To support th dvlopmnt o ths capaci-

    tis, UNeP and UNDP ar collaborating to produc a guidbook on th lgal ramworks ncssary or

    ctiv climat action at th national lvl.

    2.2 Blend and Combine Resources

    In addition to dirct accss, rcipint countris prss th nd to blnd and combin climat nanc

    rsourcsa procss that allows accss to a widr rang o typs o nancing at th national lvl

    (Mwap, 2011). This can tak two orms: ithr th bundling o dirnt typs o nanc within a singl

    projct or programm (combin), or th us o on rsourc to rstructur th trms o anothr, non-

    grant rsourc (blnd). Both provid rcipint countris th powr to transorm rsourcs at national

    lvl and mpowr dcision-makrs to accss to a widr rang o nancial instrumnts than might

    othrwis b availabl rom intrnational nancial supplirs to mt thir nds. Transrring th

    ability to combin and blnd climat nanc to th national lvl incrass rcipint country ownrship

    ovr how nanc is usd and in what orm. Howvr, both blnding and combining rquir spcic

    nancial mchanisms and capacitis at th national lvl as dtaild blow.

    For ampl, rsourcs can b combind through a national nancial mchanism, such as a national

    dvlopmnt bank, an NCF, or a simpl trust und, whr rsourcs ar allocatd togthr sid by

    sid. For ampl, Th China CDM Fund is a national und to that ors grants and loans to support

    Chinas National Climat Chang Programm and promot intrnational coopration. It uss grants

    undd by rvnus rom CDM projcts, arnings rom CDM businss oprations, and othr sourcs

    to support climat-rlatd capacity building and promotion o public awarnss. Combining nanc

    poss w nancial complications as no additional nancial risk taking is rquird (as no tra dbt is

    Chaptr 2: Capacitis to accss nanc

    Transrring th abilityto combin and blnd

    climat nanc to th

    national lvl incrass

    rcipint country

    ownrship ovr how

    nanc is usd and

    in what orm.

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    Chaptr 2: Capacitis to accss nanc

    issud) and rsults can b asily attributd to ach nancing sourcs. Yt capacitis ar rquird to

    allocat rsourcs in a transparnt and accountabl way.

    Blnding rsourcs rquirs dirnt, mor compl nancial capacitis. Rsourcs must b hld on

    an ntitys balanc sht togthr and, dpnding on th natur o th blnding, may b rormulatd

    into dirnt nancial instrumnts (.g. lowring intrst rats or tnding th rpaymnt priod or

    a loan) with nancial trms rngotiatd. This rquirs banking unctions and so rstricts th typ o

    institutions at th national lvl that can b involvd. Building and strngthning ths systms

    such as NCFsis compl and, dpnding on th conguration and purpos, can rquir lgal status,

    und managmnt capacitis, and a ormal connction to Ministris o Financ in th cas whr sovr-

    ign guarants ar ndd or non-grant rsourcs in th und. each o ths is an important part

    o building and strngthning country systms to manag climat nanc and rquirs spcic and

    dtaild attntion.

    eampls o blnding systms at th national lvl ar common within dvlopmnt nanc, particu-

    larly through national dvlopmnt banks within dvloping countris. Such dvlopmnt nanc

    institutions ar incrasingly playing a rol in climat nanc also, such as th Dvlopmnt Bank o

    Southrn Aricas managmnt o th South Arica Grn Fund.

    eprincs to dat with providing this kind o climat nanc radinss support ar only bginning to

    mrg. Howvr, dmand or assistanc is signicant. Following th publication o a tchnical guid-

    book or policy-makrs on stablishing NCFs, UNDP has rcivd rqusts rom 20 countris or varying

    orms o assistanc. Radinss activitis to addrss ths rqusts rquir that proposd systms ar

    appropriat or a spcic country contt and that adquat and appropriat nancial capacitis ar in

    plac to prorm th unctions that may hav bn prviously undrtakn by intrnational institutions.

    2.3 Formulate Projects, Programmes, andSector-Wide Approaches to Access Finance

    Accssing nanc also rquirs rcipint countris to b abl to ormulat bankabl projct and

    programm proposalsthat is, projcts that ar sufcintly robust, hav appropriat risk managmnt

    mchanisms, and hav a avourabl intrnal rat o rturn and so ar nancablrom local to sctor-

    wid scals.

    Programm ormulation can tak various orms. For ampl, a policy tool such as a d-in-tari rgim(Box 2) provids an nabling nvironmnt in which it bcoms protabl or intrnational dbt and quity

    providrs and/or local companis to invst in th installation and managmnt o rnwabl nrgy tch-

    nologis. Programm ormulation at this scal is a compl task and rquirs lin ministris, such as Ministry

    o enrgy, to hav th nancial and nginring prtis to dvlop not only a policy and rgulatory ram-

    work to run th programm but also strong nancial systsms to combin th right typs o nanc in th

    most catalytic way. Lgal assistanc and support to put in plac and strngthn rgulatory tools, such as

    pric prmiums, is rquird bor privat nanc can bgin to ow. Howvr, onc in plac such systms

    catalys signicant volums o privat invstmnts and so upront public support can b rducd.

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    Chaptr 2: Capacitis to accss nanc

    Projct ormulation capacitis and systms ar also ssntial or nsuring univrsal accss to carbon

    nanc. Bcaus o th rlativly high political and oprational risk or carbon nanc invstors in

    many dvloping countris public assistanc is otn rqustd to dvlop projcts and undrtak pr-

    asibility analyss that rduc oprational risks or carbon nancirs. For ampl, UNDP is supportingnational institutions to ormulat and dvlop bankabl projcts or carbon sctor nancing through

    its MDG Carbon Facility. Th Facility ors a comprhnsiv packag o projct dvlopmnt srvics

    or dvloping grnhous gas mission rduction projcts and bringing thm to markt.Accssing nanc alsorquirs rcipint

    countris to b abl to

    ormulat bankabl

    projct and programm

    proposals.

    Box 2: Formulating sector-wide approaches that catalyse access to private nance

    Th dvlopmnt o a d-in-tari (FiT) is an ampl o a compl sctor-widr programm

    ormulation procss. Within a FiT rgim producrs o lctricity ar paid a guarantd or

    ach KWh d into th grid dpnding on th typ o gnration usd. Robust nancial capaci-

    tis ar rquird by dcision-makrs in ordr to ctivly dploy public climat nanc to

    accss privat nanc. For ampl, dploymnt o dirnt sourcs o nanc rquirs an

    valuation o nanc availabl and th bst ormulation o thos rsourcs. For a d-in-

    tari, grant nanc can b usd to provid tchnical assistanc or th dvlopmnt o poli-

    cis, lgislation, and rgulations, concssional loans can usd to provid risk guarants to

    arly dvloprs, and carbon nanc or domstic wir chargs can b usd to nanc d-

    in-tari prmium paymnts (Figure 6). All o ths componnts hlp to gnrat larg privat

    invstmnts.

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    Chaptr 2: Capacitis to accss nanc

    Figure 6: Formulating a policy and nancing approach to promote wind power in developingcountries (Source: UNDP, 2011a)

    FiT premium

    Renewable Energy Asset Financing

    Political risk guarantee, concession loans etclTechnical assistance or the

    design o FiT laws

    lCapacity development or

    local supply o expertise and

    nance

    lPolicy change or expedited

    licensing

    lGuaranteed access to the grid

    and nance

    lEtc

    PolicyFinancing

    UnderlyingFinancing

    Key: Funding Sources

    Capital markts (Domstic & Intrnational)

    Country-spcic (.g. incras in lctricity tari, wir chargs, blnding o intrnational/domstic public rsourcs, tc.)

    Concssional and dvlopmnt nanc (multilatral dvlopmnt banks, national dvlopmnt banks, tc.)

    Public unding sourcs (.g. GeF)

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    Capacitis to dlivr nanc

    Dlivring nancthat is, th implmntation and cution o activitis at th rgional, national, or

    local lvlis th third componnt o climat nanc radinss and is a ky componnt o nsuring

    that climat nanc contributs to ctiv and transormativ actions at th national lvl. Dlivring

    rsourcs rquirs national systms that provid nancial ovrsight and managmnt, as wll as cu-

    tion srvics such as procurmnt, contracting, or hiring. Ths systms must hav a local supply o

    prtis rom which to procur skills to undrtak projct activitis. Furthrmor, coordination among

    ntitis is ssntial to nsur that projct-lvl activitis ar in lin with national dvlopmnt planning

    and stratgis at th macro lvl.

    3.1 Implementation and Execution

    Implmntation and cution srvics ar cor capacitis rquird or climat nanc to b dlivrd

    ctivly (s dnitions in Figure 5). Implmnting ntitis ar rsponsibl or idntiying, ovr-

    sing and appraising programms/projcts or th providr o nanc. Morovr, implmnting nti-

    tis would normally b pctd to hold th rsourcs rlasd by th unding sourc (in th cas

    o public rsourcs). This rol ncssitats robust duciary capacitis, including sl-invstigativ

    powrs, many o which ar rquird to gain accss to rsourcs in th rst plac, spcially in th cas

    o dirct accss (discussd abov). In addition, implmnting ntitis may b involvd in blnding

    and combining nanc, covrd in th prvious sction on accss. In particular, combining nanc

    otn taks plac within individual projcts and programms, and so rquirs thos ntitis involvd in

    projct managmnt to posss much o th nancial knowldg as outlind in sction 2.2.

    Whil undrtaking a dirnt rol, th cuting ntitis rciv unding to undrtak programms o

    work and may utilis sub-contracting arrangmnts to complt ths activitis. Thy rquir trans-

    parnt procurmnt procdurs and must b abl to rport rgularly to implmnting ntitis on prog-

    rss. Critically, cuting ntitis must hav projct managmnt capacitis.

    A major mphasis is incrasingly placd on prparing ntitis to tak on ths implmntation and/or

    cution rols and dmand or support is incrasing. Thr is a particular ocus on dirct accss nti-

    tis in this rgard, and nsuring thos institutions applying or accrditation to global unds hav strongovrsight systms in plac, as discussd abov.

    A particular st o capacitis rlat to carbon nanc in this rgard. Whil carbon nanc, as a markt

    mchanism, dos not ow through public institutions and so dirct projct managmnt capacitis ar

    not rquird within public institutions to manag carbon nanc, thr is otn a nd to support th

    widr implmntation ramwork at th national lvl. For ampl, undr th Clan Dvlopmnt

    Mchanism (CDM) projct proposals must b ndorsd by th rspctiv Dsignatd National

    Authority (DNA) within th dvloping countris. To undrtak thir unction, DNAs rquir capacitis

    3

    Chaptr 3: Capacitis to dlivr nanc

    Simply adding gratrquantityo climat

    chang-taggd nanc

    dos not by dault

    man gratr quality

    o spnding onclimat chang.

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    Chaptr 3: Capacitis to dlivr nanc

    to valuat th ctivnss o th proposd projct and its consistncy with national dvlopmnt

    prioritis and nvironmntal and social saguards. This has provn particularly important or orstry

    activitis whr DNAs hav a ky rol in nsuring balanc btwn privat invstmnt and compl

    local landholding situations (Boyd t al, 2009).

    In addition, a spcic st o capacitis rlats to domstic public nanc that ows through th national

    budgt. Simply adding gratr quantity o climat chang-taggd nanc within national budgts

    dos not by dault man gratr qualityo spnding on climat chang. This is also th cas or intr-

    national nanc that ows on-budgt as dirct budgt support. Capacity is ndd within th public

    nancial managmnt systm to dlivr rsourcs to implmnting partnrs, whthr lin ministris

    and govrnmnt agncis or trnal contractors, and to nsur that rsourcs ar spnt on ctiv

    and sustainabl mitigation and adaptation masurs.

    3.2 Local Supply o Expertise and Skills

    Both implmntation and cution systms rly on a pool o local skills that can b contractd to

    undrtak various lmnts o climat projcts and programmsrom background analyss to instal-

    lation and maintnanc o tchnologis and projct managmnt skills. Capacity dvlopmnt is otn

    ndd to dvlop this ndognous talnt pool and grow a grn conomy at th local scal. eampls

    o such activitis includ:

    l Vocational training o prossionals such as architcts, nginrs, contractors,

    buildrs, clan nrgy installrs as wll as sals prsonnl l Individual guidanc rlatd to projct dsign choics such as tchnology slction or

    choic o supplirs and contractors

    l Ladrship programms

    On way to strngthn capacity in this ara is to utilis local cntrs o prtis, ocussd on particular

    sctors or tchnologis. For ampl, th 2004 enrgy efcincy World Wid Rviw showd that o

    th 60 countris rviwd, 14 countris in europ hav introducd local cntrs, our in Asia (Australia,

    China, th Philippins and Vit Nam), thr in Arica (Knya, Mali and Morocco) and on in th Middl

    east (Islamic Rpublic o Iran).

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    Chaptr 3: Capacitis to dlivr nanc

    3.3 Project Coordination Systems

    With multipl sourcs o nanc, otn in multipl orms, ntring th national sphr both within and

    outsid th national budgt at both th macro but also micro lvl, coordination systms at th projct-

    lvl ar ssntial. Such mchanisms should b linkd with national low-mission and climat-rsilint

    dvlopmnt stratgis to nsur cohrnc btwn planning and implmntation.

    Furthrmor, coordination systms at th projct lvl ar important to nsur that implmnting and

    cuting ntitis ar programming rsourcs in ways that ar pro-poor, gndr snsitiv, and rspct

    local rights. Such coordination systms could b a multi-stakholdr string committ, rathr than

    a national lvl body; what is ssntial is that systms ar in plac to nsur marginalisd groups ar

    includd within th dlivry o climat nanc. Support is ssntial or th dvlopmnt o ths systms

    and otn rquirs ddicatd tchnical assistanc rsourcs to b built into projct budgts. Notabl

    ampls o this ar projcts in th ara o ReDD+, which involv a larg numbr o stakholdrs at th

    projct scal (Box 3).

    Projct coordinationstructurs ar supportd

    by ddicatd unding.

    Box 3: Multi-stakeholder coordination systems at the project level or REDD+ in theDemocratic Republic o Congo

    Th National Radinss Plan or ReDD+ in th Dmocratic Rpublic o Congo (DRC), supportd

    by both th UN-ReDD Programm and th World Bank hostd Forst Carbon Partnrship Facility,

    prsnts a clar ampl o how multi-stakholdr ngagmnt has bn succssully main-stramd into projct coordination structurs (Figure 7). A National Dcr to support ReDD+ in

    DRC has bn approvd by th Council o Ministrs and ofcially stablishs coordination bodis

    that ovrs ReDD+ in th country. This includs provisions or a National Committ: a dcision

    making body that ovrss, amongst othr things, monitoring and valuation o projct impl-

    mntation and th managmnt and rdistribution o subsidis and rsourcs driving rom th

    ReDD+ procss.

    Th Dcr also mandats that on third o th mmbrs o th National Committ should b

    rprsntativs o civil socity and indignous popls organisations. Th National Committ

    accordingly compriss our mmbrs o civil socity, si mmbrs o Govrnmnt (including th

    Ministry or Dcntralisation), a mmbr o th Fdration o Wood Industris (i.., privat sctor)and a mmbr rom th National Institut or Agronomic Studis and Rsarch (i.., rsarch

    sctor), supporting th ull and ctiv participation o non-govrnmntal actors. Projct coor-

    dination structurs ar supportd by ddicatd unding to nsur th unctioning o national

    ReDD+ institutions, and a undd consultation and participation plan to nsur th broadr

    inclusion o local communitis byond th prsrv o national lvl structurs.

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    Figure 7:Coordination structures governing the REDD+ preparation process in the DRC(Source: DRC, 2010)

    Chaptr 3: Capacitis to dlivr nanc

    National Committee

    National Committee

    National

    Coordination

    Scientic

    Board

    Coordination and

    advise bodies Orientation, decision and planication bodies

    National

    Committee

    C2

    National coordination, globalrunning, IEC, consultationsand mobilisation, communitiesempowerment

    C1

    Building National Strategy andtechnical, institutional andlegal readiness

    Building and implementationo a programme oexperiments

    C3

    Building and anticipatedimplementation o theREDD+ strategy

    C2

    Provincial empowerment, adaptation and reconstitution

    Provinciale

    mpowerment,adaptationandreconstitution

    Ministr

    yoEnvironment,Conservation

    oNatu

    reandTourism

    MinistryoAgriculture

    MinistryoEnergy

    MinistryoMines

    M.

    In

    astructures,

    CivilEngineering/BEAU

    MinistryoLandTenureAfairs

    MinistryoPlan

    M.

    oInterioriandDeccentralisation

    M.

    RuralDevelopment

    Ministryonance

    NationalCivilSociety/GTCR

    PrivateSectorOrganisations

    Academia

    ,ResearchCentres

    Fina

    ncialandTechnicalPartners,

    NGO

    Stakeholders in charge o implementation

    Interministerial

    Committee

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    Monitoring, Rporting, and

    Vrication Capacitis

    Th nal componnt o climat nanc radinss is th capacity to monitor, rport, and vriy (MRV) nan-

    cial ows, pnditurs, and rsults. Within th contt o th UNFCCC ngotiations, MRV o nancial

    ows and o rsults on th ground ar tratd as distinct issus. On on hand thr ar discussions about

    th MRV o nancial ows; on th othr thr ar discussion about th MRV o mitigation actions thm-

    slvs, such as GHG rductions and dvlopmnt bnts. Howvr, at th national lvl thr ar signi-

    cant ovrlaps in th capacitis rquird to MRV nanc pnditurs and rsults, spcially whn rlatd

    to paymnt-or-rsults. Such systms rquir an plicit attribution o GHG rductions (rsults) in ordr

    to accss nancial ows (paymnts) and so ncssitat intgratd national rporting mchanisms. Thusa ibl approach is ndd to building MRV systms whil maintaining a consistnt lvl o transpar-

    ncy and accuracy.

    4.1 MRV Systems

    MRV systms ar ndd to undrstand what nancial rsourcs ar owing whr, or what purpos

    and how ctivly thy abat GHG missions and/or build rsilinc. Incrasingly nancial contribu-

    tors rquir rporting o this natur; in addition, data is ndd to nsur that at national, rgional, and

    global lvls actions ar collctivly adding up to what is rquird by climat scinc. Furthrmor,

    monitoring national nancial ows is an important part o th nancial planning componnt o climat

    nanc radinss; as data on nancial ows is collctd planning dcisions on nds, sourcs, and chan-

    nls can b altrd crating a dynamic planning procss that is rsilint to a changing climat.

    Capacitis to undrtak this work includ th ability to monitor nancial pnditurs on climat

    chang activitis that ar both owing within and outsid th national budgt, including carbon

    nanc ows. In addition, vrication systms ar ndd to calculat rsults and dtrmin th

    impact o nanc on th climat, povrty rduction, and national dvlopmnt prioritis. National

    Communications to th UNFCCC hav bn usd as a platorm through which to communicat both

    nancial ows and rsults o nancd intrvntions. Th prparation o ths communications rquirs

    strong nancial tracking systms. Such systms must not b limitd to intrnational public nanc but

    also covr domstic pnditur and privat invstmnts. This rquirs a mi o tools and coordina-

    tion systms. For ampl, Climat Public epnditur and Institutional Rviws (CPeIRs) rrrd to

    arlir sctions provid a mthodology and systm or idntiying climat chang pnditurs within

    domstic budgts.

    4

    Chaptr 4: Monitoring, Rporting, and Vrication Capacitis

    As data on nancialows is collctd

    planning dcisions on

    nds, sourcs, and

    channls can

    b altrd.

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    Chaptr 4: Monitoring, Rporting, and Vrication Capacitis

    Additionally, a critical componnt o MRV o nanc is nsuring that rsourcs hav bn usd in lin

    with rquirmnts rom both contributors and with national social and conomic dvlopmnt strat-

    gisrquirmnts that ar not always congrunt. Spcically this mans national systms ar in plac

    to vriy that nanc was implmntd and cutd in lin with social and nvironmntal saguards,as wll as othr social policis within national plans such as gndr considrations. Whil this gos

    byond th strict monitoring o nancial ows, it is critical that systms to monitor nancial pndi-

    turs ar also abl to idntiy th dvlopmnt impacts o thos rsourcs, so as to dback lssons

    to th planning procsss. Within th UNDP Low emission Capacity Building Programm 30 countris

    hav rqustd support to build or strngthn MRV systms.

    4.2 Perormance-Based Payments

    In addition to th pur MRV o nanc, thr is an incrasing nd to b abl to MRV nanc and rsults

    at th national lvl in an intgratd mannr. An incrasing volum o public climat nanc or mitiga-

    tionknown as prormanc-basd paymntsar disbursd to rcipint countris post acto, basd on

    rsults. This is particularly th cas or bilatral climat nanc, whr donor and rcipint countris sign

    advanc purchas agrmnts or mitigation activitis whr a d $/tCO2 pric is agrd at th outst

    o th projct and dlivrd onc rsults ar provn. Similarly, an incrasing volum o contingnt grant

    mchanisms ar availabl, whr rpaymnt o nanc is linkd to rsults achivd.

    Capacity to conduct GHG mission invntoris will constitut th backbon o any MRV systm or ths

    kinds o climat nanc options. Ths systms must b ully intgratd with nancial tracking to nsur

    that rcipint countris ar abl to accuratly cost actions bing undrtakn disaggrgatd by unding

    sourc. Building national MRV systms is compl and rquirs both a bradth o actors involvd in

    dlivring nanc and activitis as wll as a dpth o tchnical skills among govrnmnt agncis. A ky

    lmnt o radinss assistanc in this ara is th dvlopmnt o mthodologis that can b applid at

    national and local lvls.

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    Conclusion

    Table 1: The Components o Climate Finance Readiness and associated capacities required

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    Financial Planning Accessing Finance Delivering Finance Monitor, Report &

    Veriy

    Levels o national

    capacities

    l Assess needs and

    priorities

    l Identiy sources o

    nancing

    l Programming nance

    l Direct access to Finance

    l Blend and combine

    nance

    l Catalyze private nance

    l Project, programme,

    sector-wide

    implementation

    and execution

    l Local supply o

    expertise and skillsl Coordination

    systems

    l Monitor, report, and

    veriy fows

    l Perormance-based

    payments

    Policy Level Formulation o green,

    low-emission and

    climate-resilient devel-

    opment strategies and

    implementation plan,

    including costing

    Sectoral policy

    incentives and

    regulations to catalyse

    private investments

    Institutional Level Eective national multi-

    stakeholder coordination

    mechanisms

    Implementing entities

    with duciary systems

    and saeguards; national

    banking institutions

    Implementing & execut-

    ing entities with duciary

    systems and saeguards;

    project-level multi-

    stakeholder mechanisms;

    climate-aware public

    nancial management

    systems

    Centralised unit to com-

    pile and quality control

    reporting; communica-

    tions unit

    Individual/skills level Baseline assessments;

    I&FF assessments;

    expenditure reviews;

    costs-benet analyses

    Financial management

    (combining/ blend-

    ing) skills; project/

    programme ormulation

    skills; expertise in private

    sector pricing incentives

    Specialist technology

    skills (e.g. wind energy

    technologies

    installation); project

    management skills

    Expenditure review

    methodologies; GHG in-

    ventory skills; indepen-

    dent verication skills

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    Chaptr 5: Conclusion

    This papr has providd an ovrviw o th broad componnts o what it mans to b rady or climat

    nanc, with dirnt capacitis, tools, and mchanisms that may b ndd to gt thr. As notd

    prviously, this rprsnts a ramwork through which to viw both isting national dmand and

    currnt activitis rom a wid bradth o countris, rathr than a prscriptiv st o stps that must bcompltd rom scratch by all. Many o ths capacitis may alrady b in plac in som countris, whil

    othrs may rquir a gratr lvl o assistanc to build or strngthn national systms in ordr to c-

    tivly us climat nanc. Morovr, th dmand or support and natur o rqusts may wll volv

    ovr tim, ncssitating a ibl and country-drivn approach.

    each o th our componnts o climat nanc radinss prsntd rquirs a combination o capaci-

    tisincluding policy tools, institutional capacitis and tchnical skillsin ordr to unction ctivly.

    Table 1 prsnts a typology o ths capacitis, drawing on th discussion and ampls rom th

    prvious sctions o this papr. Th tabl illustrats th bradth and dpth o what is rquird to b

    climat nanc rady in trms o th our-componnt ramwork. Morovr, it assists in undrstanding

    th varid capacity dvlopmnt and tchnical assistanc srvics rquird to mak a country rady to

    tak advantag o climat nanc, and it is thus a basis rom which utur radinss provisions can b

    dsignd.

    A strong ocus on building and strngthning ths policy tools, institutional capacitis, and tchnical

    skills at th national and local lvls can improv th ability o dvloping countris to plan or, accss,

    dlivr, and monitor and rport on climat nanc. This lads to mor ctiv and catalytic us o

    climat nanc at th national lvl. With ths capacitis dvloping countris ar bttr placd to

    ovrcom th ky challngs outlind in th introduction o this paprthat is, to absorb nanc, int-

    grat it with ovrall dvlopmnt prioritis and procss and us it catalytically to gnrat transorma-

    tions at th scal rquird to addrss climat chang.

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    Annex &

    Reerences

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    Jamaica Planning Institut o Jamaica (PIOJ) Jun 2010

    Uruguay Agncia Nacional d Invstigacion Inovacion (ANII) Jun 2010

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