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Promoting effective climate finance

November 2011 to November 2015
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Leaders: 
Neil Bird
Team: 
Tom Mitchell, Smita Nakhooda, Shelagh Whitley, Charlene Watson, Will McFarland, Nella Canales Trujillo
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This is a critical time in the evolution of both international and national responses to climate change, with much policy attention focused on defining the parameters of climate finance and its effective delivery.

As yet, both the international community and developing country governments do not have good ways of measuring public and private climate finance flows, or of promoting effective practice in the delivery of financial support for climate change-related actions. This project will address both of these constraints by working on two complementary outcome areas:

Outcome 1: More effective management and use of climate finance by developing countries

Essential to the delivery of climate finance is consideration of the developmental impact of this new type of finance. This project will work on national delivery within the East African region to help place national policy positions on climate and development finance on a sound empirical basis.

Country-level engagement has begun with the implementation of a set of country case studies in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia

Outcome 2:More effective transnational finance for climate action in developing countries

The project will also seek to understand and assess the effectiveness of the different approaches being taken by developed countries to deliver public climate finance flows. It will analyse bilateral contributions to international climate finance and examine the important efforts which countries are making under circumstances of fiscal austerity.

The project will identify and recommending good practice which strengthens reporting frameworks, highlight trends across countries, and foster more informed discussion and debate on how best to deliver scarce public climate finance resources.

Department for International Development (DFID)
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Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province
Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province

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Credit: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN
Source: IRIN

Mobilising finance and investments for climate action now

Event - Conference - 28 June 2013

This is the first Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance. This conference will be focused on the theme of mobilising finance and investments for climate action now. Smita Nakhooda is contributing to a session on financing and investment drivers for adaptation activities.

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Smita Nakhooda

Behind the climate finance headlines

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 June 2013

This commentary is based on a joint analysis by Smita Nakhooda (ODI), and Taryn Fransen of the World Resources Institute (WRI), reflecting on the Fast Start Finance experience on the occasion of the 38th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, as well as the second part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, taking place from Jun. 3-14, 2013, in Bonn, Germany.

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Mongolian family uses solar energy to power home
Mongolian family uses solar energy to power home

A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent.
License: Creative Commons
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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Monitoring the impact and effectiveness of climate finance

Event - Public event - 6 June 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

This side event at June 2013 UNFCCC Inter-sessional Meetings in Bonn will feature presentations on monitoring the impact and effectiveness of climate finance.

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Flooding Sindh province, Pakistan: people returning home as soon as the water recedes
Flooding Sindh province, Pakistan: people returning home as soon as the water recedes

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Credit: DFID
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International climate finance: opportunities for continued UK leadership

Event - Public event - 9 May 2013

This meeting convened by ODI, E3G and the Grantham Institute brought together experts, civil society, private sector, and UK government representatives to reflect on the experience to date with international climate finance in the context of global efforts to respond to climate change.

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The German Fast-Start Finance contribution

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013
Sven Harmeling, with support from Anja Esch Linde Griesshaber, David Eckstein, Lisa Junghans, Smita Nakhooda and Taryn Fransen
One in a series of Open Climate Network (OCN) papers, this assessment looks at the Fast-Start Finance contributions from Germany.
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Shelagh Whitley

Five early lessons from donors’ use of climate finance to mobilise the private sector

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 February 2013

In 2009, developed countries committed to mobilise $100 billion in climate finance per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries in the face of climate change. Meeting this target will require transformational change in the scale and pace of financing. Public sector resources can play a pivotal role in catalysing private sector investment.

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Smita Nakhooda

Fast-Start Finance: where do we stand at the end of 2012?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 December 2012
'Developed countries self-report that they have delivered more than $33 billion in fast-start climate finance between 2010 and 2012, exceeding the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. But how much of this finance is new and additional?'
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National workshop on a climate change financing mechanism, Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Event - Workshop - 15 - 18 October 2012

This workshop aimed to build national understanding on climate change financing, recognising that climate change represents a new challenge for the Government of Tanzania.  Developing a national response is needed urgently, and will require action by Government, Tanzanian society more broadly, and the country’s international development partners.  Neil Bird made three presentations that reflected on experiences in other countries, the availability of global climate funds for Tanzania, and the options for a national climate finance mechanism.

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Mitigation finance

Publication - Research reports and studies - 9 October 2012
Smita Nakhooda, Maria Carvalho and Luca Taschini
This paper considers what 'counts' as climate change mitigation finance.
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Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) cross-regional workshop

Event - Workshop - 10 September - 12 October 2012

In response to countries demand on Climate Change Finance in-depth preparation and implementation, this workshop to explored how Climate Change Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews (CPEIR) can be used to integrate climate change issues into expenditure decision-making and contribute to climate change responsive fiscal policy, expenditure planning and programming. Neil Bird delivered a presentation highlighting experiences from the CPEIR studies.

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Climate finance transparency

Event - Round-table - 18 May 2012 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+00)

In collaboration with World Resources Institute (WRI) and Publish What You Fund, this round table building will explore a number of new studies that have recently been completed. These include two reviews of the scope, objectives and reporting practices of the UK and US climate finance contributions by  and an analysis of the aid transparency and climate finance nexus.

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Smita Nakhooda

Shedding light on fast-start finance

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 May 2012
'It’s not presently possible to say with confidence how much funding has been disbursed or where it’s going... consistent fast-start finance reports that provide detailed lists of projects and programs supported are needed'
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Following the money: reviewing fast-start finance contributions

Event - Side Event - 17 May 2012 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT+00)

It is imperative to understand where and how developed countries are delivering on their climate finance pledges. This event will present key lessons from case studies of the UK and US fast-start finance contributions, as well as preliminary conclusions from a similar study of Japan’s contribution. The studies are lead by ODI, World Resources Institute (WRI), and Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), respectively, in collaboration with the Open Climate Network, a partnership of researchers and civil society to track country progress on climate change. Invited panelists include representatives from: UK DFID, US Department of State, Government of Mali, Government of South Africa, Oxfam International and UNFCCC Secretariat.

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The U.S fast start finance contribution

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 May 2012
Taryn Fransen, Kirsten Stasio and Smita Nakhooda
This assessment considers U.S. efforts to provide 'fast start finance' (FSF) in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 in the context of the pledge by developed countries to mobilize $30 billion from 2010 to 2012 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is part of a series scrutinizing how developed countries are defining, delivering, and reporting FSF.
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The UK fast start finance contribution

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 May 2012
Smita Nakhooda and Taryn Fransen, with Allister Wenzel, Alice Caravani and Kirsten Stasio
This assessment considers UK efforts to provide 'fast start finance' (FSF) in 2010/11 and 2011/12 in the context of the pledge by developed countries to mobilise USD 30 billion from 2010 to 2012 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is part of a series of studies scrutinising how developed countries are defining, delivering, and reporting FSF.
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Charlene Watson

REDD+ readiness finance: necessary but not sufficient

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 9 March 2012

The provision of finance to build ‘readiness’ has been central to programs to reduce emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+). Its purpose is to prepare countries so that they can deliver emission reductions from forests in return for payments. Not only does readiness finance raise awareness of the complexities and opportunities of REDD+, but it also allows countries to develop REDD+ strategies for implementation.

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A cluster of homes built on a shallow lake in the southern Philippine province of Agusan del Sur
A cluster of homes built on a shallow lake in the southern Philippine province of Agusan del Sur

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Credit: Jason Gutierrez
Source: IRIN

The effectiveness of REDDiness finance: lessons from the REDD+ experience

Event - Public event - 27 February 2012 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT+00)

There is growing consensus that strengthening the capacity of developing country institutions to program climate change finance, and spend it well, will be essential if these funds are to be used effectively.  Investing in such readiness has been central to pilot programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). But how effective have these investments been so far?

This panel discussion will bring together a diversity of perspectives from developing countries, developed countries, and civil society to reflect on the lessons from the emerging REDD+ experience of investing in ‘readiness’. 

Please note, this event will not be webcast; however meeting summaries and media clips will be made available via the ODI website and climatefundsupdate.org, a joint ODI-Heinrich Böll Foundation initiative to improve the transparency of global climate finance.
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Flooding in Hanoi
Flooding in Hanoi

Two Hanoi residents stand on a doorstep to avoid flooding in Vietnam, 1998
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Credit: shapeshift
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Global climate financing: how effective is it at the country level?

Event - Side event - 29 November 2011 15:00 - 16:30 (GMT+02)

How can international climate finance strengthen the national response to climate change?  What is needed? Based on both research and implementation experience, this meeting will explore the issues relating to how climate change finance is being integrated into national budgetary systems.  Panellists will discuss the key challenges in spending, monitoring and policy setting for climate finance across a range of different country settings.

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