Mobilising Private Sector Investment for NDCs

The Center for Clean Air Policy has published a policy paper: Mobilising Private Sector Investment in Support of Nationally Determined Contributions on the current climate finance landscape and the opportunity of mobilising private sector finance for the implementation of developing countries’ NDCs.

Multilateral and bilateral financing institutions have developed a significant track record in mobilising private sector investment, including the direct financing of private sector climate activities. Accelerating private sector action in line with country goals will require building upon best practices, further learning-by-doing and addressing key gaps. Donor climate finance will have a keystone role to play in catalysing programmatic solutions. In so doing, it may be possible to bridge divides about private financing instruments and achieve greater consensus on some effective mobilisation approaches to accelerate climate action.

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) engaged with partners, including national governments, representatives of private sector firms and financial institutions, the GCF, multilateral and bilateral finance institutions, and civil society experts, on key issues around effective engagement of the private sector to support climate action in line with NDCs. To further the conversation, CCAP brought these partners together for a one-day dialogue in May 2017. The dialogue helped to refine the issues identified by CCAP in a working draft of this paper, raised other ideas, and strengthened the ideas and recommendations presented here.

Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn

Green Climate Fund 101

This guide is a simple, comprehensive road map for anybody who would like to access the financial resources of the Green Climate Fund. Each section of GCF 101 addresses the different funding opportunities the Fund provides to help developing countries cope with climate change. Each of these sections is broken down into three parts:

• a short overview of GCF funding activities;
• a simple step by step guide telling you how to apply for funding; and
• a series of frequently asked questions that tease out more information about approval processes.

To access the guide, please click here

Mapping finance as a key tool for implementing NDCs: Webinar and related resources

Watch our recent webinar on ‘Mapping finance for implementing NDCs: Lessons from Cote d’Ivoire’, organised by the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Working Group, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), EU-REDD Facility, European Forest Institute, and the LEDS GP Finance Working Group.

A key aspect of implementing Cote d’Ivoire’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is tackling Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and fostering conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).

In this webinar the team behind the 2017 Landscape of REDD+ Aligned Finance in Cote d’Ivoire case study present an analytical approach that can be used by countries to help evaluate NDC investment needs, by mapping out existing public and private investment alignment with climate objectives and tracking movements in those investments over time. The webinar was held in English and French – see below for both presentations and recordings.

The English webinar features the following speakers and presentations:

• Overview of LEDS GP – Robert O’Sullivan, Winrock International and AFOLU Working Group Co-chair
• Introduction and methodological approach –Adeline Dontenville, EU REDD Facility, EFI
• Key results – Angela Falconer, Climate Policy Initiative
• Lessons learned and next steps – Marc Daubrey, Impactum

Download the presentation in English here

Watch the webinar in English below

The French webinar features the following speakers and presentations:

• Overview of LEDS GP – Danae Maniatis, UN-REDD Programme
• Introduction and methodological approach –Adeline Dontenville, EU REDD Facility, EFI
• Key results, lessons learned and next steps – Marc Daubrey, Impactum

Download the presentation in French here

Watch the webinar in French below

Financing for Development: Unlocking Investment Opportunities

In this international development finance course, you will learn about the critical role of the private sector and the use of finance, including innovative solutions to fund the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to help meet the World Bank Group goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity by 2030.

AfLP Climate Finance Workshop Presentations

Presentations from the second peer-to-peer exchange on climate finance, co-hosted by the Africa LEDS Partnership, FONERWA and 4C Maroc in December 2017.

Day 1

• The integration of climate considerations within African development finance – Ms. Lucy Debrion (AfDB, Africa Climate Change Fund)
• Investing in NDCs: Identifying needs and financing gaps – Ms. Davinah Milenge (AfDB, Africa NDC Hub)
• Exploring the use of national funds – Mr. Rachid Tahiri (Government of Morocco, 4C Maroc)

Day 2

• The use of national funds and entities –
  • Ms. Karen Price (Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust)
  • Ms. Aïssata Boubou Sall (Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal)
  • Ms. Aina-Maria Iteta (Environmental Investment Fund, Namibia)
  • Ms. Meryem Andaloussi (Agency for Agricultural Development, Morocco)
• Increasing the involvement of local African private sector investments –
  • Mr. Joseph Badevokila (Congo Ministry of Environment/CTCN focal point)
  • Mrs. Ruth Ndegwa (Kenyan Climate Innovation Centre, Director of Corporate Service)

Photo: Rwanda Green Fund