1. Experience in managing climate finance – donor perspectives
Session 2b
Experience in managing climate finance – donor perspectives

2. Climate finance – what is it and where does it come from?
External international public
New and additional?
No conditionalities?
Contribute to effective development outcomes?
Access? Pre-conditions for successful use of country systems
Domestic public budget < - > policies
Policy reforms and alignment (e.g. ff subsidy reforms)
Greening tax policies - raise public revenues
Incentives
Private climate finance - domestic and foreign
Country policies will incentivise new and shift existing flows
Domestic (from household expenditure choices to onging business investment)
Foreign e.g. FDI

3. Key take-aways
National climate policies and priorities in development context
as a pre-condition for use of country systems
Climate finance (external) to support collective goal of the UNFCCC
Need to shift domestic public and private finance to support climate action
External international public finance as an essential lever for change
Harnessing private resources key to transformation
National policy reforms essential part of incentivising private spending