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Standing Committee on Finance - Information repository
Standing Committee on Finance - Information repository
The following information can be found on this website:
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Reports on the Forum of the
Standing Committee on Finance
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As mandated by the Conference of the Parties (COP), the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) reports
on its Forum in its annual reports to the COP
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The 2016 Forum of the SCF
"Financial instruments that address the risks of Loss and Damage"
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Report
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The 2015 Forum of the SCF
"Enhancing coherence and coordination of forest financing"
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Report
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The 2014 Forum of the SCF
"Mobilizing Adaptation Finance"
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Report
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The 2013 Forum of the SCF
"Mobilizing Finance & Investment for Climate Action Now"
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Report
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Biennial
assessment and overview of climate finance flows of the Standing Committee on Finance
At COP 17, Parties mandated the SCF to prepare a biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows.
The SCF invited inputs from interested stakeholders to support its work on the biennial assessment and
overview of climate finance flows in general, as well as on the objective, scope and proposed outline of
the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows in particular. More information on the
biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows in 2014, as well as the submissions received by
the SCF can be found here.
Fifth review of the Financial Mechanism
COP 19 requested the SCF to continue to provide expert input to the fifth review of the Financial
Mechanism, with a view to the review being finalized by COP 20. In addition, COP 19 requested the SCF to
continue to provide expert input to the fifth review of the Financial Mechanism, with a view to the review
being finalized by COP 20. In this context, the SCF prepared a
technical paper on the fifth review (1085 kB) , and included the executive summary of the technical
paper in its report to COP
20 for consideration by the COP.
Side event on the work of the SCF related to the fifth review during the 40th session of the SBs, June 2014
Programme;
Presentation
Submissions of views on elements of the work plan on
measurement, reporting and verification of support beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate
finance
This section contains submissions received from SCF members and observers on their views on the elements of
the workplan on measurement, reporting and verification of support beyond the biennial assessmenet and
overview of climate finance. The submission was invited by the SCF at its 10th meeting held in June 2015.
Views on elements of the work plan on measurement, reporting and verification of support beyond the
biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
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Document
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Submitted by
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Date
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Submission South Centre (129 kB)
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South Centre
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29/6/2015
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Submission GFLAC (698 kB)
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Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean
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4/7/2015
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Submission Rajasree Ray (66 kB)
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Rajasree Ray, SCF member
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8/7/2015
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Submissions on
elements to be taken into account for the development of a work programme on measurement, reporting and
verification of support and the conduct of the biennial assessments and overview of climate finance flows
in 2014
This section* contains submissions on elements to be taken into account for the development of a work
programme on measurement, reporting and verification of support and the conduct of the biennial assessments
and overview of climate finance flows in 2014, as provided to the Standing Committee on Finance by
stakeholders involved in climate finance pursuant to specific calls for inputs by the Standing Committee on
Finance.
Call for inputs on elements to be taken into account for the development of a work programme on
measurement, reporting and verification of support and the conduct of the biennial assessments and
overview of climate finance flows in 2014, June-July 2013
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Document
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Submitted by
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Date
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Submission CPI (799 kB)
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Climate Policy Initiative
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29/7/2013
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Submission Germanwatch (202 kB)
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Germanwatch
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30/7/2013
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Submission Haites (125 kB)
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Erik Haites, Margaree Consultants Inc.
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31/7/2013
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Submission OECD (218 kB)
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OECD
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31/7/2013
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Submission IAETA (146 kB)
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IAETA
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31/7/2013
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Submission CIF (193 kB)
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CIF
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31/7/2013
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Submission BlindSpot Think Tank (70 kB)
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BlindSpot Think Tank
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31/7/2013
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Contributions on relevant information/case studies: coherence and coordination
for financing for forests
Submissions on possible future institutional linkages and
relations between the Adaptation Fund and other institutions under the Convention
At its ninth meeting, the Standing Committee on Finance agreed to invite submissions from SCF members,
observers and thematic bodies under the Convention by 8 May on the following issues:
Possible future relations between the Adaptation Fund and with other institutions under the
Convention;
Possible future institutional linkages between the Adaptation Fund and other institutions under the
Convention, taking into account any legal and technical implications identified.
For more information, including specific questions, please click
here (90 kB) .
Documents of the
meetings of the Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
This section contains relevant documents and information on the meetings of the Forum of the Standing
Committee on Finance.
SCF Forum, 21 and 22 June 2014 in Montego Bay, Jamaica
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Programme of the 2014 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
Presentations and background material provided during the forum:
Mr. Jeffery Spooner, Head of Agency, Meteorological Service, Ministry of Water, Land,
Environment & Climate Change, Jamaica
Remarks by Mr. Jeffrey Spooner (120 kB)
Ms. Asha Bobb-Semple, on behalf of the UNDP Resident Representative
Opening_Asha Bobb-Semple (558 kB)
Mr. Clifford Mahlung, Adaptation Committee representative
The UNFCCC Adaptation Committee: Building Coherence on Finance (253 kB)
Information note for the 2014 SCF Forum issued by the Adaptation Committee and the Standing
Committee on Finance (467 kB)
Ms. Barbara Buchner, Senior Director of Climate Policy Initiative and head of Climate
Policy Initiative (CPI) Europe
Adaptation Finance - Climate Policy Initiative (563 kB)
Mr. Mikko Ollikainen, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Adaptation Fund
Concrete adaptation projects - What have we learned? (894 kB)
Mr. David Kaluba, Principal Economist (EMD)/National Coordinator (PPCR), Ministry of
Finance, Government of Zambia
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Development Plans (1578 kB)
Ms. Diann Black-Layne, Ambassador, Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Petrocaribe case study (66 kB)
Mr. Luis Fiallos, National Focal Point of Nicaragua to the UNFCCC
Adaptation policy in Nicaragua (105 kB)
Mr. Daniel Buckley, Climate Change Policy Analyst, UNDP
The status of public finance related to national funding for developing countries (976
kB)
Ms. Stephanie Ockenden, Economist/Policy analyst, the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The status of public finance related to bilateral finance (1934 kB)
Mr. Gerard Alleng, Climate Change Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB)
Policy based loan in Trinidad and Tobago (269 kB)
Ms. Nancy Saich, Managerial Adviser, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Cooperation with the Caribbean Development Bank on lending for adaptation (357
kB)
Mr. Takashi Hongo, Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute
Adaptation finance by private funds for private investment (1504 kB)
Ms. Isabelle Proulx, Programme Manager, International Development Research Centre
(IDRC)
Developing a model of how to bridge adaptation projects with private equity (887
kB)
Mr. Isaac Anthony, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance
Facility (CCRIF)
The role of insurance in adaptation finance in the Caribbean (584 kB)
Ms. Joanna Syroka, Programme Director, African Risk Capacity
The role of insurance in adaptation finance in Africa (437 kB)
Mr. Trevion Manning, Director of Planning, St. James Parish Council,
Representative of the city of Montego Bay
Smart city project in Montego Bay (9512 kB)
Ms. Saliha Dobardzic, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment
Facility
Climate risks and adaptation solutions in urban areas and settlements (628 kB)
Mr. James Alexander, Head of the Finance and Economic Development Initiative,
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
The work of cities in adaptation finance and remaining challenges (769 kB)
Ms. Chantal Naidoo, Senior Associate of E3G’s International Climate Finance
Programme
Financing resilience at the sub-national level in South Afirica (148 kB)
Mr. Daniel Rossetto, Managing Director, Climate Mundial
Case studies of climate resilience in urban areas and their funding (933 kB)
Mr. Syed Mujtaba Hussein, Director General and Special Assistant to the Minister,
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Government of Pakistan
Water management and adaptation in Pakistan (2270 kB)
Mr. Alfred Grunwald, Climate Change Senior Specialist, Coordinator for PPCR Bolivia,
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Adaptation to climate impacts in water regulation and supply (1843 kB)
Mr. Batu Uprety, Chair of the LDC Expert Group
National adaptation in LDCs (153 kB)
Mr. Jan Willem den Besten, Senior Programme Officer, IUCN Netherlands
Mobilizing private sector finance, and mapping and scaling up climate resilience (972
kB)
Mr. Abiy Ashenafi, Program Coordinator Ethiopia, ICCO
Climate change adaptation and addressing deforestation along the coffee value chain, the
case of Ethiopia (899 kB)
Video during the presentation
Ms. Claire Bernard, Deputy Director General, Sustainable Development and Regional
Planning with the Planning Institute of Jamaica
The Adaptation Fund case study from Jamaica (200 kB)
Mr. Albert Binger, Member of the Technology Executive Committee
Outcomes of the TEC Adaptation workshop (1063 kB)
Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Director-General, Department of Climate Change and Energy,
Maldives
SIDS DOCK case study (297 kB)
Mr. Kepa Solaun, Partner and General Director, Factor CO2
Case studies from energy and transport (1424 kB)
Ms. Sandy Ferguson, Knowledge and Policy Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Climate resilient hydropower: experiences from the EBRD region (1080 kB)
Mr. Miguel Naranjo Gonzales, Programme Officer, Sustainable Development Mechanisms,
UNFCCC
Experience and potential of the CDM for mitigation with adaptation co-benefits (545
kB)
For more information on the programme and biographies of the speakers, please click here.
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SCF Forum, 28 May 2013 in Barcelona, Spain
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Programme of the 2013 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
Presentations and background material provided during the forum:
Avril Benchimol, Interamerican Development
Bank
Mobilizing finance for the Private Sector, Innovation in LAC (1971 kB)
Barbara Buchner, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
CPI Spaghetti 2012 (140 kB)
Diann Black-Layne and Konrad von Ritter
Crowdfunding for Climate Change (321 kB)
Jane Ellis, Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, OECD
secretariat
Comparing Definitions and Methods to Estimate Mobilised Climate Finance (976 kB)
Updated information on bilateral aid data (469 kB)
CRS dataset on Rio
markers
Analytical papers on mobilising
and tracking climate finance
Alexander Froede, Environment and Climate Change Division, Competence Centre for Climate
Change, GIZ
It’s not just the money: institutional strengthening of national climate funds
(1326 kB)
Capacity development for direct access to climate finance (1156 kB)
Climate Finance Readiness - Preliminary approach and insights from efforts in Southern
Africa (308 kB)
Juan Gomez, Lead Financial Markets and Climate Change Specialist, Capital Markets
and Financial Institutions Division, Inter-American Development Bank
The role of national development banks (3244 kB)
The role of national development banks (Spanish version) (3367 kB)
Jessica Jacob, Director for Social and Environmental Responsibility,
Findeter, Colombia
Findeter - Supporting Sustainable Development (2294 kB)
Colombian Green Protocol (476 kB)
Franka Klingel,
Principal Administrator, Environment Directorate, EBRD
Joint MDB Report on Adaptation Finance 2011 (464 kB)
Joint MDB Report on Mitigation Finance 2012 (462 kB)
Ulf Moslener, Frankfurt School of Management
Presentation Ulf Moslener (527 kB)
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013 (4927 kB)
Case study: the Thai Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (1001 kB)
Case study: Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF) (659 kB)
Case study: The Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) (520 kB)
David Rodgers, Senior Energy Specialist, GEF secretariat GEF’s Intervention Models for Private Sector Engagement (149 kB)
For more information on the programme and biographies of the speakers, please click here.
The recording of the 2013 Forum can be found here. 
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Reports, publications and other inputs
This section* contains reports and publications as
provided to the Standing Committee on Finance by stakeholders involved in climate finance.
If you are also interested in contributing to the information repository of the Standing Committee on
Finance, find out more about connecting to the Standing
Committee on Finance.
Contributions received
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Author
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Affiliation
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Submitted
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Liane Schalatek and Katya Burns;
edited by Gail Karlsson and Ana Rojas
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20/06/2013
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AdaptationWatch consortium
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15/01/2016
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Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
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30/09/2016
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AGWA recommendations to the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance.
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