Documents for the sixteenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2017/16/1) (299 kB)
Annotated Agenda (SCF/2017/16/2) (586 kB)

Item 3: Sixth Review of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2017/16/3) (576 kB)

Technical paper (SCF/TP/2017/1) (2066 kB)

Item 4: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2017/16/4) (1653 kB)
Inputs received from the Adaptation Committee (89 kB)
Inputs received from the Technology Executive Committee (22 kB)
Submission from Indonesia (GCF) (236 kB)
Submission from Indonesia (GEF) (229 kB)

Outcome of discussions (71 kB)  

Item 5: Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

(a) Report of the 2017 Standing Committee on Finance Forum on Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Background paper (SCF/2017/16/6) (314 kB)
Draft summary report (528 kB)

Outcome of discussions
(11 kB)
(b) Discussions on the theme for the 2018 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
Background paper (SCF/2017/16/5) (442 kB)

Outcome of discussions (73 kB)

Item 6: Review of the functions of the Standing Committee in Finance

Background paper  (SCF/2017/16/7) (1089 kB)

Outcome of discussions (11 kB)

SCF alternate members Informal note (93 kB)

Item 7: Measurement, reporting and verification of support beyond the Biennial Assessment and Overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2017/16/9) (472 kB)

Outcome of discussions   (70 kB)

Item 8: 2018 Biennial Assessment and Overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2017/16/8) (412 kB)
Draft Scoping Document (468 kB)

Outcome of discussions (66 kB)

Item 10: Report of the Standing Committee on Finance to the Conference of the Parties

Background Paper (SCF/2017/16/10) (552 kB)

Outcome of discussions (11 kB)

Item 11: Other matters

Outcome of discussions (11 kB)

Documents for the fifteenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2017/15/1) (295 kB)
Annotated Agenda (SCF/2017/15/2) (580 kB)

Report of the fifteenth meeting (SCF/2017/15/11) (1032 kB)

List of Participants (205 kB)

Item 3: Organizational matters

Item 4: 2017 workplan of the Standing Committee on Finance
Background paper (SCF/2017/15/3) (793 kB)  

Item 5: Sixth Review of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/4) (585 kB)

Outcome of discussions (98 kB)

Item 6: 2017 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/5) (654 kB)

Outcome of discussions (73 kB)  

Item 7: Review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/6) (500 kB)

Outcome of discussions (56 kB)

Item 8: Measurement, reporting and verification of support beyond the Biennial Assessment and Overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/7) (316 kB)

Outcome of discussions (57 kB)

Item 9: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/8) (701 kB)

Outcome of discussions (70 kB)

Item 10: 2018 Biennial Assessment and Overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/9) (575 kB)

Outcome of discussions (55 kB)

Item 11: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2017/15/10) (1009 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the GCF

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the GEF

Outcome of discussions (95 kB)

Documents for the fourteenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2016/14/1) (298 kB)

Annotated Agenda (SCF/2016/14/2) (579 kB)

Report of the fourteenth meeting (SCF/2016/14/9) (1244 kB)

List of Participants (179 kB)

Item 2: Organizational matters

Item 3: 2016 Biennial Assessment (BA) and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2016/14/3) (176 kB)

Item 4: Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

1. Report of the 2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance focusing on financial instruments that address the risks of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
   Background paper (SCF/2016/14/4) (402 kB)
   Outcome of discussions (25 kB)

2. Discussions on the theme for the 2017 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
   

Item 5: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2016/14/5) (2198 kB)
Outcome of discussions (59 kB)
Outcome of discussions (SCF Response to GCF co-chairs) (59 kB)

Item 6: Measurement, reporting, and verification of support beyond the biennial assessment and
overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2016/14/6) (2015 kB)
Outcome of discussions (71 kB)

Item 7: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of the
Convention

Background paper (SCF/2016/14/7) (261 kB)
Outcome of discussions (69 kB)
Outcome of discussions (Technology Mechanism) (63 kB)

Item 8: Review of the functions of the Standing Committee on Finance

Outcome of discussions (73 kB)

Item 9: Report of the Standing Committee on Finance to the Conference of the Parties

Background paper (SCF/2016/14/8) (352 kB)
Outcome of discussions (57 kB)

Documents for the thirteenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2016/13/Rev.1) (113 kB)

Annotated Agenda (SCF/2016/13/2) (289 kB)

Report of the thirteenth meeting (SCF/2016/13/8) (621 kB)

List of Participants (123 kB)

List of Participants of the biennial assessment technical meeting (119 kB)

Item 2: Organizational matters

Item 3: Updates on the work of the SCF during the 44th session of the subsidiary bodies

1. Coherence and coordination: financing for forests, taking into account different policy approaches
   Background paper (SCF/2016/13/3) (549 kB)
   Outcome of discussions (57 kB)

2. Long term finance issues referred to in decision 3/CP.19, paragraph 12

3. Matters relating to the measurement, reporting, and verification of support beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows
   Information note by the secretariat (429 kB)

Item 4: Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

1. 2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
   Background paper (SCF/2016/13/4) (542 kB)
   Draft programme (short-version) (126 kB)
   Outcome of discussions (65 kB)

2. Discussions on the theme for 2017 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance
   Background paper (SCF/2016/13/5) (422 kB)
   Outcome of discussions (57 kB)

Item 5: 2016 Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2016/13/6) (407 kB)

Outcome of discussions (56 kB)

Item 6: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2016/13/7) (653 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the GCF

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the GEF

Outcome of discussions (116 kB)

Item 7: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of the
Convention

Documents for the twelfth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2016/12/1) (111 kB)

Annotated Agenda (SCF/2016/12/2) (309 kB)

Report of the twelfth meeting (SCF/2016/12/10) (278 kB)

List of Participants (272 kB)

Item 3: Organizational matters

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/9) (2193 kB)

Item 4: Consideration of the long-term finance issues referred to in decision 3/CP.19,
paragraph 12

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/3) (184 kB)

Outcome of discussions (63 kB)

Item 5: Coherence and coordination: Financing for forests, taking into account
different policy approaches

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/4) (158 kB)

Outcome of discussions (59 kB)

Item 6: 2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/5) (289 kB)

"Input to the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance"; Gottfried von Gemmingen, Member of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (114 kB)

Outcome of discussions (60 kB)

Item 7: 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
flows

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/6) (419 kB)

Note by co-facilitators of the working group on the 2016 biennial assessment an overview of climate finance flows (566 kB)

Outcome of discussions (58 kB)

Item 8: MRV of support beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/7) (509 kB)

Outcome of discussions (61 kB)

Item 9: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/8) (593 kB)

Outcome of discussions (67 kB)

Item 10: Linkages with the subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2016/12/9) (2193 kB)

Outcome of discussions (66 kB)

Provisional Agenda 1st technical meeting on the 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Documents for the eleventh meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2015/11/1) (299 kB)

Annotated Agenda (SCF/2015/11/2) (632 kB)

Report of the eleventh meeting (SCF/2015/11/13) (788 kB)

List of Participants (331 kB)

Item 4a: Outcomes of the 2015 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance and the
Work on coherence and coordination: financing for forests, taking into account
different approaches

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/3) (696 kB)

Report from break out group (497 kB)

Item 4b: 2016 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/4) (449 kB)

Item 5: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/5) (799 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance provided to the Green Climate Fund:
COP 16 up until COP 20 (447 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the Global Environment Facility:
COP 1 until COP 201 including SBI conclusions (562 kB)

Report from break out group (291 kB)

Item 6: MRV of support beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
flows

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/6) (480 kB)

Overview of current mandates and gaps relating to MRV of support (2010-2015) (585 kB)

Report from break out group (439 kB)

Item 7: 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/7) (494 kB)

Report from break out group (459 kB)

Item 8: Institutional linkages and relations between the Adaptation Fund and other
institutions under the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2015/11/8) (524 kB)

Legal note on proposed recommendations (278 kB)

Report from break out group (328 kB)

Documents for the tenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2015/10/1) (106 kB)
Annotated Agenda (SCF/2015/10/2) (250 kB)
Report of the tenth meeting (SCF/2015/10/13) (699 kB)
List of Participants (131 kB)

Item 3: 2015 forum of the Standing Committee on Finance: Financing for forests,
taking into account different policy approaches

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/3) (352 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (67 kB)

Item 4: Coherence and coordination: Financing for forests, taking into account
different policy approaches

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/4) (430 kB)

Draft working paper on coherence and coordination: issues related to finance for forests, taking into account different policy approaches (SCF/2015/10/11) (806 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (395 kB)

Item 5: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/5) (787 kB)

Compendium of past guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility
- COP 1 to COP 20 (including SBI conclusions) (662 kB)

Compendium of past guidance provided to the Green Climate Fund
- COP 16 to COP 20 (311 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance to the Global Environment Facility
- COP 1 until COP 20 (including SBI conclusions) (634 kB)

Compilation and analysis of past guidance provided to the Green Climate Fund
- COP 16 up until COP 20 (385 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (66 kB)

Item 6: Measurement, reporting, and verification of support beyond the biennial
assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/6) (579 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (26 kB)

Item 7: Institutional linkages and relations between the Adaptation Fund and other
institutions under the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/7) (319 kB)

Working paper (474 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (56 kB)

Item 8: The 2016 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/8) (576 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (231 kB)

Item 9: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of
the Convention

Background paper (SCF/2015/10/9) (608 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (65 kB)

Documents for the ninth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2015/9/1) (298 kB)
Annotated agenda (SCF/2015/9/2) (574 kB)
Report of the ninth meeting (SCF/2015/9/10) (606 kB)
List of participants (248 kB)

Item 4: Workplan of the Standing Committee on Finance in 2015: Consideration of the
long - term finance issues referred to in decision 3/CP.19, paragraph 12

Background paper (SCF/2015/9/3) (564 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (108 kB)

Item 5: 2015 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance: Financing for forests, taking
into account different policy approaches

Background paper (SCF/2015/9/4) (347 kB)

Inputs and case studies received from Parties and organizations to the SCF on the topic of forest finance (335 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (60 kB)

Item 6: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2015/9/5) (661 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (56 kB)

Item 7: Measurement, reporting and verification beyond the biennial assessment and
overview of climate finance flows

Background paper (SCF/2015/9/6) (779 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (76 kB)

Item 8: Institutional linkages and relations between the Adaptation Fund and other
institutions under the Convention.

Background paper(SCF/2015/9/7) (367 kB)

Outcome notes from break out group (68 kB)

Documents for the eighth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2014/8/1) (130 kB)
Annotated Agenda (SCF/2014/8/2) (273 kB)
Summary and Recommendations by the Standing Committee on Finance on the 2014 Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows (167 kB)
Report of the eighth meeting (SCF/2014/8/9) (691 kB)
List of participants (110 kB)

Item 3: Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows.

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/3) (159 kB)

Item 4: Fifth review of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/4) (1146 kB)

Item 5a: Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance: Outcome of the 2014 Forum on
mobilizing adaptation finance

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/5) (3613 kB)

Item 5b: Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance: 2015 Forum on financing for forests.

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/6) (202 kB)

Item 6: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/7) (300 kB)

Item 7: Coherence and coordination: the issue of financing for forests, taking into account
different policy approaches.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/5/Rev.1) (567 kB)

Item 8: MRV of finance beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
flows.

Background paper (SCF/2014/8/8) (471 kB)

Documents for the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2014/7/1/Rev.2) (139 kB)
Annotated agenda (SCF/2014/7/2/Rev.1 ) (293 kB)
Report of the seventh meeting (SCF/2014/7/9)
List of participants (112 kB)

Item 2c: Organizational matters: Communication Strategy

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/10/Rev.1) (198 kB)

Item 3: Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows

Co-facilitators note (SCF/2014/7/3) (252 kB)

Presentation on first draft of the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows (173 kB)

Item 4: Fifth review of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/4) (151 kB)

Highlights of the preliminary findings of the technical paper on the fifth review of the financial mechanism (152 kB)

Item 5: Coherence and coordination: the issue of financing for forests, taking into
account different policy approaches.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/5) (224 kB)

Item 6: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/6) (276 kB)

Revised initial paper (SCF/2014/7/6) (112 kB)

Item 7: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of
the Convention.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/x)

Item 8: MRV of finance beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
flows.

Background paper (SCF/2014/7/8/Rev.1) (167 kB)

Documents for the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2014/6/1/Rev.1) (98 kB)
Annotated Agenda (SCF/2014/6/2/Rev.1) (168 kB)
Report of the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2014/6/11) (571 kB)
List of participants (122 kB)

Item 4: Biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows.

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/3) (514 kB)

Item 5: Fifth review of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/4) (208 kB)

Item 6: Second forum of the Standing Committee on Finance.

Draft concept note (SCF/2014/6/6) (145 kB)

Draft programme (122 kB)

Item 7: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism.

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/7) (211 kB)

Item 8: MRV of finance beyond the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance
flows.

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/8) (157 kB)

Item 9.:. Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of
the Convention.

Background paper (SCF/2014/6/9) (192 kB)

Item 10a. Communication Strategy

Draft communication strategy (SCF/2014/6/10) (172 kB)

Documents for the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2013/5/1/Rev.1) (92 kB)
Annotated agenda (SCF/2013/5/2/Rev.1) (171 kB)
Submissions to the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2013/5/8) (316 kB)
Report of the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2013/5/9) (377 kB)
List of participants (124 kB)

Item 3: Fifth review of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2013/5/3) (166 kB)

Item 4: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2013/5/4) (209 kB)

Presentation: Fifth Overall Performance Study of the GEF - OPS5 Evidence on Guidance; Rob D. van den Berg, GEF, Director (1452 kB)

Item 5: MRV of support and biennial assessments and overview of financial flows

Background paper (SCF/2013/5/5) (217 kB)

Presentation: MRV of climate finance - Current status, relevant OECD work, potential ways forward; Raphaël Jachnik, OECD Environment Directorate (1033 kB)

Presentation: Joint MDB Climate Finance Tracking; Jan Willem van de Ven, Senior Carbon Manager, Carel Cronenberg, MRV Manager (411 kB)

Presentation: Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Climate Finance; Smita Nakhooda (881 kB)

Item 6: Second forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2013/5/6) (212 kB)

Item 8: Code of Conduct of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper on the Code of Conduct of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2013/5/7) (101 kB)

Documents for the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2013/4/1/Rev.1) (93 kB)
Annotated agenda (SCF/2013/4/2/Rev.1) (155 kB)
Report of the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2013/3/11) (231 kB)
List of participants (106 kB)

Item 3: Reflections on the outcomes of the first forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2013/4/3) (523 kB)

Item 5: Fifth review of the financial mechanism

Background paper on the initial draft of the consolidated guidelines (SCF/2013/4/5) (107 kB)

Item 6: Draft guidance to the operating entities of the financial mechanism

Background paper on procedural aspects (SCF/2013/4/6) (118 kB)

Item 7a: Expert inputs to the work programme on long-term finance

Background paper (SCF/2013/4/7) (132 kB)

Item 7b: MRV of support

Background paper (SCF/2013/4/8) (140 kB)

Item 7c: Linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and thematic bodies of the
Convention

Background paper (SCF/2013/4/9) (116 kB)

Item 7d: Code of Conduct of the Standing Committee on Finance

Background paper (SCF/2013/4/10 (134 kB)

Documents for the third meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SCF/2013/3/1/Rev.1) (92 kB)
Annotated agenda (SCF/2013/3/2/Rev.1) (155 kB)
Report of the third meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF/2013/3/7) (432 kB)
List of participants (167 kB)

Item 3: Overview of the key outcomes of the Doha Conference and implications for the work of
the SCF in 2013

Background paper (SCF/2013/3/3) (162 kB)

Item 4: COP – GCF arrangements

Co-chairs note on procedural aspects (SCF/2013/3/4) (121 kB)

Views from Members. Compilation (SCF/2013/3/MISC.1) (708 kB)

Item 5: Operationalization of the Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance

Submissions by members of the open-ended working group. Compilation
(SCF/2013/3/MISC.2) (152 kB)

Background paper (SCF/2013/3/5) (154 kB)

Item 6: Fifth review of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SCF/2013/3/6) (145 kB)

Documents for the second meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SC/2012/2/1) (91 kB)
Annotated agenda(SC/2012/2/1) (135 kB)
List of participants (168 kB)
Report of the second meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SC/2012/2/7) (142 kB)

Item 5: Strategy for the Forum of the Standing Committee

Background paper (SC/2012/2/4) (203 kB)

Item 6: Expert input into the fifth review of the financial mechanism

Background paper (SC/2012/2/5) (108 kB)

Item 7: Draft guidance and recommendations to the COP for the operating entities of the
financial mechanism

Background paper (SC/2012/2/6) (108 kB)

Documents for the first meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance

Agenda (SC/2012/1/1 Rev.1) (92 kB)
Annotated agenda (SC/2012/1/1) (130 kB)
List of participants (169 kB)
Report of the first meeting of the Standing Committee (SC/2012/1/6) (171 kB)

Item 2c: Modalities of work of the Standing Committee

Background paper (SCF/2012/1/3) (109 kB)

Item 3: Discussions on the scope and functions of the Standing Committee

Background paper on possible activities (SCF/2012/1/3) (110 kB)

Item 4: Preparation of the work programme of the Standing Committee 2012 and 2013–2015

Background paper on the organization of the forum (SCF/2012/1/4) (126 kB)

Background paper on approaches for maintaining linkages with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the thematic bodies of the Convention (SCF/2012/1/5) (133 kB)