To roll out the CFN, from 22-24 March, UNDP will convene an inception workshop to strategise and plan to harness the momentum in climate finance reforms across governments and mobilization of public, private and blended climate finance. The inception workshop aims at the following: Bringing national and subnational governmental, multilateral, bilateral development partners, think tanks, CSOs and private sectors stakeholders to help …
Due to their legislative and oversight function, Parliaments and parliamentarians are key actors in accelerating climate action. To learn how parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region are taking forward the climate change agenda and what more they could do to galvanize regional, national, and local efforts necessary to address the climate emergency and achieve the SDGs, a virtual dialogue and knowledge …
The COP26 side event, hosted by the NDC PartnershipPavilion at COP26, aims to discover integrated policy and governance approaches that fully recognize the synergies between climate finance and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including a focus on gender equality and poverty reduction, including snapshots from countries that have successfully introduced gender and climate expenditure planning and tracking reforms. The event will introduce the …
Join us online for the launch of the online publication BUDGETING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE | A Guidance Note for Governments to Integrate Climate Change into Budgeting – intended for government agencies responsible for climate finance within Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Planning, or climate change policy-making bodies (e.g., Climate Change Commissions, Ministry of Climate Change, Ministry …
UNDP-UN Women LEARNING WORKSHOP: Integrating gender equality, social inclusion and poverty reduction in climate budgeting and planning processes This workshop follows a number of recent events organized around the intersection of gender, sustainable finance and/or climate action space.1 This one is focused explicitly on gender and domestic climate finance. Drawing on the experiences of the GCCF project, UNDP BRH is …
Sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) – A Side Event on the Sidelines of the 2021 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development : Click Recording : https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=b65xe_HU7zM The panel of rule of law, gender and climate justice experts provided a global tour of innovative approaches for expanding gender integration into national and local …
Climate finance budgeting and planning experiences with social inclusivity and gender lenses – Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 – Track 2 Session (led by UNDP) – Integrated Approaches for Climate-Resilient Development Link to recording : Click Strengthening governance of climate finance through climate budgeting and planning can improve decision making and can pave the way for a climate-resilient future and green recovery …
The Ministry of Finance together with UNDP Indonesia recently launched the book of “Public Finance for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at the National and Sub-National Level”. Based on the analysis of climate change budget results, there are 12 books of public climate finance developed, including 1 book for the Public Finance for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for …
Over the past five years, the Climate Proofing Growth and Development (CPGD) programme has worked to transform the way governments in South Asia plan and deliver development programmes by integrating climate change into development planning, budgeting and delivery at national and sub-national levels. As CPGD phases out in March 2019, it is imperative that the programme share learnings with partners …
During the webinar, the speakers shared their diverse perspectives on gender-responsive climate initiatives and their approaches for engaging key actors including investors, government partners and women’s organizations on gender-responsive climate financing. The speakers highlighted the knowledge gap between climate investors and women’s organizations, the barriers in accessing climate funds as well as key entry points within the investor community for gender …
On November 3, the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) jointly organized a roundtable discussion on green budgeting practices in the Asia Pacific region. The objective of the discussion was to go beyond issues related to green budget tagging, which have been recently explored by the OECD and other international organizations, and to explore the …
Gender and Social Inclusion work stream is one of the six work streams including: Climate Change Aligned Planning and Budgeting; Direct Access to International Climate Change Finance; Tax and Innovative Finance; Transparency & Accountability of Climate Change Finance as well as Modelling Climate Impacts on Economic Growth. The Gender and Social Inclusion workstream will provide technical/strategic support on gender and social inclusion …
