Towards improved methodologies and data for tracking private climate finance
Speakers:
Stefan Schwager - Switzerland / SCF Co-Chair
Stefan Schwager - Switzerland / SCF Co-Chair
Raphaël Jachnik - OECD
Sean Kidney - Climate Bonds Initiative
Charles Mulenga - Zambian Institute for Environmental Management
Shelagh Whitley - Overseas Development Institute
Benoit Lefevre - World Resources Institute
Description
In 2009, developed countries
committed to mobilise US$100 billion in climate finance per year by 2020 to
address the needs of developing countries in the face of climate change.
Meeting this target will require transformational change in the scale and pace
of financing. Public sector resources can play a pivotal role in catalysing
private sector investment. However, there is very little information on how
public finance has, to date, mobilised private support for climate compatible
development. To fill this gap, the Research Collaborative on Tracking Private
Climate Finance, an OECD-led project, was tasked with identifying, developing
and assessing methodological options for tracking private climate finance and
for measuring mobilised private climate finance.
The COP side event “Towards improved methodologies and data for tracking private climate finance” will feature presentations of on-going research activities under this project and of initial results on methods currently in use for measuring mobilisation. ODI’s Shelagh Whitley will discuss her recent work in this area.
The COP side event “Towards improved methodologies and data for tracking private climate finance” will feature presentations of on-going research activities under this project and of initial results on methods currently in use for measuring mobilisation. ODI’s Shelagh Whitley will discuss her recent work in this area.
Warsaw National Stadium, EU Pavilion