Working and discussion papersApril 2019Thomas Tanner, Harshita Bisht, Adriana Quevedo, Marwah Malik, Md. Nadiruzzaman, Soumik BiswasHarvesting crops, Bangladesh, 2014. Photo: World Bank Photo CollectionThe Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established to support developing countries to take ambitious action on climate change. The flow of climate finance from industrialised to developing countries, particularly via the GCF, is a crucial component of international agreements on climate change. However, capacity constraints and the complex procedures for accessing funding are affecting many developing countries’ ability to compete fairly and effectively for the GCF. This learning paper and brief provide insights from the Action on Climate Today programme in South Asia to improve country ‘readiness’ to access climate finance.The learning paper presents the ‘demand side’ country perspective on the challenges faced and some of the strategies that countries have employed to overcome them. It presents a framework for strengthening access to the GCF, looking at entry-points and strategies that governments, funders and practitioners can use.Read the research Enabling access to the Green Climate Fund: sharing country lessons from south AsiaRelated Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of childrenExamining the links between child and adolescent poverty and climate- and natural hazard-related disasters at different stages of children’s lives.Research reports and studies14 March 2019 Disability inclusion and disaster risk reduction: overcoming barriers to progressThis briefing note identifies five key challenges that must be addressed in order to promote disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction and response.Briefing papers23 July 2018 Meeting the global challenge of adaptation by addressing transboundary climate riskUnder the current UNFCCC frameworks and Paris Agreement, adaptation is mainly seen as a national level issue. However, it is a global issue.Briefing papers18 April 2018See more:climate changeclimate financeGlobal
