Financial Mechanisms

This presentation presents the preliminary results of the IGES research on the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of support and looks at the elements of funding support, capacity building, and technology development/transfer, which make up support for developing countries. It also gives a broad overview of the development of the...

The presentation, served as an input to the design process of the Green Climate Fund, explores and discusses different optons and modalities of access modality, and evaluates challenges and opportunites for each option presented.

This presentation presents the preliminary results of the IGES research on the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of support and looks at the elements of funding support, capacity building, and technology development/transfer, which make up support for developing countries. It also gives a broad overview of the development of the...

Remarks:List of the IGES Briefing Notes on the Post-2012 Climate Regime series: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2413

This Briefing Notes suggests that adaptation costs are going to be huge in Asia as elsewhere. Hence, a mix of pubic and private funding is to be promoted in the future climate regime. The negotiations should aim at achieving additional and sustainable finances for adaptation with developing countries having larger stakes in its management and...

The development of financial mechanisms for urban environmental improvement is an innovative direction that has been receiving increasing attention from local governments. Strategies are necessary to encourage public initiatives and promote private sector participation in financing urban environmental infrastructure. Towards this end, the second...