Catalyzing Climate Finance: A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Options to Support Green, Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development

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Catalyzing Climate Finance: A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Options to Support Green, Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development is a document which helps countries assess the level and nature of assistance they need to catalyze climate capital. Includes sections on (1) challenges of universal access to climate finance, (2) catalyzing capital toward green low-emission and climate-resilient development, (3) identifying and appropriate policy mix to catalyze capital, (4) climate change financing sources, (5) selecting an optimal financing mix to promote green investment, (6) applying the four-step methodology to catalyze climate capital

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